Roses and Thorns

(Thrifted Blouse, Lucky Brand Shoes, BCBG Heels, Target Leopard Scarf, Tribal clutch courtesy of Marionrenee.com)

 The picture above is the prime reason why I need a permanant assistant who follows me around with a mirror to reflect the sunlight, fan me and adjust my clothes before I take pics so I won't have  problems like one sleeve up and one sleeve down.

I would like to add that I'm a thrifting beast. This vintage blouse makes me happy! I can't wait to find a waist pencil skirt to rock with this blouse. I didn't think I would like the high neck and huge bow but now I worship the look!

I haven't done Roses and Thorns in a minute so here goes.

Roses:

1. I am in the planning stages of 2 major projects and it's seeming to all come together (details later:)

2. I made an awesome turkey sandwich today. (bacon on any sandwich makes everything better:)

3. Watched an awesome episode of The Good Wife this week (Did you see it!?!)

4. I'm alive and well and so is everyone around me:)

Thorn:

1. Someone SPAT in my future stepdaughter's (Ms. Thang) mouth this week...IN HER MOUTH! FOR NO REASON (apparently)...and Ms. THANG did NOTHING about it!!! She's non-confrontational and it's totally out of character for her to be violent but I'm working on that:) BUT WHO DOES THAT?!? Why is any ten year old spitting on another ten year old!  IN THE MOUTH! That means that you had to time it just right to land your saliva in another person's mouth. Does she practice that at home or something!?!?

I was so mad but not for the right reason. I was mad that MS. THANG didn't knock that little girl's spleen out of place! 

Click here to read the real details of this spitting incident from my dude's pov:)

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Busy Bee

(Banana Republic Tuxedo shirt, Anthropologie Dress, Kate Spade Shoes, Thrifted Scarf)

Today, I kinda felt important. I had places to go and people meet...which is rare if you know me in real life. I have a friend, let's call her the Puerto Rican princess (she makes me call her that:), who ALWAYS has somewhere to go! Always. I call her a soccer mom although she has no bambinos but she's always running here and there. Me...not so much. Work, home, grocery store, mail box...yeah...then work again.

Today, I...

1. Went to church

2. Cooked a kick a$$ Chicken Parmesan

3. Took the best nap that almost made me miss #4!

4. Met a reader of my blog who turned out to be the Don King of Ideas! She was so inspirational and motivating, I walked out of the Dessert Gallery singing the Reading Rainbow song "I Cannnn Do Anythiiiing...Take a look, it's in a book...Reading Rainbow!" (I went too far with the song but I know you remember that show!)

Thank you Ashley...I programmed your number in my cell so that means I'm no longer a friend in just your head!)

5. Celebrated my homie's bday with Sushi and Cake! Happy bday Arianne!

6. Hung out with my bestie/dude!

7. Accomplished a new scarf updo:)

8. Found a new way to wear this old dress.

(I was trying to show how I tied the scarf to do an updo..you can't really tell though)

This is what I wore to church. It's a tulip style dress I copped from H&M this summer.

Jessica Simpson Shoes/ Thrifted Blazer

This look from Style Sample is what inspired my retro look today. Click here:)

Juanette from Fashionnette-work reminded me to shop in my own closet! Thanks!

How did I do?

Soapbox

I'm about to go on a tangent...be warned. I am about to talk about some rappers who have like 3000 times more money than me so don't feel bad if you have no idea who or what I am talking about...just look at the pictures, nod your head and smile:)

Did you hear that rapper T.I got busted again for a drug charge only a few months after being released from jail. T.I. might be the only rapper that I openly admit to liking because he is too cute and makes angry motivational songs that make me "buck my chest and throw gang signs in the car" on my way to work. Plus, he looks awesome in a suit and has no tattooes which I admire only because that goes against the grain of the look of a typical hip-hop artist. Bla bla bla...yadi yadi ya...I like him.

(I spotted someone watching me as I was taking these pics)

But dude, come on. You just got out of jail and you have the number one movie of the week! Why do people with talent and money find ways to screw it up? Meanwhile I'm poor and can't sew, hum, scratch a record or bake a cupcake without calling the fire department and I've managed to stay out of trouble. Geesh! And his woman was busted with him. They are taking this Bonnie and Clyde way too  far.

*raises hands and drops the mic*

End scene. No judgement zone back in full effect.

(Target Belt/Shirt; BCBG shoes, Thrifted skirt)

In completely unrelated yet wholesome news, one of my students surprised me with my favorite cookies today! DOUBLE STUFF Golden Oreos! I may have mentioned in class a time or two that Golden Oreos make me happy. We've been doing "getting to know you" activities and I told my classes that Golden Oreos are a major food group according to my personal food pyramid.

 In 1st period, kids kept asking me if I had seen Juan* yet and I kept looking at them like they were crazy. Juan* finally came to class and he had a bag of Oreos to give me. He even told me that he bought it with his own money! How cute is that!?!?

Needless to say Juan* earned the class the right to listen to music during class. I'm ashamed that I accept cookies instead of the typical "teacher" apple...but not ashamed enough  to give the cookies back:)

*His name isn't really Juan*

I.O.U.

I had to pull together some fall looks for a project. So I figured since I've been slacking in the outfit posts lately...I would share:) I need Fall to hurry up and get here!

(H&M Cardi/thrifted pants rolled up/Jessica Simpson heels, gifted clutch)

(Thrifted Jacket/Belt/Dress/Purse; Jessica Simpson Shoes

(H&M Coat Dress/Thrifted Belt/Banana Republic Suede purse/Target Scarf)

(Thrifted Coat Dress...for 4 bucks!/ Banana Republic Bag/Target Scarf/BCBG Heels)

I'm supposed to be sleep right now and I'm not...so, BYE!

Back to School

I've been uninspired lately. It's hot and I'm ready for fall. The good news is that starting next week I have to start wearing real clothes because teaching sixth graders demands it (not really). Therefore, I am sure I will get back in the picture taking groove soon.

In the meantime, I can share that I have a theme for my classroom. I am decorating it like a college dormitory with leopard print accents (bulletin boards, rugs, lamps, etc.) I am using thrifted and donated college t-shirts as decoration by stuffing them with pillows.

(This is a just a trial of my t-shirt pillow DIY. I'm going to pin the sleeves later. I'm also on the look out for a leopard or zebra rug. I want to go "overkill" with the animal prints in my classroom.)

 There is no such thing as getting money to decorate the classroom in Texas so I'm doing what I can:) I even thought about bringing my leopard print shoes to put them on a bookshelf as decoration but that might be going a little too far. Plus, I'd probably slap a kid silly if they accidentally tried on my shoe. The headlines would read "Teacher Goes Wild Over Leopard Shoes in Class." Not a good look.

As I emptied boxes for my classroom...I came across these two illustrations some of my kids did for me last year. Apparently, I'm a chunky, cleavage showing, afro puff wearing teacher according to Picture 1.

...and a sexy teacher vixen according to picture 2. I'll take Picture 2 please! I love that they both gave me a purse and heels in both pictures! They apparently pay attention to me after all:)

I promise to do an outfit post soon...when I wear something  worthy of photographing of course:) In the mean time, I'm dying to rock this leopard and polka dot look.

Thrifted dress: Goodwill

Skirt: Target

White Leopard Shoes: White House/Black Market (or whatever it's called)

Other Leopard Shoes: Jessica Simpson

Thrifted Belt

P.S...if you work at a college and want to donate to my classroom decor...please get at me. I'm trying to find all things with college logos on them from all over the country...tshirts, flags, sweatshirts, blankets,etc. And if you happen to have Animal print rugs, curtains, pillows that you want to donate..I'll take that too!

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Quality Time

So, it's the summer and my nieces and nephews are in Houston from Tulsa, Oklahoma for vacation. I hung out with two of my oldest nephews and pretty much was mocked and questioned all day.

Since they were with me, I took the opportunity to talk to them about exposing themselves to different things...like new restaraunts/traveling/ wearing things other than sneakers. Basically, I was trying to be the cool auntie....I don't think that conversation went over too well but maybe when I am dead they will remember that conversation. Here's to hoping! LOL

Conversation with Nephew 1

Nephew 1: Why are you taking pictures of your clothes all the time? Who cares? Do you get paid for this?

Me: Dude, I have people. People like to take pics of their clothes.

Nephew: Why you? Your shoes don't even match your outfit.

Me: See, if you would read my blog you would know that my shoes are a neutral color.

Nephew 1 & 2: You're weird. You have different ways of doing things

Me: *hands on my hips* That's right!

Nephew 1: Put me in one of the pictures. I'm 'swagnificient'. Your readership will be up like Oprah if you put me on there.

Me: *roll my eyes*

(I'd like to say that my tanline was on purpose in the above pic but it so wasn't. It was the result of me jogging  walking on a Saturday morning at 7am...yeah...even the morning sun is a beast in Texas!)

Conversation with Nephew 2

*as I am posting pics for this post*

Nephew 2: So, people look at pictures of your clothes?

Me: yes

Nephew 2: They are probably just fooling you. They probably look at your website and then laugh and say 'ewww, look at her.'

Me: *burst into laughter*

Nephews 2: So, you just come on here and narrate your life on your blog? (then blank stare)

Me: *hysterically laughing...but somehow starting to feel like a loser*

Nephew 3: I don't see how you do this...this is boring.

Me: *blank stare*

...and then I forced them to take pictures of me!

To beat the heat and boredom. I took them to dinner and the book store. You can only imagine the tongue lashing I got from both of them because I was looking for the new book in the Twilight Series...that was in the teen section I might add. They were brutal on me. Brutal!

Repeat Offender

Haven't you seen this dress before on this blog? UMMM...yeah...kinda like alot. Don't act like you don't repeat your clothes. I remember seeing an episode  of MTV Cribs years ago and I will never forget that they were featuring Damon Dash (Jay-z's former business...aww..forget it, I'm not on their payroll, you can google him:) Well, I remember watching and he said that he doesn't wear his sneakers or his shirts twice. AS IN...he would wear some sneakers on Monday and literally give them away or throw them away. Really dude? Really? You couldn't ship those kicks over to countries where kids are getting shot with pellot guns for running barefoot to school to get a subpar education?? Anyway...yeah, you've seen this dress before.

The reason you are seeing it yet again is because the dress with this thrifted Ralph Lauren striped buttoned down somehow became the cutest thing in the world to me. (It doesn't take much to please me:) Then, I was looking for shoes and thought OOOOHHHH I'll wear the Aldo shoes that I thrifted from trusty Goodwill!! Hence, you are seeing the dress again. Sue me. Real people repeat their clothes.  You better ask somebody:)

So, it was Thursday and I couldn't wait until the weekend to see the Sex and The City 2 Movie (don't worry, I won't spoil anything for you:). I rearranged my whole after work routine to go see it. The following is what happened in my quest to see the movie:

1. Got Crawfish juice in my eye.

2. Wasted water on my phone while eating.

3. Watched my phone have seizures right before my eyes.

4. Left restaraunt to run errands w my sis n law. (who insisted on calling me Cinderella for wearing a poofy dress, lol)

5. Realized I lost my keys.

6. Found keys back at the "crawfish in my eye" restaraunt

7. Finally made it to the movie. *

8. Took pictures of my shoes in the theater.

9. Watched some drunk ladies get escorted out of the movie theater because they were cackling through the whole movie. (That was pretty funny.)

10. There is no # 10...isn't 1 thru 9 enough?

Don't cry for me though, it's a 3 day weekend! And I have exactly one week from today before my summer vacation starts!

*I think my expectations were too high but  the clothes/style/fashion in the movie was visually stimulating enough to satisfy me. It wasn't bad. I feel like I need to see it again just to focus on one of the characters at a time. My eyes were trying to take in too much visually at one time! lol.*

And thank you to Lori from His/Hers blog for the shout out!( Click here)

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Disheveled

"Disheveled" is the best word to describe me right now. Inside and out. The beginning of this year...not so great. Simply put...life is precious. At any rate, God is good and complaining is for suckers.

I don't have any outfit posts as of late, I've been wearing alot of black lately...too much for some reason. On top of that, I felt totally disgusting today. My tights kept falling down and my skirt kept riding up. I wore flats today....just a pure, hot mess.

At any rate...here's another "What's in My Bag" edition to make me feel productive.Here's what my purse looked like before I dumped everything out. This is basically a carryall which means things easily can get lost. I went out of my way to find compartments to simplify my search for things. I totally forgot that I scored that little authentic LV clutch from a little old lady at a garage sale about 5 years ago. (I seem to get lucky with Louis Vuitton merchandise it seems).I never, ever wear it. I had to dig it out actually but now it serves as my cosmetic bag...and it matches. Can't beat that.

Purse contents (gifted Louis Vuitton Speedy 35...!!!)

1. Scrabble cards (I found a "playing card" holder randomly in one of my dungeon drawers this weekend...I'm seriously addicted to the Scrabble Card Game:)

2. Sunnies
3. Hall Pass ( I bought for my classroom)
4. Thrifted gloves

5. Juicy Couture Body Creme
6. Wallet
7. MAC Prrrr Lip Glass/ MAC Lip Liner/MAC Lipstick
8. Burt Bee's Hand oil
9. Mary Kay Mascara (What's up Arianne!)

10. Toothpaste
11. Cocoa Butter
12. I use a magazine to serve as the base for the purse because otherwise it loses shape.

Oh...I created a Q & A page since I am nearing 100 followers via blogger and subscriptions and lurkers. It's my way of thanking all of you for supporting my blog. Drop by and ask me anything. Answering the questions might just possibly save me from putting my eye out with a hot, jagged fork. (lol...I laughed out loud just typing that). Anywho, hater questions will be deleted.

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(On another random note...this whole post is random actually...but I am totally obsessed with my circle scarf by American Apparel. You can wear it in over a million different ways. It's really a scarf with the ends sewn together but just like the Snuggie, I consider it a great invention now:) That's me in the red scarf in the above pic montage.)