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What’s in Your Bag

April 19, 2017

As I strode to my desk this morning, one of my co-workers commented on my pretty handbag.

The comment sparked a group conversation that led to a discussion of all the things ladies carry around in our handbags. “What’s in Your Bag”, I thought, would be a good topic for a blog post.

To circumvent your mounting curiosity, I’ll now divulge my deep dark “pocketbook” secrets.

There are seven main items in my handbag: A wallet, an iPad, a small notebook, 2 sets of car keys (one for my car, one for LB’s), a case containing eyeglasses, a pack of gum, and a much smaller bag that contains all those little necessities that get lost in the bottom of your handbag if not properly contained.

Pretty standard pocketbook stuff.  Everyone carries a wallet of some sort.  Mine contains my drivers license, debit card, and various other wallet type items.  My iPad is a necessity during lunchtime at work because I have my Stylebook to arrange, Instagram to stalk, and other blogger’s posts to catch up on.  The small notebook comes in handy if I think of a new post title or other idea to capture before it evades my overstuffed brain.  The other items are pretty self explanatory but small bag is the really interesting part…

and I’m not sharing.

so… what’s in your handbag?

[I SO wanted to say “what’s in your wallet”]

 


Filed Under: Lifestyle

Orange and Blue

April 18, 2017

As I revealed in a previous post, orange is one of my favorites. Orange paired with blue is a glorious combination!
But though I’m a native Floridian and have lived in Florida all my life, I’m not a Gator fan. Sorry Folks.
I wish the Gators no ill will, I’ve just never been a fan of the team, or of football in general.

Speaking of football, aside from the SuperBowl (which is in my opinion just an excuse to have a party), the only thing I appreciate about football is the beer and hot wings.

Well… maybe just the hot wings.

As I mentioned, orange is one of my favorites. Together orange and blue create a synergistic effect which is great for a football team. It is also a combination I assemble often as blue jeans pretty much pair well with anything and I have a LOT of orange tops.

My taste in jeans changes every couple of years or so. Right now I’m obsessed with colored skinny jeans from Venus. A few years ago it was Stella boot cut jeans from Express. Sprinkled in the mix of my denim collection are Rock & Republic and a pair of True Religion that I rarely wear for fear that I may destroy them. I can be hard on my clothes (slob) and certainly don’t want to do any damage to a $300 pair of jeans. I don’t worry so much about a pair from Venus that cost $29.

Happy Tuesday!


Filed Under: Fashion, Lifestyle

The Power of the Peplum

April 17, 2017

Word on the street is the peplum is scheduled for a resurgence this fall.

On pants.

This is great news as I wasn’t aware that it was a trend that had faded and now I can be glad that it’s back.

I’ll put a peplum on anything.  Reason being,  it does so much for masking little flaws. Or big flaws.
I say we all take advantage of the proficiency of the peplum (I know its a stretch) as it accentuates the waist, plays up the curves, and  makes the tummy magically disappear.
It has a classy, romantic 1940’s appeal even when it is sleeveless.

At this point in my wardrobe collection, peplums are restricted to several tops and one wool coat.

I have a couple from Express that were purchased a few years ago
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And a few that I’m interested in here and here.  Really interested.

 

I’m feeling a shopping spree coming on.

Girl, Shopping, Bag, Gift, Blonde
Today I wore my navy blue top from Forever21 (similar, similar) with my white Express jeans and my navy slides that are similar to these.

It’s Monday

 

 

 

 


Filed Under: Fashion

The Ducks were a HIT

April 16, 2017

Easter Sunday is certainly a day to remember our Lord and the sacrifice He made.  It is also a day to spend with those you love.  In my case that would be my LB and my Family.  I have three grown children, a precious daughter-in-law and the most adorable grand-baby ever!  My extended family includes my sweet Mama, my sister, and her family.

This Easter we gathered for Sunday “dinner” after church.  As a bonus, there was an after dinner Easter egg hunt.  Three children [three years old and under] were center stage:  My sister’s two grand-babies Levi and Thea, and my little Lydia.  This was about as entertaining an Easter egg hunt as there ever was.

Every year I will make up Easter baskets for my kids.  They expect it and they truly appreciate it.  Now that Lydia is part of the family she gets an Easter basket as well.  This year her Easter basket contained Cheddar Bunnies, a bunny headband, a cookie in a tin, 6 plastic eggs, a white plush bunny with a carrot shaped blanket and a tube of plastic ducklings [pictured is Glammy and Lydia who is wearing the bunny headband and holding the tube of ducklings in her right hand].

We spent the next hour playing with the six little ducks.  Lydia would declare that she needed help and I would promptly hold out my hands so she could turn them out and one by one pluck them up and place them back into the tube.


Filed Under: Lifestyle

Easter

April 16, 2017

Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime ~ Martin Luther

Azalea

Enjoy this beautiful spring day!

 

Mark 16:5-7


Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged: Easter, resurrection, spring

Cookies & Colored Eggs

April 15, 2017

The Saturday before Easter Sunday would not be complete without coloring eggs.  This year I decided the day wouldn’t be complete without cookies as well.  I started early in the day with spritz cookies.  The recipe I used is from Remarkable Home and I found it on Pinterest.  When I first came across this post, it was cuteness overload.  The Artist has sandwiched the cookies onto pop sticks and formed them into a bouquet.  Intent on using my new bunny platter, I had no intention of going to bouquet route, but it was certainly adorable.

With my handy spritz cookie press and the basic recipe from Remarkable Home I was able to create these festive flowers:

And they are tasty.  The cookies are all brushed with a light glaze.  The pink and orange have colored sprinkles; the green and blue do not.  The general consensus is that the sprinkle cookies taste better, however those without sprinkles look better.  Maybe I went a little overboard on the sprinkling.

After I decorated all the flower cookies I placed them on the Garden Bunny Cake Stand from Pier One that I purchased on a recent shopping trip.

Isn’t it cute

 

This evening I drafted my daughters to do the egg coloring for me.  Stephanie and Amanda took care of the metallic and tie dye Easter eggs and did a great job.  We decorated 18 but my math/division skills were lacking at the time so we ended up with 10 metallic and 8 tie dye.  My bad.  Nevertheless, I enjoyed the time with my girls.

 

This is Eloise

 


Filed Under: Baking, family first, Holiday, Lifestyle

Have a Blessed Day

April 14, 2017

salvation


Filed Under: Lifestyle

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I’m Kim… and I love Pretty clothes, Pretty décor, Pretty days, and Pretty much anything that involves family and fun.  Growing up, My Mama told me more than once “Pretty is as Pretty does” …encouraging me to focus on the inner pretty girl, as she is the one that matters most.

Here on my blog, I’m sharing what I see as pretty.  Whether it be an outfit, an experience, an event, a memory or thought.  Hopefully I’ll share something that will be interesting, useful, or make you smile along the way.

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