WARDROBE WEDNESDAY: BIRTHDAYS ARE MORE FUN IN SEQUINS!

A little over a week ago I turned 35!  Yes, I'm in my mid-thirties!  Should I scream?  Should I be scared?  Some say 35 is the new 25...right?!?  More like, yeah right!!!  Haha!  Seriously, I don't know if I agree with that or if I even want that.  I'm happy to be 35 and a mom of two sweet little boys...at 35 I feel alive!  And that's why I decided to wear sequin pants for my birthday (see below)...because birthdays are more fun in sequins!  Am I right?  It was a great birthday, my parents got me my all time favorite cake from Ferrara's Bakery in Little Italy (Italian Wedding cake with vanilla and chocolate custard, a hint of rum, and almonds on the outside).  I look forward to it every year...it is AMAZING!!!!!!!!

 Rich also took me out to dinner at Whispers Restaurant in Spring Lake.  It's a BYOB, so we got to bring a nice bottle of wine our good friends gave us.  It was such a fun date night!

Oh, and how could I forget?  No birthday would be complete without a little shopping right?  Well, on our way to dinner, I made Rich drive me to one of my favorite stores (Marshalls), just so I could get a few birthday goodies (a.k.a #fabfound)...yes, I ran in wearing my sequin pants while Rich waited in the car.  The life of a shopaholic!

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Top: Lily White via T.J. Maxx $12.99

Pants: Shop Riffraff

Heels: Christian Louboutin

Bag: Forever 21

Necklace: Stella & Dot

Bracelet: Sira & Mara

Sunnies: Prada

Lips: MAC "Zen Rose"

SEPTEMBER AND SAN GENNARO

How I love September...cooler temperatures, slashed travel prices to great destinations, and New York's San Gennaro Festival!  The Feast of San Gennaro is an annual feast that brings more than a million people to the streets of Little Italy.  The celebration really began as a way to honor the Patron Saint from Naples, but many people just know it as a fun street party, which lasts for days, in a cool neighborhood in New York City.    There's music, other free entertainment, parades, and awesome street food including sausage and pepper heroes, fried zeppoles and cannolis to name just a few of the goodies!  This year the 85th annual feast lasts for 11 days from September 15-25, 2011.  So if you are looking for something fun to do in New York for the next week and a half, jet set over to Little Italy (it's cheaper than a transatlantic flight to the country of Italy)...and it's a lot of fun!