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Growing up in Mexico
The year I turned 16, my parents and I moved to Mexico. My younger brother was living in Spain at the time while my older brother was going to the university in France. This was a difficult move for me considering that I thought I was going to live permanently in France and I was in my 2nd year of high school (we have 3 years of high school -lycee- in France and 4 years in middle school -college-). My only stipulation with the move was that I go to a French high school in Mexico City. So we moved there before school started. In France, in high school your…
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Wearing shorts after 40
This is a subject that many fashion bloggers discuss and every one is going to have an opinion. Like many I think the issue of wearing shorts as one gets older has to do with fit first and foremost, then comfort and modesty. I wear shorts most days of the week during the summer as our activities include outdoor outings (and it gets hot and humid here in the South), the pool and hanging out with the kids. Most of my shorts are either 4 or 5 inches long with a pair of burmuda shorts thrown in there. I think that shorts can look classy and appropriate as long as…
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Summer Bucket List
With 2 months of summer time ahead of us the boys and I sat down to make a list of ideas of activities/places they would like to do. Of course, they came up with a list that could be quite hard on the budget so we will not do everything on their list but will try to hit one activity for each child. To save money we will use the Atlanta City pass because the zoo and the GA aquarium are included in it and we can visit the World of Coca Cola and maybe one more thing to get our money’s worth out of the pass. Our summer bucket…
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Growing up in France
For many years I considered myself more French than American: our family moved to France when I was 2 1/2 and we moved to Mexico when I was 16. Growing up, French was my first language while our parents tried to make us speak English at home. Even after having lived in the US now for more than 20 years, I still speak with a slight French accent. Now that I am married and have children, the US feels like home but I can’t say I wouldn’t mind living abroad for a couple years. The first fun memories I have are of living in a village called Moumour near Oloron…
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My Nickel and Suede Wishlist
This summer I am hoping to make a stop at the Nickel and Suede store front In Liberty, Missouri. I stopped by last year when I visited two friends who live in towns nearby. It was only a 15 minutes drive from one friend so I knew I had to go shop even though I can shop anytime online. The store is very lovely, off the square and it just is nice to have the experience of shopping in person, comparing earrings on my ears. These are the 3 pairs of earrings I would like to purchase on this trip: I may change my mind once I get there and…
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My latest Amazon purchases
I always enjoying seeing what other purchase from Amazon. I sometimes buy what other bloggers have endorsed and sometimes those items work for me but not always. These are my purchases for April and May. Handmade Round Ata Bag (sold by Lmygo): I often see the same items sold by different companies and reviews differ so I usually try to buy the same as the person who blogged about it. Of course it is now out of stock so am linking this similar one (rattan bag) Safety 1st grow and Go 3 in 1 Convertible car seat As I was deciding which carseat to bring with us to France (we…
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Packing for an international flight for kids
In less than a week, we will be traveling to Spain and France for a couple of weeks. Because our trip spans over 2 countries, it will probably be a lot warmer in Spain than the North of France so we have to be prepared for different weather scenarios. I hope that we will be able to spend a couple of hours at the beach in Spain’s Costa Brava so we are bringing our bathing suits. In keeping with my desire to be a light packer, each child’s oufits will be packed in packing cubes. I should be able to do laundry at the end of the first week so…
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My thrift store May outing
Last week, I decided to head to Goodwill for a little shopping spree. My goal was to find some items to complete my wardrobe: printed pants, anything camo, skirt or dress and graphic tees. This is the only Goodwill and thrift store in town. Goodwill is actually not my favorite thrift store because I find it to be expensive so I made sure to be selective. Thankfully I was able to shop without any children which made the experience more enjoyable. I browsed down the aisles and picked up items that I found interesting. Sadly there were no camo! And sadly since I am not imposing a spending freeze till…
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Blog update
So I have been writing this blog for 2 and 1/2 months now and wanted to share what I have learned and experienced so far. Writing I have truly enjoyed the writing process and coming up with post topics to share with my readers. I do like writing about our travels the most but we are not always on the go since we do have to save up for these trips. So I am learning to enjoy writing about other topics too. Fashion is probably the easiest to share about because I have always enjoyed clothes and buying them so taking pictures of what I typically wear or finding new…
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What do you need to save for an international trip
Some international trips are more expensive than others. When we visit the republic of Georgia we have a lot less that we need to save for so when planning this trip to France I needed to take several things into account, the first one being that France is a lot more expensive than Georgia. Rental car Last time we visited France we were able to borrow our friend’s car. This time we are traveling from Spain to the North of France so we are renting a car for 2 weeks. I went online and searched car rentals and selected the cheapest one. I ended up paying almost a hundred dollars…