Eye Candy

Those of you that know me in real life know that my foot has bothered me since Baby C was born.  I noticed it after I started running again.  In typical working mom fashion, I figured I could explain it away: age, 10 extra pounds and 18 months went by.  FLEW BY!

Six months ago, I finally went to the doctor, when my pride was bruised beyond belief watched my fabulous shoe friend BLOW by on our morning runs.  Well, it wasn't exactly nothing.  It was a small bone spur that left me with a splint to see if the pain would go away.  It didn't.  A month ago I went back to the doctor and the bone spur has grown, tripled and has now fractured some bones in my foot.  So tomorrow morning my left foot is having a little work done...being broken and screwed back together.  I will have the pleasure of sporting the latest in what not to wear on my foot...a horrid looking black surgical boot, in sandal season, at two benefits, when I take Mini K to camp and pretty much everywhere in between for the next six weeks.

SO what's a girl to do?  Well draw attention anywhere by my feet of course!  I have found some great long maxi skirts, some dresses, some shorts, but the real finds have been jewelry in every fun spring color under the sun.   I am not sure what makes me love this jewelry more, the fabulous lady that owns the company or the prices!  This would be yet another "friendship" via twitter and blogland and I couldn't be happier to support her business.

Birdier Baubles is a new company with a great eye for style and a lot of love for your wallet.  Their statement necklaces and cuff will leave everyone asking where you found your jewelry and leave your wallet full!

I can't wait to wear my Britta necklace.  Layers of coral beads for only $27!  It will look great with long maxis and t-shirts or paired with a white button down and black cropped pants.  It might even make people ignore that boot thing!

Or the CoCo in yellow!  I can promise you this is the LEAST expensive CoCo I have purchased or ever will purchase at only $30.  It comes in a stunning cobalt blue too.

SO if you haven't heard of Bridier Baubles you are missing out shopping elsewhere.  Oh and did I mention...shipping is FREE!

The Fairy Is Coming.....

Mini K is on the verge of losing her 3rd tooth. The tooth in question is her top front tooth. She has already lost two on the bottom. She is more motivated to to get this tooth out than a fat girl is to fit in a bridesmaids dress that she ordered too small. Her motivation: the tooth fairy.

SO I started thinking during my journey to nowhere on the eliptical tonight: like naps, fairies are wasted on children, because adults would relish them! Have I lost you? For the moms out there, how often do you battle with your toddler to nap when you yourself would LOVE to nap? The same goes for the tooth fairy...it's exciting to go to sleep and wake up to find something and then by the time they hit the first recess of the school day they have forgotten about her visit and moved on to something else. For those of you wondering, the tooth fairy is now one of the 1% percent of Americans...the Occupy Wall Street movement should be battling her, she doesn't know that the economy is not in its best shape and she certainly is doing much better than the tooth fairy of our generation, or mine at least. She no longer brings coins, unless they are gold and she prefers paper.

I couldn't help but think that we working women and moms need a little visit from the fairy in our lives...don't we deserve it? I mean there are some days when just surviving until bedtime is feat far more daring than pulling a tooth out.

So how about you survive a painful nail break while trying to cook dinner after a long day. This should result in a visit from the ring fairy...I wouldn't forget if this was left under my pillow.

NeilLane.com 5 Carat Sparkler

Or when you look into your handbag and it is full of sippy cups, hair accessories that are NOT yours, extra shoes, hats and mittens? The bag fairy should come right?

Louis Vuitton Siracusa GM

How about the daily winter battle to get them to wear their coats, hats, mittens and NOT flip flops? Shouldn't the supreme scarf fairy come? I would leave her a plate of any and every orange food I could find.

Hermes Box Collection from India Hicks

And last but certainly not least, for all of those hours we spend exercising after childbirth to regain our figures, shouldn't out feet be rewarded with the shoe fairy? She wouldn't even have to wrap them...they come with a bow.

Valentino Bow Pump, Neiman Marcus

While I know writing this post will no doubt attract the Negative Nellies out there, a mom has to keep her sanity while on the elliptical journey that only leads to a post in her daily My Fitness Pal log.

I promise to wake up in reality tomorrow and hopefully get both kiddos out the door, dressed for the season (snow today 58 degrees tomorrow!) and remember what my mother always said, work hard and don't ask permission to follow your dreams, but maybe the Fairy Queen is listening, for she is aging too and will visit if we bribe her with cookies that we don't want to log in our own food diary!

Sleep Like A Rock In September

Now don't get me wrong, I love a good diamond, but I have to say sapphires come in a close second. I was searching for a vintage piece of silver today and came across some stunning September birthstone eye candy today that was much too beautiful not to share!

How beautiful are these two stunners from Lang Antiques?

The rain is falling, the kids are asleep, and I have a stack of new magazines and fully charged iPad to catch up on Pinterest, so off to bed I go knowing that alarm clock is only a few short hours away and a run awaits! I will have sweet dreams tonight thinking blue and yellow thoughts!