If the Shoe Fits...

Here are some good choices for summer. The first pair is from http://www.zappos.com/welcome.zhtml

These shoes (on sale for $34) you can find at http://www1.talbots.com/talbotsonline/index.aspx

You'll find these cute slides on sale for $24 at http://newport-news.com/

The flip flops below are soooo cute and theycome in so many different patterns. You can check all of them out at http://www.toegoz.com/house.asp?type=black%20formal. They also have matching belts. I would live in these shoes if I had all the different styles:

And in today's "Cheap Chic," checkout these cute flats for only $14.80 at http://www.forever21.com/default.asp:

Hostess with the Mostest

I normally don't post about hosting parties, but I just have to let y'all know about July's really awesome deal. If you host a party in July (it can be a catalog show for those of you who aren't in the Charlotte, NC area) and it reaches $500 (which is pretty typical), you'll earn a $50 gift certificate to use with the current catalog or with the new catalog that's coming out in Sept. That's in addition to getting $65 in free products, getting free shipping and getting 1/2 priced products. Plus...you get an extra $10 gift certificate just for hosting a party in the summer months whether your party reaches $500 or not.

I'm excited because I truly love getting you girls free stuff!

And the Winner is.......

Drumroll please......................

Blondemom!!!!!

Congratulations Jamie and thank you to everyone for playing!! I'm going to do these little contests periodically so hopefully everyone will get a chance to win.

A Little Contest....

We're almost there....

When I receive 10 comments on this posting, I'll have one of my 2 fabulous assistants draw a name out of a hat. The person selected will win a super cute (and functional) thermal tote in the color of his/her choice - blue, lime green, pink or olive.

Start tapping those fingers on the keyboards!

A Veggie Tale...

In my quest for the dreaded ever-elusive skinnyness, I've been trying to work out several times a week. Usually I have my two workout partners with me, cheering me along. My 5 and 3 year old used to try to do the workout DVD's with me, but now they just sit on the bed, watch me exercise and occasionally give helpful hints about how I can improve my form. Today my 5 year old suggested that perhaps I should try working out twice a day so my tummy can get skinnier faster (he then proceeded to pull my shorts up over the exposed muffin top - I am in the privacy of my own home for goodness sake!)

So I decided which workout DVD I was going to do. My son asked the title of it and then looked at me in an odd way and asked why I would want to do a workout that would get me a zucchini body. HA! Little does he know I already have one of those - smaller on the top and wider on the bottom. That's why I need the DVD titled "Bikini Body Camp."

Ok, Love These...

Check these out from Room Service Home. They're rubber gloves and they're soooo cute! http://www.roomservicehome.com/prodinfo.asp?number=GH143206

Just plain want these....

earrings to the left ponytail holder below. Why, oh why do I have to looooove monogramming soooo much?!

Blame it on God

I took my boys out on a lunch date the other day. The first thing we did was stick our tootsies in a fountain at a local outdoor mall. Well, we didn't really just dip our toes...let's just say their shorts were pretty soaking wet by the time they were finished, um, wading. Yeah, yeah, I know they're technically not supposed to wade in a public fountain but in my defense it was a hot day and well, no one was looking (wink). I'm such a good mom, aren't I? That's right, lead by example. Follow the rules, unless no one is looking and then do as you d**n well please, that's my motto. I kept humming "Breakin the Law" by Judas Priest as they splashed. They had a ball!

Our next stop was a little bakery for lunch. After we sat down, my 3 year old kept being sooooooo loud. He was happy, but obnoxiously boisterous. I kept doing the mommy shush. Soon enough, even my 5 year old was doing the mommy shush. We tried the "use an indoor voice" route, use "a quiet voice" route, we even tried for a quiet contest. No luck. Finally I said, "Honey, we really need to be quieter so we don't disturb other people." He looked at me like I was an idiot and replied, (and if he knew the word "DUH," he would have said it), "Mama, God made me loud and dat's the way it is!"

How do you argue with that? I laughed so loud that everyone looked around to look at me. I guess it was really me who was the disturbance after all.