For Mother's Day, my husband took me and our little son to a wonderful Ethiopian place, Abyssinia Restaurant, in Sacramento. I wanted to wear something nice but comfortable too (I love Ethiopian food and was planning on eating a lot!), so I chose this:
The blouse is washable, just in case I spilled something on it, lol! But I didn't, and enjoyed the wonderful vegetarian feast! It was one of the nicest Mother's Days.
Hope you all had a wonderful day! If you're in Sacramento, I highly recommend a visit to Abyssinia Restaurant. The food is both delicious and healthy, and the staff was very sweet and friendly.
Next up, Devindra's birthday. I'm thinking of wearing the dress I got for my Mother's Day gift, but there's the dress I got on clearance yesterday too. We'll see ...
Blouse: Mossimo (Target)
Pants: It! Jeans
Shoes: r2
Over the weekend we went to a 5th birthday party for one of our students at a place called Bounce U, which had all kinds of huge trampolines and bounce houses for children of all ages. Devindra had the time of his life!
The birthday girl is Indian-American, so knowing that Indian get-togethers, even children's parties, tend to be more dressy than American ones. So I wore my wide-leg trousers with a somewhat dressy (but washable, very important when you're around a bunch of children running around!) top:
Devindra had the time of his life at the party, bouncing around on all the trampolines and bounce houses! It was wonderful to see our little boy having so much fun! Now I'm actually looking forward to other children's parties. :-)
So this past weekend we went to our friend's barbecue post-wedding celebration in their backyard! They had gotten married the weekend before in Lake Tahoe, a popular wedding destination in Northern California.
This was the first casual post-wedding celebration we'd been to. All the others I've attended have been formal weddings where you wear saris or evening dress. So I didn't really know what to wear! However, I was not going to put on jeans and a t-shirt, even though they were serving barbecue, because I think a wedding's a wedding and you have to respect that.
So I wore a floral sundress with a vintage belt. I had to add a little bolero shrug at the last minute because it got very windy and kind of cold:
We had a blast at the party! It was warm and fun with a lot of good food -- I even had red velvet cake for the very first time! And I found I was only a bit overdressed: most people wore at least nice tops and blouses, although some did throw on jeans and t-shirts. I was kind of annoyed by that. I mean, you get enough occasions to wear jeans and tees, why not have some respect for major milestones in people's lives?
Anyhoo, vent over. I hope we get more invitations to casual garden weddings -- they're a lot more fun than the formal ones!
Dress: Nine West
Shrug: INC (Macy's)
Belt: vintage, probably '80s (thrifted)
Shoes: Gee Wawa
This past weekend we went downtown to see the new Ray Eames exhibit at the California Museum. I'm a huge fan of Ray and Charles Eames' mid-century furniture designs, and was thrilled to learn that Ray (Mrs. Eames) was originally from Sacramento! This exhibit commemorates her place in the California Hall of Fame, which is also at the museum.
This was Devindra's first museum trip, and it went great! He's big enough to look around at the exhibits now, and I really want to expose him to museums and art exhibits from an early age. We took a bowl of his favorite crackers and he was content the whole time.
We had the weirdest weather over the weekend, very windy but not cold. I decided to wear my favorite anorak-style jacket, but with a denim skirt instead of jeans:
Jacket: Costa Blanca
Skirt: True Religion
Sandals: DKNY
The skirt is the True Religion "Abby", which I won on eBay for $25! I've been wanting it for years now, and finally snagged an awesome deal. It was worth the wait! The sandals were incredibly comfortable too, great for a day of walking!
The museum entry was free that weekend for Bank of America cardholders! Museums across the U.S.A. participate in this, and it's well worth checking out: one weekend every month, participating museums are free-of-charge for BofA cardholders. It's a great way to experience some amazing museums for free!
Oh my poor lonely blog! I don't post here much anymore because I don't get out of the house that much, except to take the baby to the park and for walks, etc., so I've turned into one of those mothers who's always in yoga pants.
But I finally made up my mind that this needs to change! I need to try and dress better regardless of my current size or where I'm going. I realized the other day that I don't want Devindra to grow up remembering me in nothing but yoga pants and t-shirts!
This past Easter weekend I got an opportunity to dress up a tiny bit: we were joining my mother and brother and his family for dinner at a local Indian restaurant. Not a dress-to-the-nines place, but nothing sweat-stained either! I chose a red cotton sweater because it was gray and rainy and I wanted to wear something bright:
Next time I'll definitely wear more jewelry, but I liked the fact that it was casual but not sloppy.
Now if I can only get myself to dress up a bit for the grocery store, lol!
Sorry I haven't been blogging forever, friends! Dealing with all the stuff going on in our life, from the car crashing into our house to hubby working overtime and baby getting his fill of winter coughs and colds ... sigh.
Yesterday (February 13) is my birthday, and it was wonderful! I finally got to take a blog photo, wearing my husband's birthday gift to me, a pink denim jacket I just adore! It was a lovely sunny day, and my mother watched the baby while we went out to eat. What's even better is that the baby took a nap so my mother had an easy time too, LOL!
We went out to eat at Namaste Nepal, and the food was really great. Very tasty, and lovely service too!
Here's what I wore:
Jacket: American Rag (Macy's)
Top: Joe Fresh
Skirt: Merona (Target)
Boots: Nara
Hey friends! I wanted to announce that I'm starting a home blog. I want to write about my love of Mid Century (late '40s-early '70s) style and home decor, along with my love of vintage Sri Lankan arts, and how we're trying to bring the two together in our little 1951 ranch-style home in the 'burbs!
I think it will focus mainly on our own home and the vintage treasures I find in our local thrift stores, garage sales, etc., but I hope to show inspiration pictures from other homes now and then too.
The blog's called "Mid Ceylon-tury", and you can find it here. Hope to see you there!
Happy New Year everyone!
