A Valentine’s Gift Guide for All Your Sweethearts
Nothing reminds me of Valentines day more than those sugared up heart candies stamped with “love messages” which as children we doled out to our elementary school classmates with sayings on them like “Be Mine”, “Kiss Me”, “Miss You” an innocent gesture...
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Spring Fashion Explosion
This Springs fashion is nostalgic for me because there is a throwback to 80’s and 90’s trends which were what gave my infant fashionista self its first spank on the bottom…and at that moment I cried out, latched on and never let go. So let’s check out what...
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Must Read Book Full of Belly Laughs
At the holidays we are all swirling around trying to figure out the perfect gift for those in our life so we can check them off our list. Which made me think of true gifts, not the kind you can buy, but the kind you are blessed to receive! None better or...
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Ina Garten Inspired Holiday Party
Caroline and I have a very serious celebrity chef crush on Ina Garten which was sparked over a decade ago when we found her first cook book “The Barefoot Contessa” named for the specialty food store she grew into a mammoth business in the 90’s. We each now...
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Best Bed Sheets For Better Sleep
They say that we spend a 1/3 of our life sleeping…which translates into get the bed right! Once you have found the perfect mattress for you, which is a huge part of the equation and requires putting in the time lounging around in mattress stores. Then its...
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Fight Like a Girl!
Head up-Shoulders back…that’s how we girls fight…from a place of strength and confidence. Breast cancer affects us all and we could not let this month of awareness go by with out supporting our family and friends and all woman who have had no choice but to...
read moreMoon Over Mexico
I don’t know how it happened, but I had made it this far along in life and had never been to Mexico. Now when you marry a native Californian that situation is going to be rectified, so my newly married self happily complied and we ended up honeymooning at Las Ventanas...
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Introduction:
Introduction: We want to Welcome you to our Lifestyle Blog Mrs. Wonderful. The theme of our first “episode” is the end of summer which we think was best summed up by Olivia Newton John and John Travolta as they sang it in the movie “Grease”…”Summer lovin had me a...
read moreI DO! DO!!! Yep that’s what I said to getting married the second time…
I DO! DO!!! Yep that’s what I said to getting married the second time around, and is generally the answer one would be looking for to seal the deal at the ceremony. That part I remembered, but what I had forgotten about was all that went into throwing a wedding, and...
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Wedding Dress
The power of ‘the DRESS’ gives any bride an intoxicating feeling. Once you find it, claim it, fit it, then you must love it and be ready to rock it with full confidence! The process is a journey through bolts of lace, tulle, trains and bustles which can be...
read moreSummer Supper with the Girls
Supper, I love the word supper! There is something so seductively Southern about it and it always makes me think of the love and care that went into the making of the meal. The main ingredient to every good gathering is the people we share it with, and the...
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