I want new shoes!

1. Grenada - Bone 50.00 rampage.com
2. Womens Exotica 89.00 carlosshoes.com
3. Womens Nemesis 89.00 carlosshoes.com
4. Clash 59.00 chineselaundry.com

DOWNTOWN

WINNER WINNER chicken dinner

THE WINNER OF MY VERY FIRST BLOG GIVE-AWAY IS: jo frougal of frougal.blogspot.com. She will be receiving my favorite Avon eyeshadow brush and a nail care kit with Mango polish and UV Gloss Top Coat. Thank you to all my followers and my new followers for making blogging so much fun!

and now some cute things from modcloth.com:

"How this Dress Got Its Groove Back" Dress from ModCloth

"Swooping Swallow" Necklace from ModCloth

"Lady Stardust" Sandals from ModCloth

BENEFIT/Auction/Silent Auction

My outfit I wore to a recent benefit/auction. I tried to mix casual with formal. I wanted to be comfortable but appropriate to the occasion. The silver skirt is actually a silver dress I bought from Spiegel around 10 years ago.

"Patchwork", a piece of art I bid on and won.

A toll painted antique suitcase I bid on and won for my mom.

Urban Outfitters - Spring

These are my picks.

1. Kimichi Blue Canvas Camera Bag 38.00

2. Cooperative Skyline Stripe Top 32.00

3. Staring at Stars Chiffon Dress 58.00

4. Kimichi Blue Polkadot Peeptoe Flat 28.00

GIVE-AWAY

This blog is having it's first GIVE-AWAY! Just become a follower (or stay a follower) by Thursday March 4th.

The winner will receive an Avon nail trimming kit, Mango Nail Polish, UV Gloss Top Coat and my favorite Avon Ergonomic Eye Shadow brush. Winner will be chosen at random from all the followers of this blog. Best Wishes.

In the meantime visit Melissa's "8th Street" blog, http://08thstreet.blogspot.com/, and leave her a message so that she knows we are all thinking of her. Melissa has a fabulous blog. She lives at the epicenter of the earthquake in Chile.

What? It is! Since when?

According to suite101.com it is now alright to wear horizontal stripes:
It’s official. According to scientific research carried out by psychologists at the UK's York University, horizontal stripes can actually make you look thinner rather than make curvy women look fatter. Horizontal stripes actually create the illusion of depth, which in turn can reduce the appearance of width.
Read more at Suite101: Horizontal Stripes Make Women Look Thinner!: Why Vertical Stripes Can Make You Look Fatter Than Horizontal Ones http://womensfashion.suite101.com/article.cfm/horizontal_stripes_make_women_look_thinner#ixzz0geg3bZjp
I think they change their minds just to keep us purchasing the latest fashion items. Who are they anyhow? These unseen psychologists who probably have no right to be giving out fashion advice. Hmph!

1. Striped Cotton Skirt   net-a-porter.com

2. Pleasure Doing Business Pinstripe Mini   prontostyle.com