Sweet 16 and I'm still trying to recover!

Well this past weekend we celebrated my daughter's Sweet 16 and how in the world did that happen so quickly? I mean one minute she's my baby then walking, going to school and now a young woman! The time needs to slow down a bit because I'm a mess!!! Not only that but the next school year she'll be graduating high school. Wow! How many of us can remember the days we were sixteen or better yet graduating from high school? 

I have been planning this party since March so you would think I would of mentally prepared myself for this. But no, it's never easy for a parent to slowly let go of their precious child. I will say this party drained a lot out of me because my husband and I were able to handle all of it by ourselves. Yes you read right, all by ourselves! From the dress, cake, venue, entertainment, decorations, invitations, organizing of the food, jewelry, favors so you name it we handled it all.

 So you can imagine how proud we felt of being able to do this for our baby girl especially when it's customary in the latin culture to have sponsors. We tried believe me, we tried. Sometimes when you really know what you want and how you want things done, you take initiative to get it all done even if it's only you putting in all of the effort and money to make it a dream come true. Grant it we had last minute help, don't think we didn't have any kind of outside help. Let's just say it all helped out in the end make it come together. So the day comes and expectations are high. The excitement is in the air and before you know it we had some minor setbacks. But when is a big party always perfect. From a late escort to a band member missing as well as missing cables for set up and sound check to technical difficulties with the sound for our photo collage and to top it off we started one hour late. Yeah one hour late! What else could go wrong? Not only that but the added frustrations others were throwing on me because the set up for the music wasn't right and needed to be changed to people sitting on the supposed to be reserved tables (mind you the reserve tags were not on them until I made them place them on the tables) and not only a missing chair from my table but someone else sitting there that my husband and I couldn't even sit down with our children to finally relax after all the chaos and eat. So we sat with my daughters friend to keep her company. After all of the running around I did nothing relaxed me more than those two lovely shots of tequila my event coordinator hooked me up with. She saw how overwhelmed I was and made every effort possible to tell me everything was going to be okay, to relax and enjoy it! So I did. 

      

In the midst of all of the chaos it turned out beautifully because my daughter was smiling and treated like royalty on her special day. Thank goodness I won't be doing this again for another 7 years or so. In the meantime I'm still sore and trying to recover my strength from all of this especially since now another school year has started. I'm leaving on a good note of how proud I am of my baby girl and pictures for you to see just how beautiful it all turned out.

Not your typical fashionista and thrifty find

I'm not your regular fashionista nor do I get dolled up everyday but when I do I really like it! I also am learning to find some great items at a reasonable price or better yet at a Thrift shop. Those who know me will know how I tend to put on very little makeup to none at all nor do I take the time to fix myself or my hair. My teenager loves every moment she gets to give me a make over and she's also like me by not wearing makeup very much. I guess you can say I like the natural look.

Lately I like to experiment with colors especially these nice dark ones but with winter almost over I need to get into the Spring colors which should be fun because of the neutral colors.

I also need to try new hair do's but I really want to cut my hair and just start new. Having thin wavy/curly hair doesn't give me much t work with.  

So let me show you the great pair of boots my daughter found at a Thrift store no less and the price wait for it....$15.99!!! Even though winter is almost over these suede brown boots were a great find and both my teenager and I can wear them. Although it's a whole size bigger for the both of us. We'll definitely put them to use.

I think it's about time I started working on me by primping myself every chance I can get. The hubby sure likes it when I do. I've found so many great make up ideas on Pinterest especially Instagram. So I'm ready to apply what I learn.