Beautiful bride

A friend of ours recently got married and she was nice enough to give me permission to put a picture of her on our blog.  She is wearing a long pearl grey dress with a Crivero elastic eternity scarf in grey tones.  I think we all will agree that she looks radiant and that this is a perfect accessory for her special day.  Thank you ¨N¨ and congratulatinos to the both of you.  

Una amiga nuestra se casó recientemente y ha sido muy amable dandonos el permiso para publicar esta foto del día de su boda.  Ella lleva un vestido largo en gris perla con un muffler de conejo en diferente tonos de gris de Crivero. Creo que estamos todos de acuerdo que esta ella preciosa y acertadisima con este complemento de piel. Gracias ¨N¨  y enhorabuena a los dos.

***GIVEAWAY**SORTEO***

*GIVEAWAY/SORTEO*

I am so excited to start off 2012 with an incredible opportunity for all of our followers to win a beautiful Fox Fur Scarf.  I know, I know I can hardly believe it myself but we want to thank our followers for taking the time to read our blogs and to welcome new followers.

Con el comienzo de 2012 queremos brindar a nuestros seguidores una oportunidad de ganar una impresionante Bufanda de Zorro.  Estoy super emocionada y no puedo esperar hasta que dos de vosotros tengais esta bufanda tan divertida y calentita.  Con el sorteo queremos agradecer a nuestros lectores fieles y darle la bienvenida a nuevos seguidores.  

Our goal is to get to 100 followers and we need your help to do that.  Once we reach the magic number of 100 we will choose two random winners from all of our followers.  

So here`s what you have to do to participate...

1. Sign up as a follower /Friend Connect (if you are not signed up already)

2. Fill out this form 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFRQVWJQbEJXdUtnTGtzekd6Nmp5OEE6MQ

 3.  Help us to reach our goal of 100 followers buy passing on our blog to your friends or by mentioning us in your blog.

Once we have reached 100 we will pick two random winners from http://www.sortea2.com/, and you will be notified immediately.  

*if you do not respond within 3 days of notification we will pick another winner

*we will only send within Europe (but don`t let that discourage you if you live elsewhere because hopefully the next giveaways will include more countries)

Nuestra meta es llegar a 100 seguidores y necesitamos vuestro ayuda.  Cuando lleguemos al numero mágico, 100, sortearemos 2 bufandas entre nuestros seguidores.

Esto es lo que tienes que hacer para participar.......

1. Registrate como seguidor, ¨Participar en este sitio¨

2. Rellene este formulario

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFRQVWJQbEJXdUtnTGtzekd6Nmp5OEE6MQ

3. Mencionar nuestro blog y este sorteo a vuestros amigos o en vuestro blog para llegar a los 100 lo mas rápido posible

En el momento que lleguemos a 100 sortearemos, entre nuestros seguidores, 2 bufandas de zorro en la página http://www.sortea2.com/, y avisaremos a los ganadores

*si no respondes al mail en 3 días, sortearemos de nuevo 

*solamente enviaremos a los países dentro de la EU (pero todavía puedes apuntarte y quizás en el siguiente sorteo incluimos mas paises)

Are you ready to rumble???

ARE YOU READY TO RUMBLE?  That´s what you should ask yourself as you step out the door heading to the first day of after Christmas sales.  The following few days the news is full of images of normally educated, polite shoppers pushing one another trying to get as close to the store entrance as possible before opening.  In fact I had an experience where the security guard actually came out before and said to the mass of people waiting outside  ¨please no running and no pushing¨.  Yes we were all adults outside.  But obviously his words were lost amongst the strategic planning which was going on in my head.  ¨How could I  politely push the little old lady out of my way, do a split leap over the baby stroller and beat my sister to that amazing gold dress which we both saw the week before.¨  At 10am the gun shot went off (or was that just in my head) and the doors opened.  The race has begun.  Luckily like us shoppers the store attendants had also put on their best running shoes and ran like hell to get out of the mobs way before they were trampled.    

Garments started flying as they were grabbed off hangers and the unwanted ones left on the floor to be looked thru by the late comers.  Long nails, large rings, steel toed shoes are all used to ward off other possible shoppers who threaten to enter your area of madness.  I could go on and on, but I think you get my point.  So my question is……In these days of sales is our dignity and respect for ourselves and others totally lost?  Becasue an item is 50% off does that really mean that we can act like animals?  I think not.  Many stores have early sales or are constantly offering some kind of discount.  I prefer to plan my shopping, take my time looking at prices and buy before all the craziness of the sales.  Then at least I am sure that I will find my size, not buy something unwanted because it is half off or worse something that doesn`t look good on me just because it was a bargain.   During sales I hate the long lines in the dressing rooms or waiting forever at the checkout because there is a price check.  But overall the disappointment of finding out that the shoes I was waiting to buy only have a 10% discount and they no longer have them in my size.  UUUGGGHHH!  So before you are ¨caught on tape¨ wrestling around on the floor of your favorite department store, think to yourself, is losing my dignity really worth it.