Topic: How vain are you?

Nov 28, 2013 08:52AM del4 wrote:

Oh, MY, GAWD, what GORGEOUS women!

Momine!

Selena!

YorkieMom!

Awesome ( I'm old enuf to use that word, tee, hee)

truly wonerful to see such GORGEOUS SMILING FACES - and that red hair...really, looks fabulous long or short...

gotta figure out how to use the digital camera which has been sitting on my desk for almost 2 years...technophobe here...

Selena - me & your mom are "friends who haven't met yet"

Is Momine REALLY in ATHENS????????? green envy green here....if she is... ;-)

Nov 28, 2013 09:06AM pupmom wrote:

Thanks Momine! I turned 65 last month.

Nov 28, 2013 09:14AM del4 wrote:

Yorkie - NO WAY! I think you should check your birth certificate. Not. Possible. WOW!

Nov 28, 2013 09:38AM - edited Nov 28, 2013 09:39AM by SelenaWolf

Yorkie...  you are HOT!!!

Sunflowers... yeah, sometimes I wonder how I "... sprang ..." from my mother's loins.  She and my elder sister are peas-in-a-pod: minimalist (their houses feature, like, a single chair, lamp, plant and they consider it decorated), practical, earthy, flat-shoes-and-trousers kinda gals).  Me?  Full-blown, unashamed Victorian.  They both call my century-old, antique-stuffed house a "... house of horrors ..." because all they can think of is "... all that crap needs DUSTING..."  [Horrified eyeroll.]  To which I reply, "... yeah?  So? ..."

HOSEIRY.  Lovelovelove hosiery.  Fine denier stockings.  And I'm so excited that Cuban-heeled, French-seamed stockings are coming back in style!  #slobber

Nov 28, 2013 09:51AM exbrnxgrl wrote:

Momine, Selena and Yorkiemom,

Wow! So beautiful in addition to being such smart cookies.

Momine- glamour incarnate

Selena- beautiful red hair and porcelain coloring that reminds me of my late mother

Yorkiemom- the biggest surprise since your avatar, as far as I can remember, has always been that cute pup. If people say I look too young to be a grandmother, you have me best by a mile. So nice to "see" you.

Happy Thanksgiving to all! I'm off to make my mom's recipe for butternut squash casserole. Although we lived on separate coasts. We always spoke on a Thanksgiving day and discussed menus, recipes and everything food. She's not only the woman who taught me to cook, but the woman who (tried) to teach me to look good. As I mentioned, I was a slow learner :) BTW, she was buried sporting her first gel polish mani. She had gotten it for my dd's wedding and loved it. Miss you mom.

Nov 28, 2013 10:01AM pupmom wrote:

Thanks exbrnxgrl, but something tells me that is probably not the case!

I think gel nails is the greatest invention since baked bread! Never, ever, ever want to give them up!

Nov 28, 2013 10:02AM - edited Nov 28, 2013 10:06AM by SelenaWolf

Yes, Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends.  May you all bask in the love of family, good food and great shoe sales!

Haven't tried gel nails.  My fingernails are a mess since chemo - brittle, slightly discoloured - my toenails fared much better.  Been afraid to try false nails; I was afraid that the glue would make my real nails even worse.  How do gel nails work?

exbrxgrl... THANKS!!  This mutual love-in has really made my day.  It's so nice to focus on something frivolous and fun and GIRLY.  Vanity UNITE!

Nov 28, 2013 10:07AM SelenaWolf wrote:

OOOooooooo.  Those purses are so pretty!  I have a vintage, needlepoint one from the forties, but nothing as nice as that!

#jealous

Nov 28, 2013 11:55AM - edited Nov 28, 2013 11:56AM by SelenaWolf

I think what it is is that we've been through so much with treatment we come to the realization that these little things - pedicures, manicures, hosiery, spending a day getting your hair done - become moments of immense grace and pleasure.  We, finally, clue into the truth underlying that L'Oreale marketing phrase, "... because I'm worth it ..."

Yes, I am.

Nov 29, 2013 05:17AM Momine wrote:

Brnx, I looked up those vintage purses and now I am really jealous too. They are great. I keep toying with the idea of making evening purses, because every time I try to buy one, I am seriously underwhelmed by the available choices.

Nov 29, 2013 06:26AM Momine wrote:

Yorkie, they are actually quite comfortable, thanks to the heavy rubber sole in the front. Oh, and thanks! The dinner is not till tonight.

Nov 29, 2013 06:50AM Momine wrote:

Yorkie, they are from my favorite Greek shoe company - Vavoulas. They use local leather, which is very good quality, and their shoes are usually fully lined in goat skin, for example. The shoes are also cut to have enough room across the knuckles. Unfortunately the Vavoulas people are not very good about marketing their wares abroad, so I doubt you can find their stuff outside Greece.

They do have a fairly miserable FB page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vavoulas-Shoes/181627621862869

Nov 29, 2013 07:31AM Momine wrote:

Yorkie, you may want to check out Clark's. It is an English company, but huge and worldwide. They are known for decent quality and comfort and have started making some very cute shoes (in the old days they were distinctly orthopedic-looking).

Nov 29, 2013 08:01AM - edited Nov 29, 2013 08:02AM by Oncearunneralwaysarunner

Momine - those shoes are gorgeous! They sound very comfortable and practical too, the overall perfect shoe.

Nov 29, 2013 08:36AM Momine wrote:

Thanks all, nothing like pretty shoes to lift the mood, I say.

Selena, my mother introduced me to silk tweed, because she and my dad used to travel to India fairly regularly and would bring back wonderful fabrics. I think my dad even had a raw silk Nehru suit that he had sewn in Mumbai. Oy!