Shopaholic in Alabama

Happy Monday, Shopaholics!  So many of us love our Tracy Negoshian dresses and tunics, right? And if you're like me - nothing sucks you in faster than a big sale! :-) Starting today, everything (even the Summer collection!) is on sale over at the Tracy Negoshian website (link HERE ).  I just ordered the Molly dress (above, view on website HERE ) and am planning to wear it sometime during my birthday weekend. Which is rapidly approaching in less than two weeks, yikes!  And since I'm a huge fan of a wrap dress, I'm also debating the Jeana Ruffle Wrap Dress - I can't decide which print I like the best. (view the Jeana HERE ).  Are you planning to shop the big Tracy Negoshian sale? If so, let me know what you purchase and where you plan to wear your fabulous finds!  Have a fantastic day! 

Welcome to the weekend! :-)  Here are my plans for the weekend - in no particular order: Sleep - no doubt about it, I'm sleep deprived. On Monday, I went back to a late shift at work and have been getting up very early, and going to bed very late. I plan to sleep this weekend until I've slept all I want.  Sun - I can't wait to get on the beach tomorrow and relax with a cocktail and a good book. Here's hoping there is no rain! Our weather pattern as of late has been rain and thunderstorms every day. I need a big dose of Vitamin D that didn't come from a pill.  Sell - my massive closet clean out continues! For the past few weeks, I have been trying to get rid of a ton of stuff that I'm not wearing, not using and do not need. My closet contents can be found over at Shopaholic's Preppy Closet on Facebook HERE . As you can imagine, this is a work in progress.  What will you be doing this weekend? I recommend rest and relaxation! Enjoy your day! 

...yep, I am on the countdown. Countdown to what, you ask? The first Alabama college football game of the 2012 season!  We are currently making plans to visit Dallas and attend the season-opener: Alabama vs. Michigan on September 1 at 7pm. This game will be played at Cowboys Stadium. Of course, I'm extra excited about that because the Cowboys are my favorite NFL team (too bad, they don't have a home game in Dallas that weekend - that would have been too good to be true).  If any of you are reading from the DFW-metro area, do you have any recommendations for me? I haven't been to Dallas in several years. Are you looking forward to college football season? Who is your favorite team? Now I'm working on my wardrobe - look for a fun post coming up soon on "Game Day Dressing".  Have a Wonderful Wednesday! 

Hello, Shopaholics! Wow - what a Monday around here. I hope your day went well - and was relatively calm for a Monday!   Over the next week, I will be doing a bit of blog "housecleaning". Lately I have noticed that my blog roll needs some updating. If you are a blogger and reader of Shopaholic In Alabama, and want your blog included in my blog roll, please comment (with your blog web address) and let me know you'd like to be included. In return, I would like to respectfully request that my blog is also included in your blog roll! :-) I will also be removing any links to blogs that don't have Shopaholic In Alabama included in their blog roll.  This has been a tough step for me to take. However, I've noticed recently that many of my fellow bloggers don't have my blog listed in their roll. I've always thought the blogging community was pretty tight knit and everyone looked out for each other - even though we all have different styles, different likes and ...

In my lifetime, there have been many tragedies in American history - on American soil. Some were acts of random violence, some were pure accidents, and others were acts of terrorism. With all of these events, I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard the news.  From the shootings in Columbine, to the bombing in Oklahoma City, the Space Shuttle Columbia blowing up over Texas on a Saturday morning, to the 9-11 disaster in NY, DC and a field in PA...none of these directly happened to me, but all hurt my heart as if they did.  Today we are all hurting for the people of the Aurora and Denver metro area. Today we all hurt as Americans. We wonder - what drives someone to be so evil? How could a person - a fellow American citizen, at that - want to harm others in such a horrible manner? The answers are never clear. Sure - it's easy to say the person who allegedly committed this horrible act of violence was crazy. But - was he crazy? Or was he motivated by...

Sometimes, it pays to be home sick!  Yesterday morning I was jolted into reality by the noise of some very strong storms. Lightning, thunder, and rain blowing sideways. I was a little disoriented because after all, I had taken a heavy duty pain pill to get some sleep the night before. (Lortab #10, anyone?). At any rate, I woke in a fog and decided to grab my laptop and stay in bed for several more hours - and hopefully go back to sleep.  When I logged on to the computer, I noticed that Rue La La was in the middle of another "Final Sale" and Toywatch was one of the brands included. Long time readers will remember that last March, I purchased my first Toywatch (blog post HERE ). My original watch is pink and it's plastic. I have worn that watch so much, and I get compliments on it all the time. I have long wanted another Toywatch in a different color, and have been patiently waiting on just the right deal!  The bright green "jelly" Toywatch was on sale for...

You might have noticed - I've been absent around these parts for several days. It's been a rough patch, starting last week.  My 86-year old Nanny had a mastectomy last Thursday. They removed one breast and a dozen lymph nodes under her arm. The cancer was in the breast, and additionally had spread to several of the lymph nodes. She was already in a precarious health state after falling several months ago, and constantly fighting almost debilitating rheumatoid arthritis. Her arthritis has been awful for so many years that her hands, fingers, toes, feet - they are deformed. (there is no polite or nice way to put it). I'm not sure how she has dealt with that constant pain, and then to have to face breast cancer - surgery and possible treatment - at her age and with everything else working against her. It all seems a little unfair.  Nanny is now resting at home and trying to recover from the surgery. I spent last weekend with my family in Mobile, trying to help out. After w...