“Don’t Forget About You Friday’s”

HAPPY FRIDAY!!

Welcome to our third Don’t Forget about you Friday Event!

For the new bees we started, "Don’t Forget About You Friday’s” started a month ago. Every other Friday you have to buy something for yourself and share it with Connie’s Purse followers.  This idea stems from Aintee Connie loving Friday’s and shopping. We will honor her memory by treating ourselves to a little something every other Friday.

This is what I picked up…

I found these beautiful pink candles. I am a candle girl and I have them in just about every room of the house.

Pretty and Pink. These candles are the inspiration of the new color for my bath room this spring. Stay tuned I will post pictures when I’m done.

I have been on an accessory obsession lately. I found these earrings, bracelets, and necklace at Forever 21.

Pearls for the girls!!!

Aintee Connie was a great at accessorizing her outfits. When I found these accessories I knew that had the perfect shirt to wear them with them. I purchased this shirt while shopping with Aintee Connie at Macy’s last summer. Here is everything put together.

I know she would say, “Oh Keesha girl you looking cute”. I miss that lady so much but she taught me well.

If you would like to share your “Don’t Forget About You Friday” purchase please leave a comment or send me an email at Conniespurse@gmail.com.

Until next time let’s live life and love life. People will still Love you if you Love yourself.

Our next “Don’t Forget About You” session will be Friday, April 22nd.

Happy Shopping!!!!!

Lakeesha

 

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LIVE

Happy Thursday!!!!

Welcome Back to Connie’s Purse!

I was wondering around in Marshall’s again. What can I say it’s right around the corner from my job. It’s hard to stay out of there because you never know what goodies you may find. LOL!!!

Guess What? I found this cute plaque.

It is the perfect color for my living room and it was only $2.99.

The LIVE plaque is a reminder I believe from my Aintee Connie to LIVE my life. What are the chances of me finding this plaque the perfect color of my home décor.

I found a new home for it right on the shelf in our living room.

I believe she would like for me to share the LIVE life spirit with everyone. Try to enjoy life because we only have one life to live.

Are you living life or just existing?

LIVE

Make it a great day!!!

Lakeesha

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“Don’t Forget About You Friday’s”

HAPPY FRIDAY!!

Welcome to our second Don’t Forget about you Friday Event!

For the new bees we started, "Don’t Forget About You Friday’s" 2 weeks ago. Every other Friday you have to buy something for yourself and share it with Connie’s Purse followers. This idea stems from Aintee Connie loving Friday’s and shopping. We will honor her memory by treating ourselves to a little something every other Friday.

This is what I picked up…

I found this dress at Marshall’s (Aintee Connie’s Favorite Store) and on my way to the register I found the perfect shoes to match.

This dress and shoe combo became the perfect Birthday outfit.

I found these cute pearl hoop earrings at Forever 21.

 I Love them!

If you would like to share your “Don’t Forget About You Friday” purchase please leave a comment or send me an email at Conniespurse@gmail.com.

Until next time let’s live life and love life. People will still Love you if you Love yourself.

Our next “Don’t Forget About You” session will be Friday, April 8^th.

Happy Shopping!!!!!

Lakeesha

 

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"Favorite Things"

Birthday Gifts and a Few of My Favorite Things

Hello,

I’m back…I took a little mini break from everything to celebrate my Birthday and I had a good time.

Thank You so much for all of the Birthday Wishes.

I would like to share some of the gifts I received and a few items I think every girl would love.

I would like to introduce you to the latest addition to “Connie’s Purse” Blog.

Aunt Ernestine from Minnesota gave me this very cute initial bag. Isn’t it cute? I love it! Thank you Ernestine, this is definitely something Aintee Connie would have given me.

My husband and the kids bought me this Wii Fit game.

Here is the deal. I had a gym membership paying $50.00 a month and I never had time to go. I’m not a morning person and I was too tired to go after work. This is the perfect gift for me because now I can work out at home at my own pace and save $600.00 a year. I have also found that it draws the whole family together because everybody wants to try. I love having my family together especially in a house full of teensJ. I would recommend this game for people with busy schedules that still want to work out and get fit.

My sister sent me this beautiful  fruit bouquet from edible arrangements.

This is a great healthy gift to give  and it makes a nice center piece on the table too. The fruit was so good. Thank You Sister!!!

My good friend Stephanie and Sabrina who’s like sisters to me got me a watch. A lady can never have too many watches. My pastor once said, “A man without a watch has no place to be”. I love that phrase because time is importantJ.

They also gave me this Victoria Secret Shimmer Mist. It’s the perfect light mist with a delicate scent. It has a light glow with a shimmer. It’s very nice to put on when you are going out and have on a sexy dress and want your skin to have a little extra glow to it.

If you have some favorite things or tips you would like to share. Please leave a comment or send me an email and I will share it on the blog.

Remember…This Friday is our "Don’t Forget About You Friday’s". I can’t wait to see what items we all have.

Until Next time live life, love life and enjoy your favorite things.

Lakeesha

"Words of Encouragement"

Words of Encouragement

In Today’s Purse I would like to share some words of encouragement. As some of you may know today is my Birthday. My heart is happy because I am here to see another day but it is also heavy because it’s my first birthday without Aintee Connie here to celebrate with me. As I look back on my life she was with me for every birthday.  Aintee loved birthdays, she made a big deal about it and would do anything in her power to make sure her family and friends enjoyed their day.  I am trying to stay strong and encouraging as she would and hopefully today’s post will help someone who need to hear some encouraging words. Some of these messages were sent to me from her and others were sent as words of encouragement to me. Enjoy

God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change….Courage to change the things I can and the Wisdom to know the difference.

"Many of life's failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."   Thomas Edison

“I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.” The road to success is not straight. There is a curve called Failure, a loop called Confusion, speed bumps called Friends, red lights called Graves, caution lights called Family. You will have flats called Jobs. But, if you have a spare called Determination, an engine called Perseverance, insurance called Faith, a driver called Jesus, you will make it to a place called Success.

This is my favorite…Thanks Keena

I wished heaven had a phone, so I could hear your voice again...I thought of you today, but that is nothing new...I thought about you yesterday and days before that too. I think of you in silence, and I often speak your name. All I have are memories and a picture in a frame. I miss u aintee/mommy, and all the others up there looking down on us! ♥

As a birthday gift to me I would like for each of you to think about the people in your life and the things that they have done for you and thank them for it.

I would like to Thank each of you for following "Connie's Purse". It means the world to me.

Make it a great day because I am!

Until Next time, Live Life, Love Life and Be Encouraged.

Lakeesha

"Don't Forget About You Friday's"

Happy Friday!!!!

I thought Friday would never come.

In today’s purse I want to talk about not forgetting about you.

Losing Aintee Connie has really opened my eyes to a bunch of things. The way I use to live my life had so many restrictions on it. I realize that I was putting the restrictions on myself.  I never wanted to stray away from what I thought was normal. She would often tell me “Girl don’t worry about it”. I think I finally know what she meant by that phrase. She wanted me to enjoy my life, and not run to everyone else’s "beck and call"; to not worry about every bill and problem, and most importantly to not forget about myself. I decided that since Aintee lived for Fridays and LOVED to SHOP that we can all do something in memory of Aintee's loving Friday’s.

Here’s what we are going to do.

We will call it, “Don’t Forget About You Friday”

Every other Friday we must buy something for ourselves. It can be anything: a pair of socks, a tube of lip gloss, a dress, a car, etc. There are no limits. We should enjoy the things that life has to offer us and stop putting restrictions on ourselves; let’s live life and love life in Connie’s Purse. When you buy the item you can take a picture and send it to me to post or leave a comment and let us all know how you treated yourself. I will kick off this Friday. I am finally starting to lurk around the stores again. At first it felt strange shopping without her but now I’m starting to feel a little better.

This is what I picked up...

I could not pass up these shades. Aintee Loved her shades she had a pair in every purse. I found this great sunglass case.

I went to Trader Joes and picked up a bottle of wine and my favorite red wines glasses.

Finally...Here is my 50 Follwers Give Away. Whenever we went shopping and found something we really like we would buy two. This DIVA sunglass case can be yours. Once Connie's Purse has 50 followers I will give away this case. It is totally Aintee Connie's style and I hope you like it too. I know that I have a couple of fella's that follow, so I will find a gift for you guys as well. Good Luck! We are only 21 followers away.

The perfect gift to put in your purse. Until next time let's live life and love life. People will still Love you if you Love yourself.

I would like to dedicate this song to all of the Superwomen that follow Connie's Purse.
Alicia Keys-Superwoman

Our next "Don't Forget About You" session will be Friday, March 25th. Happy Shopping!!!!

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Magazine House

“Magazine House”

As the spring time approaches, I have been thinking about what rooms/areas around the house I would like to spruce up a bit. Aintee Connie came across my mind as I thought about her house and how well kept it was.

Aintee Connie lived in what our family refers to as a “Magazine House”.  I believe every woman strives to have a “Magazine House”. A magazine house is a well organized house, everything having its place, looking like a picture from the magazine, because it’s so neat... It’s very clean, clutter free and it smells good.  I take that back; the only places in Aintee’s house that had clutter were her closets because she loved to shop. LOL! She was very good with color coordination, and decorated for every holiday or just because. Aintee Connie and my mom started teaching us about cleaning very early in life. We would have to get up early on Saturday mornings and clean the house from top to bottom before anyone could go out and play. I believe all of the kids have carried that trait of cleanliness with them. Aintee and I would often shop at Crate & Barrel, CB2, Home Goods and Marshall’s to get ideas for the house or to pick up items to make the house look dainty. Aintee has inspired me in so many ways with decorating. It’s hard to look around my house without thinking of her. For most of the things that I have in my house, she either told me about them, picked them out, or bought them for me. I started to give up on the idea of having a magazine house when my kids were small but now since they are all teenagers I have started my journey.  As you think about projects and things to change in your house this spring, think of Aintee Connie and her magazine house ways. It doesn’t necessarily mean you have to have a magazine house, but starting to get things organized is a great start. I’m starting with organizing my documents and files. I will follow up with you guys with my progress. What project are you starting with? Email me or leave a comment and let me know.

In the meantime, I would like to leave you with some pictures I found of Aintee’s house...

This is Aintee Connie's dining room

This is the kitchen counter "Thanksgiving 2009"

This is the living room; you see how eveything is in place

Here is a wall my husband and I put together in our house with a little inspiration from Aintee Connie. She purchased this clock for us as a house warming gift and this is what we did with it.

A strange thing happened on the day she passed away the batteries went out and this very same clock she bought for us stop ticking. My husband replaced the batteries and it's going again. I love to look at this clock everyday it reminds me that we are only here for a period of time and we should enjoy every moment because we never know when our battery will stop working.

If you want that "Magazine House" you have alway's dreamed of...Make it happen. Your home should be a reflection of you and filled with the things you like and over flowing with Love.

Until next time...Enjoy this beautiful day and think about some things you would like to tidy up in your house, in your life, because we only have one life to live.

Have a fabulous "Magazine House" Day!

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