Here I am, a walking primrose, wondering when I'm going to see you again.

Today, I stepped out of my comfort zone by wearing a green low-cut top with a heavily patterned black & white skirt.

I still wore a sweater because the top is sleeveless, and sleeveless doesn't jive with the dress code.

cardigan: Nordstrom.....top: Ross.....skirt: Ross
shoes: Nine West.....bracelet: Wet Seal
right-hand ring: trillion-cut peridot silver ring, but worn on my middle finger.





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Cheap-o red wine of the week:
Insatiable cabernet sauvignon, $5.98 with club card at Safeway


This stuff is yummy! Really yummy!
Brian and I polished this bottle off in two nights. Yes, so much yum!

footprints on the ceiling...how did they get there?

shirt: San Jose Sharks store.....jeans: Steve & Barry's
shoes: PacSun

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This afternoon, Brian and I went for a walk at
the Municipal Rose Garden in San Jose.

(yo, what's with the typo?)

we come from the land of the ice and snow, from the midnight sun, where the hot springs blow

I threw on this outfit just for a quick trip to Zanotto's, my fave grocery store, at 9a.

cardigan: Torrid.....tanktop: Nordstrom Rack.....skirt: NY & Co.
shoes: Aerosoles

I had actually planned on sleeping in until 10a, by the way. My hopes were dashed when I woke up at 6:42a, even without the alarm. (I wish I could get up just like that on a workday!)

Damn, I lost my number and I lost my head, baby.

Nothing says, "I don't feel good, and I'm hungover. I wish I could call in sick, but, eh, I'll go to work anyway." better than my hott pink Liz Claiborne sweater!

This sweater is so loud, it will make your eyes deaf.

cardigan: Marshall's.....tanktop: Nordstrom Rack.....skirt: Ross
shoes: Aerosoles


This picture has been desaturated and whatnot on Photoshop so you can actually see the buttons without searing your retinas.

August 27 - SF Giants vs. Arizona Diamondbacks

Right after work, I rode BART to SF to see a baseball game. I met up with my best friend Em at Ross and we walked over to the ball park, where we met up with my hubby and his bff. I'm not into baseball, but I am into the good eats at AT&T Park. We sat on the Club Level -- Section 226, Row B. This was our first time sitting in this area, and I think it has forever spoiled us.

pullover: H&M.....eyeglasses: Chanel, by way of Lenscrafters
necklace: Tiffany & Co.
(obviously) not pictured - black slacks: Wal-Mart.....flats: Aerosoles


What I'm watching on the ride to SF.
"The Turk" is my most favourite ep of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. My two other super-faves, "Gnothi Seauton" and "The Good Wound," are also on my iPod.


emo self-pic.
Oh, by the way, I was not acting emo in this pic.
I was truly being emo because there was no a/c for the whole 1-hour ride from P-Town to SF.


Willie Mays statue.


Pink clouds.


Gordon Biersch garlic fries & a margarita.


This is what Section 226 looked like behind me.
Because the Giants did not score at all, people were leaving before the 7th inning.

The Giants super-mega-lost.
Giants: ZIP, ZILCH, NADA to D-Backs: ELEVEN!!


Pat Benatar kept me company on the train ride back to Pleasanton.


What I read on the ride back.
It's an entertaining and quick read.

growth through accumulation of smaller parts

Accretion by Beverly Rayner
Gallery 3, Art Building, San Jose State University
August 24 - September 3, 2009

This coat is amazing. It takes up the whole room, and it consists of
greeting cards, announcements, letters, and newspaper clippings.

The construction of this piece is simply awe-inspiring.

I can't speak French, so I let the funky music do the talking.

Je le parle un peu. O vraiment.


cardigan: H&M.....tanktop: Nordstrom Rack.....skirt: Steve & Barry's
shoes: Aerosoles.....right-hand ring: a gift from Alannah

Remember what the dormouse said. Feed your head.

Today is the debut of my rose skirt.

cardigan: Nordstrom.....secret tanktop: H&M.....skirt: Ross.....slip: Target
shoes: Payless.....bracelets: silverjewelryclub.com
right-hand ring: silver booth @ Bayfair Mall

"About Leina" - installment the second

Today's installment: drinks ten-dollar red wines.

(Note: I happen to be drinking a glass of this week's cheap-o red wine as I write this post.)

I was never one for wines growing up. The only wine I could bear to sip was communion wine since it was after all, the blood of Christ. At a Santa Clara County dispatchers banquet ten or nine years ago (I'm not a dispatcher, by the way, my s.o. is.), I barely drank three-quarters of a glass of red wine and was pulled over driving home. Thank goodness, the kind officer didn't give me a ticket.

Church wine was white wine, so I could tolerate it and liked to cook with it. (If you're curious, St. Bede Church used Christian Brothers wine back in the 1980s and 1990s.) Red wine burns my throat and just makes me drunk way too fast. I always thought that the only useful application for red wine was beef stroganoff. If I had that kind of mentality, well, what changed my mind about red wine?

This past June, Brian and I were staying at the Fairmont in downtown SJ the night before our wedding, and when we got to the room, on the table was a complimentary bottle of wine from the hotel manager. Stone Cellars cabernet sauvignon. We were so exhausted from driving around, doing last minute errands, that this cab sauv was the best red wine we had ever tasted. We relaxed and were ready for what tomorrow was going to bring us. Yeah, that changed my mind forever.

I have a thing for ten-dollar red wines because of the red wine we stocked up on for our honeymoon cruise. At the Publix supermarket in Cape Canaveral, we picked up three bottles of red wine, each one for ten-dollars or less. Rex Goliath merlot, Red Diamond cabernet sauvignon, and BV cabernet sauvignon. For cheap wines, they were all yummy. And most importantly, they didn't burn my throat.

Because I'm always looking out for red wine deals, I figure I'd have a regular feature called "Cheap-o red wine of the week." I don't have an educated and refined wine palate that will let me discern notes and aromas, but if the wine tastes good and doesn't burn my throat, I will post about it!

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Cheap-o red wine of the week:
Fetzer Vineyards cabernet sauvignon, $5.99 with the club card at Safeway

Good stuff!

Come on, angel, let me steal this moment from you now.

Today, Brian and I visited my mom to give her a belated birthday present.

dress: Ross.....shoes: Payless
purse: Dooney & Bourke.....bracelet: Charlotte Russe
giftbag: Target

This dress rocks.

charms & polka dots

Zero, one, two, three, four days without you...

I didn't plan on wearing the same sweater from yesterday, but, I have to admit that it's my fave baggy sweater. It was less than six bucks at Nordstrom Rack.

I wore three different pairs of shoes today. My trusty hot pink and black skull Vans for stick-shift driving. My heels for work. My sneakers for my lunchtime walk. Sorry, I didn't feel like changing into three different pairs of shoes for the pics. ;)

Baby's got a brand new bag!
Thank you, Brian~!!

cardigan: Nordstrom Rack.....top: Ross.....skirt: Steve & Barry's
purse: Dooney & Bourke, Las Vegas
shoes: Payless.....2 bracelets: one home-made, the other store-bought

This is Erica. :)

I truly heart the navy blue tartan from D&B. Why? Because it makes me think of my Catholic school uniform! From kindergarten to eighth grade, I went to St. Bede Catholic School in Hayward, CA. Class of 1992. Ah, the good old days.

And, yes, I am a confirmed Catholic. I've even been to the Vatican.

This bracelet combination goes really well with my funky top.

tell them a hookah-smoking caterpillar has given you the call

This outfit was just so comfy. And I got way too many compliments on my shoes.

My coworker Maria and I both wore teal tops to work, and it didn't occur to us that we did until a big wig pointed it out to us. It was a teal sort of day.

cardigan: Nordstrom Rack.....tanktop: Kohls.....skirt: Ross
shoes: Wal-Mart.....chunky bracelet: thrift store in O.C.