The Traveling Watermelon That Kills

Last week when my cousins visited us from Canada we had several dinners with them. One day at my dad’s house, one day at my sister’s house, one day at my house, so on and so forth. The evening that we had them over at my house we prepared a simple barbeque medley finished off by an array of yummy desserts. My father in law brought a beautiful whole watermelon; but because there was way too many desserts to choose from we decided to hold off on cutting the watermelon. Since we were getting together the following night at my sister’s house I told her I’d bring the watermelon over to her house, which I did.

The next evening as we finished a feast at my sister’s we started to bring out the desserts. Again there were so many to choose from so the watermelon got left behind. “That’s ok, I said, I’ll bring it to Maine for our vacation next week.” We laughed at how the watermelon kept traveling.

That's me wearing  the traveling dress

It reminded me of a dress that I had that would travel every summer from my house and then to my friend’s house. We got a lot of use out of that dress; hopefully the watermelon won’t be around from year to year. I’m pretty certain that it won’t because in many Portuguese circles the older generation believes that watermelon kills.

What? Watermelon Kills, you say?      

It’s actually quite hysterical because as the story goes apparently my dad’s brother’s girlfriend’s sister’s aunt’s nephew’s brother’s daughter’s friend’s uncle’s grandfather’s grandmother’s niece’s friend died after they drank wine, brushed their  teeth, picked their nose, and ate watermelon. Bizarre right? Of course it is, because it NEVER happened but it’s a funny ongoing thing because during any Portuguese get together you always hear the older generation telling a tale about the watermelon that killed so and so.

We’ve had a lot of laughs that evening about the watermelon that kills, maybe that’s why it keeps travelling with us and not getting eaten.

Out With The Old In With The New

One of my favorite things to do during the springtime is clean out my closet. I know it sounds pretty blah, but it’s so refreshing. Out with the old black, brown, and greys, and in with the new salmon, teal, and whites. Out with the turtlenecks, and in with the scoop necks. Since budget is always a concern I was very picking this year when choosing a few staple items for my spring wardrobe. Since I’m not much of a mall shopper I really have to get myself jazzed up for this sort of shopping spree. I made my list of musts and ventured out.:

White jeans

Dark blue jeans

Salmon shirt

Light blue shirt

Dress (that I could wear with heels and flats)

Belt

As Murphy’s Law would have it I came home empty handed, and totally frustrated. Why is it that every time you have money to spend you can’t find a thing, but when you don’t that’s when all the eye candy comes out? On my second trip to the mall I decided to stop by H&M. I’m typically not successful there, but this day I was. I found my salmon shirt, and an awesome light pink dress. Only two sizes left and one of those sizes was mine. Thank you very much!!

This past weekend I wore the dress and got tons of compliments on it. It’s the kind of dress that fits my body type, and is so comfortable. When you find something like this it’s worth sharing.  This dress also reminded me of Shabby Apple, a company that I found on the internet. It has become one of my favorites because they have a beautiful selection of dresses that are fit to flatter any body type. When you visit their site it will ask you a couple of questions and then it will hand pick dresses that suite you. Great idea right! Check them out.

What are some of your staple items this spring? I’d love to hear about them!

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