Inaugural Blogural

Many times each week, I find myself searching the web for things that please the eye, preferably in my budget. I'll see a glossy magazine filled with the latest designer look, and I'll yearn for pieces of each outfit. I've never been one to sit and pine away, so thank God for the internet.

I'm a California girl by birth, but spent over a decade in New England, and picked up (what I consider) a nice hybrid style in the process. I love seersucker and monograms and anything you'll find in a Memorial Day weekend shot on Nantucket. I've considered the J. Crew catalog serious reading material since middle school. That said, you can take the girl out of California, but you can't take the California out of the girl. We wear white in December and winter coats in July. Anything goes out here.

I currently reside in downtown San Francisco, the city with a style entirely of its own. A seersucker sheath dress with high brown boots on a cold June after-noon? Bring it on I say! Let's mix the east and west and come up with something great.

Top that with marrying into a family from Bombay, India, and the style becomes international. I could spend days combing flea markets and bazaars finding just the right piece (or the right 20 pieces). I am lucky to have a mother-in-law who loves jewelry.

Lastly, I'm notoriously cheap. I love shopping too much to blow my whole budget on one item, so I am constantly combing the internet, sample sales and other sources for my "finds." I'll spend on a good pair of jeans and on fine jewelry, but that is about it. Anything else can be found at a serious discount somewhere!

I've seen similar blogs, and (not to be braggy) I think I can do it as well, if not better. Certainly a nice break from lawyer life, to say the least! Happy viewing!