HOW TO STYLE BLACK

I have loved reading all your sweet and lovely comments that you have left for me the last couple of days. It was wonderful reading about the stories of your grandmothers. My sister spoke at my grandmother’s funeral on the behalf of all of the grandchildren. That is what happens when you are a writer and you attend toastmasters on a regular basis. She did a great job, I don’t know how she held it all together and didn’t cry while talking.The funeral was at 1:00 and about 10:00 that morning my Aunt called to say that the preacher who was going to do the service was sick and was not going to be at the funeral. My mother calmly turned to me and my sister and said, “we have a problem.” That is a pretty BIG problem. Luckily, my daughter-in-law’s father is a preacher, so we called my son and explained the situation. Phillip agreed to do the service and he was wonderful. Granny would have been tickled at the whole situation.Todays’ outfit is another version of black. My cousin, Lisa Dawn, drove in from West Virgina for the funeral. She is a reader of my blog and she was telling me that as she was picking out her outfit she told her brother that she had to find her red shoes. “Tania will call me out if I don’t have a pop of color!” How funny is that??? All I could think about was that my upcoming outfit has no color. Lisa Dawn is going to be so disappointed. Lol!I am wearing my Plunder waterfall/bibb necklace. It is called the Eliza and it is adjustable up to 24.” I like this necklace and I have worn it several times. I also have on the matching bracelet called the Wanda. I like a couple of things about this bracelet. I like the little dangle balls and also the fact that it is a stretch bracelet. I like anything that makes it easier to get a bracelet on and off. I can’t tell you how many times I have gone to work with my bracelet in my pocket till I could get one of the girls to fasten the bracelet for me. I am wearing a pair of earrings called the Mason. If you have a catalog you probably never even saw them. They look tiny in the catalog but they are gorgeous in person. Remember that I am offering 10% off any order over 50.00 (excluding the taxes and shipping) I will send you a check. The first refund cheks have been mailed, and I will put another round of checks in the mail on Tuesday. To place an order for the 10% off with Plunder, go to www.plunderdesign.com/party/ts.These knee high black boots are by Marc Fisher. I bought them from the overstock outlet in town. Several of you have asked about these outlets. There are two that I shop at. One is called The Outlet Store and the other is called Bob Branham Sales. Both of the stores are located in Grundy, Virginia.I thought the black boots might be too dark, just too much black. These suede shoes are gorgeous but I think they would look much better with a dress or skirt. They just didn’t look right to me. This were Marc Fisher shoes also. I have trouble wearing shoes with an ankle strap, they look cute on other people, but I always end up taking them off.You all know I love a jacket or blazer. They polish a look, they hide body imperfections, and they can add color. This khaki jacket is several years old. I bought it at JC Penney, along with a black identical one. I hardly ever wear this jacket but it looks nice, I am not sure why I don’t wear it more often. 

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I’ll be traveling back to Virginia today. I sure have been on the go here lately. Whew, I am dragging my tracks. I look forward to a couple days of rest this weekend. I am giving away a full-size Multi-Function Eye Cream from Rodan and Fields for this months giveaway. If you have not already entered the contest, go here to see how to enter.

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