3 posts tagged “shoes”

The more I write on these virtual walls the more I feel as if I have out grown the space. Writing a blog nowadays pretty much feels like a chore. I don't EVER want to feel that like any kind of writing is a chore. So what to do now?

I'll figure it out.

Lately there is much to tell and nothing to tell. The much to tell is pretty much of the same thing.... along the lines of growing, figuring out some things in life in regards to ultimately what do I seek in a relationship and of course the highs ans lows (whatever kind of day it is) with my grandmother's pre-dementia state. Probably why I don't feel like writing none of this is because it feels like beating a dead horse.

The nothing to tell are just little odds and quirks of the day that I either chalk up to be not worth giving a full entry about and do a blip via Twitter or just fleeting thoughts that disappear as quickly as they came.

Last night I had a wonderful time with Papi. We've come to the conclusion there is never a dull moment when we're together. We were stuck in Gay Pride traffic for a bit while heading to a show at the Carter Barron. We made it to the show only to see Kenny Lattimore girate across the stage and more. The dude can sing his ass off though. Then my girl Ledisi hit the stage. Highlight - seeing her strut on stage in RED STILETTOS! (I want her shoes!!) It was my first time seeing Ledisi live and she didn't disappoint. She is a beautiful soul and an excellent performer. I love how she pretty much said she was "having church in the juke joint." Pretty much.... we did.

Naturally after the show Papi and I went out to eat and talked about any and everything; even discussing something as random as "do strobe lights really make things sexier?"  (Janet Jackson fans know what that is about)

Later today I'm heading to Cousin T's "graduation soiree" at her place. I have no clue what I'm wearing.

In regards to summer, my favorite season that I practically live for, I feel "flat" or as if I am coasting along. Normally I don't mind the coasting or content feeling. This time, I can't hack it. I'm tired of it. It's time to break out and do something drastic. Not bad drastic... something good.  

What will it be....

Birthdaygirl

The past week was a crazy one, but I managed to get through it. As usual, the renovations are kicking up another notch. Tile has been "installed" in the kitchen area and currently the contractors are working on the kitchen cabinets. This has only been the tip of the madness with them. Everywhere I turn there are people. People in the rooms upstairs, downstairs and even outside. Outside is a different story. A neighbor, two doors up from me, was having drainage issues that needed the city's hand in fixing it. Sewage back up. YUCK! So the city has been digging up the street and sidewalk(s) to correct things...including digging up my neighbor's yard with a backhole.. and today they have the backhole again to dig up another neighbor's yard.

So basically, anytime I leave off my street everything feels like paradise.

Speaking of paradise, the weather has been hauntingly gorgeous. I say "hauntingly" because it feels like this is the calm before some big storm. I hope not. I like snow, but not truly fond of it. I feel like if it is gonna snow, dump a good 10 feet to STOP EVERYTHING.  I don't like the wimpy snow. I actually laughed when President Obama made fun of us. Actually the city schools were open, it was more of the private and suburban institutions that closed during the first brink of snow and little bit of ice. On one hand I understand it, considering the neighboring mountain areas. On the other hand I just get irritated when I hear the word snow. I got things to do and wimpy snow just seems to bring out the worse in commuters and such.

Still, I'm greatful for this mild weather in February, especially on my birthday weekend. Speaking of my birthday... I think I over did it on my budget. Ok not that I think, I KNOW I did. Not that I went out and bought something very extravagent, but the items that I bought were on sale. However, even sale items add up.  Though my actual birthday was yesterday (Sunday) I wanted to look nice for my birthday outing (this past Saturday). Originally I thought I was going to have a small gathering of friends and family at Coco Sala, a chocolate bar/lounge downtown that I'm completely in love with. I went back and forth about it, until I figured that I'll save the party for next year (the Big 3-0) - that is if I decide to stay in town - and just have a intimate time with Papi. So it was just him and I at Coco Sala. He loved it! Everything we ordered included chocolate, well except for my Shrimp Mac & Cheese and my drink called a Disia, which is a pear martini. However the chocolate three course platter/dessert meal was good, esepcially the chocolate bon bons.

So to prep for Saturday, I went and did the usual girlie thing of a manicure and pedicure. For some reason I was stuck on the color red and managed to find a pair of red heels (on sale) at my favorite shoe store, Aldo and a pair of earrings and received a 10% discount. I couldn't find anything new red, like a dress or a top. So I settled for this cream/canvas shirt from New York and Company (also on sale) and eventually wore jeans with it and carried my red Fossil purse I already had. I won't even mention my "need" for shea butter. I usually pick up my favorite scented shea butter from my favorite local vendor at Eastern Market. However he has been hard to catch up with nowadays. So I made a trip to the new Carol's Daughter (love her products) store and got the next best thing, her Jamaican Punch Shea Souffle'.  In the midst of "birthday shopping" I had to get a few necessities for the Snickerdoodle, so I'm pretty sure my budget is out the window.

Even more so now since at the end of my T-Mobile verses Verizon Wireless "dilemma," I went ahead and activated my Verizon account. For the greater good of my budget I was trying to stick with T-Mobile, but in the end they couldn't get it right as far as re-activing my account and so forth. Since Verizon had shipped me the new Blackberry (the one I wanted in the first place) and as Thursday approached I really needed a means of communication, I opened the box and that's all she wrote. So I'm gonna suck it up and pay the slightly higher bill than I'm normally used to. I'm not complain too much. As stated in the previous entry, I love Verizon Wireless' service. I was itching to rejoin them. Just have to bite the Blackberry monthly plan bullet.

So I mentioned that I needed a means of communication on Thursday. Thursday by far was the craziest day this semester. I'm not sure why, but I volunteered to interview a R&B singer for a local (DC/Bmore) newspaper.  The word got around on Tuesday, that the publication needed people to do a profile on the "celebs" that would be a part of a Hip-Hop, HIV/AIDS awareness symposium panel. Without much thinking I volunteered to do a story on one of the celebs and actually I'm pretty proud of myself and glad I did.

The symposium was very moving as two of the women on the panel are AIDS survivors..living with AIDS. A few things touched a nerve with me that I feel really compelled to pitch a story from an angle that was brought up. The Superficial-ness of "supporting' AIDS. Model Melyssa Ford was a part of the panel and talked openingly how she often feels that with a lot of these so-called celebrity charity events, the cause gets lost, because everyone is there to party. Everyone wants to party but not really take a look a the cause. I collected contact info on one of the other ladies featured. A well known New York publicist to the rappers and so forth who was diagnoised with AIDS a few years ago. I must do a story based on some of the comments she made.

While there, I thought enough to go get tested for HIV. Honestly it was something I had been wanting to do for the longest time. Just never got around to do it.  Unfortunately I still didn't do it while at the symposium. I kept looking over into the room where it was going on and said that I would go as soon as everything was over. The timing was so off. I was scheduled to interview the R&B singer after the symposium, but I had to sit through it cause of the townhall style meeting. I had to take notes and catch a few quotes from the singer during the meeting.  Yet after it was all said and done, I missed my chance to get tested.

Papi and I have talked about this openingly. No doubt he had to get tested on a regular basis, being in the military. However, I didn't know him in his military life. So I never saw the results. I'm sure in all the blood work I had done while pregnant, HIV came up or else I'm SURE the hospital would have brought up the issue of my blood transfusion if there was a problem in my blood. Maybe I wouldn't have had the unknown transfusion during my labor.  I'm thinking I would like for Papi and I to do this together. He wouldn't mind it, but I think deep down I'm scared shitless, which is why I believe I let the excuse of "the job" get in the way on Thursday.  

Still, it's something I need to do.

Nevertheless, the interview with the R&B singer went well. I hope my article is just as well if not better. I suspect it's in the editor's hands now, but I was also informed... not only is this going into their publication but their sister news service affiliations - as in more than one.  

Big deal?

Yes...no... maybe.

What's your favorite thing to shop for? 
Submitted by JadedButterfly.

Laceshoes

Pink candy

Nuff Said!