Shoesday

Bling in the New Year. I bought these shoes ten years ago before a trip to France.
They went to some chic soirees in Paris.
I still love them. They are like a party on your feet and a nice reminder of the City of Lights.

Missionary Monday

If you can't be with the one you love... love the one you're with.

We had the missionaries over on Christmas morning.

It made it less painful for us and the only child to have our missionary away from home again.
We talked to Elder Jordan on the phone Christmas morning and it was the perfect start to a wonderful day. He was happy, chatty and funny. He loves missionary work. Elder J was with a family that was taking good care of him on Christmas. It's true that what comes around goes around.

Missionary Monday

All missionaries want to have a white Christmas. What this means as a missionary is that someone you have taught will be baptized all dressed in white.

"Tommy is getting baptized on Saturday, the 19th. He is 15 and he is solid. We have taught him 3 and a half lessons in the last 2 weeks and he's been going to church every Sunday and going to mutual. He's got great fellowship from the young men. It is a golden situation. It's like LT from the 2 yard line, Automatic."

Elder Jordan got his Christmas wish.

I love how he compares spiritual things to football. LT is LaDanian Tomlinson.

Four more days until I hear my boy's voice. I'll get my Christmas wish too.

Short Cut

A new chapter in the Platinum Princess Chronicles.
Last weekend at a Christmas party I saw this girl across the room who had the haircut I've been dreaming of. I accosted her and after much fawning and flattery she agreed to let me get some pictures of her fabulous cropped cut. Please ignore the goofy face on the right. It's all about the haircut.

This was my original inspiration picture. The lovely Farrah Fath from One Life To Live. I don't even watch that show. I may however watch the shows before and after it. When I saw her new haircut I searched high and low for a good photo. And I found two angles.

My goal was to speed up the blond to gray process by cutting off as much color as possible while still covering my Yoda ears.

The back is 2 1/4 inches long. I eliminated my part which helps camouflage the nasty grow out line.

See, all gray.

At Thanksgiving we were getting ready for church. I didn't have a hand mirror so I asked my 6 year old nephew if the back of my hair looked okay. He said, "No." I asked him if it was sticking up and he said, "No, but it's all black and gray and white. Can you fix that?" Then when we got to church a guy asked my brother-in-law if Tom and I were his parents. I hit the guy with my leather gloves. I am only 10 years older than my brother-in-law. Seriously.

Both of these incidents gave me cause for concern. But I am undeterred. I will go gray. I'm six months in. If I hate it when the process is complete than it's back to the bottle.

Fashion Friday

Today we will launch a winter fashion formula.
My uniform in the winter is a long sleeve t-shirt and jeans.
long sleeve t-shirt + jeans + loafers = frump
long sleeve t-shirt + jacket + jeans + loafers = cute
It is amazing how the simple addition of a blazer, boyfriend jacket or whatever you want to call it takes the mom uniform up a notch.
Roll up the sleeves...

add jewelry and you will get the respect you deserve.

This military inspired jacket always commands respect.

At ease.

Shoesday

Plush plum pleated perfection. They look black. They are a deep purple dream.
I have visions of sugar plums dancing in my head wearing these shoes.

These babies are as comfortable as slippers too. All suede softness.

Missionary Monday

Elder Jordan is one lucky missionary. He was able to attend his cousin's baptism. He told her that before her baptism she was on the naughty list and now she is on the perfect list.

Elder J may be on the naughty list for teasing his sweet little cousin.