Cartograph Pinot Noir and Timberland Knee High boots. Clean, with the appropriate jewelry, of course!
Don't hold back! Let me know what you think!!!
Cheers!
Monday, July 26, 2010
Daily Wine and Shoe Pairing! 7-26-10
Todays Wine and Shoe Pairing is a pretty great match!! The proper shoe choice is always vital when enjoying great wine!!
Cartograph Pinot Noir and Timberland Knee High boots. Clean, with the appropriate jewelry, of course!
Don't hold back! Let me know what you think!!!
Cheers!
Cartograph Pinot Noir and Timberland Knee High boots. Clean, with the appropriate jewelry, of course!
Don't hold back! Let me know what you think!!!
Cheers!
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Daily Wine and Shoe Pairing!
Yes, my lovlies, most people are interested in Wine and FOOD pairings, but here at Wine.Love, we love it all. Including the all important image statement. Daily (mostly daily) I'll post a fabulous Wine and Shoe Pairing and trust me, if you're heading out to Wine Country, these combinations will never miss the mark!!
Check out the first one!
Chateau Montelena Chardonnay and Christian Louboutin 5 inch pumps! These may not be the most comfortable shoes you've ever worn in your life, but just take an aspirin and wear them anyway. You'll never feel more glamourous or special. And the WINE - Ohhh, the wine. Just wait until you try this buttery, perfectly layered beautiful work of art!!!
Go ahead, make yourself FABULOUS!
Check out the first one!
Chateau Montelena Chardonnay and Christian Louboutin 5 inch pumps! These may not be the most comfortable shoes you've ever worn in your life, but just take an aspirin and wear them anyway. You'll never feel more glamourous or special. And the WINE - Ohhh, the wine. Just wait until you try this buttery, perfectly layered beautiful work of art!!!
Go ahead, make yourself FABULOUS!
Saturday, July 24, 2010
STAY TUNED
Stay tuned for some MAJOR changes to my BLOG!!! I think you're gonna like it. Still fabulous! Still glamourous! Less Makeup!!
Stay on the look out for WINE.LOVE
xoxo
Stay on the look out for WINE.LOVE
xoxo
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
RETAIL-LAND
Yes, Retail-land is a universe all of its own. I work there. Sometimes I think I live there. Sometimes I call it "Crazyville."
Here's and example. I'll post more examples in the future.
Example 1. A woman was hired as a freelance makeup artist to help during busy times at a Dallas high-end retailer. She did a decent job and staffing is light at this store, so they kept her on. Honestly, I think she's a personal friend of the account executive for the line that brought her in. It pays to know people!
She worked in our store for several months - 5 or 6. Very often I would see the business manager of the line shaking her head or just walking away from the Diva Artist. Then one day when she was off, I asked the business manager how things were going with her new freelance help. She said this woman in fact WAS a friend of the account executive, which was how she got the job. Also, she announced on her first or second day that she couldn't help with the cleaning or the stocking of the counter - which is expected of absolutely everyone. Why?
Her word for word answer was this, "I have very long nails and I can't take a chance on breaking one because I go to a very expensive salon. AND I wear very expensive clothes. I will not get them dirty by cleaning up after anyone, including myself. Someone else can do that."
Wow. Her makeovers were not that good. She is a local woman with no more experience or credentials than anyone else in the makeup department. She just thinks very highly of herself. Needless to say, she's gone back to Crazyville, where she belongs.
Here's and example. I'll post more examples in the future.
Example 1. A woman was hired as a freelance makeup artist to help during busy times at a Dallas high-end retailer. She did a decent job and staffing is light at this store, so they kept her on. Honestly, I think she's a personal friend of the account executive for the line that brought her in. It pays to know people!
She worked in our store for several months - 5 or 6. Very often I would see the business manager of the line shaking her head or just walking away from the Diva Artist. Then one day when she was off, I asked the business manager how things were going with her new freelance help. She said this woman in fact WAS a friend of the account executive, which was how she got the job. Also, she announced on her first or second day that she couldn't help with the cleaning or the stocking of the counter - which is expected of absolutely everyone. Why?
Her word for word answer was this, "I have very long nails and I can't take a chance on breaking one because I go to a very expensive salon. AND I wear very expensive clothes. I will not get them dirty by cleaning up after anyone, including myself. Someone else can do that."
Wow. Her makeovers were not that good. She is a local woman with no more experience or credentials than anyone else in the makeup department. She just thinks very highly of herself. Needless to say, she's gone back to Crazyville, where she belongs.
The Joy of Staying Organized.
Albert Einstein said that if you make a to-do list for yourself each night, you'll eliminate 50% of your daily stress. How would you fell about eliminating 50% of your stress? Pretty good? Read on...
Living and working in a society of achievers, as we do, we can all benefit from a little lesson in organization. Even if you're not the president of a major corporation and your main accomplishment is getting your children to soccer practice (...and shame on you if that's the case...) you'd do a better job of it if you were more organized as you move throughout your day.
Here's how I suggest starting out:
Step one: Take that ugly calendar that your insurance guy gave you for free for Christmas OFF THE FRIDGE. If you have your kid's pictures on it and you need it to keep track of where everyone is, fine, but if you really want to organize your life, you'll make note on it for your family to know your schedule, but you will NO LONGER rely on it as your primary calendar.
Step two: Go buy a date book. Get one that is pretty/attractive/fun - whatever it needs to be to make you want to use it. I use one that covers a three month period of time. It's completely blank. I have to fill in every date on every page. I get to DESIGN MY LIFE! If you want more info on this particular book, just ask me. Leave me a comment or email or something. There's nothing wrong with using your Blackberry/Iphone for staying organized AS LONG AS IT'S WORKING. Some people such as me, need the eye to hand coordination. We need to see it, write it down, check it off and feel that sense of completion. If your piece of technology is working for you then, yay for you! You're all set. But if you feel like you'd do better seeing it in writing, which makes us sit down and PLAN things, then....read on.
Step three: Understand that you'll have to carry that datebook around with you everywhere you go. Get over it. Put it in your purse/tote bag/brief care. It goes with you. You'll be writing notes to yourself about things you want to do. Make sure your planner has a place for notes, journal, future tasks, things to delegate. Here's something I learned from one of my mentors: If you're performing tasks that anyone else on earth can do, you're not designing your life. You're performing tasks. Any time you're doing something that someone else could do your reacting to what someone else expects of you rather than controlling your life plan. If you can hire someone to perform a task for you, DO IT. Hire a kid or a neighbor or someone who needs a little money. It's a WIN/WIN! You'll get to give because you're paying them and you'll get some tasks done and will have some time available to focus on your life.
What can you DELEGATE? Here are a few ideas:
Laundry
Gardening
Paperwork
Cleaning your house
Painting
Grocery shopping
...anything that isn't contributing to your GOALS is something that should be a delegated task.
Step four: Goals? What are they? There are many areas in our lives where we can set goals that we want to achieve. Here are a few of my favorites: Family, Career, Educational, Spiritual, Financial. Choose 2 or 3 and set some goals for yourself. Want to get out of debt? Make it a priority. Want to finish your education? Make it a priority. Want better relationships with your family? Make them a priority. Want to contribute more time to your church? Make it a priority.
Once we set goal in a few different areas of our lives and KNOW what those goals are and REMIND OURSELVES every day of them, we can begin to arrange our lives AROUND those goals. Ask your self this: What's REALLY, REALLY, REALLY important to me? Then, if you're spending time doing random, unexpected things during your day, KNOW that you are NOT heading towards your goal.
With every step you take during your average day, ask your self this: "Is what I'm about to do going to lead me towards my goal, or farther away from my goal?" Once you get clear on what your goals are and WHY they are important to you, you'll find yourself making a priority of those goals and will find yourself headed straight toward them!
Step five: When you're writing your TO DO list each night - remember, you're going to do that every night! - make sure the goals you've written are in front of you. ALWAYS keep those goals in mind when you're planning your day. Do everything you can do to incorporate your goals into your daily activities.
If you'd like to have more information on designing your life and achieving your goals, check in to my blog frequently...I'll be adding more soon.
In the meantime.....have a fabulously designed day!
Living and working in a society of achievers, as we do, we can all benefit from a little lesson in organization. Even if you're not the president of a major corporation and your main accomplishment is getting your children to soccer practice (...and shame on you if that's the case...) you'd do a better job of it if you were more organized as you move throughout your day.
Here's how I suggest starting out:
Step one: Take that ugly calendar that your insurance guy gave you for free for Christmas OFF THE FRIDGE. If you have your kid's pictures on it and you need it to keep track of where everyone is, fine, but if you really want to organize your life, you'll make note on it for your family to know your schedule, but you will NO LONGER rely on it as your primary calendar.
Step two: Go buy a date book. Get one that is pretty/attractive/fun - whatever it needs to be to make you want to use it. I use one that covers a three month period of time. It's completely blank. I have to fill in every date on every page. I get to DESIGN MY LIFE! If you want more info on this particular book, just ask me. Leave me a comment or email or something. There's nothing wrong with using your Blackberry/Iphone for staying organized AS LONG AS IT'S WORKING. Some people such as me, need the eye to hand coordination. We need to see it, write it down, check it off and feel that sense of completion. If your piece of technology is working for you then, yay for you! You're all set. But if you feel like you'd do better seeing it in writing, which makes us sit down and PLAN things, then....read on.
Step three: Understand that you'll have to carry that datebook around with you everywhere you go. Get over it. Put it in your purse/tote bag/brief care. It goes with you. You'll be writing notes to yourself about things you want to do. Make sure your planner has a place for notes, journal, future tasks, things to delegate. Here's something I learned from one of my mentors: If you're performing tasks that anyone else on earth can do, you're not designing your life. You're performing tasks. Any time you're doing something that someone else could do your reacting to what someone else expects of you rather than controlling your life plan. If you can hire someone to perform a task for you, DO IT. Hire a kid or a neighbor or someone who needs a little money. It's a WIN/WIN! You'll get to give because you're paying them and you'll get some tasks done and will have some time available to focus on your life.
What can you DELEGATE? Here are a few ideas:
Laundry
Gardening
Paperwork
Cleaning your house
Painting
Grocery shopping
...anything that isn't contributing to your GOALS is something that should be a delegated task.
Step four: Goals? What are they? There are many areas in our lives where we can set goals that we want to achieve. Here are a few of my favorites: Family, Career, Educational, Spiritual, Financial. Choose 2 or 3 and set some goals for yourself. Want to get out of debt? Make it a priority. Want to finish your education? Make it a priority. Want better relationships with your family? Make them a priority. Want to contribute more time to your church? Make it a priority.
Once we set goal in a few different areas of our lives and KNOW what those goals are and REMIND OURSELVES every day of them, we can begin to arrange our lives AROUND those goals. Ask your self this: What's REALLY, REALLY, REALLY important to me? Then, if you're spending time doing random, unexpected things during your day, KNOW that you are NOT heading towards your goal.
With every step you take during your average day, ask your self this: "Is what I'm about to do going to lead me towards my goal, or farther away from my goal?" Once you get clear on what your goals are and WHY they are important to you, you'll find yourself making a priority of those goals and will find yourself headed straight toward them!
Step five: When you're writing your TO DO list each night - remember, you're going to do that every night! - make sure the goals you've written are in front of you. ALWAYS keep those goals in mind when you're planning your day. Do everything you can do to incorporate your goals into your daily activities.
If you'd like to have more information on designing your life and achieving your goals, check in to my blog frequently...I'll be adding more soon.
In the meantime.....have a fabulously designed day!
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