Valentine's Day is Tomorrow!!!

Tomorrow is Valentines Day!!!I LOVE all holidays!! So Valentine's Day is NO different! I often her people, well mainly guys say "Oh Valentine's Day is just a man made holiday to get you to spend a lot money", I say, every holiday "man" is getting you to spend money so don't treat Valentine's day with any less significance then we do ,uum let's say EASTER!! When did Easter become about buying an "Easter Outfit" and an " EASTER MONDAY" outfit,lol! But we do it so give Valentine's Day respect too!
Now I am a firm believer that you should just show your partner LOVE on everyday , not just a day marked off on the calender, but on Valentine's Day make it a little special for EVERYONE you love! Not just your Lover! My grandmother used to always buy my sister and I Valentine's mugs with chocolates inside! She got me one, one year that especially stood out! It was a mug that was made to appear cracked and dented and it read "I LOVE YOU AND ALL YOUR IMPERFECTIONS", I think that was one of the best gifts that, I have ever received and I'm sure it only cost about 5 BUCKS!
LADIES
Often Men feel left out on Valentine's Day and we women tend to believe the day is all about us! Well it's not! Make your man feel special too. Of course you can always go with the 'ole faithfuls of playing dress up in a sexy costume, but get a little creative!1 year I took my husband to a brand new ICE SKATING RINK that wasn't even open for business yet (my husband loves skating)and we had the entire rink to ourselves! That night I had CHEFS come to our home to prepare and serve dinner, we ended the night with his favorite wine and oil's that I had went and handmade!I think people need to put more thought behind giving gifts instead of just a worrying about the price tag! Too often it is thought that if you spend a bunch of money , it's a good gift, WRONG (UNLESS IT'S THAT BAG OR SHOES SHE'S BEEN EYEING FOR MONTHS,LOL)!! MEN please take thought out to when buying for your lady! On Valentine's day of course Roses, Chocolates and Dinner is great but it becomes expected and loses its luster.Think of something that she has never done before, make her feel special! One year around Valentine's day I was in a very sad mood, my husband brought me home Trolli Gummi Worms (my fav candy EVER!!!) and a "My Little Devil" bear, that meant more to me then my much more expensive gift that I later received, because it was ME, it's what I truly enjoyed and I knew it was heartfelt!
With all that said, for Valentine's Day let your Lover, Parents, Children and Friends no how especially happy you are to have them in your life, LOVE is shown by Quality NOT by Quantity!

Alexander McQueen 1969-2010

Today the fashion world has been shocked in to learning about what seems to be the suicides of the innovative designer Alexander McQueen! He was only 40 years old! Such talent gone at such a young age! I tell people all the time to not assume that someone is happy just because they have fame or fortune, you never know what demons they are dealing with internally. Lately many of McQueen's designs have been saw on edge singer Lady GAGA, her outrageous personality and his genius creations have mad her the fashion symbol she is now! Alexander McQueen leaves us right at the beginning of New York Fashion week, but his clothing and and remarkable designs and name will live on forever. Last spring Alexander McQueen did a buyer friendly line for TARGET , with dresses ranging from $50 to $100, I have one and now I guess I'll put it somewhere as a keep sake, my little piece of fashion history from an impeccable designer gone too soon!

Who Wore it Best: Me vs Paris

I love when I look in magazines and see celebs who wore they same dress in the WHO WORE IT BEST section! I often disagree with who the magazine picks as the winner! A lot of time I will see celebs in something that I have worn before or have in my closet so from now on I will post those on here too and if I see anyone of you and a celeb that has on the same outfit, I will post those too. My first who wore it best is ME VS. PARIS HILTON. I wore this one arm embellished shoulder dress with sequin to bring in 2010! I absolutely loved this dress! Paris wore it last week on Letterman! I think I wore best, but that's just my opinion! What do you guys think?

Congrats to the SAINTS!!!! (and Kimmy,lol)

As we all know The New Orleans Saints won SuperBowl last night!! I have been rooting for them to go to Super Bowl since week 3 of the season! The city of New Orleans deserves this!Plus I am a true Baltimorean and did not want Indy winning another Super Bowl, hahaha Peyton (lol)!There was a rumor swirling that if The Saints won, the Reggie Bush would propose to Girlfriend, my fave, Kim Kardashian. I am not sure how true this is , but I would love to see these two married. They are a SUPER GOURGE couple and seem happy together, although we really don't know. I'm sure there are a lot of naysayers saying he won't or shouldn't marry her, but I believe these people are haters. Fact is we ALL have a past. 9 times out of 10 your girlfriend or boyfriend was with someone else before you. Unfortunately Kim made bad judgement and let her boyfriend at the time video tape her. But obviously Reggie is over it so the public should be too. Happy Valentine's Day!!
Kim and Reggie ,1 of my Fave Celebrity Couples!! I wish them all the sucess in the world!

Love is In The Air

With Valentine's Day this week and one of my friends Tamarie, who is writing a paper on Women's standards in relationships and asked for my opinion, I wanted to dedicate many of my post this week to LOVE,relationships and Valentine's Day ideas! I love LOVE, I guess you could call me a hopeless romantic. I love to see two people genuinely happy to be together! To me,Love is when you have found that one person that you can be YOURSELF around. It does not involve a bunch of changing on either end. If you have to change so much about yourself that you don't even know who you have become, that person is NOT the one for you. Honestly if I weren't in my marriage, I would want a relationship like it! Not to brag, or put my marriage on a pedestal but it is great. My husband and I are each others biggest supporters, in what we want to do in life. He has never tried to deter me from my dreams,and I am always the 1st person supporting something that I think will make him happy and more successful. We have a strong respect for one another and that is great! You have to be respectful of one another, neither of you are children and should not be treated as so. A major part of our relationship is that we talk and laugh together and like to go out and have fun, I never understood couples that never are seen out together, I feel they are hiding something! Now I am all for privacy, and you all will never know what gos on behind closed doors of our house, but as Quick says "I got a bad wife and I want to show her off",lol! That's just our way of making things work, he has to be out a lot anyway, so many times he wants me to come along. But that's just us, I understand every couple is different, but my main advice is, that if you cant be the person you were before your relationship and the person you are around your family and friends with your partner, then you need to get out now or you will lose the sense of self,if you havent already!

Grammy's Fashion 2010

It is award season, which means fashion on the RED CARPET! I think that I actually prefer to watch the Pre-Show Red Carpets instead of the show, to see what everyone is wearing, I love Fashion! I was very UNDERWHELMED at that red carpet fashion for the 2010 Grammys! When I think of the Grammy's I want to see fun, flirty, sexy, glamorous and risque ATTIRE, everyone seemed to have played it a little to safe. Singers Miley Cirus and Fergie wore "cute" dresses as well as the 4 time mom,the SUPER GOURGE Heidi Klum, but they all reminded me of something that I would wear to at club, not a red carpet affair. Jennifer Hudson wore a dress by Victoria Beckham , that I have been eyeing and waiting for it to be sold publicly for months, but the dress is something I personally would wear to dinner or cocktails with friends, not the Grammys. No one really gave me that WOW, or hit me with that fashion orgasm that I had anticipated. Although a few did stand out that gave me some excitement.Beyonce wore a dress by Stephane Rolland, that fit her beautifully. I love the architectural shape of the dress along with the geometric designs on it, I would have liked to have saw her hair done differently and a more delicate choice in earrings.Singer Pink definitely is a top contender for my best dressed, I love Mermaid shape on women because it accentuates and gives curves. Her dress was two tone going from a faint to a deep gray,the underlaying corset was decked with stones, it was risky and edgy, Loved it! Best New Artist nominee Keri Hilson also went with this mermaid style and looked SUPER GOURGE, make up was flawless.Another dress that stood out to me was Grammy winner, Taylor Swift, I love sparkle and the very dark green against her skin was amazing. Grammy Winner Singer Rihanna gave me mixed feelings, I love a white gown, its something so elegant yet sexy about white gowns, and her Elie Saab dress was SUPER GOURGE from the waist down!The feather and beaded bodice was a bit too much, I think a deep neckline with the feathers carefully placed would have done it for me, but her hair and makeup was fabulous.My worst dress would definitely have to go to Britney Spears with a close runner up, Ciara. Now, the black with he mesh/lace look is UBER sexy right now, when done right!!And these 2 did it ALL wrong! Britney looks as if she dressed herself, what happened to her stylist? And Ciara has very strong features and should also sexy it up with very feminine touches, I think a black sute with lace accents would have worked a lot better. Neither were acceptable in my book for either they no better! My STANDOUT of the night has to go to none other then LADY GAGA! She walked on the Red Carpet in custom made Giorgio Armani Prive, the dress was GAGA none the least! Definitely not something that I would wear ever, but she is a risk taker and originally, you have to respect her for that! My hope for next year is that musical artist take a little more risk, throw in some sparkle and shine, leather and lace! Its all about the FASHION!!!