StyleBurbia

Happy Friday and Happy Birthday to my amazing, loving, marvelous, devoted and hard-working hubby!!! In celebration of hubby's big day, we are going out for a little din-din.  I decided to wear my ballerina inspired outfit (hee hee)- all I need is a pair of pointe shoes and I'll be set. So, I have a tendency to be a bit 'matchy-matchy', which according to Heidi Klum on one of my fav shows,  Project Runway, is boooooring.  For those of you who don't know what matchy-matchy means (guys), it means that I like to take one color in my outfit and match it to another accessory like a necklace, purse, shoes, etc.  I think it's the inner child in me that had to match her socks and hair ties to her outfits back in the day.  Now, I don't want to be snooze-worthy, so help me pick my accessories for dinner tonight.  Make sure you reply quickly, cuz it's an early one. First, excuse these weird pics, that make me seem slightly robotic in nature. ...

My dad is a pretty amazing guy.  I've always had a really great relationship with my father.  He is an ever present constant in my life that I know I can always rely upon. When I was in junior high, my dad would often come home from work and have to go over all of my math assignments with me because my math teacher (who had a glass eye) was so intimidating and scary that I had a hard time absorbing anything I was taught.  For the first 10 years I lived in New York City, I lived in at least 10 different apartments (not counting the ones that I moved into just for summer breaks from college).  Every time, my dad was there loading up the car, lugging those boxes from apartment to apartment.  No wonder his poor back is always achy now.  ;) The handyman, builder, plumber and electrician that he is has come in handy on occasions too frequent to count.  I've also learned so much from him in this area (and many others of cou...