Playing Stylist!!

Playing Stylist!!

Happy Sunday morning, everyone!  Rain is falling as I write and is so welcome here!  My daughter needed an inexpensive fix for a special event recently with her husband! So, of course, I wanted to help.  I found this Michael Kors dress at one of my favorite resale shops GARMENT EXCHANGE!  Owner, Marilyn Caskey, helped me…

Autumn Fashions: Really Neutral After All

Autumn Fashions: Really Neutral After All

In San Antonio, we awoke to temperatures in the 50s and low humidity…glorious!!  So, my family decided we wanted a screened-in porch for lunch dining! CLEAR SPRINGS  provided the porch and delicious food for seven to enjoy! As much color as is associated with autumn fashions, the season is really the best time to combine…

Vertigo: A Formidable Foe

Vertigo: A Formidable Foe

Good News:  These are two pieces of clothing I could not wear at the beginning of summer…too tight!  Thanks to weight training, they fit now!  Whoo Hoo!! Bad News:  For the second time in six months, I am battling vertigo!  It is no fun watching the room spin and the feeling of falling down.  I…

The Magic a Great Jacket Can Perform!

The Magic a Great Jacket Can Perform!

During my 30s and 40s, I ceased to wear jackets. I had left the professional world to be a mom and considered them to be a part of my professional past.  At that time, I never would have worn a jacket with jeans.  I did not believe it to be functional in my “mom” world….

If You Can’t Do Hermes….

If You Can’t Do Hermes….

I would love to have the income which allowed several HERMES scarves to live in my closet….but, alas, I don’t.   The good news is, there are many great retailers offering affordable accessories ….please share with us your favorite places. (My son came up with the “angelic” lighting!) I love places like MARSHALLS, Ross, STEIN MART,…

Rainy Days and Mondays Always Make Me Smile!

Rainy Days and Mondays Always Make Me Smile!

I  Saturday was brutal (108 degrees!)…but Sunday brought cooler summer showers.  I know so often in my life, just as things seem unbearable, there is always refreshment and cooler breezes blowing around the corner. For what seems like a billion different times, I am beginning yet again to attempt weight loss and a healthy lifestyle….

A Time for Blooming!

A Time for Blooming!

Ok, I am going to date myself…does anyone remember the guy on the Ed Sullivan show who kept plates spinning on poles all at the same time?? That is what my life feels like now that I wear so many different hats.  I am constantly running up and down the line of poles working to…

Emerald Green Fashions: How To Style Them?

Emerald Green Fashions: How To Style Them?

Green is the color right now…for March…for Spring 2013…for St. Patrick’s Day…everything green.  In fact, Pantone selected EMERALD as the color of the year.  Here it is pictured in a graphic from Pantone with the other Spring and Summer 2013 feature colors: Tuesday I am joining with Adrienne (all the looks are here on Adrienne’s page) and Jill as we all celebrate…