Friday Night Melting Pot ....

Tonight instead of my "In the City" adventures I met 2 great friends Sara and Dena, who I met a very long time ago through Stampin Up! for dinner at the Melting Pot in White Plains, NY. Would have been 4 of us but our wonderful dear friend Daryl moved to Florida, so hopefully another time soon she can join us. But we missed her terribly. (Daryl and Dena still are great demonstrators with Stampin Up!) We had our usual get together "girlfriend" drink ..no not cosmos but "lemon drops". It is a tradition that started a long time ago at the Cheesecake Factory our favorite place. Dena came back from convention in Salt Lake City so she had swaps and a catalog and wonderful things to show us. We started at 6:00PM and left each other at 10:30 PM. Of course we had to make a pit stop at Target. We ate way too much. We had the "big night" - Wisconsin 3 cheese fondue - salads - then broth to cook our food and then in the end chocolate fondue with melted peanut butter! Heaven..... here are some fun pics.

This was a little box with a thank you note card inside Dena made at convention. Did you have a great 8-8-08? Was it lucky for you? It was for me 3 great friends 3 lemon drops lots of laughing fun and a huge toast to Daryl.... Hope your day was just as wonderful. Girlfriends are special...

Bliss on a Wednesday Night.........

Ahh Sheer "Bliss" on a Wednesday night. For Christmas Marious and Ravi at work gave me Monica and Vicki gift cards to Bliss Spa. I had a pina colada pedicure, yes they served non alcoholic pina coladas! Mine had a pink umbrella how did they know??? LOL! Monica also was supposed to get the same but had a last minute emergency and made a new appointment for Monday afternoon, but she did meet us and go out to dinner. Vicki had a deep tissue massage. As I sat there I got to watch "Ugly Betty" there were earphones so we could relax eat cheese, crackers, olives, cucumbers, cookies, bottled water and pitchers of lemon water. After we were done they gave us so many samples and a new bottle of redish nail polish...I am into light pinks but maybe in the winter a pedicure will be ok with it. We ate at Bobby Vans on 54th Street. We did not have steak this time.... too much to eat on a Wednesday and we are all watching our weight right now. But the food was incredible as always. All this fun shared with 3 great friends who also work together on a "Blissful" Wednesday night!

Gwen Stefani Fall Fragrance

Fall will be here before we know it and that means school, new clothes, boots, shoes and make-up. I never thought "perfume", seems the beauty world is abuzz about lots of new perfume lines coming out from now till November. One in particular that caught my eye so darn stinkin cute is Gwen Stefani's new fragrance look how cute! They are her "harajuku dolls"! 1 has a "pink" dress (right hand corner). Will let you know how she smells once I find her. Pink Hugs!

Carol Wingert Class in CT

Finally I get to take a Carol Wingert class! Oh not one but two of them at Scrapbook Clubhouse in Westbrook Connecticut. Me and my Best Friend Sara had her for a class in Arizona at the first Heidi Swapp Bazzill Creative Escape and a little while after we found Carol's blog and have wanted to take a class with her. Carol does beautiful work. She has a monthly kit on her blog. I have purchased a few and can't wait to order the new one! Let me know if you are close and are planning on going let me know. Pink Hugs to all of you.

Flea Market ....

I just got back from a flea market in "Stormville, NY". When I was little my dad loved to go to old flea markets and find little gadgets. We used to all go along with some family friends and had a blast. Through the years I never looked at flea market finds although I love "vintage" things. First of all really we do not have any around and the 1 that is close has people's modern day junk (have enough of my own) and second was really not motivated enough. But reading some beautiful blogs and seeing all their cute finds I decided to research and found this for today and then again 2 days in September, that will be a big one they said. Some of my "inspirations" for going were Suzanne Duda (who has found the cutest items and her daughter enjoys going with her when not in school), Kari Ramstrom (I need to move near her go look at all the goodies), Stephanie Howell (ooh how adorable she is and her girls, she goes to flea markets with her daughter Harper and her adventures are always sweet and entertaining), and I could go on and on because they all find these great items for so cheap. I am looking for stuff for 2 swaps I am in for Halloween and I asked a man if he had any postcards he said yes they are very expensive....I laughed what did I know well he said for 1 was $65...WHAT???? Do you know the clothes or shoes on sale I could buy? Well I was happy for the first time what I found....I bought sheet music $1 missing some pages but that is ok... a picture of a pretty woman $2...and a white candy dish (maybe for a swap need to decorate...$5.....and finally this adorable pink box from a cute little old woman for $5 it was in perfect condition. I had seen a few similar boxes in blog land and drooled over but never thought I would find 1 ahh maybe there is hope for another? I was really searching for different old hand held mirrors not a 1 was to be seen.... Yes I will go in September and see what else I can find. Thank you ladies in "Blog Land" for your pushes 1. to start a blog and 2. to go to Flea Market.

Soho Cupcakes Friday Night Fun!

On Friday nights me and my friend Marlene pick an area in the city and shop, eat/drink (we are both trying to be good on our diets so this time was not as exciting), and exploring and of course I need to find some "pink in the city". Our adventures took us to Soho. We both have been to all these areas so many times but it is different doing this Friday take pictures and explore adventures. Marlene bought a beautiful original Sophia Loren Poster for her newly decorated apartment (will post a pic when she gets it framed and up), I bought some goodies at Forever 21 and Pearl River Mart then we went into this Japanese sort of H&M but alot neater and organized and oh what cute things....UNIQLO I bought that adorable pink umbrella that looks vintage-y, I bought a cute "cupcake" apron in Sur La Table then we went to a Mexican place called Gonzalez and Gonzalez for margaritas (1 each) - beer(1 for Marlene) and pina colada (for me). I was hungry so I got a taco Mexican shrimp salad (too healthy) I promise I am so not food boring so stay tuned for future and some past food experiences. After Mexican I was a little tipsy and we went to Urban Outfitters, need nothing but of course had to pose with a cupcake cookie jar and bought a pink plastic doily and some goodies for my "sweet and sinister swap" hosted by Artsy Mama! Enjoy Some "Pink in the City" pictures below.

Forever 21 - Sur La Table - Uniqlo - Me and Marlene @ Gonzalez and Gonzalez - Me @ Urban Outfitters

American Idol Concert

On Wednesday night in NJ at the Prudential Center Me my 5 year old Niece Isabella and my Cousin Rosy went to see American Idol Concert. It was a surprise for Isabella who loves David Archuleta. How at 5 years old do they know how to "swoon" over someone! It was alot of fun for all 3 of us to see the top 10 perform. David Cook: they had him in "Rock Star" dress up, too much black eyeliner and his clothes were way too tight. But his performance rocked the house. I must say that David A was great, he looked like he got older all dressed up. I am getting too old for this a Wednesday night concert ended at 10:15 PM and went into work the next morning by 8:00AM.