Fashionista and Polka Dots!!!

Good morning petites..I apologize for no post yesterday..I am right in the middle of quite a few things..I will explain later..Anyway..onto the Polka Dot craze...I was recently doing a little light reading in Glamour magazine..when I came across this spread of polka dots being hot this season...I thought it was so cute..It reminded me of when I was a little girl and used to go to the boardwalk..There is something very warm and fuzzy about this trend..Sort of a reminscence of days gone..It definately has a spring/summer feel to it..Dont you think?..I want to just go out and get cotton candy..and walk along a seashore..lol..The fashion gods also expressed interest in sorbet colors and gingham..again brought me right back to the past..its amazing to me how soemthing like a fabric style can do this...anyway..I dont know for sure if I will venture into this trend..but then again one never knows..If I like it enough I might just give a try...

FASHIONISTA'S AND THE RECESSION, PT.2

OK I KNOW THIS RECESSION IS REALLY RAINING ON OUR PARADE..IS IT NOT? I AM TAKING IT REALLY HARD..SO I DECIDED TO PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT OF INFO TO HELP YOU ALONG..AT LEAST MAKE YOU A LITTLE HAPPIER...AND ME TOO!! SO HERE ARE SOME SAVE MONEY STRATEGIES SO YOU DO NOT REALLY HAVE TO DO WITHOUT, BUT YA MIGHT NEED TO WORK A LITTLE..OK..FIRST UP..

NAILS...FOR ALL OF YOU OUT THERE WHO LIKE TO HAVE YOUR NAILS DONE..TRY DOING THEM YOURSELF..THERE ARE SOME GREAT PRODUCTS OUT THERE..MY FAV. IS OPI..I LOVE THEIR COLORS AND OF COURSE THE NAMES EACH COLOR IS GIVEN..YOU CAN FIND THEM AT ULTA AND SEPHORA...

FACIALS...I LOVE THE QUEENE HELENE LINE OF SKIN PRODUCTS..THEY ARE FAB..RIGHT NOW I AM USING THEIR MINT MASK..CAN ANYBODY SAVE DIVINE..THERE VERY REASONABLE PRICED AND LAST A WHILE..

LASTLY.. AND CERTAINLY NOT LEAST..CLOTHES...I THINK THIS HURTS THE MOST..I PICKED UP A FEW DOS FROM THE GREAT DESIGNER MICHAEL KORS...IN THE FEB. ISSUE OF GLAMOUR, MICHAEL KORS GIVES SOME POINTERS ON HOW TO SAVE...HERE ARE A FEW..
$STOCK UP ON SEASONLESSS FABRICS, SUCH AS SILKS AN COTTONS..JUST THINK OF THINGS THAT CAN BE WORN FOR 12 MONTHS ...
$INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO MORE ACCESSORIES...BELTS, HATS, SCARVES, ETC....
$CHECK OUT SALES...
$DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF JEWELRY...

NOW FASHIONISTA'S DO NOT FEEL GLUM ABOUT THIS....BECAUSE THE MONEY YOU SAVE BY FOLLOWING THESE TIPS.. YOU CAN SPLURGE ON SOMETHING YOU REALLY.. REALLY WANT..AND BY DOING THIS YOU WILL BE DOING YOUR PART TO SAVE THE ECONOMY...
SO REMEMBER THIS..KEEP YOUR HEAD UP AND KEEP LOOKING LIKE THE FASHIONISTA THAT YOU ARE..THIS TO SHALL PASS...xoxo

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.
Coco Chanel

FASHIONISTA'S AND THE RECESSION

RECESSION...OH THAT UGLY WORD...IF YOU TURN ON THE TELEVISION ALL YOU SEE AND HEAR ABOUT IS THE RECESSION THIS COUNTRY IS GOING THROUGH..THIS IS A TOTALLY DOWNER FOR ANYONE WHO LIKES TO SHOP..OR IS IT?..IN THE FEB.2009 ISSUE OF GLAMOUR IN A RELATED ARTICLE TO THIS, TAHIRA K. HIRA, Ph.D, (A PERSONAL FINANCE PROFESS. AT IOWA STATE)STATED AND I QUOTE " WOMAN HANDLE 83% OF THE COUNTRY'S CONSUMER SPENDING, WHICH MAKES UP 70% OF OUR ECONOMY"...CHEERS TO US...SORRY TO GO ALL SERIOUS WITH YOU FOR A MOMENT, BUT I THOUGHT THIS FACT WOULD DRIVE MY POINT HOME..FOLLOWING ME LOVES..SO WHAT THIS MEANS TO US FASHIONISTA'S IS WE HAVE THE POWER TO TURN THIS AROUND AND MAKE OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE ECONOMY...I DONT SUGGEST WE GO SHOPPING AND MAX OUT ARE CREDIT CARDS (BAD IDEA), BUT I DO SAY INDUGLE YOURSELF...BUY THOSE SHOES OR HANDBAG YOU HAVE BEEN DROOLING OVER...EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS..YOU SEE WE ARE THE LITTLE PEOPLE, BUT THE BIG STORES NEED US..THEY ARE ACTUALLY DEPENDING ON US...US THE FASHIONISTA'S...IMAGINE THAT!!!....
SO IN ENDING THIS, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY AND THIS IS JUST AS IMPORTANT, REMEMBER TO SHOP RESPONSIBLY...NOTHING CAN PUT A WRINKLE IN YOUR DRESS THEN A CREDIT CARD BILL OUT OF CONTROL..YOUR NOT TRYING TO RACK UP DEBT, JUST DOING YOUR PART TO SAVE THE ECONOMY....