New Style, New Attitude

I'm not sure what happened but I typed the below message almost 3 weeks ago when I first had my hair braided.

Good afternoon...

I'm excited, I've wanted braids for a long time (like over 5 years) and I finally went to get my hair braided. I love my box braids. I cannot wait until they loosen some so I can begin to style them. I have to admit I didn't know they would be so heavy, a little painful, and that I wouldn't know how to sleep, lol. Here are some pictures and I will post more in detail next weekend. Have an awesomeness day and thanks for reading.

Fast forward to today...

BOX BRAIDS ARE HARD!!!

I have had 3 weeks of struggles. I thought braids were supposed to be easy. I thought wake up in the morning, do something simple to my braids and have a beautiful style all day. I thought my time getting ready would be reduced. I WAS WRONG.I went from quick hairstyles to spending over 30-45 minutes trying to styles my braids and they look horrible. I had so many misconceptions. I've had "braids shock".  With all the problems, time consuming days, having co-workers help me, I wouldn't trade my braids experience. I've also decided instead of braids, get twists...and use a professional.  

Off to research how long my hair needs to rest before I attempt twists.

Wish me luck...

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You KNOW I had to do it..........

Good Afternoon Lovelies……

No matter what type of eating regimen that I am on there are two constants in my life that are my dear, dear LOVES and I cannot even imagine parting with, not even for a day……Coffee and Potatoes.  I love all types of Potatoes; baked, mashed, broiled, grilled, fried and of course, potato chips.  Which leads me to the topic of today’s entry………Lays Cappuccino flavored chips.  Now you know that I could not pass on the opportunity to do a taste test for you guys.  I have already prefaced this test with the fact that I am both a coffee and chip lover, which already favors well for this bag of Lays.  Chad Scott, the finalist that entered the Cappuccino flavor, is a coffee lover from Modesto, CA.  My kinda guy.  So…….let’s get started.

First of all, you probably already know what the bag looks like…….. 

After opening the bag, I took a whiff…..smells like coffee and cinnamon. YUM!!!  

After opening the bag, I took a whiff…..smells like coffee and cinnamon. YUM!!!   The first bite is quite unique.  The smell overpowers the taste so I get no chip flavor, only coffee flavoring with a chip crunch.  With my second chip, I get the same flavor, texture combo.  Because there are not two flavors competing with one another, I actually like what I taste.  I was a bit skeptical but overall, it is not bad, not bad at all.

Greetings from Pensacola

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Monarch Butterflies make me Happy!!

Good Afternoon Lovelies……

Although I do LOVE Summer so very much, I do appreciate the fall, particularly the colors.  This is why I was so excited to get my package yesterday evening in the mail.  I was watching YouTube a few weeks ago and saw the most gorgeous pair of earrings on Ms. Toni Daley (Tonidaley.com).  I absolutely adore her earrings and already have a few pair but THIS pair was EVERYTHING.  I knew I had to have them so I ordered a pair.  First, let me say that as soon as I saw them, I was immediately reminded of the fall and here is why……

Monarch Butterflies!!!!  I thought that the caged packaging was brilliant and I that made them even more unique and gorgeous.  I can’t wait to try them on for a little spin at the first tough of cool, autumn air.  If you, like me, have a thing for unique earrings, please check out Ms. Daley’s website for some fancy items……

 

I Love Packages

Happy Monday...

Don't you just love coming home to packages?

I have been on a mini shopping spree lately and I love packages. I decided to shop more in my attempt to shed my "Plain Jane" shell. I hope to have a complete wardrobe with all cute clothes instead of trying to make a cute outfit.

I hope you all will agree that I'm transforming but for now I'm off to open my packages.

It's Monday and I am blogging again.........

Good Afternoon Lovelies……

I am back; well, for now that is.  I find it really difficult to stay on task and blog regularly.  I think that I put too much pressure to deliver a blog worth reading.  I really have no desire to post just for the sake of saying that I posted but I need to find some motivation that will keep me posting regularly.  I’m sure you guys can relate.  This summer has literally flown right on by.  This has been a very challenging year for me.  I lost some very important people in my life.  My Aunt passed away in April and she was literally my second Mother.  I was totally devastated by her passing.  When I was just beginning to get my feet under me, my Father passed away.  He had been ill for about a year buthis passing was still an immense shock and beyond devastating.  I am slowly trying to come to grips with the fact that I won’t see or talk to these extremely important people in my life again.  Everything outwardly tells me that I am coping and that I am slowly getting back to normal but something deep down inside refuses to budge.  I feel like I am running around and around and going nowhere.  My daily life has become an existence.  I’ve traveled more than usual this summer hoping that in some small way, I can begin to enjoy some parts of my life again.  In many ways it has become nothing more than a shield or sorts; allowing me to appear to be healing.  I am hoping that getting back to something that I love, writing, will help me begin the healing process.  This post may be a bit more than you bargained for from a fashion blog but, I felt I owed it to myself to be true to what I feel on any given day and today, I felt like using this blog as therapy.  Until the next post……..