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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Need a new Attitude?

I need a new attitude. I'm going to take lessons from this kid!


If only we could all learn to love our lives, our homes, ourselves, our situations, our hair, our weight.....and the list goes on!

Philippians 4:11 For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

OOTD- I'm starting with the Woman in the Mirror

Filling in for my boss's vacation starting today - these are some of the hardest days I have at work! Wish me luck!

Dress: Simply Vera Wang Kohls $12
Necklace: Simply Vera Wang Kohls
Shoes: Sofft

Monday, June 28, 2010

RUN to Gigi's for a fabulous $250 Talbot's Giveaway!!

Wow, you all have to hop on over to Gigi's Gone Shopping and enter her fabulous new giveaway before Friday!! It's awesome!! Talbot's $250 Gift Card Giveaway!

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Great Giveaways!

Check out these great giveaways below! They are fabulous!
Spilling the Beans is giving away a $50 MAC gift card! Hello new makeup!
The Princess of Taylor is giving away - hello- a $25 Anthropologie gift card!
In Pursuit of Pretty Things has teamed up with Hello Friend to offer great handmade jewelry as well as a $25 Anthro gift card!

Monday, June 21, 2010

OOTD - Blue Cheetah!

I got both of these at the Loft - extra 40% off markdown! I love going into the Loft because I know Debye works there and she always has such great modest stylings on her blog!

Dress: Loft
Cardi: Loft

Necklace: Erica Lyons

Shoes: Zac & Zoe for Payless



These are my "Banana Republic-like" sandals in natural!

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Check out this Anthro Giveaway!

There is another Anthropologie giveaway over at Not Just Another Pretty Face! Yeah for giveaways!

A tribute to my Dad!

God blessed me with a wonderful father. He always went above and beyond for his children. I'm the youngest of three and I loved to help my dad out when I was little. He would take me everywhere with him on his errands to the grocery or hardware store. He would tell everyone he had his "helper" with him and I would feel so proud. He called me his "Little Twirp" and still does.

Me & Dad November 2008


My dad worked hard to provide for his family. He worked 30+ years in the steel mill as an electrician, working daylight, afternoon and midnight turn. He climbed to the top of the blast furnace outside in the winter to fix things with a 30 below wind chill factor. He worked inside the blast furnace at 100+ temps. He was a hard worker. Even after working midnight turn, he would stay up to attend my tennis matches, band concerts or plays.

When he would go to the store, he would remember my favorite candy bar and bring me home a treat. He could fix anything that broke! He would take us to the mall that was one hour away, and wait hour upon hour for us to pick out just the right outfit!

Happy Father's Day Dad and thanks for all the memories and all the sacrifice!
We love you!

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Happy Birthday Babe!

June 19th is a GREAT day!
It's the day my husband was born.
Marrying him was the best decision I've ever made.
He has been a wonderful husband and my very best friend for 19 years.
He has never been critical or discouraging, only encouraging.
He is a great listener.
He has made me a better person.
From him I've learned what true Christianity really means.
Happy Birthday to the man I love!

The party was wonderful! Forty-five of our friends came to celebrate. We had delicious food from a local Mexicatessen, homemade chips, salsas of all kinds, guacamole, tortillas, carnitas, chicken, refried beans and spanish rice. It was wonderful to not have to cook and just enjoy the wonderful food. We also had traditional cake & ice cream! David received many generous gifts! We even got a gift certificate to a wonderful restaurant in the city we are going to use for our anniversary meal on Tuesday and a set of movie tickets for our whole family! Thanks to all of our dear friends who came to share in this day with us! We love you!!

Thursday, June 17, 2010

CSN Giveaway WINNER is.......


Blogger Julie said...

I follow your blog as jelaws5
aunteegem@yahoo.com

Congrats Julie!!! I hope you have fun choosing your prize!!

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

One day left to enter my Giveaway!

Check it out HERE and enter before 5pm tomorrow, Thursday, June 17th!

Monday, June 14, 2010

Another Anthro Giveaway!

Sara at You, Me and Anthropologie is celebrating a blogging milestone and hosting an Anthropologie giveaway HERE!

Sunday, June 13, 2010

My beautiful Lauren Nicole Gifts winnings!

Last week I received my winning necklace from Lauren Nicole Gifts! It's called "Family Tree Necklace" and it is a solid pure silver wax seal pendant. Our family names just made the cut-off of 30 letters and spaces! I love the necklace and have already worn it. I love the simplicity of it, I love that it is pure silver, and I love that it has those nearest and dearest to my heart on it.



Denise, the owner of Lauren Nicole Gifts, has generosly offered a 15% discount to any She Hath Done What She Could reader by using the coupon code "blogger". Check out her site- I also love these items from her shop.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Giveaway from CSN stores!


I'm not a morning person. I always have good intentions, I set my alarm for an early time, listen to it ring - then I turn it off and stay in my nice, warm, snuggly BED! I really must try going to bed earlier and try to become more of a morning person, because on the days I am up early, I accomplish so much.


Speaking of beds and bedrooms, the great folks at the CSN stores have graciously offered a $40 gift certificate to one lucky reader of She Hath Done What She Could! This is so exciting! Everyone has a bedroom and everyone can use things for the bedroom. They even have tons of items that ship for free.

You could apply your $40 gift certificate to the same beautiful bedding I have!

City Scene Branches French Blue Bed in a Bag

$119 and Free ShippingIRL photo of my bed!
Or you might like some of these unique items:

ORE Ceramic Table Lamp with Soccer Ball Base

$27 and Free Shipping

LumiSource Preston the Pig with Wings Night-Time Pals Lamp

$24.90 and Free Shipping!

$24.90 and Free Shipping
How cute is this??
$22.82 and Free Shipping
I always keep my Style Watch magazines and Jcrew and Antho catalogs close to my bed! Try putting yours in one of these:


Spectrum Euro Basket Magazine Rack

$18.99 and Free Shipping - at this price get two - His & Hers!

OIA Onyx Magazine Holder in Black

$34.99 and Free Shipping


These are just some ideas of how to spend your winnings, you can spend your Gift Certificate on anything you choose! To enter this giveaway, here are the rules:
1. You must be a follower of She Hath Done What She Could or become one by clicking follow on the right side of this page. Leave a comment telling me you became a follower or are already a follower and make sure to leave a way for me to contact you via your blog or email address.
2. For an extra entry, blog about this giveaway on your blog and leave another comment with the link to your post.
3. For an additional entry, Tweet or Facebook about this giveaway and leave a comment telling me you did so!
So you have the chance to get 3 entries into the giveaway!
This is open to US and Canadian readers. Please note the gift certificate amount does not cover shipping and Canadian entrants may incur additional international shipping fees. The good news is, the CSN stores have many items that ship for FREE!
This Giveaway will close on Thursday, June 17th at 5pm and the winner will chosen using Random.org and announced Thursday evening.

Thank you Caitlin and the folks from CSN!

Awesome awesome giveaway at Tricia's Take!

Anthro lovers get in on this one pronto! I love Tricia's blog - she has great style! Check it out HERE!
Her sister blogs at Breakfast at Gigi's -you must check out her fabulous style posts too!

OOTD- Loft

The Loft had 50% off many NEW summer items yesterday! They have some great basic tees and some beautiful summer dresses! They also had some great animal prints in groovy colors (think orange giraffe print!!) Check it out!

Dress: Loft
Shoes: Payless
Cardi: Old Navy
I love knit dresses because you can wad them in a ball and still wear them- no wrinkles! This one has really cute detailing like empire waist, ruffle on the skirt and tie sleeves! Here I "cardi-ed" it up for the work place!

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

OOTD- Big Rock Candy Mountain

Everytime I wear this necklace my husband says "Nice Big Rock Candy necklace"! Headed to the place of employment.

Shirt- Calvin Klein Ross
Cardi: Deletta from Anthro
Necklace: Skystones Anthro
Pants: Ross
Shoes: Aerosoles Snakeskin
Love the pockets on the cardi!

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

OOTD- Nature!

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike. ...........John Muir

Me and my girl with Half Dome in the background. We will conquer you some day soon!

I have strong kids!


We rode bikes a lot - we love riding bikes at Yosemite! You can tell from my outfit it was cold!
In the sunroom at the Ahwahee
I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in...John Muir
There is no more beautiful place, with clearer or bluer skies than this place! Doesn't even look real- the granite against the blue sky with clouds!
View from the Footbridge at Housekeeping Camp!
Last day - see the snow on the mountains?

Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial meadows, in craggy garden nooks full of nature's darlings. Climb the mountains and get their good tidings, Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature's sources never fail.- John Muir

What was up with these 2 Anthro shirts?

I was soooo disappointed today when my friend and I went jetting off to Anthro for these two shirts and they both fit so weird! They were lovely on the rack but this one, Climbing Cowlneck, had so much fabric hanging down in the back. Even when I sized down, still excess fabric. I know I have seen some of you wearing it and it looks great, so what am I doing wrong? It fit the same on my friend.
The Buds & Bunches tank fit badly too - even when I sized down the straps were way too long and it just hung. I wonder if I could have the straps shortened? Wow, so sad, these were both on my wishlist for a long time!

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Thanks to Maria!

Thanks to Maria I fulfilled one of my wishes seen below! Now I can look cute with Tricia and Jan! I ordered the Cherry Juice Heels online and I will have to see about them when they arrive, but other than that-I didn't buy any other Anthro! After completing my Keep Your Money May, I had a really hard time buying things because it seemed to totally defeat the purpose!

Friday, June 4, 2010

Happy Day - Look what came my Way!

A huge thanks to Maria of Infinite Whimsy for my wonderful package of "Maria's Favorite Things" that arrived today! I can't wait to dive into that chocolate bar and I was really needing someone to recommend a good mascara! I love pearls and know I will get a lot of wear out of them, and the Anthro card will help with my recent decision making process! The little bag the card came in is so cute too - great for carrying money or coins in my purse! THANK YOU MARIA! I love my Giveaway winnings and I love reading your happy blog!

OOTD- All Business!

Working this week! No photographers awake at my house yet!
Suit: Nine West
Necklace: Kohls
Have a great weekend!

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Help me decide!

I went to the Anthro sale and these are my wishes- I can't have them all so please help me decide!! If you have any of these, or love them or find you get a lot of use out of a certain item, please share with me! Thanks.


Dewbud in Aqua


Free Flow in Navy




Recital Cardi in White


Cherry Juice Heels

Deeply Rooted in Beet Print


Femme Diversion Tunic
Billiards Hall Henley in White



I also like the chambray pencil skirt with buttons but couldn't find a picture of it online.

Thanks!!