Shopaholic in Alabama

Happy Monday! Are you back in "work mode" after the holidays? Yesterday we actually removed all the decorations and life is gradually returning to "normal". At least, as "normal" as ever. :-) Today is my sister's birthday! Last year we celebrated Amy's birthday with the  DH's and had a wonderful night out. However, today's celebration will be  a little more "low key" as I'm still sick with a sinus infection. No worries though, this will not affect our plans. Our day will begin with a visit to the salon. Shopaholic and Sister are getting manis and pedis. I plan to break out my new polish by "Essie", the color is "Going Incognito". What do you think? Next on the agenda, a two martini (or mojito, they make the best Watermelon Mojitos!) lunch at Cobalt in Orange Beach. I bet you can't guess what we'll do next? Yep, we're going shopping! We are just a "wee bit" predictable, yes? ...

Happy Thursday, everyone! Hope you're having a great day! Pardon me today while we interrupt the spring shopping season to discuss something very near and dear to my heart. Today we're talking about our female friendships, all the complications of maintaining them, but all the joy they bring. How many "best friends" did you have in middle school? Probably at least a dozen, right? Don't you remember, we all signed each others yearbooks and said "You'll be my Best Friend Forever".  We wrote "notes" that were signed "BFF". Middle school was a strange time for me, I was moving out of my ugly duckling stage and slowly into the young woman that I would ultimately become. Even with all the awkwardness and self discovery, I knew survival required me to have many BFF's. (You all would NOT believe my pictures from this period of time, trust me when I tell you, they'll never be posted around here!) Then we all moved to high sch...