Happy weekend!!

So this was me last night at the old roller rink. 

I was a glamazon in brown rental skates. 

(seriously, though, I was about 6'3").

Images from Preen, who did have some excellent custom spiked

skates available back in 2008. 

My history with Roller skates goes way back. In fact, just last week, 

before the So. Cal tornado water spout, I pulled these out of 

a box in my garage. It's amazing that my mom was willing to 

give these up. I do have a video of me trying them out, 

but blogs are about looking good. So, naturally, they will not be 

making an appearance. I leave you with a picture so your imagination

can run wild.. make sure you include wild swinging arms and 

an awkward scooting motion in your mental picture. 

Here is a video of me circa 1983 in the same skates but smaller.

This is my first video post, so let's hope it goes smoothly. 

On a side note, last night the two year old skated for the first time

and I wouldn't even allow her tush to hit the ground.

It would appear that my parents took the 'tough love' approach?

We did see some giant sized roller girls on the way out and 

their outfits were amazing. 

Embroidery pattern from Sublime Stitching.  

The wait is over!

I have been patiently waiting to find some new-vintage 

oxfords since the summer. 

A lover of pastels in the winter, I was sad to find that 

these were not my size. 

from brownbagvintage

I dreamed about them. I sketched them into lines of clothing. 

I waited patiently until a new pair in my elephant size 9 showed up. 

But it became clear that a pair of size 9 vintage oxfords was not going

to show up this season. 

So, I decided that I would go get a new new

 pair yesterday at Bloomies. 

Bloomies has a lot to offer in the oxford department...

from Bloch

from Boutique 9

from Belle by Sigerson Morrison

from Joan and David. 

After looking online, I decided that I would look

 for this pair when I went into

 the store. But, then I forgot what I had decided and ended

 up trying on five pairs instead. 

And.. my favorite were these bad boys. 

from Boutique 9

But in this  already dirtied color...

Yay me! It's life transformation time.. new shoes, getting my 

hair did and I worked out yesterday(yes). 

small time fun

Currently the sweeties are on a whirlwind trip to South America.

So, I leave you with some early holiday images to get you in the mood.

I fear I will not be able to get in the mood, seeing that I am caught in the

middle of the Summer here on the equator.

The Thanksgiving harvest..

And a special NorCal hometown weekend to ring in the holiday season.

Feeling thrifty and contemplating her first thrift

purchase of 'Pheasant in Snow'

And the main event, the Festival of Lights Parade.

Nothing like a small time Christmas parade to bring out the

holiday spirit.

Waving to the mayor..

Grandpa's train..

Shout out to the Mad Hatter..

Santa!

Happy Holiday Season! Let's get crafty!

Birthday roundup

Some Favorite shots of the week..

Sweetie's b-day eggs bene.

The sweetest felt chair card from Twig and Fig.

Look Familiar? My gift to myself..which, to

my delight, fit perfectly despite being a medium.

I knew it! Love it!

The birthday ball and its contents...

Get your own here. ( of course these are from the same maker

as those treasure candles when we were kids.. remember those?)

Birthday wannabe and a great birthday song singer!

Billy was completely adorable as expected. However, he had a

serious wardrobe malfunction in that he thought it was ok

to perform in what we initially thought were zip off cargo

pants. Shattered dreams for me, but not for the swarms of

extremely - let's call them 'available' - women.

Women were available last night all over the place. Didn't they

know that the concert was specifically for my birthday?

It's been a happy week. I am even happy for the Yankees?

Happy weekend!

don't forget..

that this week is all about the personal connection.

Go ahead. Tell me how old I am.

Spent some good times with Sweetie at the beach this week.

After years of sea anemone harassment,

I finally laid eyes on some real beasts( a star fish and sea slug)

at the tide pools on Tuesday and I was so thrilled that I

said 'this is the best day of my life'. I think it was

the champagne talking.

Off to pick up my very own bday ball with Sweetie. The

bday ball is genius. I will detail its opening later.

ta ta!

getting personal

Unfortunately for the reader, this week is the

BEST WEEK EVER

and therefore will be devoted almost

exclusively to hokey stories about

my child and husband... welcome to

double birthday week 2009.

Saturday night we kicked things off with

a seriously spectacular Halloween filled

with cheap wine, heckling and high kicks.

Cat woman(mask up), Cinderella, and Christopher Cross lover

and Yacht Rocker, David D. Patri Esquire.

Early in the night, Ava worked her charm

and rode the sugartrain.. first up, then down down.

And, she rode the pony.

I love quad cam.

Oh darn you, Balboa Candy for giving out legit giant suckers!

Candy.

light up shoes!

Cinderella.

The VI did not let us down on Saturday. All of the 'early birds' were

out in their favorite get up, some in sexy get up!

Meet Anita Dix, Cat Woman's instant best friend of the

night and a total Bad Ass UFC fighting champion,

who apparently hand stitched together her leggings with

Dental Floss! Hoot!

Double gold star for the creepiest character of the

night, ladies man 'Man Baby'.

Fernanda!

Awesome kick off.. cannot wait for the rest of the week.