Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The Ice Skating Adventure

Debating whether or not ice skating was a good idea!
Eloise and I had lunch together on Friday and decided to walk over to Rosa Parks Circle and ice skate! We were fortunate and had an awesome day that was full of sun! Because of the nicer weather in the middle of winter, we had some trouble deciding what to wear! Luckily, Leigh's had the perfect outfits! Eloise and I decided to wear our new favorite trend, colored skinnies. Leigh's had so many different brands to choose from...Seven For All Mankind, J Brand, James Jeans, but we finally decided on these great ones from Sold Design Lab which I paired with a Magaschoni cashmere sweater, a scarf from Theodora and Callum and fab boots from Stuart Weitzman! Eloise opted to go with a Michael Stars tee and jacket with her skinnies. Of course, once she saw I was wearing a scarf, she had to copy me (of course) and threw on a cashmere one from Claudia Nichole. If we must say, we were the best dressed there!

Eloise posing with her ice skates!
After much debating, Eloise dared to give skating a try.  She hasn't been skating since she went on vacation in Minnesota when she was 10....good luck Eloise!  We went inside and picked the most fashionable skates to go with her outfit! We thought these skates matched her orange skinnies and black jacket nicely! Eloise took a little while to warm up to skating (she might have been a little rusty or it could have been one too many sips of wine at lunch), but once she got going she was a pro....at falling!

So many kind people were skating and willing to help Eloise back to her feet!
Eloise skating around the rink!
After skating a few times around the rink with a limited number of sprawls on to the ice, no one commented on how bad of an ice skater she was!  Instead, they all wanted to know where she got her outfit! There were so many mothers out with their children and we both couldn't stop talking to them about Leigh's! Eloise even posed for pictures with their children!

Some cute girls posing with Eloise! We loved their hats!

More children having fun and posing with Eloise
Besides mothers, there were also many single gentlemen ice skating. I took this as the perfect opportunity to find a date for a later trip back to Rosa Parks Circle. I found this nice gentlemen and he seemed to really enjoy hugging...kinda cute, huh?  Bye, bye Match.com, hello Rosa Parks Circle!

Me hugging the nice gentlemen
Us posing in front of the GRAM and getting exciting for our visit!
Once Eloise had enough of ice skating, we took one last walk around the area. We walked right past the GRAM where we will be this coming Friday! We will be attending Friday at the GRAM in some very fashionable Leigh's clothing (come see us!). We just love downtown Grand Rapids and there are no better days spent there than those with friends.





Friday, January 13, 2012

"A Day in the Life"

Just arriving at Leigh's!
Who doesn't love a spa day?! Lola and I sure do and there is no better place to come than Leigh's! We were just here this past Monday and fell in love with everything on the sale rack! Select merchandise was 50% to 75% off! We soon realized on our drive over that before I got my facial, we were going to need to shop! Our Monday visit led to the great outfits we are wearing now! I wore my orange Claudia Nichole sweater with RED Valentino jeans. I was just about to check out when I found this awesome Jose and Maria Barrera necklace on sale! I couldn't resist and I just love it with this sweater! Lola opted for her recent purchase as well, which was a blue Claudia Nichole cashmere sweater with Ralph Lauren Black Label leggings! She also found a Jose and Maria Barrera necklace and had to wear it with her sweater! What is even more perfect about these outfits is that they perfectly transition into the springs trends of bright colors for everything!

Us with our good friend, Michelle!

On our way to the sale racks we ran into our model friend, Michelle! She is employed as a full-time model at Leigh's and we could not be any more jealous! She looks awesome in her spring clothing! We almost hate how jealous we are of all our model friends! They are always so thin and pretty like Michelle! Good thing we like her so much!

Giovanna helping me pick out another great outfit!

Loving all the sales!

Lola shopping for outfits she can hopefully use to snag a date!

After much socializing, we finally made it over to the sale rack! We were glad so much great stuff was left since we were here on Monday. My good friend (did we mention we have a lot of friends at Leigh's?) and Leigh's buyer, Giovanna, helped me find some more great outfits that I can wear now and in the spring! While I was busy shopping, Lola was looking at the evening wear in the sale rack in hopes of finding something she could wear on a date!

Enjoying my facial!

Lola loving the amenities at Leigh's!

A facial has never felt so good! The drab winter weather had me feeling down in the dumps, but after a good facial at Leigh's I am feeling awesome with lifted spirits! Lola also enjoyed herself relaxing with some magazines and water offered to her by the friendly associates!

Rachel doing my makeup!

After my facial, I thought I deserved a little more pampering! Rachel, the makeup artist at Leigh's, offered to give me a makeover. Boy, did I need it! She did an awesome job and how fun are those lashes?!


Leaving Leigh's!


After some more socializing with our favorite people, it was time to head back into the winter storm! We are just hoping we don't become frozen stiff or accidently get picked up by the plow becasue we are so pale this time of year!






Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Lola and Eloise have been beside themselves.  Their fabulous friend, Lauren (Leigh's intern from Cornerstone), they have communicated to me, "Up and left them."  I have told them over and over again that her semester was completed and she was going home for the holidays, but they, in true form, have to bring a little drama to the scenario.  Or should I say...Lola.  The girls sat in my office yesterday complaining how they feel like I've grounded them.  They haven't been out in the social spotlight since December and will I hurry up and get a new intern.  The timing couldn't have been better, because as they are sitting there in walks....walla...our new intern Megan, a public relations major from Grand Valley State University.  Yes, I had been keeping this information from Lola & Eloise because Lola played a little too hard during the holidays and I told her the behavior needed to be contained....or no new intern.  Well, she has been exemplary.....yoga, running, healthy foods, juices, to bed by 10pm.  She looks and feels great.  I am really quite proud of her.  Megan is so excited to work with Lola and Eloise.  Megan's a sorority girl - super vivacious and fun....and has great style.  I think Lola & Eloise are going to L-O-V-E her as they do all of our great interns.  Look for new posts on the girls from Megan and she also suggested a Twitter account for them.  They were all about that!  Here's the link to their new Twitter account...they are tweeting like crazy!      https://twitter.com/#!/Lola_Eloise  They have already told me it's going to be another great semester!!