What a great day!

It was a wonderful day today!  A good open-house at Wild West, my first Initial Outfitters show at my good friend Tara's house, and the Fremont County Fair Royalty Coronation party.  The party was a terrific experience for me and I think all in attendance had fun shopping, visiting, and shopping some more!  Thanks ladies!

I'm going to have to put a "rider" on my pledge to not have any repeat wearings of my jewelry until I get through it all.  I'll keep my original pledge regarding the jewelry I had before I started this new business venture but I'm going to have to break the rules regarding the jewelry I am selling...I'll need to wear it as advertisement.  It'll be a mixed bag of jewelry from here on out!  I promise not to wear the same combination of jewelry the rest of the year.

I love the new chocolate copper pieces I modeled today.  It's so pretty!

Purple passion...

Today was all about purple!  My multi-toned purple sweater paired with my new silver & purple necklace and earrings. 

Today also marked the day when the items for my new Initial Outfitters business arrived at my house...it was like Christmas early in my living room tonight!  Sorting & tagging items with item numbers, learning where the items are in the catalog, etc.  Busy night getting packed and ready for my first show on Saturday.

Veteran's Day 2010

Thank you so much to our veteran's and current service men & women.  Without their sacrifices, the lifestyle we have would not be possible.  Freedom isn't free...thank you for paying the bill for all of us!

At our annual scholarship reception tonight, we honored not only all of our scholarship recipients and donors but especially our student veterans and those veterans who generously give their time and funds for the benefit of those scholarship recipients.  It was a wonderfully evening...emotional in a good way!  I chose a patriotically themed outfit today...red sweater, navy slacks & cami, white beaded necklace, blue star pin, and a gold bracelet.  The white beaded necklace is my "Wilma Flinstone" necklace, the blue star pin is symbolic for the Blue Star Memorial Marker project undertaken by National Garden Club, and the gold bracelet I purchased in Great Falls, MT at the Charles M. Russell Museum store.

Stone & metal...

My creative juices have stopped flowing tonight...nothing clever to say tonight.  This has been a week of meetings and committments every night..my brain is in shut down mode tonight.

The two necklaces I wore today were new...a combination of metals and stone pieces in the shorter one and hammered metal links in the longer one.  The earrings are ones that I have worn alot and have a matching pair in gunmetal finish (gifts from Mom).

Friendship is a Lifesaver...

This was the theme of our Beta Sigma Phi fall ritual event tonight.  My "sisters" are a huge part of my life and I'm certainly thankful for their friendship!  We come from a variety of backgrounds, ages, marital status, etc. but yet we have so much in common. 

I think fall is starting to give way to winter...we got the first snow of the season today.  Not much accumulation but a little bit of moisture, cold wind, blustery day.  I'm ready for the change and actually enjoy winter weather (until about February that is...then I'm over it). 

The necklace I wore today was one I purchased in Houston a few years ago at Thanksgiving.  It was 70 degrees, the roses were blooming, and people had on sweaters and coats.  It was just odd--sweaters and coats at 70 degrees and Christmas tunes. 

Last day of unseasonably warm weather...

I think today may have been one of the last really nice days of fall (and it really was only nice until about noon).  When I was deciding on what to wear as I lay in bed listening to the morning weather report at 6:20 or so...I remembered a black & white animal print jacked I'd purchased on clearance this summer and hadn't worn yet so that was my pick for today.  I paired it with a pendant that I purchased on my National Garden Club trip to Atlanta this past May and one of my gold-toned omega necklaces.  I hadn't worn this particular piece of jewlery since purchasing it...I loved it in Atlanta and then got it home and thought "What am I going to wear this with?" and into the jewelry box it went. 

I have a couple of other pieces from the same lady who did the wire-wrapping on this one--those pieces I purchased in Houston at NGC meeting in 2009.  Can't wait to see what she might have in DC next May! :)

18 already??

18 already?? Was the question I was asking Tracy's oldest son today at the BBQ she hosted for his 18th birthday. It was a gorgeous November day...rare in the fact that it was warm enough to cook and eat outside. I can't believe JD is old enough to vote in the special county commissioner elections coming up in a week or so. It doesn't seem like that long ago, he was this adorable red-headed little boy...now he's a handsome 6' young man.