tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post6032863730333968023..comments2023-10-14T05:01:26.397-05:00Comments on Fort Smith Stylista: Jan Goes Shopping. Shop, Jan. Shop!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12630135395645059302noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-58454780104925619772014-06-01T14:44:45.069-05:002014-06-01T14:44:45.069-05:00Great clutch! You do look fab with short hair! And...Great clutch! You do look fab with short hair! And I enjoyed the tour of your mall - I have fond memories of malls - I was a mall rat growing up!Veshoeviusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-39824037756447314462014-05-26T16:56:21.242-05:002014-05-26T16:56:21.242-05:00Loving the short hair. Your man is pretty good for...Loving the short hair. Your man is pretty good for sticking it out with you while you shopped. He has quite the sense of humour! ; ) <br /><br /><br />bisous<br />Suzannesuzannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-6710820746051098612014-05-22T01:26:21.714-05:002014-05-22T01:26:21.714-05:00Beautiful essay, my friend, I really enjoyed your ...Beautiful essay, my friend, I really enjoyed your day of shopping! Your linen tunic is so pretty and elegant. I love linen, even if it wrinkles - it somehow is still elegant, isn't it? Your hair looks fantastic, and so do you! What a cool clutch you got - it's a true coral I'd say. ;) It's an unusual hobby to collect chopsticks, and even make chopsticks rest with your own hands! You are full of unexpected discoveries, Jan! xxxNatalia Lialinahttp://inthewriterscloset.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-62818469159040371552014-05-17T21:28:18.050-05:002014-05-17T21:28:18.050-05:00You look beautiful; head to toe. Love the new bag....You look beautiful; head to toe. Love the new bag. Love the rest of the post. Hope you had a wonderful time dining with your husband. The setting looked wonderful..xoInside Outer Beautyhttp://www.dixiebeauty.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-2224121954024603972014-05-17T10:30:52.429-05:002014-05-17T10:30:52.429-05:00Actually your shopping mall looks like ours. The s...Actually your shopping mall looks like ours. The same light, nearly the same fountains. But different shops. We don't have a forever21 shop here. <br />Your new bag is beautful, a great find!<br />I love your easy summerly look!<br />Sabine xxx<br />http://achtstundensindkeintag.blogspot.deSabinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-17823879765493503632014-05-15T22:57:28.957-05:002014-05-15T22:57:28.957-05:00Jan, the top looks gorgeous on you! Your new clutc...Jan, the top looks gorgeous on you! Your new clutch is terrific! I'm glad you had a wonderful time while shopping and dining with your husband.Oksananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-33823377188722553722014-05-15T15:04:27.410-05:002014-05-15T15:04:27.410-05:00Yup. I did screw that up. I was thinking about t...Yup. I did screw that up. I was thinking about the few women who really seem to get my puns ... Curtise is one of them. I'm sorry. Just stupid and a little tired. <br />I'm weird like that. I sort of blast through my shopping. I'm even that way in a museum. I've found that after years looking at art, my limited time is best spent looking at the pieces I like or am quickly drawn to. Seven hours is a long time to do anything! Perhaps in some top notch shopping areas, with wine and dine breaks ... that would work.<br />It's very strange to have no coffee at all in any of these places!Jan Graham-McMillenhttp://www.fortsmithstylista.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-81217392287595600712014-05-15T14:58:21.151-05:002014-05-15T14:58:21.151-05:00Ah. I saw this years ago, I know. On an afternoo...Ah. I saw this years ago, I know. On an afternoon with my grandmother, with tea. And sometimes eclairs. Thank you. I get it now.Jan Graham-McMillenhttp://www.fortsmithstylista.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-16938744183592769352014-05-15T14:56:24.551-05:002014-05-15T14:56:24.551-05:00Dan swears he isn't colorblind ... but we ofte...Dan swears he isn't colorblind ... but we often perceive color in very different ways. I say turquoise, he says green or blue depending on how he sees the color temperature! Thank you, Catherine ... so happy you think it's pretty. And it really is coral.Jan Graham-McMillenhttp://www.fortsmithstylista.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-24670181204226399582014-05-15T14:56:22.765-05:002014-05-15T14:56:22.765-05:00No, you can use the singular in this case. You go...No, you can use the singular in this case. You got it right. Using either "a man" or "men" would be instantly understood in very similar ways. <br />I'm so admiring that you speak more than one language ... most of us in the US do not, but should!Jan Graham-McMillenhttp://www.fortsmithstylista.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-80883870765061781882014-05-15T14:49:31.097-05:002014-05-15T14:49:31.097-05:00Awwwh. Thank you, Shawna. He is pretty adorable, ...Awwwh. Thank you, Shawna. He is pretty adorable, for the most part! It's the only way I can manage specific items if I want to touch and try-on. Like you, it's always a journey. Puts them into a little different perspective when they are not ubiquitous.Jan Graham-McMillenhttp://www.fortsmithstylista.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-82760535539072761782014-05-15T14:45:57.106-05:002014-05-15T14:45:57.106-05:00Fabulous idea ... recliners, couches, big-screen t...Fabulous idea ... recliners, couches, big-screen televisions, pool tables and maybe even nap pods. Food. Beer ... we should do a franchise! "ManCaves R' Us."Jan Graham-McMillenhttp://www.fortsmithstylista.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-78967455879164109262014-05-15T14:41:23.755-05:002014-05-15T14:41:23.755-05:00I'm guessing you are probably fun to be with j...I'm guessing you are probably fun to be with just about any place you go, Dawn Lucy! I bet you're right. It isn't that Dan hates shopping so much as he likes a place to read where he can get all the junk food and beverage he wants. Sort of like standing in front of a really big and amazingly well stocked fridge, all picking and choosing.<br />Glad you dropped in!Jan Graham-McMillenhttp://www.fortsmithstylista.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-57474984984506682742014-05-15T13:32:54.178-05:002014-05-15T13:32:54.178-05:00Thank you Natalie. Glad you enjoyed it. I have m...Thank you Natalie. Glad you enjoyed it. I have mixed feelings about posting it, now, but they can't all be winners, our posts. I'm pleased with my clutch, though, and carried it happily yesterday. It has a thin leather strap that I will actually use. I don't like chains for a cross-body or shoulder bag.<br />That's Dan ... he's always ready to eat!<br />Thanks for stopping by!Jan Graham-McMillenhttp://www.fortsmithstylista.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-46425593140748878632014-05-15T05:24:35.534-05:002014-05-15T05:24:35.534-05:00oeps, I mean men, not man that is in my languageoeps, I mean men, not man that is in my languageCatherinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-69803812780940976162014-05-14T14:28:26.191-05:002014-05-14T14:28:26.191-05:00Coral or orange I love your clutch, Jan. Golden ru...Coral or orange I love your clutch, Jan. Golden rule, never ask a man about colors, mostly they are colorblind. (little joke)<br /><br /><br />Catherine<br />Joly LookCatherinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-27562702302835909782014-05-14T14:28:10.487-05:002014-05-14T14:28:10.487-05:00Dan is rather adorable though not quite as adorabl...Dan is rather adorable though not quite as adorable as you are! I hate malls but sometimes they make for some efficient shopping. We don't have any decent malls where I live, just the icky kind with a grocery store, a drugstore, a real estate office and a few random independent businesses. We have to go to Nanaimo to get to a mall with clothing and shoe stores like Gap or Aldo. <br />I am quite hungry now after this!<br />xoxoShawna McCombernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-3036610054334183712014-05-14T10:13:23.611-05:002014-05-14T10:13:23.611-05:00I think there should be a "man park" in ...I think there should be a "man park" in every mall, a place where you could leave your significant other while you shop....TiinaLhttp://elegance-revisited.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-65438711606657570572014-05-14T06:05:56.455-05:002014-05-14T06:05:56.455-05:00You got my name wrong at the top of your reply, bu...You got my name wrong at the top of your reply, but right at the end haha. And an hour and a half is all you can take? My goodness, I did not expect that from you. I can shop all day, as in 7 hours. Because of two coffee/lunch breaks. (Sad for Dan that they did not have his coffee.)<br />GreetjeNo fear of fashionhttp://www.nofearoffashion.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-81491069300533162032014-05-14T05:52:22.226-05:002014-05-14T05:52:22.226-05:00Hello Jan,
nice to hear from you! You will find m...Hello Jan,<br /><br />nice to hear from you! You will find my Blog here:<br /><br />http://jennifer-femininundmodisch.blogspot.de/<br /><br /><br />Greetings<br /><br /><br />JenniferJennifer Behrsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-22678068121561512892014-05-13T22:07:05.552-05:002014-05-13T22:07:05.552-05:00The film, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House wit...The film, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House with Cary Grant and Myrna Loy, 1948...Mrs. Blandings is choosing a paint colour for their home and she says,<br /><br /><br />"I want it to be a soft green, not as blue-green as a robin's egg, but not as yellow-green as daffodil buds. Now, the only sample I could get is a little too yellow, but don't let whoever does it go to the other extreme and get it too blue. It should just be a sort of grayish-yellow-green. Now, the dining room. I'd like yellow. Not just yellow; a very gay yellow. Something bright and sunshine-y. I tell you, Mr. PeDelford, if you'll send one of your men to the grocer for a pound of their best butter, and match that exactly, you can't go wrong! Now, this is the paper we're going to use in the hall. It's flowered, but I don't want the ceiling to match any of the colors of the flowers. There's some little dots in the background, and it's these dots I want you to match. Not the little greenish dot near the hollyhock leaf, but the little bluish dot between the rosebud and the delphinium blossom. Is that clear? Now the kitchen is to be white. Not a cold, antiseptic hospital white. A little warmer, but still, not to suggest any other color but white. Now for the powder room - in here - I want you to match this thread, and don't lose it. It's the only spool I have and I had an awful time finding it! As you can see, it's practically an apple red. Somewhere between a healthy winesap and an unripened Jonathan. Oh, excuse me..."<br /><br />Mr. PeDelford: You got that Charlie?<br /><br />Charlie, Painter: Red, green, blue, yellow, white.<br /><br />Mr. PeDelford: Check.<br /><br /><br /><br />Rattle away on any and all subjects Jan! I'm always all ears. I do think about the waste, and it is such a very good idea to bring one's own sticks!Sue @ A Colourful Canvashttp://www.acolourfulcanvas.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-77963305998745381392014-05-13T22:02:20.265-05:002014-05-13T22:02:20.265-05:00You're so adorable, Jan! I bet we would have f...You're so adorable, Jan! I bet we would have fun at the mall together! I'm always surprised when they don't chase me out of Forever 21 too! My hubby hates to shop, so placating him with food is always the way to go!<br />OXOX<br />Dawn LucyDawn Lucynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-61622457297674680422014-05-13T21:59:07.957-05:002014-05-13T21:59:07.957-05:00Ha! Long ago, I learned to be his straight man .....Ha! Long ago, I learned to be his straight man ... he loves it that I get even his most obscure jokes. He works so hard for them. He's been punched in the shoulder a few times for his best efforts, though. Lovingly, of course.<br />Thank you, Sandy. Glad you like my clutch ... it really is a soft coral!Jan Graham-McMillenhttp://www.fortsmithstylista.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-2521519272273842252014-05-13T21:45:18.124-05:002014-05-13T21:45:18.124-05:00Thank you, Curtise, for getting my dumb jokes! O...Thank you, Curtise, for getting my dumb jokes! Only Dan's are worse than mine. He works so hard for the laugh sometime.<br />Yes, malls are prosaic and low-brow and lots of bad things, but I'm glad you got it that my story was about getting away from our so-limited little environment for a while. Even if it was only to a little larger, blingier mall atmosphere. <br />Dan would always rather go with me than stay home ... even if he'd rather be napping on the couch. Good sport, and we are lucky that we value each other's company. I never stay that long ... an hour and a half at a time is about all I can take! <br />However, I could sit all day and watch you wander around your shopping venue! Someday, Greetje!Jan Graham-McMillenhttp://www.fortsmithstylista.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864029619879531761.post-9221771868072707152014-05-13T21:34:55.673-05:002014-05-13T21:34:55.673-05:00So typically for this time of year ... yesterday i...So typically for this time of year ... yesterday it was almost 90, and tomorrow it will be in the high 50s. I hate the humidity. I'll never get used to it. If I could, I'd send you some. Have you been to NW Arkansas, around Rogers, since the Promenade Mall was built? It's a real "mall" in the tradtiional sense, with streets and open air. When it opened a few years ago, the shopping was excellent and interesting, but recently they've gone all Payless Shoes and Forever 21. I'd love to live where there were sweet little shops again, but looks like that isn't to be. It seems my lot to make do with big box stores and malls. Dan's stopping on the way home tonight for a Lotto ticket ... fingers crossed!<br />I'm pleased with my clutch as well. Thank you ... it's prettier than in the photo. <br />So happy you dropped by. Hope your weather warms soon!Jan Graham-McMillenhttp://www.fortsmithstylista.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com