adios...

Only one day left! We celebrated Cinco de Mayo and my soon "retirement" today. Several friend's from work treated me to lunch at my favorite Mexican food Restaurant near the college...Cozumel. It was such a perfect treat and oh so sweet of them!! Laura, Lori, Jill, and Mary Sharon have been with me from the beginning and Carla...well she has been with me everyday all day for the last year and a half...I am so going to miss these dear friends!!

It is amazing to stand still and look back at the many ways the Lord has blessed us these last 4 years. He has brought some amazing friends into my life...some that stepped in just when we needed them and walked on and some that will always step with us through the rest of life. One in particular has a special story...Terri. I think I was bound to meet Terri one way or another. She ran in both of my circles...she worked for the Sh*raton Hotel across the street and also at my favorite boutique Teacups in Time...{aka now Stash Style} . We have enjoyed sharing our favorite websites and love for all things vintage, pink, and peely paint! I was most impressed and so excited to find someone with my same taste and collections! We were instant friends and I look forward to our antiquing outings! She is no longer with the hotel, but was so sweet to make the trek into town and visit me today....to hug my neck and send me off with well wishes! She surprised me with such thoughtful treats from...of course...my favorite boutique...Teacups in Time*!
The precious pink purse is a fabulous pink addition to my summer wardrobe! This adorable mug will be my daily reminder of a precious friend and one adorable boutique that I fell in love with while in Cleveland. It was actually the first little shop I venture into when we first moved to Cleveland and I realized...I might can make it here in what felt like a far away land...there are others with my "old" style!!

This precious bracelet will came wrapped in an adorable vintage DMC thread box...a gal after my own heart!! If you are ever in the precious little town of Chagrin Falls, Ohio you must venture into Stash Style and tell Terri I sent ya!