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Welcome back and welcome fall!
I love the fall season! The colors of the leaves, the cooler weather and how beautiful the city looks. As much as it's hard to say good-bye to summer, I am ready for this season. The food, pumpkin everything, hot drinks and I love all the holidays too! Halloween and Thanksgiving!
I've mentioned before that this quote is one of my favorites. It's helped me "go for it" in moments of doubt and it's reminded me in others that if "I'm here (alive)" then there's still much more to do!
We should never stop being ourselves, or stop dreaming about our next move—at any age.
Age should not define what you should or not do, nor should your past. If you think it's too late then you are not fully living...
Your life is a unique experience in which you get to choose every move. Go for it! Make your dreams come true. Give it a shot!
DREAM, LIVE, It's never too late!
Here are a few inspiring stories of people that succeeded later in life.
Kathryn Joosten started out as a nurse and then was a stay-at-home mom. When her marriage failed, she thought she would chase her own dreams for once and become an actress – even though many would have considered her too old to start an acting career. It took her several years and she was almost 60, when she finally had the success she deserved for her never-tiring persistence.
Kathryn appeared in countless TV shows, such as Family Matters, My Name is Earl, Scrubs, and of course Desperate Housewives, winning two Emmy Awards for her performance as Karen McCluskey.
Colonel Sanders was well over 60 when he made it big with Kentucky Fried Chicken. Before that, he simply sold chicken and other food at a service station in Corbin, Kentucky.
When the Interstate 75 was built, diverting traffic away from his restaurant, his business was close to failing. Yet Sanders believed that he could do it. Instead of despairing or muddling through somehow, he adapted. He walked the long miles, pitching his unique recipe and was even knocked back 1009 times before someone decided to give him a chance to birth what is now known today as the highly successful food chain KFC.
Peter Roget showed us that it is never too late to make earth-shattering inventions, such as the Thesaurus, which he invented at age 73. He actually used what most people would see as character flaws or issues to his success. Suffering from OCD, the only thing that would calm him down was making random lists. In the end, he simply started on the infinite project of creating a list of synonymous words.
Peter Roget’s ‘Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases’ has never been out of print since its initial appearance.
Amazing, right?
Have an amazing weekend!
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Yes, finally!
Brian and I have been together for eight years and we got engaged in the summer of 2007! Yes, six years ago!! So after many, many years we finally decided that it was time.
I was living in Las Vegas and at the time we met I was planning to move to NYC by myself, so I was not looking to meet anybody. But of course, destiny had other plans...
We met at a friend's party and fell in love immediately. So after a few months I asked him to move to NYC with me. He said yes. From that moment our lives have been one amazing adventure after another!
Before moving here to NY we thought it would be the perfect time to travel. So we took a 40 day trip around Asia. It was aaamazing! We went to Japan, China, Thailand and India. When we arrived in Phuket, Thailand he surprised me with a song he had written and proposed to me on the beach at sunset. And then he proposed again in Mumbai, India. (I'll tell you the long version in another post) It was incredibly romantic!
So why did we wait so long to get married?
We returned from our trip and started planning our move to NYC. Once we arrived here we opened our business, settled in to city life and eventually had our beautiful baby, Duo. Time just flew by, but we never stopped talking about it.
One day we sat down and decided to just get married and not wait any longer. And so here we are today. It'll be a small and intimate fall wedding and our closest friends and family will be here with us. It will be as special and amazing as it deserves to be. We are in love and we are celebrating in style!
I'm super excited and happy!!!!! So that's what I've been up to lately. Planning, and having a lot fun along the way.
So stayed tuned because I'll be sharing our day with you!
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Here's another round up of pretty packaging! These are pretty amazing, don't you think?
The Burberry lip gloss charm—amazing! A gorgeous gold bottle of Bond No. 9 perfume, and that eyeshadow palette with horses is too, too pretty to use.
What about that beautiful leather cased Givenchy lipstick? Or that animal print palette from Dior?
But the winner here is that 42 oz. Swarovski crystal covered bottle of Bond No. 9: covered with 16,500 hand-applied platinum Swarovski stones. That is serious packaging—breathtaking! And it comes in a white patent leather case (and a very high price). Just wow!
What do you think? Do you love pretty packaging?
[1.burberry charm lip gloss, 2.bond no. 9 signature perfume, 3.chantecaille eye palette, 4.bond no. 9 cyratallized amphora, 5.givenchy lipstick, 6.dior palette
I love Little Red but I don't think I would necessarily wear a red cape (although it would look cute).
If you are going for the red riding hood look a cape is a must, why not one with one of the latest prints in style? That Zara cape is ideal to give you the look!
A Loeffler Randall rider bag in black with black studs and those Frye wedge booties are the perfect compliment to that coat.
A pair of Marc by Jocobs sunglasses and a super cute Rebecca MInkoff pouch will set you off in style!
I love this look and I would probably wear it with blue jeans too keep it more casual. Of course, red nails and a touch of blush. Perfect!
Do you like the Red Riding Hood look?
[1.loeffler randall bag, 2.nars blush, 3.zara cape, 4.frye wedge booties, 5.nars nail polish, 6.marc by marc jacobs sunglasses, 7.rebecca minkoff sunglass case]
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