nothing beats "retail therapy" ~ HA! HA!

ahhhhhhh...nothing beats a little "retail therapy" and a chai from nordstrom's!!!

.....in PLD eyes anyway! ha! ha!

despite the HOT & HUMID weather, PLD headed over to oak brook for some retail therapy! man, it was a hot one.... oh, before i forget...i wanted to share the photo below with you. does anything look out of place to you? LOL....i was like, did i just see a ______ --- looked back, sure enough! WTF!!! HA! HA! just when you thought you've seen everything! HEE! HEE!

so i bought a pair of black tory burch reva's over at nordstrom's. YIPPEE!!!!

i bought pair like the shoe above. i wanted them in silver, but they only had my size in gold in stock! so now i have to wait 4-5 days for my reva's too arrive....can't wait!! best of all they were on SALE!

i also picked up a tank top and cardigan sweater over at talbot's, as well as a beach tote [i have been eyeing all summer!!!] over at restoration hardware. once again.....everything was on SALE! seriously, who doesn't love a good SALE?!?!? PLD certainly does! HA! HA!

then it was time to head over to braxton's seafood grill for some lobster and calamari. however, i ended up having the BEST lobster tamale EVER, along with a lobster. YUMMY!!!!

see this evening my husband i and were suppose to go out for lobster at braxton's and head up to lake geneva, wi for the weekend. well, our plans didn't turn out that way! BOO! my husband was in indianapolis for work and had a big meeting this afternoon. so tomorrow we will go up to lake geneva instead.

as you can tell, i didn't let that get in my way having my lobster! HA! HA! plus, it turns out my company let everyone go early today....BONUS! instead of getting off at 5 o'clock, PLD was out the door at 2 o'clock...YEAH!!!!

so needless to say, i had a pretty eventful afternoon! now i am passing time waiting for my husband to come home!

well, i hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

before i forget, tomorrow [starting 7/24] RUE LA LA will be hosting a KATE SPADE HOME sale! if you still aren't a member of RUE LA LA, click HERE for your personal invite! sales are PRIVATE! membership is FREE!

one last thing, don't forget to enter my 2nd vera bradley giveaway of the summer....

click here for the link to my giveaway.

....good luck!!

thank you....

thank you all for sharing your favorite perfumes w/me! i am still looking to purchase another bottle or two.

this afternoon i made it over to nordstrom's to exchange the outfit i bought my nephew. i also ventured upstairs to check out a few scents. turns out there was a perfume event going on and well i ended up with a 1 oz. bottle of hanae morie parfum for $90. i also learned that the magical moon scent that i had before is no longer being sold at nordstrom's. macys will be carry it instead. anyway, i was tempted to but the eau de toilette bottle for $65.00, but was talked into the $90 parfum bottle instead. why? because if i bought the parfum i would get a FREE bottle of body cream a $53.00 value...SOLD!

sorry for the horrible photo...i am still searching for both of my digital cameras! i hope to find them soon!

while at the checkout counter, i was suckered me into signing up for the MOD card! UGH...i have been asked several times, each times i was strong and said, "NO!"...not today! darn it all! she was good! so i added a $10 gift card and they are sending me a $20 gift card, certificate or something like that. i felt uncomfortable providing my SSN and banking information, but went with it! oh well....at least now i will accrue points! hee! hee! looking back i should have joined earlier...oh well! when are those 10 point days? hee! hee!

i also stopped at talbot's and bought my mom a gift card for mother's day. i wrapped it, isn't the wrapping paper cute. i love it! now all i need is a bow and it's all set!

oh well, check out the tulips below -- aren't they beautiful! i couldn't pass up taking a photo..sorry! ha! ha!
yesterday i picked up a dungeness crab and now i need to decide what to do with it? so many choices! guess i better search for some simple recipes! it was a steal at costco for $4.99/lb. too good of a deal to pass up! i love costco!

say hello to my little friend... :)

oh, almost forgot there is a little story behind this dungeness crab! my parents are on vacation and spent the weekend in annapolis. today they stopped in d.c. and are in alexandria at this moment.

i told them to check out buddy's ribs & crabs [best seafood buffet!!!] and phillip's. they ate at cantler's riverside inn one night, lunch at buddy's yesterday and they ate at mcgarvey's the first night. today they had lunch at the fish market in alexandria and for dessert they were heading up to la madeleine! love la madeleine!! all before heading down to williamsburg for a wekk!

meanwhile, i gave them tips and pointers of places to stop and eat while in annapolis and alexandria. such a nice daughter sharing all my favorite hotspots! also, my sister lived & worked in alexandria a few years ago. so she also told them about places to check out in alexandria.

to make a long story short....basically, i am extremely jealous! i would love to be back in annapolis & alexnadria. so in their trip's honor i bought myself a dungeness crab! ha! ha!

i can't wait to take another trip down there next year for my 20 year high school reunion. yes, i did say "twenty" -- GULP!

speaking of my 20 year reunion...ironically, today i learned that one of our fella bloggers and i went to the same boarding school! small world, huh! so cool...and here i am trying to keep my blog anonymous, hee! hee!

oh well, have a great night!

~ PLD

preppy flip flops and maude asbury....

so excited, i finally bought a maude ashbury magnet memo'ry board! isn't it cute! i already posted a save the date reminder for later this summer!...love it!!!

now i just need to order some more fleur-de-lis hanging hooks from ballard designs. like the ones show in the photos below. i have 2 sets, of which 2 hold my kolene spicher bra & boxer prints and my kolene spicher perfume bottles....great prints hanging in my bathrooms!

can you see....i'd rather have the memo'ry board hanging off one of these than the stupid nail i am using right now! ha! ha! not bad for $32.00..hee! hee!

CRAP!...i just checked out ballard designs website and they don't have them for sale anymore! CRAP! CRAP! CRAP! i certainly can't break up my other 2 set of prints! what am i going to do? any suggestions? anyone know where i can find similar fleur-de-lis hooks? i am sure i will figure something out! DRATS!

also, i had to share the other purchases i made today. what? well, emily over at champagnelaceandloveliness post from pink and green friday had a pair of cute sandals from talbot's. i posted thinking they were $98 - $128 in price. clearly i was WRONG!

these ruffled ribbon flip flops are a mere $44.00! seriously....YUP!

i my 20% savings coupon i got in the mail and ended up paying $35.20/per pair! STEAL!!!!
instead of buying them at the store less than a mile from me, i called my store back in michigan and did a charge hold. cheaper tax and i would rather give the business to the store in michigan than pay 10.25% chicago sales tax....so i will pick them up in two weeks, can't wait! i can be cheap or "frugal" when i want to be, ha! ha!

such a deal...$44.00 less 20% -- SOLD!!

i bought 2 pairs including the pink and green pair below:

and of course i couldn't pass up this pair in black and white:
of course, i bought them without trying them on! i just hope they are comfortable! so cute and preppy too!hope you have a wonderful evening! dinner was great, but i did not have the surf and turf planned! oh well, there is always next time! we had a change in plans and went some place out to eat....hubby isn't feeling so hot tonight! boo! hoo!

have a great night!

~ PLD

amazing deals at talbot's!!!

greetings!

this afternoon i ventured over to talbot's to check out their president's day sale [or "nobama" sale in my mind] and scored the following deals:

the regular retail price of each sweater was $49.00. on sale for $34.99, less 50% --- out the door 3 sweaters for the price a one! another deal too good to pass up!

of course, i couldn't just buy one - - - ended up with 3, like most things when it's a good deal i usually buy multiples of the same item in different colors, ha! ha!

there's only one catch....the sale ends today! so if your talbot's is still open....head on over and check out some amazing deals! sale merchandise is an additional 50% off!!

also, made a quick trip over to costco. today's samples included lobster ravioli...yummy! needless to say...guess what's for dinner tonight? you got it! lobster ravioli...be sure and add this to your list next time you are at costco....YUMMY....it actually has decent sized pieces of lobster! so good and the whole thing was either $11.99 or $12.99 - can't remember a steal! can't wait...is it dinner time yet? ha! ha!

tomorrow i am heading over to birmingham, mi and somerset for another day of shopping! fun! fun! fun!

have a great evening!

~ PLD