Everything sounds better in French!
one of the best things about speaking a few languages is my ability to sneak my perceived linguistic naïveté past people. this skill comes in hand a lot and especially when i used to get my hair braided. i’d go to the african braid shops with the braiders from senegal or the congo and listen in as they mixed french and wolof together (the senegalese girls) and talked about my hair. i never heard something i didn’t like but on one trip to the shop they mentioned mixing my hair that i’d brought in with another color that they had on hand perhaps with a similar dark brown. why they were going to do this, i don’t know and it didn’t matter. “i’d prefer you not do that.” ["je préfère que vous n'avez pas le faire"] i told them, not even looking up from the magazine i was reading. you could hear crickets.
sounded so much better to say it in french than english and like my sneaky french, this umbrella is too naughty to not notice.
“Merde! Il Pleu!”
okay, so i don’t technically condone walking around with slurs on your umbrella, but “Sh*t! It’s raining!” is something that we’ve all said at one time in our lives before and it sounds better to say it in french anyway. that way you can say something like, [click to continue…]
it’s not often you think of taking a talon or claw and wrapping it around your finger. that is unless it looks like this pretty, gold wrapped claw ring. it features a wrapped claw design with open ends and an adjustable length, in a patterned, gold-tone finish. and if you are worried about it fading, it’s 100% brass so houston we are good to go!
what best way to spice up this wet and cold weather than showing your appreciation for the beauty of nature? you’ll have something interesting to wrap onto your finger as you slosh around in your heeled wellies and think about nature. okay that may be a bit much, but this gold wrapped claw ring is adorably cute, costs less than $25 and goes well with any weather including wet weather that calls for rubber shoes. [click to continue…]
there is never a reason to let the rain get you down when you can dress in style, keep you legs and feet dry at the same time all while helping in the fight against breast cancer! now these boots were truly made for walking! hunter light fuschia pink high gloss rain boots provide comfort and quality in a water-tight rubber boot finished with a traction-gripping sole. these rain boots have subtle tonal design circles the top, while an adjustable buckle at the side adds interest. [click to continue…]
