Fashion Food & Friends

 

What I wore:
Occasion: Dinner with Classmates
Location: Evergreen's @ Stone Mountain Park
Cargo Pants: TJ Maxx
Top: Macy's
Necklace (charms): Stella & Dot
Gold Chain: Kohl's
Shoes: DSW

Fashion, Food & Friends
This past weekend I had the pleasure of meeting a couple of my high school classmates and their significant others for dinner. We dined at Evergreen's inside Stone Mountain Park. The food was absolutely delicious.  I didn't get a chance to take a lot of pictures of the food, but I did manage to get a shot of my favorite: crab legs.

Evergreens serves an awesome buffet on Friday nights that includes crab legs, a salad bar, a dessert bar and a hot bar. The hot bar for this past Friday had a delicious seafood gumbo, rice, catfish, collards, roasted vegetables, seafood chowder and a whole lot of other foods that I can't remember.
Alongside the crab legs (at the meat station), they served prime rib. My classmates said the prime rib was very good. It looked really juicy and moist, like it would melt in your mouth. I didn't eat any of it, but based on my observations, it must have been really, really good. :)
So if you are looking for some good food, buffet style, I suggest you check out Evergreen's on a Friday night.

Evergreen's is like a best kept secret. I don't think too many people know about it.
What are some of the restaurants you like to frequent that may be a best kept secret to others?

Sunday Brunch

Oops! This post didn't go out yesterday and it's all my fault, but here it is...

Yesterday was a very beautiful and easy-breezy day. The weather was nice. 
I woke up about 30 minutes late so I had to rush to get ready for church.
After pulling a few suits out of the closet, nothing seemed to feel right to me.  Eventually I settled on the Anne Klein jean skirt (read about my fabulous Mall Score here) I purchased at Macy's for under $12 and a top that I also purchased from Macy's for less than $15 back in December of last year. Yes...I love shopping at Macy's! The outfit was nothing special. Just a simple skirt & top that I felt very comfortable in. I wore a pair of neutral colored slingback shoes that were sort of a cross between taupe and cognac colors.

Blouse by Sunny Leigh

Anne Klein Jean Skirt

I didn't get a chance to take pictures of me wearing the outfit because right after church, we headed over to O'Charley's Restaurant for brunch and then to a couple of malls to do a little shopping.
For brunch, I decided to have a meatless meal of waffles with strawberries, whipped cream & syrup and a side order of brunch fries. Every thing was tasty. 

As you can see, my waffles does not have a dollop of whipped cream on them...yet. I ate half of them before I noticed something was missing. Yep, they were that good and to be honest I really didn't need the whipped cream...they tasted better without it.

waffles after adding whipped cream

Waffles with Strawberries & Syrup

Side order of Brunch Fries

After eating brunch, we headed over to the mall to shop for Mother's Day gifts. I ended up buying 3 pairs of pants (black, navy, gray) for myself and a shirt for my BF at the Northlake Mall Macy's store. Then we headed over to Perimeter Mall. There, I purchased a cute khaki colored Alfani belted blouse ($15.49) and a Rachel Roy cardigan ($11.25) from Macy's.  All of that shopping and I still have to do more shopping because I didn't get my Mom anything. :)
I'm very pleased that I lost weight, but trying to rebuild my wardrobe is costly. :( I'm not so happy with that. Just a few more key pieces and I'll be set for a while...anyway. Well, at least I'm having a lot of fun shopping, right? I can't wait to style the clothes and accessories that I've been buying. I'm trying to step out of the box when it comes to fashion. Look for future post as I share with you "What I'm Wearing". I'll be incorporating all of the tips I've been learning about fashion from other bloggers. I'll even share a few of my favorite Fashion Bloggers with you. They are awesome! Hopefully I'll have a new job soon and I'll be able to wear all of my new clothes to a new job.

After attending church, eating brunch and shopping, I headed home and took a nice long nap.
I later watched tv and ate a salad for dinner. Yes, it was a nice, easy, breezy day.


Question of the day
How do you normally spend your Sundays?

Easter Sunday

Hi There! I hope every one had a Happy Easter weekend.
My weekend was great...very low key with a lot of napping and a little shopping.
The weather was nice and church was so good.
I've been visiting a new church for the past few weeks and I am really enjoying the services. I normally don't like churches with big congregations, but I must say I feel really comfortable when visiting this particular church. Another plus is that it is right down the street from my house. This church has 3 services each Sunday so I have no excuses for not attending. Right? I've been going to the 9:30am service and that seems to be working out great. I love the fact that church is over around 11:15am each Sunday and I have the whole day to do other stuff and if I decide to go out to eat, the restaurants are not crowded. Plus, Plus, Plus, Plus!!!

Okay, so here is what I wore to church on Easter Sunday. I wanted to wear something with some springy colors so I chose this skirt that I picked up a few weeks ago. I was finally able to find a top to match on Saturday. I normally don't wear lots of patterned pieces, but I'm trying to step outside the box a little when it comes to fashion since I'm having to sort of rebuild my wardrobe (after dropping a few pounds). I decided to purchase this skirt because of all the colors in it. I can pair it with yellow, lavender, pink, white and this pinkish-purplish color top that I have on in the picture. So you see, I'll be able to get lots of wear out of this one skirt. The next time I wear this skirt, I think I will accessorize with a belt and more bulky pieces of jewelry.

For the shoes, I chose to go with these Cognac colored sandals that I've had in my closet for at least a couple of years. I'm really liking this Cognac color for my shoes and accessories because it is a neutral color that can be worn with so many different colors and the color won't take away from the outfit.

 Fashion Finds
Top: Macy's (clearance @ $11)
Skirt: Ann Taylor Loft (clearance @ $17.90)
Shoes: purchased years ago
Charm: Stella & Dot (part of a 3-piece charm set @ $19 on sale)
Bracelets, Ring, Gold Chain - Gifts


*sorry about the poor picture quality. promise to do a better job in the future.

Question: Did you purchase a new dress, outfit or shoes for Easter?

Mall Score!

I had a lot of work I needed to do over the weekend. It was overwhelming...so instead I tagged along with E&K (my niece & nephew-her husband) to the mall. We ended up driving out to North Point Mall, about a 40 minute drive from Decatur. At first I didn't want to drive out there, especially since there are 4 malls within a 10 mile radius of my home, but I'm so glad I did.

You see, I had this Anne Klein denim pencil skirt on my wish list.  I saw the skirt online at Macys.com, but none of the stores in my area has an Anne Klein department. Online the skirt was $59, which was over my budget for a single piece of clothing, but I decided to take the plunge because of the versatility of the skirt. It can be dressed up or down; worn with heels or flats; sandals or shoes; jacket or no jacket. This skirt can be worn to work, church or just to hang out.  Switch out the top, shoes and jewelry and you can get lots of fashion combos with this denim pencil skirt. It's a classic signature piece to have in your wardrobe.

With my $10 Macy's Birthday Gift Card in hand, I went searching for the Anne Klein section. I found it, but no denim skirt. :( Okay. Don't give up. Just keep looking. I finally gave the clearance rack a really good look and guess what? I found the skirts. Oh no! They don't have my size! However, they had a size 4 and a size 8. So I'm looking at the skirts, feeling a little defeated. Not to worry...I go to the dressing room with the size 4 and 8. (I wear a size 6.) So I try on the size 4. Perfect fit around the waist; a little snug around the hips. I'm moving & bending & shaking. Okay. Maybe this will work. My niece agreed. I'm excited again.

So now I'm at the register ready to check out. The skirt is marked down to $29.50 on the clearance tag. I'm excited because I can use my $10 Gift Card and save some more money. I hand the clerk my gift card and she says "I'm sorry you can't use this card. Your purchase has to be at least $30." In my mind I'm thinking no problem, I will just add a bottle of water or a candy bar to take me over the $30 minimum. Then she says, "This skirt has been marked down to $14.50." What?!?!?! I'm about to jump out of my skin. I'm so happy! My niece hands me her 20% OFF coupon, which made the final price of the skirt $12!!!

So you see why I'm so excited, right? Mall Score!!! A $47 savings!!! I love shopping when things turn out this good. Oh and by the way, I checked online and the exact same skirt is still selling for $59.

Question(s) of the day: (Please leave a comment.)
What are some of the items on your wish list?
Have you had any recent Mall Scores? If so, tell us about them.