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A Lovely Charity Event

Posted on September 27, 2014 by LFFL

All dolled up and ready to leave for a charity event. I had never been to a major charity event before this one and always wondered what it was like to attend one.

All the donations for this charity event went to one of the local hospitals for cancer research—always a good cause.

I arrived there early enough to see the stage being set up for music, a lady practicing her aerial stunts, and the tents being set up with tables, chairs and whatnot.

Aerial acts.

The tents, food, and a famous country singer.

And, oh my. Food was EVERYWHERE!!! So many different restaurants had their own little areas where they were giving away samples of their food to all the attendees all night unlimitedly. I just loved seeing so much food surrounding me. It was a dream come true—to be surrounded by various types of food and unlimited eating! Heaven!

Everyone was dressed in their finest attire. The men were, oh so, very dapper in their suits and ties and the ladies so lovely in their cocktail dresses and 4-inch stilettos. It was all very high-society, dahling.

So, if you have nothing else to do today, find a local charity event in your hometown and attend it while dressed to the nines in your finest attire. You’ll have lots of fun and help out a good cause at the same time.

Take-Away Life Lesson: It’s always nice when you can give your money to attend a fun event while at the same time knowing your money is being put to good use and was well worth the cost to attend.

Game Day Spirit

Posted on June 30, 2014 by LFFL

Top & Jeans—Victoria’s Secret
Belt—Express

I’m such a fanatic when it comes to the World Cup. Here I was on my way to meet a friend at a sports bar to watch the USA play Portugal.

Though the color red is missing from this ensemble, I thought it was pretty fitting with the white and navy blue stripes for what I grabbed from my closet in such a hurry. Had I not been so excited to leave, I probably would have worn a red belt rather than the gold one. A pop of red could have made the difference.

So, if you have nothing else to do today, mix your team’s colors into your attire before heading out for a fun time.

Take-Away Life Lesson: It’s always better to calm down and give yourself time to fancy yourself up and think through your options so you’re not left regretting that one tiny accessory that could have made all the difference.

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A Warm Hat For A Blistering Cold Day

Posted on February 26, 2014 by LFFL

Hat—Outdoor festival

I knew this hat would come in handy at some point, but I kept forgetting all about it—mainly because it found a home inside a bottom drawer that I rarely go into. This little fur hat keeps my head toasty warm on cold winter days.

I love when I “discover” hidden clothing and accessories that I’ve forgotten all about. They could be buried somewhere deep in the trenches that I rarely access on a day-to-day basis. That’s why I’m so surprised when I “find” them and they resurface.

I was out and about at a yearly outdoor festival about five years ago when I happened across one of several little huts selling various items—which included this hat staring back at me. I just had to have it.

For those of you that don’t know, I’m not a cold-weather girl at all. The only positives I see about the blithering cold are being able to wear my winter fashions—and the possibility of a workplace shutdown if there’s a good amount of snow. Other than that, I could do without cold weather the rest of my life.

And now with the warm weather quickly approaching (fingers crossed), I figured I might as well get what use I can out of this hat since I plopped down perfectly good money for it and haven’t worn it once in the five years since I’ve had it.

I’m a big believer in not “saving” your good things for only special occasions that may or may not happen. Every day is special because you get to live another day. I say wear your good clothes, hats, shoes, bags, and use your best china dishes and all your other things.

After all, you got these things for yourself to enjoy—so you should enjoy them on a regular basis while you have the chance, not once in a blue moon. After all, when you’re gone—someone else is going to enjoy all the fine things you got for yourself to enjoy with your hard-earned money. Which technically means you’re buying things for everyone else to enjoy after you’re gone. That’s NONSENSE and crazy talk, I say!

So, if you have nothing else to do today, rummage through your home and see if you can’t find something that’s been hidden away for a while that you can actually enjoy today and on a regular basis. You deserve it after all.

Take-Away Life Lesson: Don’t keep your things buried where you’ll forget about them for ages. Use your good things while you can—and don’t worry so much about things cracking, breaking, wearing out, ripping, and whatnot. That’s all the more reason for you to acquire something new to enjoy when the time comes to replace it!

A Fashion Show Adventure

Posted on October 20, 2013 by LFFL

Fashion Show entrance

Fashion Show stage

Fashion Show runway

Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014

Well this was my first time being a spectator at a fashion show in person. I have to say, it was super fun. I went two nights in a row and saw different designers rockin’ their designs down the runway. So awesome!

I got there early and started taking some pictures hoping to catch some interesting fashions on anyone.

Fashionistas at the fashion show — Little Fashionistas

Ava & Madelynn
Jackets, Dresses, Shoes—Justice

And look at these two little divas! How adorbz are they?

The girl on the left is Ava (she’s 7 years old) and the girl on the right is her sister Madelynn (her birthday was the same day of the show and she just turned 9 years old).

I have to say—I thought I’d be snapping pictures of a lot more people in interesting outfits but these two girls had the most interesting outfits on of the evening. Not that everyone else didn’t look nice—everyone was dressed rather well. There just wasn’t anything spectacular, you know? A lot of folks kind of looked similar to each other. Nothing really stood out to me other than the girls.

Thanks for letting me take your fabulous picture, girls!

Jami

Lovers of fashion!

On Jami: Top—Torrid; Jeans—Ashley Stuart; Shoes—Shoe Dazzle
On Me: Top—Victoria’s Secret; Tie—Men’s Wearhouse; Belt—Charlotte Russe

Another fashion spectator diva at the show was Miss Jami who was so gracious to allow me to take her picture.

Fashion Show DJ — In a league all his own.

Now THIS did catch my attention! The DJ was groovin’ the music super loud ALL night long! I mean—nonstop! And he never stood still. He was dancing all over the place in that DJ booth. His head almost fell off. ROCK ON, dude!

But his flowered pajama bottoms are what caught my attention. You go, boy! Nobody is going to tell him what he can and cannot wear!

Fashion Show model

Fashion Show models

It was a pretty full house. The fashion show didn’t quite sell out but it was plenty full of people.

Oh, and can I just say—the MEN are divine at these shows—or at least the show I went to. And I’m talking about the finely dressed distinguished gentlemen sitting in the audience watching the show and/or in the photographer pit taking pictures. Suits and ties and debonair, I tell you.

So, if you have nothing else to do today, scope out the next fashion show you can possibly attend—and GO and have a good time.

Take-Away Life Lesson: It’s always good to have an extra set of earplugs on standby in case you’re around loud music for 3 hours straight.

A Basic Black Flat Shoe

Posted on July 2, 2013 by LFFL

Shoes—Shoe Carnival

It’s a BUY ONE, GET ONE HALF-OFF SALE, folks!!

This post is strictly because I’ve only had ONE fashion post up now since I started this blog. I’m not living up to the name of this blog very well. It’s become more of a food blog (not that I’m complaining)—but I did warn everyone on my ‘About Me’ page that this would probably happen.

There are a few reasons the fashion department is lacking:

I haven’t been shopping for clothes, shoes, etc., in ages (totally unlike me)
I need to buy an actual camera that takes much better pictures than my cell phone is doing
I need to find people wearing something interesting that is worthy to snap and put onto this blog
I need to find an official photographer that can take pictures of me each day in my own clothes
I need to stop being so lazy and just do it all already

So the best I could come up with right now is a boring pair of flat black shoes. I bought these shoes, mainly, so I could have a happy walk into work each day. I’m a heels girl myself—the higher, the better. But who in the world can walk miles in heels?!

When you have to walk two super long blocks from where your car is parked to where the front door of your job is located—pahleese! I’d rather stab myself with a fork all the way there. This is why I choose to carry my heels in a bag and walk in my flats so I can remain as happy as I’ll be for that day. Then I change them.

So it was a Shoe Carnival buy one, get one half-off sale!! They were the perfect fit and comfort level all the way around and it’s hard for me to find perfect black flats because there’s always something not quite right with them after I’m wearing them (too small, too big, too tight, they hurt, not comfortable, etc.). You never really find these things out until after you’ve taken them home and worn them a few days. By then, you can’t return them.

So since perfection was found with the first pair I bought, naturally, I went back and had them order more for me (since they were out of them by then) and I bought somewhere in the realm of between—hmmmmm, I dunno—3 to 5 pairs total (leaning more towards 5).

(Don’t judge me. They’re gonna wear out quickly as much as I’ll wear them.) Now if only I can pry that little circle off the front of them—not digging that too much.

So, if you have nothing else to do today, go to a buy one, get one half-off sale at Shoe Carnival or some other shoe store and find yourself the perfect pair of shoes. Buy yourself several pairs if you love them that much like I did.

Take-Away Life Lesson: If you walk in high heels for any distance, you ultimately end up walking like Frankenstein and have the same look he has on his face. And there’s nothing sexy or attractive about it. And trust me when I say I’ve seen you look that way, ladies! Pain is too hard to hide.

Spa Love—Not

Posted on June 15, 2013 by LFFL

Oh, what a glorious day it was today! Today was spa day which should translate into a pampering/relaxing of some sort. Or at least it, technically, should have been—or so I thought.

First up, the Eyebrow Wax:

After the 15-minute drive to get there, it took all of 10 minutes to rip ’em off—but ouch, ouch, and OUCH! So much for that ‘pampering’ session.

Next up, Hair:

First off, I had to drive to a totally different location 30 minutes south away from the girl that does my brows. Driving a country mile to this location is what was unpleasant, but once I was there the experience was rather relaxing.

Third up, Nails:

Yep, I had to drive to yet another location for this experience—30 minutes north away from the guy that does my hair.

But no one should be at an in-and-out nail salon almost 2 1/2 hours! Yeah, they were super busy but part of my waiting was due to a lady who had her crying one-month old infant with her while trying to get her nails done. It didn’t work out for anyone involved—the nail technician, the lady, her baby, or me!

The particular person that I love doing my nails just happened to be tending to this woman. Go figure. The lady opted to wait 5 minutes to see if she could get the baby to stop crying. Finally she put him back in his carrier and went back to her nails.

Five minutes into it, the poor baby starts wailing again. (translation: she has to pick him up—with her hands which are where her NAILS ARE!)

So, if you have nothing else to do today, schedule yourself a fabulous spa appointment—one that won’t actually hurt you, cause you to practically drive out-of-town, or has a wailing baby.

Take-Away Life Lesson: See if we can’t convince all our favorite service providers to work for the same business (translation: under one roof).

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Waterfall White Fashion

Posted on March 5, 2013 by LFFL

This is an outfit I chose for an outing with a date. I couldn’t begin to tell you where I got the dress, shoes, or bracelet, but I pulled them from my closet and thought the combo would be a fun date outfit—the all-white look. And I’m definitely one of those people who believe you can wear any color any time of year. If you know you’re a person that can pull anything off any time of year, then hey, you don’t have any problems. So I don’t believe in that ‘no-white-after-Labor-Day’ nonsense.

Needless to say, the date didn’t turn out to be so fun—but it was what it was. You only get one shot with me, sweet cheeks!

I loved the background where this picture was taken. It’s directly in front of a hotel in a ritzy part of town that had a fabulous waterfall. The perfect spot for a picture. Sadly, this was the only good memory from the evening. And, thank goodness, I got it on camera!

So, if you have nothing else to do today, try the all-white look or any look for that matter, go out and do a photo shoot in front of some beautiful scenery, and put your pics into a photo album as a keepsake.

Take-Away Life Lesson: Find people who are deserving of the time and energy it takes you to get ready for a date and will be great company. Ugh!

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