YOU CAN SEE THE SOFTNESS

I have a question for you gurls. When you travel with your husband, do you drive or does he? The trip to North Myrtle Beach is at least 7 hours long. That is a long trip, but when you are used to traveling 2 hours to get to a shopping mall, it doesn’t seem that bad. Since I have started my blog, I use the traveling time to work on the next day’s post. I think that is a smart use of what would be downtime, but it also gets me out of driving. Lol! Joe was one who thought that the “man” should be the one who did the driving. He would look at other men who let their wives drive and wonder what was wrong with them. I have been happy to let him drive since that meant I could enjoy the scenery and not have to pay attention to where we were going. HOWEVER, something has switched in him, and he is now embracing the fact that I am capable of driving after all. Who knew??? He now asks me to drive so he can take a nap, but I know what the real reason is; it is that he wants to play on his phone. Lol! If he does decide to take a little nap while I am driving, then I might have to slide over on the rumble-strip a time or two. LOL! I don’t want him thinking that I am a “good” driver or I might never get to play on “my” phone. Hahaha! If you have read my blog very long, then you know that I love soft items. This shirt is so soft that you can almost “see” the softness in the photo. This top is a combination of a sweatshirt, a fleece pullover, and loungewear, all in one. I bought this top when I was Christmas shopping (I needed a present too) at a local boutique in town., and it is by a brand called Cherish. As soon as I saw the top, I picked it up to purchase it. When it got time to check out, I asked my daughter if she had found anything that she wanted. She came to the counter and said just one top. Yep, it was the same top, so we decided to share. Lol! Like mother, like daughter.

If I am running around town or going out for a small errand, then I will add a tiny bit of jewelry to my casual look. Today, I added the Becca bracelet with its large gray marbled beads on an elastic cord and the Maggie bracelet that features small silver beads on an elastic cord. The Maggie is sold out at the moment, but keep checking back because Plunder does a fantastic job at restocking their inventory. The gray pearl stud earrings are a discontinued item from Plunder. I love these earrings, and I wear them all the time, so I tried to find a similar option for you.

I added my wine colored suede ankle boots by Isaac Mizrahi because I love wearing these boots. I look for every opportunity to wear these boots, and since my top had a similar color in it, I grabbed them off the shelf. I wear a size nine in shoes, and I can remember being made fun of for having large feet. “Do you have to back up to the door” was one of the jokes that I remember kids asking me. I would never wear shoes that called attention to my feet when I was younger because of that. Age is a wonderful thing if for no other reason than to let us conclude that we are perfect just the way we are made. Wear the bright shoes if you want and then laugh at the jokes with them. My feet allow me to stand upright and walk from place to place. They are just right for me!

I honestly can’t tell you which pair of skinny black pants that I have on. I have several pairs and because black does not photograph well I can’t see enough of the detail on the pants to distinguish them apart. I decided to wear black pants to go with the charcoal in the top, but a regular blue denim pair of jeans would have worked just as well. I think that these are a pair of Pixie Pants from Old Navy which is a go-to style pant for me. Pixie Pants come in a wide variety of colors and prints, so you are bound to find one or more that you have to have. Lol!

Did you read my Saturday blog post? I told you that I would be meeting a blog reader and Facebook friend. I was right about the part where you feel like you know the person even though we had never met face to face. She was a lot of fun, and as it turns out, we have a lot in common. We both love to shop, and she might like it even more than I do. She told me that she spent 4 hours in TJ Maxx the other day and I think that beats anything that I have ever done. Both of our husbands love to play golf. We are both blondes. And…we have really good taste in handbags. LOL!!! It was great meeting Cindy, an I hope to meet some of the rest of you soon.

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