Simple.Beautiful.Life.: retired

I have always been very fond of Valentine's Day I remember as a little girl, being excited to decorate my little mailbox with cute doily hearts, glitter stickers and much more! I love Valentine's Day because it's a day to celebrate friendship and love. We have love for our family, our spouse, our partners, our friends, our neighbors, our pets, and more! My husband and I decided to go out for a nice dinner the Saturday before the 14th! It always gets so crowded on the day of, so we made reservations at SER Steakhouse in downtown Dallas. The restaurant has a beautiful view of the the downtown area and the service was exceptional! I could not decide between what to wear (big surprise, lol) so here are a few outfits I contemplated for that evening: You can view the video on my TikTok page. Follow me along there! So this is the one I decided on! It is a silver sequined dress and it was so comfortable. I bought it on Temu. Here’s a few other pho...

Retired Slowing down and stopping to smell the roses has been the theme of my life lately. Ever since I retired from my government job back in May, I have been learning to relax. You read that right, "learning" to relax. I guess my kids were right, I have always been a work-a-holic. It has been something that's been instilled in my dna ever since I can remember. I always felt I had to keep busy being productive even when not at my actual job. (collage of my hubby and I, me and some time relaxing) I had been an accountant since 1999 and worked my way up to the title of CFO towards the middle of my career. Being a CFO of several small cities, at one time or another, was always a big responsibility. It involved late nights for council meetings and working weekends to prepare budgets and end of year workpapers. If you are an accountant you know exactly what I mean. ...

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