Vintage Fashion Expo For The Fashionista

Vintage Valentino


Vintage for Men

I absolutely love anything Vintage! Imagine my surprise when I came across this 'Original Vintage Fashion Expo' happening in Santa Monica. Tons and tons of clothes, hats, shoes, jewelry and purses...yes this is heaven for us fashion girls!

So to all my Fashionista girls, (oops and you Fashionisto's)...I have a link to get in for free. It's normally a $10.00 cover charge, but who wants to buy a ticket when the money can be put towards more vintage!

Sign up for a free Goldstar Account~an Entertainment site featured on Oprah, and in New York Times and TIME magazine. It offers incredible free & discount tickets for sporting events, musicals, art shows, play's, comedy's, whale watching, wine tasting, etc. Anything you're interested in they've got it...like my FREE Vintage Fashion Expo! They send me an updated weekly list that I scan through and see if there's anything fun & interesting going on. It's very cool!

VINTAGE EXPO LINK

FREE TICKET LINK

Another One Bites the Dust

Today was a special day for my baby boy, Elijah. We got up early and took a trip to the DMV for his driving permit. When we pulled up, the line was wrapped around the outside of the building. I knew we were in trouble! It took us 1 hour just to get inside the building.

Yes, my short morning trip turned into 4 LONG hours of waiting in one line after another (I know, I should've made an appointment, but I thought most people would be at work/school- WRONG.)

I told him, "You better pass, I can't take waiting like this another day!"

No pressure or anything right?

So here's how he progressed:

line #3

Picture time-he told me, "STOP! You didn't take pics of my brothers!"
I didn't have a camera phone back then...

legal signature and thumb print

testing time - you can miss 8 out of 46 to pass

the STRESS...did i pass??????

PASSED!!! (missed 4 out of 46-not too bad)

Official Driving Permit Picture

Scary - driving me home!

It's official, another one bites the dust...I have no more babies left!

Driving (=) Never Home! (sigh)

Hey, Chicken!

I was talking to my boss today about food, likes/dislikes ~ it brought up a funny memory. As parents we often tell our kids things to get them to do what we want. I used this little trick whenever I fed my kids meat. They all liked chicken, so whether it was steak, fish, ham, pork chops, ribs etc...I told them it was chicken.

I thought it was brilliant & it worked!

They would sometimes complain, "This chicken's hard to chew! It doesn't look like the other kind," (it was steak). I quickly said, "I used a different sauce, and cooked it a little longer, besides there's different kinds of chicken, dark and light, but you like the taste don't you?"

"YES," they'd reply, "but it kinda hurts our teeth, don't cook it so long next time."

This went on until they were in junior high school. When I finally decided it was time to come clean. I didn't want them out on a date telling a girl that the chicken was good while they ate steak. No one wants a bunch of little dummies!LOL

They were shocked to find out that there was actually meat other than chicken! hahahha

AND...

It served it's purpose for a time.

Do you have anything you told your kids or your parents told you growing up that makes you laugh now?

Hermit

This is where I should've been...

I don't know what it is, but this past weekend I felt like a total hermit. I didn't want to leave the house at all. We got invited to a music/art show down in Santa Monica on Saturday night, but I was too lazy. I popped in movie after movie and just wrapped myself up in a blanket and layed around. So unlike me!

Even today, I'm off work and I was going to drop the kids off at school, attempt to go straight to the gym, (my back is still ridiculously sore-no idea why. Had an ultrasound to check my gall bladder, liver, kidney's and stomach-which came back okay. YAY! But what is this pain? X-Ray's next I guess. ) The gym didn't happen.

I was also going to head out to lay by the pool or ride my bike to the beach and write a little bit (it's a gorgeous day here today) but went upstairs to finish some reading, fell asleep and woke up at 12:00 p.m.! What's up with me? Well maybe my body just needs to rest?

So I feel like I've wasted my weekend and today by being non-productive. Hmmm...need to search for my lost motivation this week.

I Went-Paula Abdul-Live To Dance

we were supposed to dress hip & cool...sooo
here's my best impression for the night
(i had a short black leather jacket too)

boots: wild diva
top: forever 21
stretch pants: labijou

Last night we went to a live taping of 'Paula Abdul's' new show, 'Live to Dance.' I found a website, 'On Camera Audiences' (that I'm sharing with you), where you can get free tickets to everything from game shows to 'American Idol' (which of course has a waiting list & is hilarious this year with Steven Tyler & Jennifer Lopez.)

Anyways, I love anything that has to do with dance so I ordered the online tickets and told my hubby, "I got FREE tickets for us!"

Ya, he wasn't as excited as I was, but he went along without too much complaining. He's finally getting used to all my crazy ideas and places I find to take him along with me on my adventures.

We had to be there no later than 3:30 p.m. Here's the biggest problem in my life...I'm late to EVERYTHING...ALL the time! We were going to leave at 1:00 pm, but I was late. By the time we actually got in line, it was almost exactly 3:30. Which put us on a waiting list for seats, if VIP's didn't show up. While in line, they told us that they might have to split us up once we got inside. This lady who I was talking to behind me said, "If they split you and your husband up, maybe we'll get put together!" Guess I made a friend in line and she wanted to get rid of my hubby and hang out...lol! Luckily we got in, didn't get split up, but had to stand by the stage for the whole hour. My hubby wasn't too happy about it and reminded me over & over that we would've had seats if I wasn't late. I didn't mind, we had a great view and could dance along.

Oh I almost forgot to tell you, Paula was the tiniest, little thing ever. She is sooo adorable and even prettier in person. Funny how t.v. adds the extra pounds on you (glad I wasn't on camera, I probably would've starved myself for weeks if I saw me packing an extra 10 lbs...eek!)

and...you can see i stayed blond
~newly dyed two step process~

All in all it was a fun, FREE night out. I asked my hubby once it was all over, "Do ya want to go to 'So You Think You Can Dance' next? Or maybe, 'The Price is Right' or 'Let's Make a Deal'?"

Which he quickly replied, "NO. You get to drag me to one of these things a year, so pick and choose wisely because you've met your quota for this year, unless you want to take a friend instead!"

The moral of this post: Life's too short, step outside your comfort zone and search for a little adventure!

And The Verdicts In

After receiving a few comments that the brown makes me look older...that's all I needed to hear to make up my mind!LOL

OLDER!

That is worse than the 4 letter swear word...it's a 5 letter nightmare! But I definitely appreciate the honesty!

So I will stay blond, dread doing my two step process but will suffer through it not to look older. Don't get me wrong, I'm the happiest I've ever been in my life, wrinkles and all. My 40's have brought me confidence, peace, love, fulfillment and a sense of finally feeling...good enough.

Good enough for what? I don't know, but just GOOD ENOUGH. Women in general have this issue I think of always needing to please- friends, family, boyfriend, husband, kids...we are in search of perfection. Always waiting to feel good enough.

Well I finally reached the point now to know that I was ALWAYS good enough. I was just too focused on everything that was wrong with me instead of everything that is right!

Know that no matter what you look like, hair color, weight, flaws, career, friendships, love life or lack of one...YOU ARE SPECIAL and GOOD ENOUGH!

Help-Should I Go Dark?

I've been obsessed with going dark again for a LONG time. My natural color is dark, dark, dark, almost black brown. I've been blond for about 16 years or more. I'm tired of it. I'm tired of the up keep. I do my own hair (I went to cosmetology school years ago), but the two step process is such a pain!

I'm so torn, I don't want to regret it. It would take a long time before I'd be able to get it blond again if I hate it.

So PLEASE help...I pulled out some old Halloween wigs and put them on to see if I could deal with it. So be honest!

I actually like this darker color (not the style-lol!)
But is it better than blond?

To go dark or not...that is the question?

So do I stay blond????????

Haiti Orphans- A Letter

I recently read on a website that approximately 80% of the children in Haiti are orphans. I came across supermodel, Coco Rocha's post about an opportunity to write an email of hope and encouragement to the orphans/children of Haiti a year after the tragic earthquake.

She'll be heading to Haiti in a few days and will actually print out your letters and give them to the children.

What an amazing opportunity to touch the heart of a hurting, lonely child. Please take a few moments out of your day to brighten a lonely child's life with words of comfort and love.

The email address is:
letterstohaiti@gmail.com


Coco's Post asking for your Letters:
Coco's Haiti Letter Request

You can make a difference today!