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Event Recap: Couture and Cocktails at Bevello Boutique

I recently attended Couture and Cocktails at Bevello Boutique hosted by Events by Margo and Sheria Rowe Management PR and had a blast! It was not only a private shopping event at the Bevello Boutique (Cameron Village Location) in Raleigh, NC but it was also a opportunity to meet other professional women that love fashion. There were opportunities to network while enjoying appetizers, cupcakes and cocktails. It was my first time visiting Bevello Boutique and it won’t be my last! As soon as you walk into Bevello Boutique you are captivated by the display of high fashion apparel throughout the store. Some of my favorite summer looks on display were the new colors and designs selection of maxi dresses, romper(s) and Chevron summer dresses. I wanted to play dress up and try on everything! There is a HUGE selection of accessories and and I can’t forget the fabulous shoes from Steve Madden & Michael Kors plus many more .

I made my way around the entire boutique not leaving a rack or shelf untouched, I wanted to see it all! There were also some amazing steals on selected sale items. John Brown II founder of The Session Magazine was in attendance with his camera in hand capturing the festivities. The Bevello Boutique staff was very informative, helpful and overall amazing! The highlights of my evening were… 1. My personalized dressing room, everyone knows I love personalized customization and I felt special! It was my dressing room, with my name on it! 2. Trying on the diamond striped red and black maxi dress by West 36th as well as the jelly bean striped top by RAOUL with “The Ava” White Citizens of Humanity low rise straight leg sophisticated slim jeans. 3. I completely enjoyed viewing the Hollywood Fashion Secrets display, I can totally see myself needing to use everything at some point in time. I’ve used fashion tape before. I’m sure we can all appreciate some Hollywood Fashion Secrets!

I look forward to attending more FUN chic events hosted by Events by Margo and Sheria Rowe Management PR. I’m going to frequent Bevello Boutique online and offline in order to stay in the loop on their new arrivals and sale items! My partner in crime @Justlaing was with me in attendance at couture and cocktails, check out some of the pictures from the event. It was tons of fun! Until next time…

Bevello Boutique

Bevello Boutique Wall

Hollywood Fashion Secrets

My Personal Dressing Room

Jen in West 36th Maxi Dress

Jen Close Up in Diamond Print Maxi Dress

Jelly Bean Stripes and White Jeans

Laing In Party Dress

Laing In Party Dress 2

Margo & Sheria

My Crazy Week in 1200 Words

This week has been nothing but, CHAOTIC for me. I’m used to chaos but, this was a little more than I would have liked to handle. I haven’t been to sleep any earlier than 3:00 a.m. on any given day this week and I’m used to late nights but, the stream of current events that have taken place this week has me all discombobulated! Needless to say that I haven’t been to work on time at all this week! Let’s start with the beginning of the week.

Monday I had scheduled eye appointments for my oldest son and youngest daughter and had a scheduled parent teacher conference with my oldest daughters dance teachers. It was also open enrollment for pre school and I’ve been debating enrolling my toddler or continuing to home school him and have a teacher come into our home. That’s a whole other story! I meant to request Monday off from work the week before, but as usual I have way too much going on and it slipped my mind. So… I go to work on Monday morning at 10:30, I’m due in at 9:00 a.m. checked my email and requested to use some comp time and leave due to my hectic schedule that day, I was gone by 11:30 a.m. In the midst of everything I start to hear a weird noise that my car has decided to make every time I turn a corner or turn my steering wheel to the left or the right. I get to all of my scheduled appointments and then head over to my mechanic. I thought it was my steering or axle but, turns I had no steering wheel fluid in my car and the ball joints started to grind. I put steering wheel fluid in the car but, now I need to have all the ball joints replaced AND I’m due for an inspection, lovely!

Tuesday I had no car and left it with the mechanic for the day. I had planned to be in the office by 1:00 p.m. I’m so not used to being without a vehicle. Hubby was my chauffeur for the day! I decided to go and enroll “mini me” in pre school and I won’t know anything until June if he’s been accepted into the program but, I think he needs to be around children his age and able to socialize with them. He’s very smart and is always around adults or his siblings which are considerably older than he is. My oldest is daughter is 14, then my son 13, then daughter 11 and “mini me” the toddler! He is learning a kindergarten curriculum right now. He can count, knows his alphabet, colors, shapes, and speaks very well for his age. He’s really advanced! Needless to say, I didn’t make it in the office on Tuesday at ALL! I was in preschool enrollment for most of the morning and went to the mechanic in the afternoon to wait on my chariot! That was my day!

Wednesday I woke up late after going to bed after 3:00 a.m. doing work online for my job. We have a bi-weekly newsletter that goes out with FREE “swag” for our subscribers and I had to make sure all the giveaways and contests are entered correctly and are up to date. Needless to say that I ignored my alarm clock when it went off and then I didn’t hear it again! I overslept! I made it into the office by 11:00. *bows head in shame* When I get to the office I figure out that the swag newsletter isn’t going out that day but the following week and I’m automatically pissed I stayed up late working on it thinking I was on deadline but, I had time. See how my week has been thus far!

Thursday History pretty much repeated itself! I woke up at 10:30 a.m. after staying up until after 3:00 a.m. and NOT hearing my alarm clock! I start to rush and get ready for work and as soon as I’m ready to leave my home… I’m greeted at the door by a county sheriff and a tow truck! Um… What the heck is going on? APPARENTLY, I was being served with a notice of Levy against personal property and they were trying to seize my vehicle due to unpaid taxes. Um… what? So, my hubby used to own a motorcycle which we sold and returned the plates to DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) along with another vehicle which we don’t drive anymore. The vehicle is still in out possession but, it’s parked and we’ve returned the plates to DMV. Let me say that these plates were returned in 2006/2007! DMV didn’t put them in the system as being returned and we were still being charged taxes on them, with the charges accumulating each year becoming delinquent. Lovely! So, now even though all of our current vehicle taxes are paid in full they can still seize a current vehicle and auction it off if they wanted to, so it would cover the unpaid taxes we owe. Well, there is no way they were leaving with my vehicle so… I had to pay the delinquent tax amount owed along with a $75.00 towing service bill even though my car wasn’t towed anywhere! I’m livid! I asked if I could write a check and they said not on delinquent accounts so I had to be escorted to the ATM by a sheriff and tow truck. Let’s not talk about how that felt! Then I’m instructed to go downtown to the County Tax Administration Office and show them my receipt and have them sever our names from the license plates or they’ll still continue to charge me taxes on vehicles that I no longer have or operate. If you’re in North Carolina, learn from me! Make sure DMV marks your plates as returned in their system and save your receipts so you can prove it if you ever need to. Whatever doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger… Right? WOOSA!

Friday actually TODAY! I was up all night with a sick toddler. When he has a cold and is congested and stuffy, with fever he can’t sleep due to the fact that he can’t breathe properly and his asthma starts to kick in. We fell asleep in between 4-6 a.m. this morning after administering an asthma treatment. I woke up at 10:30 a.m.and made it into the office by eleven! Now my alarm clock does go off daily at 7:00 a.m. and I usually get up and make sure my teens are good to go and off to school. I usually press “snooze” and lay back down until I get annoyed enough to get up! I know… I know… that’s such a bad habit! I’m NOT a morning person! I’m usually 15-20 minutes behind schedule on any given day. I’ve been punctually challenged to the tenth power this week! This week has just been _______________, you fill in the blank! Okay so, this morning it was brought to my attention by hubby that “mini me” has been turning my alarm off all week when it goes off. He usually see’s me press snooze daily and lay back down so he was pressing “END ALARM” instead of “SNOOZE” and jumping back in the bed with me and I’ve been sleeping in all week! Ha! Welcome to my world!

Holiday Chaos and Festivities

This holiday season has been anything but, calm for me. I’ve been working, attending holiday parties, trying to decorate and holiday shop. I must confess that my decorating hasn’t even begun; I am planning on doing it this evening.*turns head in shame* There will be gifts for the little ones that’s a plus! Don’t worry; it’ll all be done before Saturday! If you didn’t know, I’m a tad bit of a procrastinator. Well maybe a bit more than a tad! One of my favorite quotes is… “I’m going to stop procrastinating once I get around to it” ~Anonymous

I’ve been attending holiday parties since last week and will be attending different holiday events up until the eve of the New Year! I’ve actually had a really good time at these events. Last week Thursday was my annual staff holiday party where I got tipsy off of balls of bourbon and poinsettia. If you follow me on Twitter then you lived that event with me. I attended a friend’s cookie exchange on Friday night where I had a chance to meet a published author and anthropologist. We talked, played games, ate cookies, washed it down with eggnog and apple martinis and had a GREAT time. Great networking!

Saturday night I was invited to friends Christmas Party and had a blast! From the exquisite food to the alcoholic pomegranate punch and the people! I love when I can have fun with a group of people outside of our professional atmospheres AND it always fun when you find out someone’s profession especially when you never would have thought that it would be what they are. Did that make sense? I walked into the party and automatically someone walk up to me and introduced him self and takes credit for the wonderful spread! NOW, I know he didn’t do a thing, but he was outgoing, funny, and after a few drinks quite hysterical. Somehow we started talking about professions and I stated that I was the Marketing Coordinator for the city’s alternative weekly newspaper and that I had a Graphic Design, Marketing business and Blogged also. Well it came out that he’s a Principal, and my mouth dropped! I was wrong, I shouldn’t have judged this man period while he was off the clock but, I would have never thought that he was a Principal, Middle – High School Principal at that! The room was filled with Professors, Project Directors, and Graphic Designers etc. I had an awesome time networking, connecting and having fun in a laid back atmosphere. Good Times!

I’m trying to get all the kid’s doctor’s appointments in before they go back to school in January. Track starts as soon as they go back and my son is actively wresting. I made an appointment yesterday for my daughter to get a physical and sports clearance, (she runs track) and the exam went well, it wasn’t until she needed to get three immunizations that there was a problem. She’s about to be fifteen years old! She cried like her two year old brother. I actually laughed because I didn’t expect it and she was on the phone texting the entire visit. I take her brother today for his appointment and he’s fine about the shots. He actually smiled through it but decides to freak out about the flu nasal spray because he doesn’t want anything up his nose! I mean goodness! I couldn’t help but laugh at him too! The two younger ones will get their check ups after the New Year. All in all things are getting done, slowly but surely. I’ll be posting a giveaway, event information and my New Year’s Resolutions before the New Year so stay tuned… Hope you’re holiday is a little less chaotic than mine. Tis the season…

The Kings & Queens of Poetry

Sean Ingram Presents: “Poets of Purpose who Cultivate our
Culture through Creativity and Activism”

This show will be the first time Raleigh-Durham Forefathers and Mothers will all be on the same stage…This show is bound to be one of the years best. Sean Ingram has put together a dynamic line up. Dasan Ahanu 2010 NPA (National Poetry Award) slam coach of the year. 2010 Coach of Southern Fried Slam Champs Bull City Slam Team and #3 in the nation Slam team, Monica Daye’ s Return to the Stage, Church Da’Poet creator of Black Poetry Theatre and phenomenal poet, Trina-Thoughts and Truth-teller Woman Storm…This night is destined to be a night you won’t forget!

Location: The Kings & Queens Poetry Show/ August 29th/ Oliver Twist
8111 Creedmoor Rd. Raleigh, NC/ $10 admission/ Doors open at 6p.m.

I’m So NOT A Groupie!

I must be getting really OLD because recently I attended a local Teen & Young Adult Expo sponsored by Radio One Raleigh. It was an Expo to empower young adults and get them ready for the real world. There were seminars about careers, steps for success, how can the internet interfere with your future, youth entrepreneurship, leaving the nest, paying for college, Glamour Makeovers, and Real Talk a session about teen relationships, sex, and choices (just to name a few seminars). It was followed by a concert full of national and local talent. I was planning to take my daughter but, it didn’t work out that way and it turned out to be a business move instead of pleasure.

The reason I was at this event in the first place was because I needed to network and connect with employees at the local radio station in an effort to promote an upcoming music festival that my job is putting together. So I had a one track mind going in! I needed to find the PR person for the station, one of the DJ’s and whoever handles contests and giveaways. I was successful in my task and I made all my connections with some help from a generous employee. You the man!

There were teenagers EVERYWHERE, I mean this was all for them in the first place. I made my way over to the table where the DJ was conducting interviews, oh… they were broadcasting live! So, I see Terrence J stroll by he’s one of the hosts on BET’s 106 & Park, I know this because my tweens and my teen tune in regularly. I haven’t really watched 106 & Park since Free and AJ were hosts. Terrence J is cool and he’s on his way to speak on the Real Talk panel. That was like an “ah ha” moment for me!

I went to the table to try and speak with the DJ in between interviews and he has two guys sitting on each side of him. Now, the whole time I’m there I know they are obviously “somebody” but, I’m clueless and all the girls are snapping pictures and screaming. So, I’m still focused… I need to speak to the DJ, I completely disregard the guys on both sides of him and I ask him if I can leave him with my business card and some information and we can connect at a later date. He agrees and I get his contact number and I’m on my way to continue networking at the event. So, the guy to the right of the DJ was Josh Powell (2 time NBA Championship- LA Lakers) now going to the Atlanta Hawks and the guy on the left was J. Cole Hip Hop Artist, then shortly after Dorrough stepped out, another Hip Hop Artist. All these guys careers are HOT right now! Not to mention… I watched the NBA championship game!

Now, I’m within an arms length of these guys and was clueless. I’m sure my daughter would have been star struck! All I could do when I found out exactly who Josh Powell was; is think how proud the VH1 Basketball Wives would be that I’m NOT a “Groupie”! Anyhow, that was my first experience in my marketing new gig. I had a Blast!

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