A few weeks ago I posted my visit to our local C Wonder store. I loved seeing the store for the first time! The staff was nice and the products were great. Well, it’s been about a year since that last visit so I took another trip this weekend. Below are photos from the visit. It was great as usual. Enjoy!
I love the weekends but then again who doesn’t! It’s nice getting up on a Saturday morning and making breakfast because on a normal weekday I don’t get to try new recipes for breakfast.
I was watching a video on YouTube from Better Homes and Gardens. It was a minute video on how to make french toast. I have never tried to make french toast but the recipe was so easy I figured I would give it a whirl.
I went to our bakery called Shapiro’s and picked up some challah bread. I followed the video and it was so simple. So if you have the time to fix a nice breakfast try this simple french toast recipe. I guarantee you will enjoy it! The video is below and have a great Mother’s Day weekend everyone!
Nordstrom is an upscale fashion retail store. The company began as a shoe retailer and has expanded their inventory to include clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics and fragrances.
In the Nordstrom Rack Room the prices are cut in half! All of the designer items you want for half the price! It is just fantastic! They have men’s, women’s, kids, and home decor.
It is a great place to shop if you are wanting some designer items for yourself or your home. Below are some photos from my tour of the store. There was so much to take pictures of I just captured what I could. Enjoy!
I love, love, love classic movies! They don’t make movies the way they use to. I am a big fan of the 30’s and 40’s. Honestly, anything before the 1960’s I am a fan of. The costumes of the movie stars are just breathtaking and so elegant.
I love seeing the women in their gloves and hats and the men in their suits. Looking presentable on a daily basis was normal back then. But times have changed and that does not mean that I can take a look back and enjoy some of the best movies out there.
Below is a list of the movies I have in my collection so far. There are still quite a few I would love to get but I am having a hard time finding them. I have watched these movies over and over. I just love them. Here is the list:
An Affair to Remember (1957) with Cary Grant & Deborah Kerr
I am such a Cary Grant fan. He was just stupendous!
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) with Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard
This is an all-time classic! I want every piece of Audrey’s wardrobe in this movie!
Carmen Jones with Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte
I adore Dorothy in this movie. She was so glamorous and sultry!
Coco before Chanel (2009) with Audrey Tautou
One of the best stories of Chanel I have seen.
High Society (1956) with Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong
What a cast! Great film and music!
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) with Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall
Again the wardrobe is fantastic! I thought Marilyn Monroe was a hoot and Lauren Bacall was such a class act!
Little Miss Marker (1980) with Walter Matthau and Julie Andrews
I saw this movie on Netflix and I just enjoyed it so much. Walter and Julie come together at the end to save the little girl! Just great!
Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) with William Holden and Jennifer Jones
I think Jennifer Jones is just a gorgeous woman! The politics in the movie was great also!
Murphy’s Romance (1985) with Sally Field and James Garner
An older man falling in love with a single young mom. Just fantastic! I love James Garner’s line at the end. “Separate the men from the boys Emma”. I show some wear I don’t deny it”. “I am faithful and steady”… it’s just something you don’t hear anymore.
My Fair Lady (1964) with Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison
This movie has it all. The clothes, the scene, the music & the acting. I love the song at the end of the movie sung my Dr. Higgins. “I’ve grown accustom to her face”. Just lovely.
Only You (1994) with Robert Downey, Jr. and Marisa Tomei
Oh my gosh, this movie is filmed in my dream vacation spot, Venice, Italy. Each scene is just stunning! The story is a bit funny. Marisa who plays “Faith” is following a man by the name of Damon Bradley whom she thinks is her true love. She gets the name from the Quija board game when they were kids.
People will Talk (1951) with Cary Grant and Jeanne Crain
This is one of my favorite movies. “Debra” played by Jeanne Crain faints in a classroom while being taught by Dr. Praetorious, played by Cary. She then ends up at his doctor’s office. She shoots herself once she finds out that she is pregnant. Dr. Praetorious marries her to stop her from “trying again”. It’s a great movie with Cary Grant. Did I mention it had Cary Grant?
Remains of the Day (1993) with Anthony Hopskins, Emma Thompson and Christopher Reeve
This is a very special movie to me. It’s about an English butler who is fanatical about his work. Emma Thompson plays as the estate’s housekeeper. Hopskins and Thompson gradually fall in love and neither of them admit it. But you see it in their fierce arguments with one another.
Sabrina (1995) with Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond & Greg Kinnear
This is my favorite movie! My top five! The Larrabee estate is a dream home. Being sent to Paris for a year to study fashion, another great bonus! Having a makeover by Vogue, need I say more. Also, having two brothers being in love with you, oh my……
Somewhere in Time (1980) with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour
To travel back in time to meet someone whom you have fallen in love with just by looking at their picture. I bet a lot of people would be doing that if it were possible. What was interesting was the fact that she gave him a gold watch in the future and told him to come back to her.
Working Girl (1988) with Harrison Ford, Melanie Griffith & Sigourney Weaver
I can relate to this movie. I am a secretary and it feels as though you work your tail off and get no where with it. But then an opportunity comes along and changes the atmosphere. I thought Sigourney and Melanie were very classy and sensational in this movie!
Well these are some of my favorite movies. I have watched all these over and over. I hope you can find some of your favorites from this list.
The movies that I am still going to buy or I can not find are:
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge with Halle Berry
Do not Disturb (1965) with Doris Day
In the Pleasure of his Company with Fred Astaire & Debbie Reynolds
The Birds & the Bees (1956) with Mitzi Gaynor and George Gobel
Sabrina (1945) with Audrey Hepburn
Recently, I took a visit to the Container Store. The Container Store was started in 1978 by Kip Tindell, Garrett Boone and John Mullen. They opened the store offering an exceptional and eclectic mix of products devoted to helping people organize and simplify their lives.
The Container Store has everything you need to organize you life. It is a wonderful store. It will inspire you to live your best life and inspire you to be and live elegantly. You must make the trip to visit this store. You will enjoy it!
I work a 9 to 5 job and sometimes just staring at my computer all day just drains me! So I bring in fresh flowers and a few decor pieces to brighten up my day! I also have a fragrance bulb from Bath and Body Works so my area smells great also! I figured I am here 8 hours a day I should have things around that I enjoy!
I have an office at home also. Home is where I am more inspired. So I just have a few pieces here also. Below are some photos of my offices and also photos of other offices. Let them inspire you to bring in some decor pieces of your own. Even if you have just a cubicle. I think your space should reflect you and you should make it a joy to be there. So take a look at these photos below and check out my Rooms that Inspire board on Pinterest.
I always take advantage of those moments when you are standing in line at the grocery check-out to look at and catch up on decor and fashion magazines. The magazine that caught my eye this time was the Special Collector’s Edition of Southern Living.
On the front, it had “Style Guide: which was like lights to me! I picked it up and immediately became captivated by all the ideas and instructions on how to decorate a room. So far this is the best decor magazine I have purchased this season. The magazine really focused on collecting and how to decorate with antiques.
I have been trying to learn more about antiques and how to train my eye for good finds. One thing that you will learn about my style of decorating is that I am not “matchy, matchy”. I love putting different pieces into a room to pull it all together. That is the fun part of decorating.
The one item that caught my eye in this book was the idea of taking vintage champagne buckets and trophies and using them for flower arrangements. One of the blogs, I follow called Simply Put Vintage put this idea to use.
I thought how creative! You can collect vintage silver pieces and use them to put gorgeous fresh flowers in? Fantastic! I’m in! So I searched eBay for a champagne bucket that I liked and purchased one! I love it!
I went to the grocery store and purchased a few bouquets of flowers and Voila! Take a look below and search eBay for your vintage bucket or trophies. Also, watch the video by One Kings Lane with decorating queen Bunny Williams and train your eye for vintage finds!
