THE COLORS OF FALL

I really loved reading all of the comments on yesterday’s blog post. Some of them were really moving and a couple even brought me to tears. It looks like most of you shouted out your husbands as your “person” and I can understand that. After all, those poor men have had to put up with us for all these years. Lol! I also saw a lot of parents, best friends, and children mentioned in the post. It is probably a mix of all those people who have made us into the person we have become. I am sure that there have been many wonderful moments and even some that we would like to forget, but all of them are important. We are like steel, we need the fire to become what we are meant to be. Joe was thrilled to see the comments that you gurls left about his “baby.” He is chomping at the bit to get it up in the air and I think he is planning a small trip down to North Myrtle Beach sometime this week to check out our condo. That is the first time that we have ever had a property in danger of a Hurricane. That is a different feeling and I can’t imagine how hard it is for those who live along the coast. We did receive a message from the Avista Resort saying that they went in and checked out our unit and everything looks fine. Whew! That was good news. I know that we have Hurricane insurance but you never know how good your insurance really is until you need to use it. I hope that those who were affected at least have insurance. I have heard so many horror stories before where people have lost everything and had no insurance. I can understand how that happens. A small river runs in front of our house and the flood insurance was really high and had to be paid all at once. I understand how people couldn’t afford to hand over such a large chunk of money at once. I have all of them and the workers who are helping to clean up the damage in my prayers. I absolutely love the colors on this off the shoulder top. The deep terracotta color background is the perfect setting for the bright turquoise and maize colors. This top is from Karen Kane and I bought it at a local boutique in town called Elaine’s. I like the relaxed style of this top and even the drawstring waistline that helps it not to look so big and baggy. This is 100% Viscose so that means Dry Clean only which is the only downside to me. I just don’t have a dry cleaner on every corner like some of you might have so it is a bit more of a pain for me. Some of you have told me that you have a hard time wearing an off the shoulder look so you might want to check out this style here instead. Also, here is a plus size top in the same fabric but just a little different style. I only have on a small amount of jewelry with this look. I am wearing the Ciara gold filigree earrings and the Mary Ellen bracelet. The Ciara earrings are gold metal and very lightweight. They have a 3″ drop which is stunning but not too over-the-top. The Mary Ellen bracelet is gold metal also and features a beaded tassel. You will love both of these items and you will find lots to wear with them. I have been celebrating my 3 year blog anniversary by offering a free piece of jewelry with every 50.00 purchase (excluding taxes and shipping) for this entire month! Go here and have fun shopping! Make sure that you pick a party with my name in it so that I can track the purchases. You will love the new fall collection! I placed an order while I was in New Orleans and I can’t wait for it to arrive. My pants are also from Karen Kane and I bought them at the same time as the top. I love this color for fall. It is a deeper tan or a deep sand color. I am not sure what the official color name is but I do like it. I couldn’t find these pants on their website but I did find some that were very similar for you. I already have a couple pair of pants in this color but one is a corduroy and one is a chino style. This one has the spandex material in it so it is more like a legging style. Yes, I need them all. Lol!

I get emails almost daily from a lot of my blog readers telling me that I have inspired them to step outside of their comfort zone. Nothing pleases me more than hearing that!!! It doesn’t matter if they are talking about clothing or their faith or just about being brave enough to try something new. If my blog inspires someone to be better today than they were yesterday, then I am a happy camper!!! Why am I so passionate about that? Mostly, because I have been the one who was afraid, the one who would never try anything new because I might fail. I heard Rachel Hollis say these inspiring words on Thursday. She said, “You’re going to suck!” And then she said, “So what?” What if you suck three or four times and then all of a sudden you don’t suck anymore? What if a small child gave up on trying to walk after he fell a couple of times? Why do we as adults think we have to have a suck-free life?

This entire week, I am going to be asking a different question and everyone who comments will be entered into a drawing for a Vince Camuto Vegan Leather Tote. Today’s question is: what have you tried and sucked at, but now you good at it? 

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