New Orleans

The cruise I mentioned in my previous post set sail out of the Port of New Orleans.  Neither Mike nor I had ever visited New Orleans before so we were excited to spend 2 days there prior to the cruise.  While we did have our fun in the French Quarter we especially enjoyed walking around the Garden District looking at the pretty houses.  Here is a sampling.

Loved the blue roofs of all the porches as seen on this house -

A pretty one -

A grand one -

Lovely porch railings on this one -

Reason for the area being named the Garden District.  I covet this garden entrance -

We searched for Archie Manning's house, but never found it because we decided to quit and eat lunch.  Mike really liked this water feature at a restaurant on Magazine Street -

We would have liked to have spent a few more days in New Orleans eating, drinking, walking and shopping, but we had to move on.  Business called and Mike had to answer.

Cute Creatures

My husband and got back a week ago from a cruise to Mexico.  It was a work related trip for my husband.  No, he isn't a stage performer.  The company he works for was a sponsor for another company who organized the cruise.  I really liked the little towel creatures left on the bed every evening that we would come back to after dinner.  I am going to start making these for my daughter at night before her bath.  How cool would she think I was then?

Mother's Day Wish

For this Mother's Day I have one wish.  Would someone please make this woman go away.

USA Weekend

Pretty please?

For an awesome Mother's Day blog post read this from
Petunia Face.

I Knew It Was True

There has been an official study confirming what I have believed for the last 2 years as I have conducted my own personal study.

FLIP FLOPS ARE GOOD FOR YOUR KNEES!!

I have been a huge fan of these beauties for a while now - 

 

FitFlop Footwear

OK, they aren't beautiful, but I swear they have all but eliminated the persistent knee pain I had prior to wearing these constantly.  I am pretty certain I have a hereditary knee flaw as my sister has had to have knee surgery twice.  I think I'll blame it on the 4-footer (see previous post).  

During the winter I wear these clogs -

 

FitFlop Clog

FitFlops tag line is -

FitFlop. Get a workout while you walk™

Unfortunately, neither my rear or my legs look like this gal's, so I'm not sure about the claim of their advertising -

FitFlop Benefits

FitFlops are not cheap as far as flip flops go.  They retail for around $60, but I swear they are worth the price.  I have found that when they wear out my foot starts to hurt.  Then I buy a new pair and any foot pain immediately disappears.   As I don't "work outside the home" (isn't that the corniest phrase, but it is true) I have the luxury of being able to wear my FitFlops a lot whereas a working girl might not be so lucky.  Oh, and they are really comfortable as in - walk around the neighborhood - 2 mile stroll with the husband, kid and dog comfortable.  Flop on!

Fashion Find of the Day

I am soon to be going on a cruise with my husband related to his work.  No, he is not a cruise ship show magician.  While a cruise to Mexico is pretty far down on the list of the trips we'd like to take we can't complain.  I've been in the process of putting together a summer travel wardrobe for this cruise plus a couple of other out of town trips we have coming up this summer.  I am going the black dresses with accessories route for the most part.  Today I was in Kohl's shopping for new underpinnings and found the cutest bib necklace that I bought with "formal" night on the cruise in mind.  Here it is -

It is a little heavy on the bbs, but for $17 it looks really good.  It is somewhat similar to this $295 necklace from Net-a-Porter.com -

I may remove the chain from my necklace and add a ribbon similar to the Net-a-Porter.com necklace.  That would be quite easy to do.  The most amusing thing to me about the necklace I bought is the brand name it was being sold under.  Here is a hint -

Candie's!  Why is that so amusing to me?  It is because back in the day my (mean, yes mean) grandmother who is/was about 4 foot-nothing had a shoe rack on the back of her bedroom door completely full of Candie's shoes.  Candie's were all she wore that I knew of.  Maybe she wore high heeled boots in the winter.  Am I going to be able to wear my new necklace and not think of my mean grandmother?  Maybe so, maybe not.

Another pretty one from Kohls.com in honor of the 4 footer -