So much for Makeover Monday!!!

WOW am I tired!!

I had no idea that I would be this worn out after 8 hours in an office!!

I have one question.....

 Who came up with fluorescent lights?!?!


They should be shot!!!

About 2 hours in and my eyes looked something like this...

Hopefully it doesn't take me to long to adjust!!!

Last night before work I worked on this great blog post showing you one of my makeovers 

along with a peek into the new work wardrobe.

Only one problem

BLOGGER

and I weren't getting along.

More than half of my pictures wouldn't load.

Right now I am entirely to tired to try again.

Honestly it was less of an effort to type this new post and load one photo from this morning

So here you have it......

My first day into the world of working Mothers.

Funny thing is after all the new clothes shopping I did, I went with a dress I've had for quite a while.

This is a Max Studio dress I purchased from Nordstroms rack.

The dress original cost $198.00

Nordstroms rack was selling it for $35.00.

It had the most hideous bell sleeves on it when I bought it.

I knew right away a $20.00 trip to the seamstress and I'd have a great dress for under $60!!

The shoes are Adrienne Vittadini.

They retail for $79.00

DSW had them for $59.95 but I actually found them at Marshalls for $30.00

Not bad right??

The bracelet was an unexpected gift that arrived in the mail a couple of days ago from my Aunt Ruth.

She's an amazing women and I was just so touched to receive an unexpected gift from her.

Here's a close up...

Alright, that's it!!

Keep checking in with me!!

There's still the furniture makeover that I didn't get to show you plus MANY more outfits including

one of my favorites!!!!

TRACY PORTER!!!

By the way,

Thank you so much for all the kind words you've all had to say about my ventures back into the work force.

I really appreciate each and every one of you!!!

Angie

A moment of silence for the SAHM...

For 11 years I have been fortunate enough to stay home and raise my children.

I can't express how happy I am that I was able to be with them every step of the way thus far.

Let me start by telling you that I wasn't one of those girls.

I didn't have fairytale dreams of white weddings, or homes with white picket fences filled with children.

Truth be told, I didn't think I'd ever have either. 

Don't get me wrong, It's not like I sat around dreading the possibility.

I just never thought about it at all, until it happened.

Once it did- WOW!!!!

Nothing, and I mean NOTHING prepared me for the affect Motherhood had on me.

I don't even have the words to express what it has meant to me.

All I know is I can't even imagine my life without them!

Huntington Beach December 2009

Knott's Berry Farm July 2010

Well sadly when the economy tanked the future of this SAHM was looking grim.

We hung in there as long as we could.

However, the time has come.

 Monday morning I will no longer be a Stay At Home Mom.

I will be joining all the rest of the Mother's who work full time.

Although something tells me I'm going to look more like this...

So I guess I'd better start coming up with a game plan so I feel more like this....

Any tips?

Along with the computer problems from last week, this was the other reason I wasn't blogging as much.

I've been frantically shopping trying to put together outfits on a budget.

The shopping part?

SO much fun!!!

The budget part??

NOT!

Stop back by Monday morning to see me Makeover my wardrobe and a little furniture!

Angie

The first step is admitting you have a problem.....

I've been M.I.A. this last week due to some Internet problems. Don't you just hate when that happens??

Have you ever watched the show Intervention?

 Picture me and the rest of my family twitching and suffering the side effects of quiting cold turkey.

It wasn't pretty.

Mr. Treasures had to work as usual so he missed out on the ALL day boredom fest we were having at home.

Day one we decided to walk our local mountain....

and stop for some photos on the bridge...

Then we came home and swam the rest of the afternoon.

As with most things your quitting (voluntarily or not) the first day isn't to bad.

It's the SECOND one that really starts to suck!!!

Lucky for Lil' Red,

 her "Mimi" (Mr. Treasures mom) called and asked to take her  to Ojai to spend the week with family.

That left the Lil' Man and I to fend for ourselves.

It took one day of watching the paint dry on my game room walls (literally) before I realized  we both might snap if we don't do something.

So we headed for the beach...

Crystal Cove to be exact.

Where Lil' Man explored the rocks...

While I tried desperately to snap the best photos I could with my cell phone...

I look flustered don't I??

We didn't last at Crystal Cove for long. Lil' Man wanted to body surf and the current was just to strong.

So we headed off to Newport Beach for the rest of the afternoon.

We also went to the movies.

Anyone else see the A-Team movie??

or are you all Eclipse fans??

This is probably blasphemy but I don't get IT.

As in I couldn't get to paragraph 2 of the first book.

As in I watched the first movie and didn't like it.

Try not to hate me for it!!!

I promise I'm usually very easily entertained but this is one vampire flick I can happily go without!!

The rest of the days the computer was out we spent reading and catching up on all our chores!

Oh ya and driving back and forth between our home and Grandma Treasures for a quick Internet fix!!

Have a safe and HAPPY 4th of July!!!!

See ya back here for Makeover Monday!!

Angie