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Alto Canvas Wide Tassel Bag Amazon Medium Double Gussett Satchel Alto Magnetic Crossbody Florentine Drawstring Florentine Mini Satchel Mauro Governa Crocodile Double Shopper As I mentioned earlier, I am a total handbag and shoe fanatic.  I loved handbags every since  I received my first Coach bag at the age of 12. As the years went by, I went from being a Coach fanatic to a Dooney and Bourke fanatic, back to a Coach fanatic, and then I ventured into highend designer bags.  I have a personal SA at Louis Vuitton, a SA for Celine Luggage Bags at Barneys and the list goes on.  One thing I could never bring myself to buy was a Birkin Bag.  However, I did purchase a Hermes Evelyn last year and had buyer's remorse so I returned it.  I don't know why because I bought about 11 bags last year ranging from Bottega Veneta, Celine, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton.  I could of owned about five Birkins by now.  I figured Birkins we...

Good Evening All, When I set out on this journey of blog writing, one of the things was to get over my fears.  The Creator didn't give us a spirit of fear.  Fear can hinder you from realizing your destiny or things that the Creator wants you to accomplish for His purpose.  One of my fears was driving.  I hate to drive; however, I will drive around my surrounding area within a 20 mile radius.  That radius doesn't include tollways or expressways.  Well today, I had to go on a job interview and it was 24 miles from my home.  I had turned down job prospects because of my fear of driving and only prospecting jobs that were near the house or near a train line.  The job interview is along a major tollroad and expressway not far from my home.  What I did the night before was print out directions for the use of side streets and expressways.  You know I couldn't sleep last night because I was about to face one of my fears. The next m...

Good Afternoon All, I have been hearing in the news lately about jobs coming back to the United States.  Customer service jobs that were sent to places like India are making their way back to the United States.  Also, a company in Chicago has been making the Oscar statues since 1983.  I must admit about 10 years ago, I would turn my nose up on anything made in China and only bought things such as clothing, shoes, and handbags only from European countries, Africa, and Japan.  When I purchased cars, I only purchased Japanese made cars such as Toyota.  I was bred to turn my nose up on American made cars because the innovation wasn't there.  Well nowadays I have lost a bit of my snobbery and look for things that are well made no matter what country they came from.  I have stepped outside of the proverbial myth that Japanese cars are all well made and purchased a BMW sedan and BMW Mini Clubman last year which are German and British made consecu...

Good Afternoon All, I hope all is well.  I have been trying to find some inspiration to enlighten my fingers to do the typing on my blog.  The past couple of days have been rough because of the job search.  I am trying to stay positive and rely on the Creator to guide me in searching for the perfect opportunity.  I can actually put myself in the shoes of people that have a sense of diminishing worth because of a loss.  A loss can be a job, a marriage, health, or a love one.  When feeling limitations in my self worth, I ask myself, how do you define yourself.  Do I define myself by my job, my marriage, what family I belong to; what affiliations I have; what neighborhood I live in; or whatever you identify with.  I identified myself with work.  I have always been fixated on finding a job, getting the right job, and how much the job pays.  I often sacrificed my happiness for jobs where I was stressed and did...

Greetings to All, February is the designated month for African American History.   I almost forgot to pay homage to Black History Month because there has been so much in the news about deaths especially in the African American community.   We have lost Etta James, Don Cornelius (Peace, Love, and Soul), and finally Whitney Houston.   I celebrate Black History Month every month of the year.   I am a collector of African artifacts such as masks, Asante stools, dolls, and jewelry.   I have been blessed to have been to Africa and made friends with my African counterparts who have brought me artifacts from the homeland.   In my neighborhood, there is a store called Global Infusions that carries African artifacts as well as Asian.   When I walked in the store, it so reminded me of my home and my travels.   My home is African theme with a little bit of Japanese and Chinese culture.   These cultures are so close to me.   Anyways, I purchased...

Good Afternoon All, Remember, I have been rewarding myself of my weight loss and job interviews by purchasing shoes.  The Jimmy Choos I bought didn't fit.  I ordered these shoes twice in different sizes and they just didn't work.  I loved the shoes because they were a wonderful shade of blue and they were eel.  I love to wear and eat eel.  I own a pair of burnt orange eel skin cowboy boots that I purchased back in 1998.  I just finished some unagi (eel) sushi for lunch. Unagi is a Japanese freshwater eel which is often eaten during the hot summers in Japan and on a special day known as doyo no ushi no hi or midsummer day of the Ox.  I was born in the year of the Ox.  I guess that is why I love eel so much.  When I eat eel and especially as sushi, it reminds me of my time living in Japan.  I can say that my time abroad was my most happiest time in my life.  Being unemployed, I try to find things that remind me of when I was t...

Good Afternoon Guys, I have been rather busy lately going on interviews and just keeping busy.  I had to catch up on some of my daily blog readings and came across Michelle Obama wearing  a Jason Wu for T arget creation.  As I mentioned in earlier posts, Michelle Obama is one of my favorite style icons.  She mixes high and low.  She wears what she wants like another one of my favorites; Halle Berry.  Anyways, to much of my amazement, Michelle Obama purchased the same dress that I featured last Sunday.  Go figure.  Out of the two dresses, this was the one that fit me perfectly.  I had to return the black and white shirtdress.  Not only is the FLOTUS  from Chicago like myself, she also bought the same dress that I bought.  Also, my little mini twin bought the dress as well.  Blessings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!