Drink O de Mayo

So yesterday was Cinco de Mayo. I know that it commemorates some battle in Mexico, but that's all I know (and I grew up in San Diego). From my perspective (and it's a lot of people's perspective), the day is just an excuse to eat yummy Mexican food and drink margaritas. But when I got home, who should be waiting for me but Elli. I figured that it's her holiday, because it doesn't get any more Mexican than a chihuahua. So I put her new T shirt and her Gooby on, and took her for a nice long walk over to Target. That right there is her idea of the ultimate celebration.

When we got home, I still had an hour and a half until the Clippers wiped the floor with OKC. So I spent it fruitfully:

But lest you think that I am all work and no play, I did one round of celebrating myself.

So refreshing !!! And a good way to watch the Clippers. Did I mention that they creamed OKC?
Onto more important things. What am wearing today?

The skirt is a wrap around sarong style. I got it at Bloomingdale's. It's one of their house brands. The top is a jersey knit that I got at a random fast fashion store that you see all over Orange County. Just beware that sizes in those shops run really small - I am a LARGE. The shoes are Nine West - It seems as though that may be my favorite shoe brand. Onto the bling:
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The ring is a Swarovski Nirvana in Black Diamond. The bracelet is a costume piece from Stacy's Boutique (an HB favorite). But what about the left hand?

The bracelet is gold and diamonds, a present for some holiday at some time. Aren't I so informative? The ring is from White House Black Market in New Orleans. And around my neck ? This is a necklace made of black coral and gold beads that I had made from a huge branch of black coral that I brought back from St Kitts, in the West Indies. I have had it for years, and it's still one of my favorites.

Well, that about does it for today. Have a good one, and Happy Nurses Day to all the nurses out there. Thanks for everything you do !!!

Welcome to my Blog!!!

Thanks for looking at my blog !!! First of all, what will this blog be about? Well, there will be a little of everything, with topics including fashion, hobbies, recipes and food, gardening, and just about anything else you can think of. It will usually be me who is doing the posting, but I am sure that I will have many impressive guest bloggers on here (especially after I become famous). Let's dip our little toes into the water with my first post. I think we will start with fashion, since that is what my fans have been asking for. How about we dissect today's look:

Pants = We start with some oldie but goodie Guess jeans. I can't even tell you how old they are, but at any rate, I have worn them for years and they haven't disintegrated yet. It's hard to tell from the picture, but they are corduroy, so that makes them good to wear when it's a little on the cool side. Top = this top is a chiffon tunic made by Coldwater Creek. I don't usually shop there, but they sent me a $20 coupon, so, duh. I got this to wear either as a tunic or as a swimsuit coverup. It's one size fits all, and believe me, all of us could get inside of it together. It absolutely had to be belted - when left loose, I resembled a flying squirrel. I chose a wide grey elastic belt for the job. This allows for expansion of the belly after my lunchtime chow down. Tshirt = I had originally picked out a white camisole to wear under the tunic since it's sheer. But I neglected to notice that the heat wave is over, so I had to do a game day substitution, or I would have frozen. I ended up with this long sleeve white Old Navy T shirt. It had the unintentional added bonus of having sparkly sequins on the front, so they shine through and glitter. Accessories = These really make the look. I started with a statment necklace made of moonstones:

I got this from Amazon. It was very reasonably priced, but it did come over on the slow boat from China.
Then I added a bracelet made of larimar.

Larimar is a semi-precious stone found only in the Domincan Republic. It is formed when volcanic flows combine with copper. I got this bracelet from Amazon as well, but I originally saw a beautiful one at Costco. I didn't get it at the time,because I had some remodeling to do. Boo.

The other bracelet is made of a gemstone called Seraphite. It came from the Southwest Indian Foundation. I have purchased a lot of jewelry through this company, because 80% of the costs go to helping Indian tribes. So you can spoil yourself and help someone out at the same time.They cancel each other out, just like when you eat chocolate cake and then cancel it out with Diet Coke. Well, that's it for today, fine readers (if there are any out there). I may post again tomorrow, now that I sorta have the hang of it. Trying to add pictures to the text made me say bad words and pull some of my hair out, but I'm better now. Feel free to comment on this post - at this point, I will even accept hate mail. Rosie