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I was blessed to celebrate my birthday yesterday with my family yesterday. We had lunch at one of my favorite places in SATX, La Gloria. Husband and I went there last year for my birthday and loved it. They have these great life-sized metal art figures in the front. Perfect picture taking spots. They also just added an outdoor, fully-stocked bar.

Entrance

Menu Board complete with metal Ants crawling around it.

My regular…Pollo en Escabeche Sopes

I’m wearing an Eddie Bauer Crinkle Dress in Plaid. I am in my normal size 6. It was nice and casual and cool for the day. I added a Cole Haan purse I received for Christmas and my new Christian Louboutin Brown Espadrilles.

MamaBella, AudreyBella, La Senora-one of the art figures, MomoBella

Husband and The Boy shopped at Anthropologie for my presents this year and they did good.

Lunar Cycles Top in Dark Orange
Cape Wineland Cutting Board

Wallpaper Juicer

Here’s a teaser for “Super Shoes-day” next week…While shopping at one of the little boutiques in Boerne, a small town nearby, I found these TOMS. They are the Bimini Stitchouts in Yellow. Unfortunately the TOMS site only has two sizes left in the red. I love the yellow and the Top-sider accent. I took a 7 1/2 for three reasons. 1) I really wanted them but this was the smallest size they had left. That immediately told me they were very popular and I would be hard-pressed to find this color in my size elsewhere. 2) They run slightly smaller than my Black Glitters, which are a 7. 3) I really wanted them. I read in some of the reviews that a lot of people are going a half to a full size up in these.

Have a Great Day! I have a busy day and weekend ahead of me preparing for our party tomorrow. See you “Shoes-day”!

Oh…and Feliz cumpleaños to Gigi and Dina!!! Have a wonderful birthday!

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I am thoroughly enjoying my summer despite the 100 degree weather. Hence the lack of posting. But I’ve been taking pictures and here they are.

Tee: J Crew Vintage Cotton V-Neck, Black, S
Skirt: J Crew Garden Skirt, Sage, 6
Belt: J Crew Tri-Buckle Waist Belt
Espadrilles: Christian Louboutin

Dress: J Crew Silk Serenade Dress, Deep Lagoon, 6
Cardigan: J Crew Jackie, Bavarian Blue, S
Shoes: J Crew Joley Flat, Pink, 6 1/2 (ebay!)

Shirt: J Crew Factory Laporte Drape Blouse, Black, 
Jeans: Gap, 6 (similar)
Shoes: J Crew Ballet Flat Cocodrillo, 7 (ebay!!)

Complete outfit remix from here…

Dress: J Crew Madras
Shoes: Old Navy Denim Espadrilles

Blouse: Ann Taylor Twist Knot Front Top, Fruit Punch, S
Skirt: Ann Taylor Spectrum Skirt, 6
Shoes: J Crew Capri, Pink Ombre, 7
Hope you’re having a great week! I’m on “stay-cation” and I’ve been super-busy. I’ll need a real vacation when I’m done. I haven’t stopped moving. Just this morning I drove 75 miles in my truck taking The Boy to Driver’s Ed, picking up a friend and dropping her off at my house, picking up The Boy and dropping him off at his strength and conditioning work-out, running errands while he’s doing that and then picking him up and going home. I am exhausted and it’s pretty much non-stop the rest of the week. It’s my birthday on Thursday and we’ll be going to my favorite restaurant with my whole (immediate) family. My brother is visiting from Singapore and my other brother and his family will be joining us as well. Then, on Saturday, we’ll have a birthday/hello-goodbye Brother/4th of July party. We try to have our 4th party on the Saturday before just so people are not travelling home so late on the 4th. Especially if they have to work the next day, which is the case this year. 
Have a great day!

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I have done several Polyvore sets with this dress with the intention of wearing it the following day. Something always came up and I had to change my planned outfit. But today was different. I planned on wearing this dress but didn’t create a set for fear of jinxing the outfit…again.

Dress: J Crew Stripe Blouson Dress in Black, 6
Belt: J Crew Patent-Tab Skinny Belt in Warm Jade, S
Shoes: J Crew Arène Platform in Cognac, 7
Necklace: Anthropologie Earl Grey Necklace

I wore this to my salon. It’s been 10 weeks since I last had it cut. I had an appointment a few weeks ago but had to cancel and by this week it was driving me crazy! I have no idea how to style longer-ish hair because my has been short for so long. He whacked the back off to come about even with the side to make it a somewhat choppy bob. I’m happy with it but I miss my hair sass. I’ll get it back eventually. He says he has an idea in mind but can’t find a decent picture to show me. I trust my stylist completely with my hair. He was the one who originally talked me in to short hair even though I had tried it before. Turns out it was just the way it was cut and styled that made it look bad. 
I am so happy I was able to finally wear this dress. I love it. And, although it might bother me later, the straps would slightly fall of my should making it all the more sexy. I have some new lightweight sweaters and cardigan to wear over this during the fall. I can’t wait!

Have a great evening!

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And she’s so simple and classic.

I stopped by the B&M and was a bit underwhelmed at the “new arrivals”. They did have the Mona Leather Pumps in Black and Taupe. I was able to try them on in black in a size 7. They fit TTS and have some light padding on the insole. The Taupe is a great neutral color IRL. I ordered the Taupe and the Suede in Wild Berry, one of my favorite J Crew colors.

One other online purchase this morning was the Jardin Skirt in Rich Purple. This is such a vibrant purple. I hope it’s the same IRL.

Any one else want to meet Mona?

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Here are some recent OOTDs.

Loving the Perfect Linen shirts from J Crew. I am taking a 6 in all of them even though my normal size in the perfect shirts is an 8. The Summerweight Bermuda Shorts are my all-time favorite shorts. With the newer styles I take a size 8. The Look Through Wedges had an accident the day I wore these. A piece of wood chipped off! From the front! I think if I dirty that spot up a little it will blend in with the rest of the shoe. This was only the second time to wear them so I am quite disappointed.

Shirt: J Crew Perfect Linen Shirt in Navy, 6
Shorts: J Crew Summerweight Bermuda Shorts (’08) (similar), 6
Shoes: Anthropologie Look Through Wedges, 7

Looking at this picture I think the tee might be the crewneck not v-neck. Either way it is the Vintage Cotton Tee which are another yearly staple for me. The Apothecary skirt has been one of my favorites and I love all the colors through-out it. The shoes were just a bad purchase. They fit weird and the back strap falls down a lot, even though it’s buckled on the last hole. There are just some shoes not meant for “Shoes-day”.

Tee: J Crew Vintage Cotton V-Neck, OPA Orange ?, M
Skirt: Anthropologie Apothecary Skirt, 6
Shoes: Zara Three-Tone Flat Sandal, Sand,37

Another new staple in my summer wardrobe has been linen tees. I have a few from J Crew, which are quite see through. I recommend a tank top underneath. The ones from Zara are thin as well but can be worn without a tank underneath. I love this purple and it goes well with the purple in the Waterlily Floral Soiree Skirt. This skirt, in both colors, has been another happy purchase. Like the Apothecary skirt, there are so many colors in both skirts that sometimes it is hard to pick a top to wear with it. I think I will have brought the CPW of these Tory Burch flip-flops down to mere pennies by the end of the summer.

Tee: Zara Linen T-Shirt, Dark Magenta, S
Skirt: J Crew Soiree Skirt inWaterlily Floral, 6 (in-store sale $59.99)
Shoes: Tory Burch Tortoise Flip-Flops, 7

I have been trying to wear skirts and dresses this summer. They are just so quick and easy to wear and if you find some like the ones above, with many colors in them, you’ll have endless options to pair with them.

Have a great day!