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Hello beautiful people! Happy Holidays! oh, December. such a special month. symbolizing the end of another year. If you're reading this, you've withstood everything that was designed to defeat you this year! Go, You! 🎆 2022 started off pretty rough for me but smoothed out as the year went on. I was blessed with opportunities to connect with old friends, change my scenery, make new friends, create and have Time to truly sit & think (that last one is good/bad LOL! #overthinker) While thinking/reflecting I realized this was a very transformative year for me. It seemed at every turn I learned more and more about myself & my relationships. Truth be told It brought up some ugly truths, and honestly had me thinking I was figuring everything out late or delayed in my Own life. but then I remembered a quote by my dear friend Carrie Bradshaw "Your 30's are for the lessons"... look at me learning lessons & growing & Healing. and apparently on time. Healing f...

Hey there friends! Been a lil' minute. Hope you've all been in high spirits.   Well, let me begin by saying Happy November! I know I sound like a broken record, but honestly, how is it MID-NOVEMBER?! Wasn't it just Summertime? Even though I'm already missing the warmer temps, I gotta admit November always reminds me to slow down and be thankful. Gratitude and Positive Thinking are key elements. I may not have everything I want, but I have everything I need, and for that I give all thanks to God.  I am a very blessed woman. I consider my lifelong friendships to be one of my life's biggest blessings. I suppose it's more like Sisterhood at this point in life💗. Which leads me to another segment of My Best Friend's Closet.  Once again, Essy let me play in her closet and style her up! They say "do something you Love and you'll never work another day in your life" (or something along those lines), and for me playing dress up hardly feels like I'm...

Hi my Friends! How are you? And Just Like That (p.s. did you hear the 2nd season has started filming?! *SCREAM*)...it's October! The leaves are changing, the air is crisp, ghouls and goblins are hangin' on front lawns, and pumpkin spice is pretty much everywhere. Soon (but not TOO soon) we'll be pulling out Winter attire! That is seriously a crazy thought...anyway though...staying in the current season - I feel like Fall is the time to unwind and reset. I mean...I'm still coming down from Summer LOL! The vibe for Fall is definitely chillmode. I'm not saying I never wanna turn up in Fall, I just sometimes enjoy a cozy night in. you know - ordering take-out, spiked warm drinks, cozying up to the fire, watching movies. Honestly, just give me a good show and a blanket and I'm good any day! As luck would have it, I stumbled across a magically creative film the other day on Netflix called Entergalactic . It's a Black, animated, feel-good film created by Kid Cudi, ...

Hey peeps! How's it goin in your world? The first time I saw Quinta Brunson was while watching "A Black Lady Sketch Show" on HBO when it premiered season one. Shortly after I saw Quinta on her hit ABC series "Abbott Elementary". Both shows are delightful, and if you haven't heard of either you must be living under a rock! Just sayin. Seriously though, Abbott Elementary is one of my favorite shows these days. Like everyone else in the world I am anxiously awaiting season two. I get that classic feel-good vibe while watching. The same vibe I used to get while watching T.G.I.F shows back in the day. If you don't know, T.G.I.F - 'Thank God it's Friday' premiered back in the 90's on ABC. It was a weekly Friday night lineup of about 4 feel-good tv shows. *Trying hard not to age myself* I must humbly say, they just don't make 'em like that anymore. Anywho, to no surprise Abbott Elementary was recognized at the 2022 Emmy Awards with 7 tot...

Happy Tuesday folks! Hope all is well.  As another NYFW comes to a close, I want to take a moment and shout-out wardrobe stylist Wouri Vice. Wouri is a friend, mentor and renowned wardrobe stylist to the starrsss honey! I had the absolute God-ordained pleasure of meeting and working with Wouri on several styling projects a few years back. I wholeheartedly believe it when people says "it's who you know" because that's exactly how I came to meet Wouri. What had happened was - a mutual colleague arranged for me to assist Wouri on a magazine photo shoot he was styling. Overcome with anticipation to assist an actual celebrity stylist, I arrived on set only to realize I had no idea what Wouri looked like lol. I recall seeing this bubbly black guy bouncing through the door with this presence about him that demanded attention. He introduced himself as Wouri, the stylist, and to say I was shocked was an understatement. I honestly never expected him to be black for starters! An...

Hi Friends! Hope you are thriving!   I am literally sitting here wishing time would slow down...I mean it's practically mid-September...how did this happen? It's definitely a reminder that time is precious, and we have to make the most out of this life. I can sometimes find it challenging to remain present in each season. Take Summer for instance - it's one of my favorite times of year, but towards the end I find myself trying to refrain from going full pumpkin spice everything LOL! Once August comes to an end I'm mentally on to the next...Fall! Which also happens to be one of my favorite times of year, but for different reasons. For me Fall represents change. reflection. newness. love & warmth. crisp air & cozy nights. new books & self-discovery. So many feels. As the seasons currently transition I find myself in the same rotation. I am ever-changing (which is okay!). I don't have all the answers to my future figured out just yet. But I do know one thin...

A big HELLO to whoever is reading this! I hope you are in the best of spirits.  On my newfound journey of rediscovery, I am making an effort to put myself 'out there' and try new things. I am also making an effort to get back to some of the basics. like Fashion. and more specifically, Styling. In this case the Styling takes place from within my best friend's closet. so I guess I'd actually call what I'm doing Closet Styling. yeah, Closet Styling! I like that! Some of you may not know this, but Styling happens to be one of my most cherished passions...although you'd never know it with how I let it fall by the way-side. Back when I was a child I loved piecing together my outfits for school. I'm talking about way back in Elementary! I also remember having no hold of my tongue when it came to critiquing my sister's outfit choices LOL! She wasn't much into Fashion, so I took it upon myself to be her Personal Stylist 😜. She's a creative talent in many...

Hellooooooo out there...can anyone hear me? Anyone? I don't blame you. I can't seem to hear myself these days.  Honesty Hour: To say it's been a while would be an understatement. I haven't blogged in ages. I honestly can't even recall the last thing I wrote about. I mean obviously it was Fashion related, but the truth is one day I found myself viewing blogging as a chore and I lost the thrill of it. Which sucks x 10 because now everyone is a blogger (no shade!) and I was somehow "ahead" of the social media/blogger/influencer era. I hate wondering what my blog might have been like now if I kept up with it. I guess you could say Life happened. Real adulting happened, and I somehow lost my passion. I lost my passion for the one thing that always brought me joy. I can't even put into words how sad that makes me. I mean, I'm the girl who knew at the age of 3 that I loved Fashion more than toys (my parents love to tell the story :). I'm the girl who ...