What a Weekend!

Oh, what a weekend I had. Saturday morning J and I were up and on the go. We met my sister, brother-in-law and youngest niece in Charlotte at Southpart Mall. Can I just tell you. When you shop with someone else (other than your spouse) you really don't get to shop for yourself. And can I just tell you that we covered that mall several times and tried on almost every shoe in Nordstroms. Just a few of the shoes that we saw .....

My sister actually bought these (after long deliberation of course). They do look better on than in the picture. And for my two cents, they look better in white.

And if you have a couple hundred dollars to drop, these Michael Kors wedges are to die for! (of course I don't have a couple hundred). If I did have that kind of extra cash I would have bought these.......

They're made by Frye (you know the boot company) and the leather was just delicious! I'm drooling over them now!

So after my big purchase of lipstick at the MAC counter, we ate dinner with my family and headed home (only about an hour drive, thank goodness). We had a wonderful time, but I feel as if I need a vacation day to recoup. And who said that shopping wasn't a workout! They need to shop with my sister and both my nieces and see if they don't break a sweat.

Love to you all,

Magnolia

Show Us Your Life - How I Met J

Taking a page from Kelly's Korner, I'll show you my life and share how I met J....

During the spring of 1999 a friend of mine's husband, who was in the Airforce at the time, was sent overseas for a 3 month duty, so of course she was lonely. And well me being the good friend I am, went out with her to a "club" on Saturday night since she was lonely and didn't want to be in her apartment for another night. While at this "club" this tan handsome fella came up to me and said "If I followed you home, would you keep me?". Well of course my response was "Maybe?!?!?". That was the start of our relationship. From that warm June night until now (and further), we've only had eyes for each other. Not necessarily teh conventional meeting but it worked for me. And to this day, he still says it to me every so often and my response is still "Maybe"!!

And I will be posting the Friday style on Saturday. J and I are going up to Charlotte (Southpark Mall) tomorrow, so I'll be sharing all I saw in the stores with you tomorrow. Have a great night!

Blessings,
Magnolia

The Cost of Alzheimer's

Just a few numbers for you to think about...

http://www.alzfdn.org/AboutAlzheimers/cost.html

Blessings,
Magnolia

Obesity & Alzheimer's

If this doesn't encourage me to loose some weight ---

http://www.ahaf.org/alzheimers/newsupdates/obesity-gene-carried-by-more.html

Blessings,
Magnolia

Weekend Overview

Every weekend here lately has been CRAZY! This weekend was no exception. J and I got up Saturday morning got dressed and went for Brunch, then started on our errands. We had to get a birthday present for our neighbor's little girl and some other little things. Then we had to be back for the party then back out we went to pick up some things J had ordered from a store across town. We finally got back and J decided to put in some speakers in his car. Now onto Sunday, we got up early got dressed went to church, ate lunch & came home, changed clothes and back out we went to Home Depot. I ended up getting some Japanese Pencil Hollys for the pots on my front stoop. We got home, J started on fixing his toilet and I got busy planting the hollys. I got one planted and J came out and wouldn't you know, he got the wrong thing and wanted me to go back with him. So, I planted the other holly and back in the car and back to Home Depot we went. After getting the right thing back to the house and I started planting Caladiums in the front beds (I LOVE Caladiums!). After all of that we changed clothes again, jumped in the car and off to a concert at church. Finally at about 9pm we arrived back home for the night! So how was your weekend?!?!?

Magnolia

Friday Style

Sorry I missed yesterday but you'll have to forgive me, it was actually my birthday. But I'm back today with the Friday style post. So here goes...

I bought this denim jacket about 2 weeks ago on sale. It's from the Gap. I would recommend that you don't by it online, it's actually cheaper in the store around $30. And it's actually more structured that it looks so you could wear it during the week to work with a white shirt and black pants. It also has tabs were you can roll up the sleeves so therefore you can wear in the summer. Great buy for the value.

I bought these great capri pants at Banana Republic last weekend for around $23. They look great with a pair of flip flops or wedges!

And last but not least...these great Nine West wedges. You can buy them at Marshalls for a whole lot less than online from the Nine West store. I bought the olive colored pair, but the black and tan ones are good looking too.

Well that's it for Friday. Have a great weekend!

Magnolia

WORDless Wednesday!

Minorities & Alzheimer's

The lastest news about Alzeimer's is that African-Americans and Hispanics are particularly vulnerable to the disease. Read the article here....

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-09-alzheimersstats09_ST_N.htm

Happy Tuesday!
Magnolia

Weekend Madness

You ever have thouse weekends that things just keep popping up. Well that was my weekend. In fact two things popped up, 2 retirement parties J mentioned to me at the last minute. The first was Saturday. At about 1:30 in the afternoon, he mentioned to me that his commander's roast was that night at 5:00. Well needless to say, I needed to wash the hair, dry it and flatiron it, then find my face and get dressed by 4:30. Doesn't sound bad right, well it takes about an hour to do just my hair. Happy news though, I got it all done with time to pick out J's clothes. The second was Sunday, J told me at about 9:30 that there was a going away lunch for one of his soldiers at 11:00. Well, at least I didn't have to do my hair since I done it the night before but still, I had to find my face and get dressed and across town. Thank goodness he called a little bit later and said they moved the lunch until 11:30. Well, that was the madness!

Now on to the really good stuff, I bought a great pair of capri pants at Banana Republic for $23! And I got a great spring/summer dress at the Gap for about $25. I love good deals! Right now you can find great deals on pieces that you could wear all year long (or at least in the south you can). Oh! And if you're wondering why I didn't shot my husband with all these last minute madness, well he did buy me a great Slane & Slane necklace for my birthday Saturday night so I guess I can't get too mad right?!?!? Not that I'm going to stay upset with him anyway.

So how was your weekend???

Blessings
Magnolia

Style Friday

I thought I throw out some of my favorite things on Friday, just for fun.

First, the satchel purse, I love these purses, of course I loose stuff in them since they are bigger.

I personally have the one of the right (Lucky Brand) and I love it since it's got two pockets on the outside, one for my cell phone and the other for my keys, so neither of them get lost in the bottomless pit I call my purse. Actually, I have that purse in two different colors (I got them both on sale, Yeah me!)

The other thing I want to share with y'all today is the stuff that keeps my hair shiny and frizz free......

It's Redken Glass, and you can buy it from just about anywhere you find Redken products. We southern women with big hair can use all the help we can get! Although, it recommends you can use it all day long, it will weigh your hair down, so I only use it in the morning after I flat iron my hair.

Hope this was fun and helpful.

Great Shopping,

Magnolia

WORDless Wednesday!

Alzheimer's on CBS!

This is a great piece on Alzmeimers for those who are and aren't familiar with the disease. Some of the statistics will shock you. Hope you enjoy. I did!

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6089199n&tag=related;photovideo

Hugs,
Magnolia

PS. I think that either Buzz or Kate is going to get kicked off tonight on Dancing with the Stars.

New Year Starting Now!

I know kind of strange title, but I'm going to start fresh starting now with my blog. There have been so many things that I've wanted to say that it just gets all jumbled up sometimes. So, here's how it goes, Monday's will be a recap of the weekend (you know just in case something exciting happened). Tuesday and Thursday is going to be updates about Alzheimers, Wednesday is wordless Wednesday (of course unless something crazy happens that I just have to talk about) and Friday, I'm going to try and find out new styles to post.

So let's get started. My weekend started off on Thursday after work, thank goodness my boss believes in Good Friday. J and I went to the Maundy Thursday service at church, and can I just tell you that it was pretty powerful. I mean think about it when the paster says that you can come to the front of the church and nail a nail in a cross up there, because you were the ones that put them there in the first place, well, that sort of thing really makes you think hard about what sins you've committed. So after all the hard stuff to think about, Friday was pretty much, get pretty day, I got my nails done, and J and I headed to the mall. And yes of course I bought stuff, but I was really good, I only bought 2 pair of shoes from Marshalls! Saturday, I got a bug that I needed a new Easter dress, so I headed out and came back with what I thought was a cute dress, when I got home I tried it on for J and this is what he said "It makes you look like a lampshade", well at that point I resigned myself to wearing a dress I bought last year and promptly returned the dress today since all I need is to look like a lampshade. Sunday, we were up and at church 25 minutes before the service started, not really a bright idea since our church has 3 services and we go to the second one, and since we got there early, 1st service wasn't out yet and we had to park in West Egypt!!! The service was awesome to say the least. Our paster always gives you something to think about for the week. Lunch and home finished out our day. Needless to say with the extra day off, I really hated for that alarm to go off this morning. Thanks the good Lord for COFFEE!

Well, until tomorrow and some Alzheimer's news.

Blessings,
Magnolia