I love the colors.

I've been a fan of color for a long time. I don't know of any color I hate, simply some that look really awful on me. The color fetish has had me buy a few leather purses in multi colors. I love them because they are leather and because they are usually well made. The top, from catos that I am wearing in the pic shows all of the colors in the bag. I'm glad cause I bought the bag with no outfit in mind. I was looking on ebay and it said the price was good, the bag in perfect shape. I was totally hooked. But alas, the shirt doesn't look as colorful as it is. The pic shows the colors as more muted than I thought. And it's almost worn out. One more wearing and it goes. The sublimation tops are printed on t shirt fabric for the most part. Hence the pilling. And the fading. Fun while it lasted.

One of the things I have avoided is bright color except in small doses. I felt it called too much attention to my weight and where it is placed. I have a huge belly and big upper hips. From what I've read this makes me a candidate for a heart attack. It also makes some clothes look terrible and makes it hard for me to wear jeans or belts. But I am going to make the effort to shrink into some jeans before the heart attack shows up.

The other entry in the blog is Cheyenne. She is 4 months old now. She is just beautiful but hard to make stand still for pics. She loves to have her belly rubbed. She likes to nap on me. She jumps onto the sofa and onto whoever is there. I just love her to death. I think she is about 35 pounds now. Sometimes I call her Devildog. She chews.

Live is opening up now that Spring is approaching. I'm pleased.

Things that make you go OMG

I just became aware on the blog Exploring the Art of Polymer Clay of the existence of GreenOak Creations. They are selling the most amazing things on Etsy, a sales site for all things vintage, hand made, or just beautiful. This is the epitome of beautiful and stunning all in one.

I tried

I tried a bathroom shot. Too much light with flash, not enough without. I think I'll try something else next time. Anyway, I had found a great short sleeve green jacket that I paired with tan pants and cami. I love the outfit and it's something I wouldn't h ave had the nerve to try before the blog. I knew the jacket was really cute when I found it at Steinmart but didn't wear it for the longest time. Next I am looking for an outfit for a couple of other things I haven't had the nerve to wear.

I am also showing a couple of pics of bags I got for 6 dollars each at the thrift store. Both brand names and both in perfect shape. I went to another store today and found a cute dress(I don't have any dresses) and jeans jacket that will be great with the orange bag. It seems that this weekend I have been really lucky on the shopping, 3.75 for the dress and 1.00 for the jacket. I love thrifting and I wouldn't have learned to enjoy it without the wonderful blogs I have been reading.

It's coming

The color season is coming. And I couldn't be happier. The outfit from the runway pairs just the mix of blues that says "Wake up and say hello to warm weather". I would love to find pieces in those colors because I think they are really happy colors.

I also love this jacket and would love to have it with some gold, mustard, or deep yellow pants or with a yellow top and dark pants. With this color combo a smile would be really easy to come by.

We need grass seed

I am going to Lowe's today. For grass seed. It seems Spring has come, sort of. It's still cool but supposed to be in the 60's today. Yipeeeeeee!

I'm wearing my old standby slinky stuff. But I saw a green necklace on HSN on one of the hosts and she was wearing it with black pants and a black button down collared shirt. I went bonkers over it. Jumped on ebay and purchased a similar(much less expensive)necklace. And in other colors. But of course I don't have a tiny figure, nor a button down black shirt. At a loss I decided to hang onto it because it is pretty. Well, after the blogging thing started I saw other bloggers (thank you) taking inspiration from looks they like and using them in their own way. So I finally decided to try that. You see, the pants, top, sweater, and necklace are all from HSN and have been purchased on sale over the last few years. I simply saw the pants, thought of the necklace and went from there. See, I finally did it. I came up with a way to wear the terrific green in my own way. Hot dog.

And I am going to continue to scour the blogs for color combos that I like. Ari Smith Cohen had a teal/gold, teal/yellow combo on The Sartorialist that looks like a super season spanner. And I would love to find that option in my closet. Must delve deeper. Or----buy. Gulp. The combo could slide into turquoise and yellow for deep summer. All using seasonless things. Wouldn't that add to the options.

All in all, I am glad to be back in the land of the living after the horrendous cold I had. I can remember when getting over illness or injury was no big thing. Well no more. And I have decided that on the days I don't look decent enough to photograph I can at least post some of the spectacular jewelry and purses that I have. After all, I did blow a lot of money on the stuff. Now I need to learn to photograph jewelry.

Happy Spring everybody. I am overjoyed to see the last of the 20's.

This is a brown day.

The sun is hiding again. Still. And I was going to do something a little dressier but today is a going to the dump day. Forget pearls. No dressing up. Brown. Actually I have wanted to wear the top for a long time. It is a bunch of pretty colors and I love it. So today I put it on with brown. After all it is dump day.

Get a load of the hot truck I am standing in front of. It is a Ford 250 diesel with running lights. It is technically his but I am driving it today. Power and more power. Big. Just getting in is a challenge. And it makes me feel great. Until I have to put the thing into a parking spot. Or pay for diesel fuel. Talk about a way to be brought down to earth.

Monday, monday

It was so warm last week that I think I am seeing the last of the cold. And of course the first of the allergies. How the heck am I supposed to know the difference?

The outfit I am wearing is the result of the attempt to change my wardrobe some. The shirt came from ebay with a sleeveless sweater to match. I adore the color. The sweater absolutely positively doesn't fit. The shirt is a little snug but as I said, I love the color. And the cami type shirt under is a buy from the thrift store orig by Liz Claiborne. I never wore sleeveless things because of the upper arms looking so bad. But with a blouse it worked out well. Anyway. I love the color. I have some ebay jewelry on and I'm satisfied with the outfit. On the lower half nothing is happening. Nothing. Until I can come up with some reason to photograph my belly and butt the nether region will remain a mystery.

In puppyville, Cheyenne continues to grow. She is a great big rambunctious pooch so this week it is to the store for a leash and collar. Then walkies. Good for both of us. You notice I didn't say we were going for a pull. She and I will work that out. I refuse to chase a dog. Actually I'm so out of shape I couldn't chase a dog if my life depended on it. So we will work it out.

This week also we are to have cool weather and some rain. I'm going to start scouting out good places to take pics so I don't bore anyone to death. I life in perhaps the most beautiful part of the USA. There will be pictorial proof soon.