What's Missing From Our Relationships???

These days it's hard enough trying to create a balance with the significant other already in your life, let alone trying to meet someone new. Many times we find ourselves in a relationship in which giving up is so much easier said than done. Walking out would just be so easy but there may be much invested, especially time.

The first thing that probably comes to mind when thinking about problems in a relationship are infidelity and financial strain. That's not all, the big one is communication, without it all problems are free to enter the arena.

A major contributor
Have all of our face to face communication skills evaporated into the dust of technology? Think about it, how often to you communicate with others using the "e" world gadgets-BBs, iPhones, Internet, text, Facebook, or Twitter as opposed to face to face or voice to voice? When you are unable to see someone face to face you call them, but calling has become such an inconvenience that we text instead. I think we are becoming people who hide behind 12 pt font. Behind every electronic word we are able to hide and avoid body language, facial expressions, and vocal indications.

In order for relationships to work, you have to take it back to the basics: Communication.

Michael Jackson 1958-2009

An angel is born with unlimited ambition and the natural gift of a star.

Bidding farewell to a true illustration of a LEGEND.

WE LOVE YOU MICHAEL.

Rest In Peace
Michael J. Jackson
Sunrise: August 29, 1958 ** Sunset: June 25, 2009

Quick Fix

(Vera Wang, Mark Davis, Gucci)

Once gain the weather is warming up, the fashion season is shifting and it's all about tasteful sheer fabrics, bold accessories, and ankle straps.

The manner in which sheer fabrics are used in garments has come a long way since the 1940s. Heck it has come a long way since the '90s when sheer = sex. The 90s was full of garments the showed nipples, hiked up thongs, and bras in an array of colors. Now the use of sheer fabric has reinvented the mysterious, soft, and elegant image.

Big, bold, and colorful accessories are just the items needed to boost a seemingly simple outfit. Banana Republic has some to die for bib necklaces that add the bang to your wardrobe. Do maintain a level head if considering purchasing those cheap, plastic looking earnings, bangles, and necklaces that can be found everywhere-including the $1 store. Although a bargain might be enticing and they do come in every color, they say cheap and negate from a classy, simplistic look.

New season? Good excuse to step into some new shoes. Of course Gucci may be on the higher end of the shoe budget for many but there are plenty designers and brands that offer the same look for less. Right now Nine West, Zara, and Steve Madden have styles to fit your needs-ankle strapped, platformed, studded, zipped, and ruffled. If you have a little extra change (after paying those bills and dropping a little into savings of course, check out the selections in Nordstrom.

Triva on a Thursday

I got his little puzzle in Managerial Marketing and thought it was a cute exercise. It is amazing how much brand logos influence our spending. How many of the brands can you idenifty?