Valentine's - About Texture This Year

Who decided that Valentine’s day means red and pink? Well I say this year, for me, the theme of the day is not at all about the color, but about the textures. Yes, textures. Plural. No mono-textural element can define me as a person, nor should it define my outfits, or accessories.

This Valentine’s Day is about satin. I doubt I’ll have the opportunity to see my own Valentine, because he lives on the East Coast, and I’m out here on the West, but maybe I’ll get gussied up anyway, mix in a little satin-sumpin’ – sumpin’ and take my daughter out for dinner. Or maybe mocktini’s at home with a romantic tear-jerker. Not sure if I’ll actually need to even use a purse yet for V Day.

My untraditional pick for this Valentine’s Day is this kick-tail-I’m-still-a-woman handbag that reminds me of a female military spy in espadrilles and Channel perfume. It’s olive green utilitarian cotton is a textural contrast to the satin bow in the front and to me, reflects the multiple sides of a complex woman.

Valentine’s Day is about the love, right? Not of only one aspect, but the complete package! Of course this is only one option.

This Bongo Satin Bow bag is at www.lapoebags.info for $17. Let me know what you think of it.

The Angelina Black Matte

Yesterday, my daughter and I sat in the lobby of Goodyear, waiting patiently for someone to look at my car and find out why it has not passed smog. We watched a little basketball on their television set, and did a little reading before we decided to leave and find something to eat. Earlier we made a mad dash out of the house that morning without eating, to make sure we wouldn’t take up our whole day getting the car serviced.

When we got back from lunch, a woman sat at the far end of the leather couch in the lobby watching a commercial. We exchanged smiles as I sat at the other end of the couch. Then I turned to her and said, “I bet they still have it on basketball don’t they.” She laughed and confirmed.

I glanced over at her handbag, as this has become a habit for me to do, and noticed the woman’s very bland looking black purse. I offered her some better reading material than what was available on the coffee table and stuck my nose in my own book. I thought to myself, I should give her a business card before I leave.

Later, I thought that this Angelina Black Matte bag would have been perfect for her. It doesn’t have too many frills, but it is still sophisticated and of good quality – perfect for an “everyday” bag. I forgot to give her the card, so hopefully she read the sign on the side of my car, or will be told about us by one of her friends.

Which reminds me, please tell someone about us!