FRIDAY FAVORITES PRETTY EDITION

Pretty Woman, Pretty Babies, Pretty Things! All the pretties for this edition of Friday Favorites!

 1. The FUN for Mom’s Birthday

The Cake Bake Shop

It all started last Thursday at The Cake Bake Shop in Caramel, IN. We started celebrating mom’s birthday early with a wonderful tea, it was reminiscent of the one Mr. Nine and I had in London. The place is so phenomenal that we decided to host a bridal shower for our DIL to be next spring. Can't wait!

She's so precious!

More on my outfit to come soon in a post.

Pretty Woman

Then on Sunday, (her actual birthday) mom and attended the Pretty Woman Musical.  It was so good! Of course, it was fitting that I pulled out my $2 Pretty Woman garage sale dress from 25 years ago. Love that thing. I found one similar HERE and you can get the matching purse HERE.

Twins

The BEST gift mom got was seeing the twin girlies on her birthday. After the musical, we met Mr. Nine at the kid's house with pizza and an old-fashioned cream pie I made (my recipe HERE) in hand so that the twin girls could celebrate their great grandma! Mom was in heaven!

And this photo melts my heart.

2. Outfits Lately

All the Atheisure

Top HERE // Pants HERE // Sneakers HERE

All the Sweaters and Jeans

Sweater HERE // Jeans HERE // Boots HERE

All the Christmas Jams while I decorate

Tee HERE // Pants HERE

3. Christmas Sneak Peek 

With a beautiful day on Tuesday, the front porch got recovered. Leading  up to my Christmas Home Tour Posts, I’ll be giving you some sneak peeks on Friday Favorites. I'm about 80% done inside and out and have been working my butt off.

4. Gift Guides

Hope you saw my Amazon Guides for him and her in this post HERE

Here are my FAVORITE girlie stocking stuffers ever! 

Lipstick Set // Perfume Ornament // Santa Kiss // Candy Cane Socks // Foot Mask // Snow Gel // Santa Earrings // Candle // Undies // Champagne Bears

5. Misc. Fun 

MEME

THESE FESTIVE SHOES

Get them HERE

ONE MORE OF TWINS 

To make you smile on their 6 week birthday yesterday

Have a wonderful weekend, my dears! 

Are you getting festive yet?

Linking up with  Friday Favorites  // Metamorphosis Monday // Sundays on Silverado

xoxo

 

CHANNELING PRETTY WOMAN

Happy Day Pretty Women!!!!

Pulled this post back out for Feb. 2018 Ageless Style Link-UP

In honor of the 25 Year Anniversary of one of my all time favorite movies, I pulled my "Pretty Woman" dress out of the closet. About 16 years ago, I found this beautiful dress at at Garage Sale for get this: $2!!!!

Two dollars!!!

25 YEARS!

It was 1990, I was a freshman in college in a movie theater watching an R rated movie! Oh my!

I sat there and feel in love with Richard Gere and idolized Julia Roberts. No, not because she was making her living as a hooker but because this movie was her breakout role as Vivian Ward. She instantly became America’s Sweetheart, making goofy synonymous with sexy and infecting us with her gaping, full-throttle laugh… plus she reminded us a bubble bath filled with Prince tunes is better than life itself. Opposite to her outspoken, brazen Vivian was emotionally repressed but uber hot corporate businessman Edward Lewis, played by Richard Gere. Hubba Hubba!

 The movie was FUN! Some great lines like the above. I am sure many if us have been in a store and wanted to say this. Also the ("If I forget to tell you later, I had a really nice time tonight"), some great scenes (the dress shopping, the opera) and some great music. What's not to like?

 

To me it was a movie about two people who really "got" one another. He saw past her blonde wig and less than honorable profession and she saw past his money and corporate attitude. They seemed to fit together well and recognized that, which is why he asked her to stick around instead of sending her on her way after their tryst and why she didn't just take the money and run after the sales girl wouldn't wait on her. It kind of leads you to feel like maybe there is someone out there who would stick around through it all. I know as a naive college freshman, I sure believed it!

 I think the appeal is that it's basically a retelling of Cinderella. She's a poor nobody, an amazing thing happens and she gets the prince and the pretty dresses.

It's about rescuing and redemption.
If Cat had gotten in the Lotus instead of Viv, then Edward would have given her bus money after he got to the hotel and it would have been a very short movie.

The tale, importantly, goes both ways. “And what does she do after he rescues her?” Edward asks, after he rides to Vivian on a white horse in a white limo to declare his love. Vivian doesn’t miss a beat: “She rescues him right back.”

xoxo
LINKING UP WITH Ageless Style

 

 A Favorite PW Quote:

Vivian: You're late.

Edward Lewis: You're stunning.

Vivian: You're forgiven.