Planning only the most amazing baby shower ever...

So my best girlfriend in the whole wide world surprisingly found herself preggers last October and after 9 quick months (I can say that because I wasn't the pregnant one), her precious little girl "Miss" London arrived this past July. I had the honor of acting as her birthing partner/coach and you better believe I sweet talked that little girl out into this world. What an experience...but that's a story for another time!

It's only logical that since I cut the umbilical cord I should also be the one to throw her a fabulous "welcome to this world" celebration in the form of a baby shower.  

{Custom Pink Lollipop Invitation from Red Letter Design}

I'm beyond excited and have a million party ideas. The theme is a pink and green candy shop full of lollipops, gum-balls, sweethearts, cotton candy, macaroons and cupcakes. Considering that my own sweet tooth is absolutely non-existent I think I'm being mighty creative!  

But of course because Mama is hosting this party there will be plenty of fruity sangria, sparkling pink champagne and boat-loads of spiked punch.

Here's what I've pulled together/plan on having so far...

{Custom Party Blooms from whimsypie}

{Via Hostess with the Mostess}

{party accessories via letsPARTYon}

Good Lord how cute is this stuff!? I can barely handle it. I'm so impressed by the creativity of these ladies...and myself -what what!

It's going to be challenging pulling it all together and I'll have to channel my inner Colin Cowie, Mindy Weiss and Martha Stewart - but I'm up for it.
I'm so excited to shower this sweet little girl with all the love, attention and gifts that she and her mommy deserve. It's not taking place till the last week of September but I'll be sure to update you with mountains of pics. 
Can't hardly wait y'all! 

So what else should I do to make this party special, throw me some more ideas girls!
What would you do to make a baby shower fun or original?

Like a mirror ball in a disco....

Holiday glam time is here and for parties I'm all about adding a bit of sparkle or shine with sequins. I'm happy to see that sequins are back for another season and when they're worn properly they can totally complete your holiday look. Last year I maintained a brief love affair with black sequin leggings, which sadly I only felt comfortable wearing when we went out in Vegas to club XS at Encore.  It's a bold look, you can't just wear shiny, sparkly pants anywhere. Or can you?

{Sequin leggings work here in the club, sadly almost nowhere else}

Still, I'm loving these dresses and jackets. They scream "it's New Years Eve, I will have another glass of champagne!"

{perfection, head to toe}

 

{Lurve this Nanette Lepore dress with black tights and pumps}

{I wouldn't be pairing this jacket with washed out 90's jeans, but that's just me...} 

 A sparkly sequin tux jacket or blazer can totally dress up skinny jeans or a plain LBD

Would you wear sequins this Holiday season, or should they be reserved for trips to Vegas only?

Images via google and Bloomingdales

taking it way back...1789 stylez

Mama's looking forward to Halloween coming up this weekend. Like really looking forward.  But there's a part of me that thinks I'm way wayyyy too old to still be dressing up and going out (on the Saturday nite before.) Sunday is going to be spent with the kidlets, stuffing them into ridiculously cute costumes, dragging them door to door trick or treating, and of course taking 1 million pics of them to document the greatness that is Halloween!

On Saturday night we're going to West, a club/lounge downtown. I'm going as Miss Headless 1793, Marie Antoinette though my head will still be attached. I'll be needing it, thanks very much.

In honor of the late, great French beauty I'm going all out. My one major complaint though is why is it that every female adult costume is so sexy these days?!  Just like on Modern Family tonight (saw a preview) even the saintly Mother Teresa can be made into a "sexy" costume.  Really, what's next?? 

I'm doing my best to make my Marie costume sophisticated and somewhat historically accurate...even though its technically a "Playboy" brand costume, (ok so maybe thats a bit of an oxymoron.)
 I love the look of it, the fabric is gorgeous and I've even managed to lower the length of the hem to move a bit further away from it's offical "skank length"...it's nothing a good petti-coat can't help with.

She looks pretty ordinary to me...
{Marie Antoinette by Alexandre Kucharsky, apparently this is a highly realistic portrait. We can do better than this and make Marie way hotter, no?}

{ Here's a pic of my actual costume. Let's ignore the fugly black wig and imagine Mama in this with the biggest, highest white wig ever}

So seriously, am I too old for this shiz? Are any of you dressing up for work, house parties or even for the benefit of your kids?? 

Champagne in a can, cuz I'm classy like that....

On Friday I went with my own Mama and headed downtown to go shopping at Holt Renfrew (kinda like the Neiman Marcus or Saks of Canada.) I was planning on picking up my beloved Marc Jacobs bag but of course what I wanted was completely sold out until the fall. My mom stumbled upon this little beauty and I snagged if for a steal! Regularly $599.00 on for $239.00. 

{Tory Burch Bombe Tote in Raspberry. I'm no Prep but I loves me some Tory Burch}

Finally I got around to seeing SATC 2 with some girlfriends on Saturday nite. I had done my darnedest  to dodge reading the reviews and knew that it would be pure fashion fantasy and really just a lot of Hollywood fun. And of course there was no shortage of shoes, amazing outfits and jewelry!  (Really, who dresses up and wears heels all day, like at home, in your house?) Apparently they do that in New York...

{Has any woman with a blog out there not blogged about SATC 2 yet?}

After we went out for a drink and I finally tried Sofia Blanc de Blancs Sparkling Wine in a mini can.  Champagne for one?! Yes please.  Delicious and it comes with a handy drinking straw.  Like a grown-up "juice" box.

Sunday was all yard work outside (the snow has finally gone, praise the Baby Jesus!) and since it was warm out I felt like a summer supper of Baja Fish Tacos made with fresh Halibut. Fish tacos aren't really popular in Canada but my whole family adores them (a great way to get my kids to eat more fish.) Seriously yummy! Check out this super easy recipe here.

Hope you all had a fabulous weekend with great weather, now let's get through Monday....

Holiday 2009 Re-cap

What a krazy Christmas season it's been.  Thought I'd share some pics from the other nite with y'all!

So New Years was awesome. The wedding was beautiful and the party/reception at the Palliser included MUCHO Champagne! The party was over at 3:00am.... needless to say Husband and I were "thirsty and tired" yesterday (read:  hung-ova!)

But after much "conspicuous consumption", I am in desperate need of a diet-detox!!  Massive Weight Loss 2010 COMMENCE!!

 

(Ignore hideous floral hotel drapes)

This shiny red dress DON'T lie, there is work to be done! 15lbs of remaining weight from kid #2 must melt away ASAP

New rule, no more chocolate/champagne/mashed potatoes/appetizers etc.

Water/salad/air is the new menu

No, I won't be living on air/salad/water but I am a professional dieter. Someday I'll  pen my memoirs....share all my dieting wisdom with the world...   But this happens every Christmas season, and everything settles the hell down by the first week of January.  Moderation this time of year is challenging, but not impossible and I don't think that the damage done was totally atrocious....gonna face the scale tomorrow.*sigh* 

Cheers for New Years!

2009 is soooo last year....

Husband and I have been invited to a wedding tomorrow (New Years Eve). At first I thought it was kinda lame to be married on a day when everyone is otherwise partying...but then realized that there ain't no party like a New Years Eve Party! It's gonna get KraZy!!  Crystal's poppin' yo!

So of course I'm going to be wearing red. All red. A WHOLE lotta red.

 

So my dress is kinda, sorta, kinda like this one, but way hotter/cuter/edgier.

red shoes, red bag, red wrap ( not exactly as shown, much cuter)

Yes, red red red!

Is there such a thing as wearing too much red?

Maybe.  And is a matching bag and shoes totally lame/old fashioned/granny like? 

Would Clinton and Stacy have a freak-out on me?

It is New Years Eve....I'm kinda thinking go big or go home!

The wedding is taking place at a beautiful church with a reception to follow at the Fairmont Palliser.

I heart this hotel because it's where husband and I had our reception almost 8 years ago, in the Crystal Ballroom.

So what I'm saying is, it's a pretty fabulous hotel, on a pretty fabulous night...can I not go krazy with red?

It's a second marriage for the bride, her first was brief and unfortunate. So happy for her to have met another guy within a few years of her divorce. She totally deserves to be happy!  And I'm fairly certain everyone is going to get dr-unk.

And in the words of Ke$ha, the great American songstress...

Don't stop, make it pop

DJ, blow my speakers up
Tonight, Imma fight
Till we see the sunlight
Tick tock, on the clock
But the party don't stop,no
Woah-oh-oh-oh


Happy New Year...hopefully 2010 will bring happiness, health and total awesomeness!