What I wore to go to...

I wore this outfit a few days ago to go to work,  while running errands and welcome the countdown to the Summer heat!

It has been so unbelievably hot and sticky humid that my air conditioning has being running as much as I have.

After last week of dressing in pants and jeans...

This week I've been in flower skirts and tops.

Shirt and skirt from New York&Company (6 or 7 years ago)

My take on the lady in waiting pose.

Montego Bay Club sandals, thrifted a month and a half ago.

Thrifted sunglasses.

Skirt close up. This is the reason why I bought

the skirt: pink, yellow, orange and white flowers.

The necklaces are all from South Florida

and they were purchased at different street fairs

or festivals. They all made from plants seeds.

Bracelets from DOTS and my favorite

Salvation Army store.

Hand made rattan straw purse.

Thrifted back in 2003.

The inside tag says: Made in the British Colony

of Hong Kong.

According to the tag all the trim is leather.

I paid $5.00 for it and it's still has the price

written on the tag.

The work done on this bag is just

amazing!

Smiling instead of crying after seeing how much

it is to fill out my little car tank!!!!

So much of my budget goes for gas that

our family outings have to be very well planned

and coordinated. I know that I'm not the only

one going through this "money crunch" situation and

there are always others whom have it worse than me.

On the road again, going places that I need to be...

Luckily I took a different route to get home and we 

got there pretty fast.

Have a great coming weekend!

A week of dressing with jeans, and more jeans...

Last week was a bit insane at work and at home! So I dressed in jeans and very comfortable shoes because there were a lot of running around to be done all week....

Cardigan from Target (very old).

a.n.a shirt, thrifted last month.

Calvin Klein jeans. 

Converse tennis shoes.

Sunglasses were part of a bag of sunnies that my

oldest daughter gave me last year.

Thrifted belt. The bracelets on the left are carved flowers.

All bracelets from DOTS and a 

local yoga shop.

Michael Rome by Besozzi 

 leather purse (made in Italy),

thrifted (8 or 9 years ago).

When I was in line for the cash register, 

an older lady behind me told

me to look at the label because this was a great

find!  

Closer look of the accessories. I wore the bigger bracelet

in the morning and the flower ones in the afternoon.

Necklaces are from the Salvation Army store in

Ft. Lauderdale (3 or 4 years old).

The jacket was a thrift find from last year and

has no name tag. My old jeans from Walmart

white tank from Walmart men's section.

Old Oxford shoes from Marshalls.

My quite spacious Lapis purse.

Necklaces were a gift to myself on my birthday (5 years old)

Rings from TJMaxx (2009).

Two pins were presents (dragonfly and butterfly) from friends when I lived

in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico (late 90's).

The other one is an old earring that I got

in at a New York antique shop.

Bracelets from everywhere and the hop earrings

from QVC.

Splendid flower detail. This were the reasons

why I purchased this purse. By now you should

my love of anything with flowers and bright colors.

Old New York&Company cardigan.

Cargo pants from Marshalls.

Trusty old gold Roman sandals.

Zara purse, thrifted a couple of months ago.

Gold and gold-like accessories from are from all the 

places that I had lived. 

 The heart one was purchased here in

South Florida.

Another pair of my Calvin jeans. 

Worthington jacket from JCPenney's.

Red necklaces from Steinmart.

Gold and gold-like necklaces same as the 

photos above.

Converse tennis shoes, 

thrifted two months ago.

Tommy Hilfiger purse from his store

at The Sawgrass Mall in Plantation, Florida.

Many suns and moons ago when I used to

shop retail.

One of my favorite concert-shirts of all times. I always had love Green Day,

even when their albums were not that popular. I owned almost

all of their cd's and have always play their music in my house.

I took my girls to their 2005 concert at The Bank Atlantic Center.

They were very few young girls at the concerts so they

got a lot of attention. We jump up and down, sang, 

screamed and went bananas for the the entire duration

of the concert. They were incredible!

I've been to over 200 concerts in my life and this was

one of my favorites.

I loved that evening so much!

Cardigan from target. 

Orange Crush Soda t-shirt from the men's section

at Target.

Homage to my favorite soda!

Walmart Jeans. 

Converse tennis shoes.

My very handsome Indian purse.

The rings and earrings are from QVC from

the late 90's. The necklaces were purchased

here in South Florida around 2004.

Indian bracelets from a local shop.

Earth Day, Good Friday, Off from work...

Yesterday was a day off from work...
I spend about 41/2 hours on school work, cooked a non-meat small meal, dressed in yellow, spend time outside, cleaned, did laundry, called friends and family, planted some flowers seeds and took a 2 hours nap.
Yeah, I know living dangerously!!!!

This is called "moro" in Dominican Republic and

"arroz con habichuelas rojas" in Puerto Rico.

Love to boil my vegetables with a bit of apple cider vinegar

and a small pieces of garlic.

I started to eat before taking the picture. 

 The plate was way fuller before

the photo!

My youngest one did not wanted "all that cilantro"

on her plate.

My yellow shirt is from Target.

Shorts from Marshalls (more than 10 years old).

Red sunglasses (on top of my head) are another gift from oldest daughter.

All red accessories are present from friends

and co-workers.

The first necklace is from an old friend that move

to the Carolinas. The second one is from Steinmart

and it was giving to me by a co-worker.

Indian purse, a day rental from youngest daughter.

Bracelets were all gifts as well. Some of them are from

JCPenney and others from Macy's.

The view above!

Look, there is an opening in the skies...

 Love the cotton clouds!

My neighbor to the right is very nice

and has giant bamboo plants on his backyard.

The sky opening is closing.

Have a wonderful Easter! Love and sweets to all.....

A Weekend Escapade...

After not seen each other for about 2 years Maria and I are trying to keep the going out... well, going!

Sunday we decided to continue our conversations about life, the pursuit of happiness and about what the hell is going on with South Florida that everything is so darn expensive!

I decided to look like a Floridian or as my interpretation of one. 

Hence the funky glasses, a gift from oldest

daughter because she knows I love "funky glasses".

Necklaces from The Philippines, thrifted a 

couple of weeks ago. Bracelets from DOTS.

The Charter Club shirt I thrifted last month.

New York&Company Shorts (about 6 years old).

They are a little big on me but that's the way I like 

to wear my shorts. 

Mudd sandals purchased in 2008 at Marshalls.

I dedicated this pictures to my new blogger friend from 

Mode Plus. She wore a great shorts outfit

this week and inspired me to post these photos.

My Andy Warhol's tomato soup

bag purchased back in 2009.

Here we are at my favorite English Pub again!

The bar chairs are my favorite place to

sit. I love all the lights, photos and

little mementos that are all 

around the bar.

Lovely Maria waiting for our drinks

and pretzels. For me one drink is more

than enough. I never been a big drinker not even 

during my college years. I always preferred to save my

money to buy clothes. 

I told the bartender they should make 

tshirts with this phrase on it. I'll buy one!

The Guinness is mine, the wine is Maria's. 

One pretzel for each of us.

The mustard is my thing; I love a bit of

spice in everything.

I might give this ale a try on my next visit.

Here is the classic phone bus full of

cool shirts for the those who need

to remember where they got drunk.

These signs are by the bathroom area; they are there just

to confuse the tipsy patrons.

I mean New Zealand and England in the

same area of the planet?

They are messing with your heads, my drunks!

After about 3 hours of fun and laughs and some deep and not so deep conversations,

it was time to go home. 

We came when it was light and left when it was dark!