FLORALS AND PALE PINK

I feel like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz this morning, “There’s no place like home!” I now need a vacation to rest up from being away from home but I know that my work is going to be piled high on my desk. Ugggh! I don’t even want to think about how far behind I am going to be. I will be sharing a lot of pictures on the blog this week that were taken in San Diego. The settings are gorgeous but we were so rushed for time that most of my pictures were taken after we had been in sessions all day and my hair looks like crap and my makeup might not still look its best. I am giving you the heads up now so that you don’t look at my pictures and think, “What in the world has happened to Tania?” Lol!Let me just get something off my chest right now. Somebody go get me a soapbox! Age discrimination is alive and well these days!!! I was attending a social media conference while I was in San Diego. I know that most people consider “social media” a younger person’s arena but that doesn’t mean that just because I am over 50 that I don’t have insights or value. You could sit and watch how people would gravitate to the younger, prettier people. They would engage them in conversations and completely ignore me. I started to get amused as I watched how all this unfolded. I was sitting at a blogger table and there was only 3 of us at the table at that time. The one lady got up and moved her chair to sit beside the younger girl and started up a conversation. They talked for about 10 minutes never once asking me anything. The one girl didn’t even have a blog, she was just interested in starting one up. The lady that moved her chair wanted to work with bloggers, she wanted to represent them for campaigns. FINALLY, after almost 15 minutes was up, the lady looked at me and said, “would you like to join in the conversation?” Sweetly I talked with them for a few minutes. Soon they came to the realization that I had a blog, I knew what I was doing, and that they could learn from me. By that time I was not having any of that! It might have been mean, and I was probably supposed to turn the other cheek, but instead I simply got up and left the table. The sad thing is that they probably didn’t learn a lesson from that at all.This was our first night in San Diego and we went to Cardiff by the Sea to eat. I wanted to wear something nice but still look casual and beachy. I love this off the shoulder top for this type occasion. I am not a huge fan of the off the shoulder look only because every time I raise my arms the top goes back up onto the shoulder. I feel like I spend all day pulling it back down and adjusting. I know I could wear it up on the shoulders but it isn’t near as cute that way and after all, we do want to be cute. Haha! Florals are almost always a look for spring. The variety of pinks in the flowers really pop off the dark navy of the top. The lace inserts and the high/low sleeve design are two more unique features that make this top a winner.

I have a pink large rhinestone jewelry set on from Plunder. Once again I held off ordering this set because I was just sure that I wouldn’t like it. I thought the stones were too big and that it would be gaudy. Nope!!! I really like it. I am just going to have to quit even trying to pick out things I like and instead start throwing darts to see what I order. The Sherry Renea necklace is adjustable and I am wearing it at the longest setting. I would also look fabulous worn shorter. The matching earrings are not showing up in the catalog right now. That might mean they are out of stock or it might mean that they are retiring, I don’t know yet. The Mary Alice bracelet is still in stock, though. I also wore a couple of smaller magnetic rhinestone bracelets on my other hand. The Broedrick is the opaque pink one and the Flynn is the iridescent one in purples. This is the last week to take advantage of a15% off discount check from me for every over $50.00 (excluding tax and shipping). New party ALERT!!! I closed my last party and opened a new one. I bet you can guess what the name is….www.plunderdesign.com/party/tania5I thought you might like to see a picture of my sister and me. As you can tell the sun was right in our eyes. When we would try to move so the sun wasn’t blinding us our faces were in the shadows. I was smart and shielded my eyes, sis just squinted. Lol! It looks like we coordinated our outfits but it was just a coincidence. Lol! I had to make her put on a necklace, I am the jewelry person, not her.While I was trying not to fall in the sand my sister was busily taking my pictures with her new iPhone 7. The quality of the pictures is crazy. All my pictures this week were taken with her phone. My pants are the palest pink. These are a pair of pixie pants from Old Navy. This pair is the chino cotton style so I bought my normal size. When I buy the stretchy knit version I will size up because they fit so tight.

My navy Tommy Hilfiger sandals were perfect for walking along the beach. These ended up being the shoes I wore most of the week. You have to realize that outfits and jewelry I wear while I am away might not look the same as I would wear if I was at home. You are limited to home many shoes, purses, etc., that you can pack. In other words, you just have to make do with what you brought. Lol!

They might have dismissed me for being older when it came to social media but they paid attention when it came to eyelashes. I had about three women interrupt the conversation to ask me about my eyelashes. Lol!!! It is crazy that they are noticed that much. I was riding down the elevator with a younger woman who had on fake lashes, you can spot them a mile off, and she was very impressed that my lashes were real. If you want to be accosted by complete strangers (and who doesn’t) then order Lash Boost. Lol! Message me for details.

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