COME FLY WITH ME...

A long time ago air travel used to be glamorous! You would dress up and have the finest luggage, the whole experience was luxury. The flight was the start of your holiday adding to the excitement...today, not so much!

By the time you actually take your seat on the flight you are exhausted, stressed and sweating! Add 2 small, screaming children to the mix and you double the stress factor and make it just a little bit more fun! NOT!

From check in to touch down it's just non stop disaster…all the channels you have to go through to enjoy your relaxing holiday on a beach somewhere with a cocktail in hand…and then just when you are nice and relaxed from your beach holiday with many exotic cocktails, you have to do it all the way back again! When you land at home you have already forgotten about your lovely relaxing holiday because you are all stressed again!!!

I recently had a fabulous holiday with my husband and 2 kids…I'm not a good traveller and I "hate" flying which is quite ironic as I did it for a living for more than 10 years!!! Ha ha ha! I know…right??? Different life…different world, that's all I'm saying!!!

Forget about glamorous dressing…its all about practicality and comfort. The effort I do try and put in to look fashionable doesn't look so good anymore when we reach the other side...chances are there are sticky handprints and some kind of child dribble smeared on me somewhere! That's why I travel in dark colours...normally jeans and a black t-shirt with comfortable, sensible but still fashionable shoes and a huge bag...big enough to cart around everything we will need and might need for the flight!

Maybe these are only economy class travel problems?

It might be a good idea to invest in some business class tickets the next time we fly, after all luxury will always be in fashion!

LOVE...ACTUALLY!!!

Love.

You get many types of love...each one feeling different and reserved for someone special. Love can make you deliriously happy or severely sad...it's a universal language, an emotion that everyone understands, maybe not understand??? But we all need it to survive!!!

This month is the month of Love. This made me think of the different types of Love I have in my life, many different kinds each reserved for a special person that brings meaning and purpose to me, makes me a better version of myself and makes me stop and realize how very blessed I am!!!

Let me count the ways...the absolute Love of my Life...my husband, without him there is no me...there is no family. My children...gosh the love I feel for them...they complete me and give my life purpose and meaning every day, the joy I feel when I look at them and hold their little bodies so close and kiss their little faces a million times...there is nothing better than that! My Mother...what an absolute inspiration and role model that I look up to and try to become every day...if I can be half the woman that she is I will be happy...my Dad...he was my direction, my guidance and my rock. I feel lost without him...like I'm just drifting along....

My family, each one of them give meaning to my life in a way that fills me spiritualy and emotionally. They each contribute and add to my life tremendously!

My friends...what would life be without friends? People who are you...the same as you or sometimes very different, but each one adds to this thing called LIFE, like a cherry on top!

But most important is God...because without Him, there will be none of this...

So during this month of Love, I encourage you to count the ways of Love in your life, take stock...then sit back and just LOVE...because all I know of Love is...Love is all there is...

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

MODCLOTH.COM

A few weeks ago I was asked by Modcloth.com if I would be interested in participating in a competition with a few stylists from around the world, styling one dress using up to 7 items from their online shop. Naturally I was interested and started researching them immediately!!!

Modcloth is an American online retailer specialising in vintage, vintage-inspired and indie clothing accessories and decor. The company is headquartered in San Francisco's South of Market District. To my delight this site is so me! Its quirky, eccentric and completely different from mainstream fashion…perfect!!!

When I first saw the dress that I was to style, two options came to mind…I could either go the "expected route" of ladylike

and sweet…or I could go the complete "unconventional route" of quirky, edgy and sexy…naturally I went for the latter option!!!

So, this is what I came up with…it's quirky, edgy, a little unexpected and a lot of sexy!!! I wanted to take the sweetness of the dress and vamp it up a little bit by adding the animal print shoes and deep red lippy, toughen it up with the studded leather jacket, but still keep it ladylike with the small clutch bag, earrings and gold cuff. 

By mixing different prints and textures you will not normally pair together you create the element of surprise and individuality that will make you stand out from the crowd for all the right reasons!!

These are the items I picked from the website, www.modcloth.com

1. An Afternoon Excursion Jacket - $67.99

2. Multifaceted Fame Necklace - $68.99

3. Trendsetting Globetrotter Clutch - $44.99

4. Altruistic Darling heel in Leopard - $32.99

5. Laud of the Rings Bracelet - $24.99

6. Cubes as Can Be Earrings - $12.99

7. Lipstick in Glamour - $17.99

Go and have look at their website. They have such a big variety with so much to choose from. You can easily spend hours getting lost in the gorgeous fashion, accessories and decor!

I have also picked a few of my favourite monochrome dresses from their site as its such a classic trend that will always stay Fashionable, Stylish and Glamorous!!!

Cute to the Court Dress $74.00

Executive by Design Dress $74.00

Executive Precision Dress $57.00

Modcloth.com - Free international shipping on $150+ orders for a limited time only, delivery to 51 countries worldwide and international 60 day returns! Go and have a look…you know you want to!!!


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