Royal Wedding Friday

Today's "Royal Wedding" made me reminisce about my own nuptials. I guess one cannot help it when being bombarded with the wedded bliss of the Duke and Dutchess, or Prince and Princess.

This Tiffany commercial has a slow, more traditional wedding song version of "our first dance" in it. We had so much fun learning to dance "the hustle" to bop along to Barry White and wow the crowd (or so we hope) at our wedding. I only hope everyone can have as much fun (or did have as much fun) on their wedding days as we had.

I was not into getting a video crew at our wedding, so we did not capture our moves on film, but we have some pictures of our "first dance" and from the faces in the crowd, people looked amused. We had fun, though, and that's all that really matters.

The lovely Dutchess of Cambridge is very beautiful, but I didn't love love love her dress. To each her own, though, and I am sure her husband thought she looked gorgeous. Looks wise, she took the cake today. Sorry Wills.

Enjoy the Tiffany commercial. I love this version of the song and want to download it on iTunes, but cannot find who sings it.

Enjoy the weekend with those you love!

Almost the Weekend!

Tomorrow is Friday and in my opinion, the best day of the weekend. Yes, it's a part of the weekend. Friday is the best day of the weekend because even though there is work, the anticipation of the two days ahead heightens the experience. When I'm walking around my school (as I am a teacher), everyone is smiling - - - the kids, the other teachers, the custodians. We're all thinking about how we're going to spend the precious 48 hours ahead. It's really the best day.

In my pre-baby years, Friday nights meant all-night Happy Hours and delicious dinners with friends. Post-baby, I have done it once or twice, but I usually rush home to spend the rest of the night with my little lady. It's great. Do I miss Happy Hour? From time to time, I get hazy images of fun, but I remember the Saturdays when I Happy Hour was a little too happy and I'm over it. Waking up without a Happy headache on Saturdays outweighs whatever fun I might have had the night before.

Recently, a glass of wine and some delish dinner with my husband has been a great Friday night routine. I am sure as our little lady gets older, we may go out more. Right now, however, Fridays are perfect the way they are and remain the best day of the week.

Friday outfits are somewhat of a bone of contention with me, though. I do agree with the casual Friday idea. It is great for the morale in the workplace and keeps people comfortable, while letting them wear what they like. I cannot, however, condone SLOPPINESS. Casual does not mean sloppy. Where I work, a lot of people wear jeans on Fridays. It has never really been established whether we're allowed to or not, but I do not wear them. If I could find a pair of trouser jeans that I like, I would definitely partake in jeans on Fridays. I do not think that my skinny jeans or even my flare leg or boot cut jeans are work appropriate. I am not overweight and my jeans aren't obscene, I just think that the cuts don't work for work.

Rather than jeans and tee shirts, people should wear khakis and polos or khakis and sweaters. Trouser jeans are fine, and some people dress their boot cut jeans up very nicely with oxford shirts and adorable shoes. I am so tired of sloppy Fridays, though. If you're wearing a tee shirt that is two sizes two big and it's either tucked in and bloused or not tucked in and draping to mid-thigh, you're looking a little sloppy. Don't even get me started on running shoes with jeans. They are not my favorite. Low Chuck Taylors are super cute and so are Tretorns. Running shoes, though, are not a great jean accessory.

Happy Friday! Enjoy tomorrow!!!

My First Blog Post!

Hello! This is my first EVER post on my new blog. I am an avid reader of the (mostly preppy/shopper) bloggers out there and love to write, so I figured I should give it a go.

I don't really know where this will go, but I am excited to give it a try.

A little about me. I am a wife, mother, teacher and coach. I have a husband (he's great) and a daugher (she's great, too). He's older than me (by a year) and she's going to be eight months this week. My husband is a teacher and coach as well. We actually met coaching against each other. It's not as cutesy as it sounds; I loathed him at first, but that's a story for another time.

I coach basketball (high school varsity) and teach English. I love basketball and the kids I teach are amazing. I am so priveleged to be able to spend my days with such talented young people.


I love all things J.Crew. It's really my favorite place to shop. I try my best to seek out great bargains. . . but every once in a while, I splurge on something a little pricey. Sadly, J.Crew's crewcuts brand does not fit my little lady as of yet. I am sure she'll be decked out in it when the time comes!

I am really into getting good deals through Rue La La and used Groupon for a massage this weekend. I have to be thrifty, as we are trying to buy a house within the coming months.

I named my blog "A North Shore Pearl" because I live (and have lived since I was seven) on the north shore of Long Island. I love it here and left for a while to attend Catholic University in Washington, D.C. I love it here and I loved it there. D.C. is the only place I would rather live than L.I. Our families are mostly on L.I., so our little family will stick around for a while. The pearl part of the title comes from my favorite accessories: pearl earrings or a simple strand.

I jumped around a bit and gave some random thoughts! I just wanted to give a quick introduction in my first blog post. I hope I will get a few readers and really think this will be fun. I promise not to talk all about one thing and won't gush in every post about my little lady. One of my friends once told me that I should have my own reality show because I seem to attract interesting situations, so I guess this is the next best thing.

Until next time!