Atlanta: Chicken, Waffles, Thrifting & Strip Clubs...OH MY!

 

This first picture should speak for itself. 

This is pretty much what went on the whole weekend.

That's what we do.

Juanette and I both wanted to meet any and everyone who wanted to meet us, so we made it simple. 

Saturday.

Chicken and Waffles.

Thrift shopping.

Alot more may or may not have happened:)

That's my cousin. He took me in while in Atlanta. 

He has great teeth. French is his first language. 

Has a good job and enjoys going to "sexy breakfast" spots.

#justsaying

#pimpingmycousinout

#hesreadytostartafamily 

#hedoesntreadmyblog

#inboxmeformoreinfo

#donttellhimisaidthat

#ifyouarehimiamjustkidding

#notreally

LA LYNN came by to stay hi...and she came with goodie bags for both of us.

She walked up with a wedding gift for me!

AAAAH!!! How sweet is that!

She swung by just to say hi even though she was on her way to feed the homeless!

Thank you LA LYNN!!!

Antonia also dropped by to say hi!

We ended up kidnapping her for the whole day!

No, seriously, she kept saying that she had to go and we kept begging her to hang with us.

And it worked!

She also led us to Highland Bakery where I finally had a belated birthday cupcake.

So for that, I love ANTONIA!

That's Cherie on the far right. She is the owner and genius behind Nappy Rutz Accessories...and she's in Atlanta! She does jewelry parties and pop up shows all over Atlanta!

When Antonia first approached us, I gave her a hug and instantly started smelling her because she smelled so good! Within 30 seconds, Juanette and I were practically digging in Antonia's purse to try on her SMELL GOODS! LOL! I'm sure Antonia was thinking "that's what they do in Texas??"

(It was a body spray by Degree...YES...Degree the deodorant people!)

I was introduced to the UPTOWN! Half lemonade/Half sweet tea!

#addicted

(I was on the phone with Eboni' in this pic, she was telling me that she couldn't make it. Boo to ATL traffic)

We stopped by the Clothes Warehouse in Little 5 Points but we skidaddled out of there...the prices were ridiculous!

We become really focused when we are thrift shopping. It is not a game!

Clowning around with some college kids in Little 5 Points

(I hope they were college kids)

Off we went to a better thrift store, Value Village on Moreland Avenue.

 (Gap jacket, H&M Dress, Jessica Simpson heels in earlier pics, Jessica Simpson sandals here)

We found our groove in Value Village. The SFAM in us took over and we were showing how thrift finds can work to your advantage. Pushed up sleeves and belts are our strategies of choice!

My cousin hung around for a little bit. I may or may not have forced him. But we may have or may not have allowed him to go to a local strip club while we shopped so he could catch a few football games. 

When he came to pick us up, we got him in on the thrifting action! He walked away with a corduroy jacket with elbow patches!

( Sorry for the camera phone pics)

We had a blast!

We broke into impromptu photo sessions all weekend.

Texas Meets Atlanta Today!

 

(Picture taken at The Flying Biscuit in Atlanta yesterday. Trying on custom earrings)

We're here!

We'll be at Gladys Knight Chicken and Waffles

Today (Saturday) at 12:30!

529 Peachtree Street NE

Atlanta, GA 30308

Come say hi to SFAM!

Texas girls in ATL!

We'll also swing by The Clothing Warehouse after lunch for a little vintage/thrift shopping!

Clothing Warehouse

420 Moreland Avenue Northeast

Atlanta, GA 30307

ATLANTA, Here We Come!

Headed to ATL in a few hours!

The official meet up to meet SFAM  will be at the Glady Knight Chicken and Waffles in Atlanta!

We've never been and when isn't it a good time to have Chicken and Waffles?

Since we aren't from ATL...we figured we could get a good idea of the best thrift shop to go to from there!

Sounds like a plan?? GOOD!

(Photo Courtesy of Nathan Russell Photography)

Time: 12:30, Saturday, September 17

Place: Glady's Knight Chicken and Waffles

529 Peachtree Street NE

Atlanta, GA 30308

Just look for us...we'll be the chicks laughing loudly!

Thrift with SFAM right after lunch!

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(I'll be looking for the nearest Weight Watchers location right after the chicken and waffles! LOL)

GFS Gets Out of the House!

Vintage Blouse gifted by Juanette

Target Skirt

Vintage Train Case (Found one after worshipping Juanette's)

L.A.M.B. Heels (super comfy)

I had the pleasure of attending Dismount Creative's Pre-Launch Party in Houston.

Through the power of blogging I've met phenominal people and Alicia, creator of Dismount Creative, is no exception.

(Alicia got in on my mini-photo shoot)

The concept of her company is really dope. Instead of having a regular girls night/happy hour...why not do something like make jewelry at the same time? Brilliant, right? RIGHT!

(Alicia teaching us how to hand stamp jewelry while sipping on adult beverages:)

I was so inspired by Alicia because she shared that she worked as a chemical engineer but decided to take a leap of faith and do something that she loves. Amen sister!

I got to hang out with my uber talented new blog buddy DIY Raven.

Raven rocked one of her American Apparel inspired bags that she starts selling this week!

(Remember, I wore my very own custom "Reiko Red" bag here:)

Consider Me Lovely's Rocquelle was there! Can I just say that I HEART her! She refused to believe that I'm 35! Bless her heart:)

(She's rocking the Jessica Simpson Dany heels)

And I somehow forced her to finish making my jewelry. She did it...graciously:)

Hopefully this will be the first of many meetings/social hours/gabfests!

1. Did you enter the GFS/Shabby Apple Giveaway here!

2. Be sure to LIKE GFS on FB. FB only giveaway coming soon. 

  You've been warned!

P.S... Shop SFAM

Houston Blogger Meet & Greet!

If you are in Houston on March 26, come say Hi and hangout!

(Feel free to repost on your blog/tweet...the more, the merrier!)

 

Alot of you are in Houston so this is the perfect time to network and mingle!

Nothing formal. Feel free to bring business cards or just come hang out for a few hours:)

 Let me know if you plan on being there!

You can also bring your donation for me to purchase my Gressimo Gingham Knot Pumps. I will take all increments of money. Thank you.

Just kidding....unless you gon' do it:)

And I will be at the Texas Style Council in Austin this weekend! I look forward to meeting some of my favorite bloggers!

The Particulars

No pics of today's outfit. I'll give you a hint though...I'm rocking flats. Enough said.

I just wanted to drop a few notes...

1. Lynn (Thanks Lynn!) over at Shoe Clips is offering $10 off the Ocelot Ultra Suede Bow shoe clips that I worship.  The same ones that Ro from Ro is Gettng Fit just won:)
Coupon Code: Ocelot

2. Are you Team GFS?

Friend me here.

Twitter me here.

3. Houston Bloggers: Anyone interested in doing a low key blogger meet up in the future....maybe in Nov or Dec? You don't have to be a blogger, maybe you just read blogs. If so, I would love to trade cards and meet people. You know me, but I don't know you. That's not right! Only sane people should come though. I have an uncle who is a cop, a volatile cousin that's just looking for his next fight and a mama that will plead the BLOOD OF JESUS in a minute over any suspect characters! HA! Let me know, seriously.

Leave a comment or email me at godsfavoriteshoes@yahoo.com

GFS in Dallas: Part 2

Day 2 of my Dallas trip got even better. Erin from Work with You've Got contacted me and wanted to meet. I've been following Erin's blog for some time and she's a friend in my head anyway, so of course I agreed. She invited Tina from T Minus, T Plus and I invited Juanette again...and off we went to Vickery Park.

When Erin arrived we immediately embraced. But it was a different kind of embrace! She kept stroking my skin and I kept stroking her hair! We were both cracking up! Tina was a doll and I can't really tell you everything that we talked about because it was nonstop but we covered everything from wanting to buy a Smart car (Erin) to wanting to karate chop a wedding photographer (Tina) to being invited to a wedding where you were asked to bring $65 to eat for being a "plus one"!(Juanette)

(Juanette and Tina)

You would have thought that we all have known each other for years! I thoroughly enjoyed myself and the grilled chicken sandwich that I ate! At one point, it felt like a convention in the bar because Juanette whipped out the BEAUTIFUL jewelry that she sells, Tina whipped out her new computer and Erin demonstrated how she makes her JEWELRY! What was my contribution you ask? Hell, I brought them all together...I was the PIMP of the whole operation! That's gotta count for something right?!?

Of course we took pictures of ourselves because that's what we do.

(I'm wearing my pretty dress from Anthropologie and my Lamb Shoes. I can't get enough of the nude shoe look!)

Tina noticed that I stayed in a pose even while positioning the camera...I'm always ready. (Not really, it's weird that I take pics for a blog because I was that kid that would always jump out of pictures when I was younger...still will in most situations. Hmph. I need to examine that further one day:)

So here is what you need to know about each of these ladies.

Erin- Mad Funny...like needs a reality camera to follow her funny. She makes her own jewelry! And it's pretty jewelry too. She also takes note that everyone in our group dropped a cuss word or two! Oh...her hair....luscious!

Juanette- CREATIVE and multi-talented. Chick sells beautiful jewelry, a natural hair efficiando, she is a Dallas stylist for hire and the best Dallas thrifting tour guide! PS...that red dress she is wearing is really a skirt that she hiked up and threw on a belt!

Tina- is a lawyer, recently married who just went to the Lane Bryant conference as part of a focus group and got major free swag!

Me- I'm a Pimp. I bring people together! Praise the Lawd! HA

Part 3 up next...

GFS in Dallas: Part 1

I was in Dallas for a week and I made the most of every moment...thriftily speaking that is. I knew that Juanette from Fashion-nette was in Dallas and we have chatted through emails before so we agreed to meet. Since I'm all about thrifting, I could tell through Juanette's blog that we had the same style so I knew she would know the spots.

(This pic was taken after hours of thrifting! We were both exhausted!)

When I got to town...I went to my meetings and scurried to the hotel to meet her. This is how the conversation went.

Me: Hey girl, I'll be ready around 6pm.

Juanette: Okay. I'l be there but I'm kind of sick so I hope you didn't dress up.

Me: (looking at what I had on) Nah, I just have on a skirt and some wedges. Nothing special.

Juanette: Okay. I've got a cold so I'm not gonna be all jazzy.

Me: Okay. (thinking about changing into some jeans and flats but didn't feel like ironing)

Fast forward 15 minutes.

I get my butt in the car and this chick looks like she just stepped off the pages of Essence magazine! Really Juanette? Sick...really? Why do you have on make-up Juanette? Why do you have on that beautiful maxi dress? Why do you have on heels Juanette? This is not the look of I'm So SICK! She was trying to catch me slipping YALL! When I'm sick, I have on a tee and jeans and maybe a cute sandal...usually a cap pulled over my head...not beautiful earrings and a PRADA bag on my arm!

I am wearing the Zebra wedges by Sam Edelman. Remember when I wore that dress from ASOS here? The dress came in that printed fabric. I just stuffed one of my large clutches inside it to make it sturdy and voila...a new clutch!

As soon as  I get in the car, I gave her a not so secret "side eye". Ummm hmmmm. I see how you are Juanette. You wanted me to be the ugly duckling? No boo, no!

This was literally the first time we have ever met and you would swear that we've known each other few years. She didn't hesitate taking me anywhere at all! She took me to some hidden gems and I found some awesome pieces that I will show you later.  The funny part is the thrift stores didn't have dressing rooms. You would've turned around wouldn't you? Nope. Not us. Juanette showed me her corner of the store in the back and all you saw were shirts flying, zippers breaking, hips squeezing! I had to prove to her that I could hang.

We had a blast and she was so willing to take me anywhere. This girl is crazy talented...I will tell you more about that in the next installment of GFS in Dallas: Part 2 along with Erin and Tina. I also met, Chastity a new author of a fab book! That will be in Part 3!

GFS Does Dallas (The Prelude)

I'm not able to get into full blog mode yet because I am still in Dallas on business but I did manage to meet some fab Dallas bloggers. I'll post in detail when I get back home and settled but the pictures alone should tell you how it went.

Juanette from Fashionnette

Erin from Work with What You've Got

Me

Tina from T Minus, T Plus

P.S....Here are a few of the topics we covered.

1. Jobs

2. Getting your hustle on when you have a craft/gift (ERIN!) or a business (Juanette!)

3. Being invited to a wedding where you are asked to pay 60  65 bucks for your plate...(hot mess)

4. Cutting off dinner dates to get home before the sun sets to take pics of your clothes for your blog

5. The joys of the Hoola Hoop!

More meet ups/shenanigans and foolishness to come

I had a blast ladies!
(Sorry for the title of this post...I had to do it. If you don't know what I am talking about...it's good that you don't:)