July 2^nd, 2012

I had a really hard time getting up this morning – I was exhausted!! My weekend was a bit busier than usual. My housekeeper comes every other Saturday so since this was her Saturday off, I had to get to work! Then it was off to the salon; the variety store; graduation party;………then Sunday was 8am church service; breakfast with one of my daughters, and church companion Ade; cook dinner; watch “My Week with Marilyn” – an informative peek into Marilyn Monroe’s life – and topped the evening off by watching the “BET Awards” on DVR with the fam, which btw, was Amazing! All this interspersed with the occasional friend stopping by to say "hi" and random phone calls - I finally made it to bed by 1:30am – completely, totally, and utterly worn out!

All that being said – when the alarm sounded at 7am - I hit the snooze button.........twice!  

While laying in bed and counting each minute that passed, I decided I needed to wear something bright and colorful to help keep me awake and aware. I looked in my closet, looked at the time, and looked in my closet again. I just wasn’t seeing anything that was giving me the energy boost I needed, and it was only getting later.

I went into my sewing room and turned on the iron and came back my closet. still nothing! I jumped in the shower, brushed my teeth and after lotioning my body, went back to the closet to start “filing” through my dresses and, voila! there it was – a Ms. Aikasha original – perfect for the purpose. This multi-colored cotton/rayon blend dress has an elastic smocked top and empire waist cut - making it nice and airey - the wind just blows.............red jewelled mules are Beverly Feldman, the large black/gold suede bag is by Gucci. Large red wooden rectangular earrings and an assortment of red glass, multi-colored glass and black satiin bangles complete the look.

Tip: when your outfit is predominently multi-colored, I suggest you find one color to "ground" it. The black collar/front panel of this dress was my color or choice, hence the large black satin bangle and black suede bag. Black sandals would have been perfect, but I just L.O.V.E these little red jewelled thongs.........