Tracy Feith Dress

Here's the dress I mentioned that I got from Target from the new Tracy Feith line. I really like it and I wore it the other day and some woman stopped me at the car dealership and told me she loved the dress and that I looked really good in it. Makes me want to wear it again soon so I can get a compliment or two.
I was looking through my closet and I've racked up some serious clothes from Target's designer collaborations. I think my favorites were Paul & Joe & Alice Temperley. I constantly wear my Paul & Joe jeans because they make my bootie look good and the little sweater is some kind of cool and I only paid like $15.00 for it because I got in on sale in the Valley . I love my pieces from Alice Temperley also but I can only wear them in the winter cause one is a jacket and the other is a long sleeve shirt. Check'em out. I also have pieces from Proenza Schouler, Libertine
(awesome bolero), Patrick Robinson, and I'm sure
others I can't think of at this moment but I'll add them later.

I'm back

So I've been back from Paris and Barcelona for a week. I spent the whole weekend cleaning and washing clothes with a little bit of entertaining on Saturday night. I decided to make Cava Sangria from this mix I bought at William and Sonoma. I wasn't impressed. I'm going to make my own mix next time. I was really missing my pork sausage but I'm going to make it my mission to hunt some down in the city. I did make some quinoa that was fabulous with nothing but tomatoes and onions. It's such a light refreshing side for the summer.

I also ironed all my laundry which I'd washed on Saturday and I also did some hemming and sewing stuff that I'd been unable to wear because it was torn. I also finished this project that's been sitting in my living room for close to a year. It didn't exactly come out how I wanted it to but it's at least finished. I'll post a picture later. I found it in Blueprint the old Martha Stewart design magazine and wanted to do it for a while. I also cleaned up my dining room table that had been laden down with receipts and crap and now it's pretty much cleaned up. I'm kind of proud because I actually finished all my laundry and most of it is either folded, ironed and put away.

I'll be posting pictures of my trip and the cute things I bought!

Target

Here's what I bought from the Alexander McQueen line at Target. I bought the dress and the gray skinny jeans since I mainly own blue jeans and was trying to mix it up on the color front. Although I was a fan of some of the other stuff it did not fit like I would have liked. Of course I had to have the dress altered b/c it was too long and the jeans. The jeans are a funny story. I bought a size 7 and they fit ok not to tight not too loose. Well I lost some weight and they fit real loose so I decided to have them altered. Well from the time I had them altered and brought them home they are fitting a bit snug. Oh well it just makes me get back into eating right and excercising more. Check it out. I also bought a dress from the Tracy Feith line. It's really cute. I will post it later. BTW, I did do some summer dress shopping at Forever 21 but I've decided to stop buying clothes there since it's all disposible clothing and that's not good for the environment. I'll talk more about that later.

Two More Days

Before I leave for Paris and no I haven't practiced my French. My Spanish better do the trick or I'm screwed.

New purchases

I haven't really done must shopping. Yes I know it's a miracle but I have made a couple of purchases at Gilt.com since I last updated the website. Here's a few. They've had some really good designers on their website and I've had to be really good since I am going to Paris in two days. The black shoes are Cynthia Vincent Luella and they are HOT! The jeans are AG Jeans and I'm having them altered since they are made for people who are 6ft. The sunglasses are Oliver Peoples. I lost my other Oliver Peoples pair back in November after having them for about 10 months so I punished myself and wore my old ass Prada pair that are like four years old. They were still in pretty good shape except they were all scratched but hopefully I learned my lesson and won't lose this pair. I got them on Gilt.com so I didn't pay full price. Let me know what you think. I'm going to post some of my purchases from the designer line at Target. You know I love me some Target.

Blog Update

So I haven't updated in forever. I know I know it's crazy but I haven't felt like posting in a while. I've been busy being busy. I told someone I've been busy but when I tried to think about what I've been up to I couldn't exactly pin point what I've been up to lately so I decided to start blogging again. I've been trying to fix up my house and get it ready for my yearly trip. This year I'm going to Paris and Barcelona. I will be in Paris for four days on my own( I don't speak French should be interesting) and Barcelona with my bestie Nicky. We haven't really gotten to spend a lot of time together this past year so it's make up time. I haven't seen her since last July. Ok, so I've been cleaning and organizing my house. I did go to Austin for Memorial Day weekend and I did go to Vegas back in April for like six days for NAB. I will post pictures of NAB but they are already on Facebook. BTW, I'm addicted to Gilt.com. I've gotten some things from them and I'm really happy. I will post more later. XO.

Marc Jacobs Emily Mini Dress

So I was at the store yesterday after work and I was wearing this Marc Jacobs dress I bought in the Fall 2007. I wore it to my nephew's baptism in December 07 and haven't really worn it that often. It's all about the recession you know and you've got to make the most of your current wardrobe. I was feeling frisky and decided to wear it to work yesterday. I wore it with a thin patent leather belt and black patent leather Jimmy Choo heels I have. I was wearing my hair up and was looking rather cute if I may say so myself. There is something really flattering about the dress. It doesn't look that great in the picture but trust me when Marc knows how to fit a dress on a woman. Don't know what it is but maybe it's the way it looks demure in the front and than you turn around and it's got an exposed zipper in the back. Don't know. It's called the Marc Jacobs Emily Mini Dress and it's still sold on Bluefly.com for over $200.00. I can assure you I didn't pay that for my dress and I got it at SAKS. You know I'm cheap. BTW, it isn't a mini on me since I'm only 5' 1".

Anyway, the morale of the story is that this older man in his late 50s or early 60s totally hit on me. He was like "Nice dress". He totally chatted me up as we waited in the checkout lane. It was very cute and it was a huge ego boost. Not as big of an ego boost as getting carded at Harrah's with my parents and Bryan but along those lines. They didn't get carded. ;)

More pictures

Updates

I swear I'm not drunk in this picture. Just small eyes. You can't see them but I've got cat ears on and a tail in the back.



It was really cold that night and the wind was blowing. Don't think Mami got up from her chair the whole time we were at the parade. She didn't have to move since they threw her lots of beads.

Here's Pop nursing his injury. It looked pretty bad and he wouldn't sit still to make it stop bleeding.


Sorry I haven't blogged like in forever. I've been completely and utterly wrapped up in my life. Couple of things happened recently. I ran a 10K, Beth's birthday bash at the horse track, Mardi Gras and I hurt my back recently. I've been up to a lot of other stuff but I'm trying to keep it short.

First, I decided to run a 10K to try it out. I didn't do so bad. I believe I did it in like 1 hour and 4 minutes. I was doing good til I got to Mile 4 and my knees were killing me. I almost gave up but this old lady passed me up and I was like HELL NO. I ended up getting a second wind and sprinted the last mile. I think that's how I did better than I thought. I've got very muscular thighs and legs so they totally propelled me. I'll post pictures later since I have to get them from Bryan. I wiped my forehead when I finished and I felt all this salt on my forehead from all the sweating I did. On another note, I haven't really run since than since my knees took a real beating. I'm going to start again so I can do the Crescent City Classic in April.

Second, on the day of the 10K I drove back to New Orleans from Baton Rouge to go meet up with Beth and family/friends for her bday celebration at the Fairgrounds. I bet like $5.00 on one race and lost so I didn't bet after that. I wished I hadn't run that morning because I was so tired that day and evening. It really tired me out. I'm posting some pictures of the event.

Mardi Gras was a blast. Mami and Pop came to visit and it was constant entertaining. Bryan & I picked them up in Houston and drove back in their truck. We stopped at IKEA and picked up a couple of things I needed for the house. No furniture just a big rug and stuff like that. Anyway, we got to catch lots of parades. I think Pop's favorite was the Muses which is an all female parade. The best part was the female "dancer" in the shadow box pressing her boobs up against the material in the box. It's hard to describe but I think Pop really liked it. My friend Will drove to the parade route with us and he got along really well with them. Of course my friend Gary won their hearts. Gary is married to Autumn and they recently moved back to town and they are really cool to hang out with us. I'm posting some pictures of the parades. One of the last parades we caught with my parents was Bacchus. Pop got hit in the head with a bag of beads which split open his eyebrow but not to worry he took a shot of Crown Royal and was on his way to catch more beads. He had that Mardi Gras spirit. Have a feeling he'll be back for more. Beth & I decided to costume for Lundi Gras since we usually don't go out and party on Mardi Gras. My favorite parade is Orpheus and it rolls on Monday night. We caught it on St. Charles by Beth's grandmother's house and than Gary, Autumn, Beth & I drove over to the warehouse district and caught the end of it. Beth and I got a little tipsy. I dressed up as a sort of a cat thing. Check out the silver fox hat. I bought it in the quarter and it's vintage. Autumn has a video of me doing shadow puppets with my tail. I haven't seen it but it's a warning to not drink to much. Here's some pictures of the events.

Updates

Well it's been a while since I've posted. Let's see what I've been up to lately. I did run a 5K on the 1st in pretty good time for me. I did it at 29:10. I haven't been running for very long so it's not that bad. My friends Will & Beth ran it with me or we started together. It was fun. Here's some pictures of the event. I did go to an seminar in Dallas last week for a couple of days. Nothing really exciting there. I also went to a resignation party for my friend George. I recently cut my bangs and I haven't gotten used to them. You can see them in the pictures. I'm getting better at styling them so they won't look as blunt as they've looked. Mardi Gras is right around the corner and I'll have pictures of that since my parents are in town. We also celebrated Beth's birthday at the track so I should have some pictures of that. XOXO

Monday Updates

I've got lots and lots of updates. I had a really busy weekend so I have to get my pictures off my camera and post them. I'm really busy today so it might be later today. XOXO.

Friday Updates

Well, this week has just zoomed by. I'm about to go get me some lunch and decided to take a break from work and write on the blog before I head out. I've been kind of nervous about work because of the economy but it's really hasn't gotten bad as I'd expected. I've got a big bid due on the 9th and I'll be out of town most of next week at a seminar in Dallas. I'm really excited about it because it's kind of a managerial type of seminar. Anyway I'm looking forward to this weekend. I'm running the 5K with Will and Beth on Sunday and I'm totally excited about it. I'm going to have to go buy some UA stuff to keep me warm because it's going to be in the forties in the am. I hate the cold but figure after a mile or two you won't feel it. I've been exercising and I think I've lost another two pounds. It's those two pounds that come and go so I have to be extra vigilant about them. I've been thinking about going to the SPCA to look at dogs/puppies. I think I might go because I've got all this love to give and I know some little doggie needs a good home. I'm debating it because my cats are so spoiled and I don't think they'd take to a new family member and giving up my freedom is hard. Other than that I'm just getting used to being on my own with no attachments. It's different and hard but each day is easier. I've got a small but true set of friends who are here for me and it's nice to be able to count on them. Not saying it's anywhere easy but one day at a time, right?

New Sofa

So I've had this large sofa and matching chair & ottoman forever. I bought them when I lived off Melpomene in that 3 story townhouse. That's probably like 6/7 years ago. Anyway they were perfect for that place because they were so big and puffy but since than I've moved to my house on Green and now the one on Spain Street and they just don't fit into my new decor and I hated them. I've been wanting to change them to a white leather sofa. No, not those ugly ass ones but rather a nice Chesterfield one from Natuzzi. I researched them and they were way too expensive so I was going to wait it out. However, I went to Renaissance which is a consignment store in Metairie and found this Mitchell+Gold Brady sofa at a incredible price. $600.00 with tax. It was delivered yesterday and it is really amazing what a piece of furniture in the right dimensions will do to a room.

Horoscope for Today

Which one is better? I was making dinner tonight for a friend but I could really go for a replenishing flood.

SCORPIO [October 23–November 21] Your world is going to get very wet in the coming days. At least, I hope it will. There are wrong moves you could make that would keep things pretty dry, but I hope you will go with the cosmic flow and allow yourself to get the full benefit of the replenishing flood. You need to be carried along in the fertile surge and be returned to the source of your emotional life.

Scorpio
10/23 – 11/21
Your creativity could use a nice workout, and right now the kitchen is the perfect place for it. How about hosting a dinner party? Cooking for your favorite people is a great way to express how much you care for them, and it can be as elaborate or as simple as you want. Whether you serve an elaborate five course meal or just order in some pizza, the people who care about you are going to feel well cared for. Get ready for laughter, nourishment and warm feelings.

New Year, New Things

Sorry I haven't written in forever. Busy wrapping up some stuff in my life. You know what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I'm feeling pretty good about this year. I'm exercising on a regular basis and running my first 5K with some friends this Sunday. I just bought my first pair of running shorts in Texas colors. No, they aren't the kind that look like undies. I'm also working on my two pack and it's looking good. I finally realized that if I want to look good I have to work at it. Talk is cheap. Weight isn't going to come off you unless you work at it. I cut my bangs this weekend and they look cute. A friend of mine saw me at the RBar and didn't even recognize me. He said between the bangs and new glasses I looked so young. Don't know if he was working it or being honest but it was nice to hear. Sometimes you need to hear some compliments from cute guys. Hanging out with cool positive people with their sh*t together. Planning a trip to Spain this summer with my friend. I think I'll still go even if they don't go. I think it would be wonderful to travel alone. I also want to go to Miami for a weekend in the next couple of weeks maybe after Mardi Gras. Also might be going to SXSW if I can get some free passes from Mike.

Anyway, if I haven't been in touch I was just kind of dealing with the same ole crap but it's dunzo so I should be my normal happy self now. Yes, sometimes letting go is much easier than fighting an uphill battle. Life's too short to be unhappy.