“Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.” -Bo Bennett quote How’s your enthusiasm today?? Does your outfit of choice reflect that you are excited to be here or does is say sad and depressed? Sometimes our clothes will be a window into our spirits…I know, because for most of my 30s…
Classic film director, Vincente Minnelli, once said, “Color can do anything that black and white can do.” While I realize he was discussing a changing trend in movie production, his quote also made me think that today color would have the upper hand in fashion. However, it is hard to beat the classic, timeless styling…
“Never too old, never too bad, never too late, never too sick to start from scratch once again.” -Bikram Choudhury. Visibility and change actually are related. People who are not open to change often just hide…they hide and hold on to the things, the life, the people, they so desperately do not want to release. The picture…
Discovered this fun blouse at Goodwill!! Let the purging begin!! It’s that fun time of year when many women sweep through their closets! Goodwill and other thrift shops receive an influx of donations, for that valuable tax credit, before the year ends. Then there are those of us who desire a fresh start at the…
Happy Monday everyone! You may have figured out by now that I am a typical Texas gal who loves her jeans! I could live in denim and be perfectly happy! So, one of my personal challenges is to find how many different ways I can dress the jeans up, so that they are very VISIBLE!…
Angelita’s Boutique at La Villita Yes, believe it or not, the retailers have another name for holiday sales…Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Super Saturday, and now…drum roll, please…today is Mighty Monday….it comes complete with 5AM Store openings, return-the-merchandise-chaos, huge discount prices, and all the crowds and personal bonding you could ever desire. I was blessed to…
I really just wore this coat for the fun of it! This is my mother’s coat and it is well over thirty years old. I would not wear it in public, unless, of course, I was contracted as a linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys! But, it helps me illustrate the point women in Texas are…
No, No Don’t wear that!!! I began to experiment with fashion in my teens. In looking back, I think it angered, and hurt, my mother that I no longer desired to wear her handmade clothes. I wanted store bought and I wanted to be creative. If I had only understood her connection between self-worth and…