It's Trendy Tuesday...Do You Dare?

NOTE: Scroll to the bottom of my blog and hit "pause" on the music player to watch the following clip.


Wasn't that clip just darling? Welcome to Trendy Tuesday. When was the last time you wore a "soft cuddly brushed NYLON" nightgown like that? Do you dare? I will if you will AND only if we can have a slumber party with the Love Boat babes in the commercial. But watch out, they might sneak up behind you and give you a scare~boo!

Now on to the REAL TT...

"Flowers at Midnight" is the name I have chosen for this weeks trend. In between lace, sequins and let us not forget the color PINK, "dark florals" are hitting the showroom floors. With lots of pretty choices, this trend will take you from a daytime office princess to a night on the town queen in no time at all. AND this trend will morph quite nicely into spring. Spring...what? I've already got spring fever on the brain~oh dear! So, shop your favorite local hot spot for today's TT. By the way, if your favorite local hot spot is Wal-Mart, don't shop in the clothing section for this trend. You'll end up looking like your grandmother!

Would Princess Pookie slip on this trend? Sure but, it would have to be just the right color combo. (I'm picky about floral!) I do like THIS and THIS and THIS. Would I pay these prices for this short-lived trend. No way...take me to Target or Forever 21 instead please.

Now these I'd totally wear. They'd for sure keep my toesies smelling oh so pretty. Cute! Cute! Cute! I tell ya, most days it is all about the shoes. Don't you just love shoes? If you don't love shoes you have something seriously wrong with you. Go see the Doc now!:)

Hand Crafted Give Away #2

Tuesday {12.16}

2 CDs with some totally AWESOME music picks!
(at least I think so)

One is a Christmas mix & the other is a Princess Pookie mix.
{On the first day of give away Princess Pookie gave to me, some jewels with a secret message. On the second day of give away Princess Pookie gave to me, 2 awesome Cds and some jewels with a secret message.}

QUESTION: Tell us about a Christmas gift you pretended to like.

Click on "fashion experts" below to answer the above question.

YES...you can enter to win everyday.

Need a new trench coat for the season? THIS just arrived in my closet. It's perfectly sweet! (Okay, so this isn't literally hanging in "my" closet but it is at Nordy's~kind of my closet!)

Keep Fa La La La La~ing til tomorrow!

Princess Pookie's Giving Some Holly & Jolly

It's a Princess Pookie CHRISTMAS Give Away!

What Is It? I've been crafting up a silly storm for the Holiday's and would like to share some Christmas cheer with the three whole people out there who read my blog.:)

How To Play: All you have to do is click on FASHION EXPERTS at the bottom of each daily post and leave a comment about the featured question of the day. Simple as that. Whether you're my BFF or a princess from a long lost land, any princess can be a winner!

Join in on the Princess Pookie Holiday fun. You may enter once each day~twice if you buy me THESE~to win. Remember... every day this week I will be featuring a new item and you have until Saturday morning to win. Can't wait to get to know all of you princesses out there a little better!

I will announce all the winner's Saturday morning. So, you will have the whole week to check out the daily give away item and leave your clever comment. Note: YES...I will mail items anywhere across the United Sates but, if you live in China...sorry...you're out of luck.

Hand Crafted Give Away #1
Monday {12.15}

"Queen of Heart"
This chunky heart bracelet was made with lots of LoVe.

P.S. The flip side of the funky "8" bead has a special message just for you! Top secret~only for the winner to enjoy.:D

QUESTION: If Santa were to bring you one item off your "worldly" Christmas list, what would you pick. (If you say a clean bathroom, children who don't pick their noses or clean laundry, you are automatically disqualified from the give away!) This is a fun Christmas wish for you. This is your opportunity to dream away princesses!

Now on to Princess Pookie's Social Calendar...
Let it SNOW, Let it SNOW, Let it SNOW

We got a whole 1 in. of snow this weekend. Kels called it a "Christmas Miracle".

Now this is some SERIOUS fashion. I know...you're jealous. 5 yr old pj bottoms (I can't get rid of the things!) the all natural looking face mask and hubs shoes-Nordy's has invited me to be on the cover of their next catalog. Arriving soon in a mailbox near you.

You MUST whip up a batch of the hot chocolate featured below. I absolutely cannot take any credit for this recipe cuz I stole it from someone else's blog. Thanks Erica for sharing this piece of heaven. Hope you don't mind me "thiefing" it!

Yummiest Hot Cocoa EVER!
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1/8 teaspoon salt

6 1/2 cups hot water

Directions: In a large saucepan, combine sweetened condensed milk, cocoa, vanilla and salt; mix well. Over medium heat, slowly stir in water; heat through, stirring occasionally. DO NOT BOIL. Top with marshmallows, if desired. *you can keep it in crock pot all day - great for Christmas

*Tip: Chocolate can be stored in the refrigerator up to 5 days.

Princess Pookie Tip: I like to top mine off with a dollop of FRESH whipped topping. Mmm...Mmm...GOOD!

Don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win a one-of-a-kind Princess Pookie jewel!:)

See you tomorrow for Trendy Tuesday & another Princess Pookie Give Away.

Don't forget to answer the give away question!

It's FFF (Fabulous Fashion Friday)

My FFF choice for the weekend is a fancy little COAT with a dainty dressy wool/felt HAT. Bonjour! Do I look like I belong walking down Fashion Avenue in Paris? Okay, don't answer that but I did wear this walking down the streets of Seattle and felt quite posh if I must say so myself. I even chalked up a few compliments wearing this. Don't compliments make you feel warm and fuzzy? When was the last time you gave a complete stranger a compliment? Anyway...Would it appear as though I spent some serious $$$$ on this fabulous fashion? Hint: You're supposed to say yes. My coat came from Nordstrom Rack {$40} and my hat from Target {$15}. Affordable feminine coats can be found easily. Once again...Target has some excellent choices for both pretty coats and hats. Question: Do your hat and coat have to be the same color? Do I really have to answer that for you? Yes, mine are a little matchy matchy but for those of you who are colored challenged, you can't go wrong with black. Conclusion: Put on your fancy outerwear and take yourself some place fashionably fancy. Hey, even a trip to the post office can be fancy. You'll look and feel absolutely smashing while standing in that never ending line.

A few choices featured below. What do you think? Thumbs up or thumbs down?

THIS coat is cute however, I must admit have a slight beef with the 3/4 sleeve coat. Exposed forearms can cause such a chill!

I have always wanted a winter WHITE coat and a houndstooth coat. Neither one are part of my collection....YET!:)

Go HERE to find the featured hats. The coats came from nordstrom.com and target. com

Our Holiday dressed up special occasion. The annual trip to the Nutcracker. Kels couldn't decide if he should wear a tie or a vest. He dressed himself and he has learned that going to the theatre=the dreaded "Church" clothes.

Loved this picture of my little prince. He's such a good kid.

Name the movie (easy). You could win an all expense paid trip to absolutely nowhere~ You're welcome! I think we'll pull this one out of the Christmas DVD collection this weekend. What movie are you dying to see during the Holidays? Me....Yes Man, Marley & Me, Benjamin Button and something with stripes and pajamas in the title.

Be sure to check back next week for some fun Holiday fashion give-aways. Tis the season to be giving!

Fa La La La La...

Anyone else out there want a new pair of boobies for Chirstmas? Not that I'm an implant advocate but I could certainly do without the lift, roll and tuck every morning!:) Are you in need of some new dainties for the Holidays? THIS really is an absolute miracle! No matter the size, you'll find yourself some cleavage in one these babies!

Now to make a 180 degree subject switch....

Here are some random Princess Pookie CHRISTMAS features for you.

Easy breezy, fancy smancy, budget friendly gift wrapping. "Spool O Tulle" and jingle bells. Toole is super inexpensive and much more forgiving than ribbon to tie. Save your Jo Ann's Fabric coupon and you can get yourself a box of jingles for around $3.00. Spool O Tulle can be found HERE or at most craft stores $5.00ish per 25 yd spool.

Wondering what to do with all those Santa pictures. I actually put ours in frames and make them part of our Christmas tree ornaments. In 15 years this may not work but for now we enjoy seeing them on display. My sister made a special book for all of hers~GREAT memories!

SURPRISE! It's a pretty glass jar. Those of you who have been following my blog know that I adore a pretty glass jar. Just picked this one up from Marshall's for $10.00~SCORE! I have a number of these around the house filled with festive colored candy, Christmas balls, giant jingle bells, etc. Simply gorgeous!

So, this year I fianlly broke down and bowed down to my husband's 11 yr request of putting balls on the tree. For way too long I felt the tree had to be decorated a certain way. White lights only, ornaments hung in unison, bows here and there and viola the perfect tree. Not so much anymore. In fact, my 6yr old decorated the ENTIRE tree~really! He was so excited to get decorating this year. And it was so liberating for me to let him do it. (Okay so I did rehang a couple orniments but only a couple!) I really don't have personal feelings against the average Christmas ball, I guess I just couldn't ever find any that made me jump for joy. Well, this year Costco won the Princess Pookie Chrsitmas ball prize. Red & white polka dot orni's. ($30.00 for a large assortment of sizes and designs.) How could I pass these little darlings up? They look so cute on our tree and were definately the missing piece to the Christmas tree puzzle. My Prince Charming is so delighted!

Deck the halls with bows of holly... I LOVE ric rack. With it's vintage appeal, you'll find it in more than one place in my house.

We have lots of banisters in our house all wrapped up in {fake- not a huge fan of the fakey but....}pine bows. Hey, at least the wreath on the door is real! And due to the fakiness...pick yourself up a Christmas tree plug in. It totally {fakes} people out-for real! Our tree happens to be {fake} as well. Guests mistake it for a live tree all the time. Especially when I have one of these plugged in. NOTE: When using one of these make sure it's in a large space! My absolute favorite Holiday scent is a Bath and Body Works cinnamon stick plug in. Buy one, you won't be dissappointed!

Let us not forget the glassware for the Santa goodies! Target currently has some great versions of this. If you're a Granny, get your grandbabies a set. Ours came from our Grandma.

Here's my favorite Christmas decoration. The Santa is a traced version of my of my son's hand. He made this in his kindergarten class. It's a painting on a cupboard door. Clever Mrs. Smith! LOVE it!
AND...one of my favorite gifts to give...Photo books. These just arrived today. I made one for each of my kidos. I'm prepared to accept the fact that the photo book will not beat out the dolly house or train set excitement but in years to come, this will be one my kids will appreciate (I hope) and take with them. These were actually featured on the Oprah show a couple weeks ago so I got these particular ones for free from her website. I've made photo books previously from both Shutterfly and Snapfish. I prefer Shutterfly-it has more choices. Anway, these books run from $20 up to $50 and they are SOOOOO easy and fun to make. On both of the sites listed above you can create adorable cards for all occasions and may other thoughtful gifts. Our Christmas cards should be arriving from Shutterfly any day now!
So, there was a little Christmas this & that for you. Hopefully it sparked a little twinkle in your princess brain.

See you tomorrow for another FFF.

Welcome Home!

The Dancing Prince and Princess are back!

We got in late last night and I'm just too darn tired to think fashion. Here's the ONLY picture I took the whole time we were gone. I totally forgot my camera the night we danced (ugh!). I'm sure my hubs is thankful for that but I don't have a single pic of us dancing. Wait... I take my "too tired to think fashion" comment back. I cannot help but comment on the plethora of Christmas sweaters that can be found being worn in the South. Wowzers! We went to a special community Christmas program breakfast thingy and I'm pretty sure I was the only one not wearing mini jingle bells, red and green sequins, plaid bitty bows and poofy Santa's!

Tune in tomorrow for more Holiday fashion fun!

We're On TOUR!

Prince Charming and I have been invited to dance the night away in Tennessee from Dec. 7-9. (We pretend to be ballroom dancers.) I know you'll miss me princesses but, I shall return Wednesday. In the meantime, enjoy the dancing clips below. Don't tell anyone but I stole a couple fancy moves out of Lance & Lacey's jitterbug routine for our routine. Watch for the flip Lacey does in the beginning. YEP...I'm going to attempt it and most likely kill myself in the process. Neck brace city here we come! NOTE: Before watching these clips you'll need to scroll all the way to the bottom of my blog and hit pause on the music player.



Watch below to see one of my favorite dances of the season.

How many of you out there are Dancing with the STARS fans? Prince charming and I pretend like we're good enough for the show~ We don't need no stinkin' trophy!

It's FFF (Fabulous Fashion Friday)

GLITTER~Shimmer~ gLitZ galore I can't get enough I want MORE MORE MORE!

It's the Holiday's (duh...how many times have I reminded you) & there's no better time than now to pull out the glam and shine! Does this mean that you should pull out your daughter's princess roll on glitter and shmear it all over yourself?~ if it makes you feel better, YES! However, when using glitter you must proceed with caution. Too much = I'm a drag queen in training. It's all about the size. Let's stay away from the chunky monkey glitters that are found in the craft isle and stick with "Shimmers"-the grown up glitter-instead!

Where do I like to shimmer? EVERYWHERE~what princess doesn't? I like to use shimmer powder for the eyes, something like THIS. THIS Shimmer bronzer for the cheeks-shade: GOLDEN! Shimmer highlighter for the tip of my nose, chin, forehead, and near outer eye area (just an itty bitty dab). I LOVE THIS highlighter. It's so gently sweet and makes you glow the night away. NOTE: Out of everything I'm featuring in my post today, the shimmer highlighter is the MUST have. Scared of the price? It lasts forever and ever and ever! THIS spray on shimmer is the bom! Buy it! I promise you'll like it. However, trying to decide if you want gold or silver...you're on your own. Good luck! I love a touch of gold for the lips and I'm totally digging THIS new polish. And last but certainly not least, shimmer for the chest or decollat....ya right! I can't even pronounce it let alone spell it!

So there you have it. I truly believe that EVERY princess on the face of the planet (that would be all of you) needs a little shimmer in their life.

Pardon me for a moment princesses, my daughter is being far too quiet~ I'm a little nervous.


REALLY? The purple permanent marker? Serves me right for blogging when I should be spending quality time with her.

Where was I? Oh yes...
Here are some perfect compliments to your Holiday SHIMMER

The Dress

The Shoes (my personal favorite!)



The Hair

The Accessories

THIS dress and THIS dress are definitely bringing sexy back!
OMG (that's Oh My Gosh) I'm having a love affair with THESE hooker shoes. Yes, that's right. I just called them hooker shoes. I know you know what I'm talk'n bout.

Did anybody catch the Victoria's Secret fashion show the other night? (Like any of us would admit if we did right?!) Normally I would just roll my eyes at it and pass it by but when I came across it they were walking down the runway to the song "Human" by the Killers so I couldn't help but stop and watch. Aside from the perfect bitty butts, bouncy boobs and thighs the size of my big toe, I actually thought the show was kind of fun. Oh, and Usher is always a pleasure to watch. Smooth moves & a cutie smile~not as cute as my Prince Charming's smile though! Not that I want to walk down a runway with wings the size of a woolly mammoth attached to my back but, how fun would it be to have rose petals flying at you while walking down a diamond filled stage with the perfect hair and make up blowing kisses at a drooling crowd? AND get paid a gazillion dollars to do it! Sign me up! Can I wear my sweatpants? As my husband watched the "fashions" I took note of the make up and hair. Loved the make up. Fairly simple but so glowy and shiny. I want to know what highlighter they're using.

P.S.While I was searching for photos for this post I ran in to THIS. WHAT the...? DON'T buy this!