Mocha Chica: October 2013

On Friday I was having coffee with my girlfriend and you know what she told me "Alaka, your so cynical about love it's not even funny!" That hit home really hard.

I am a hopeless romantic okay maybe its down to 23% ....Do I look at couples walking down the street holding hands and I feel a little puke swelling up in my mouth.....(is there hope for me to be saved yes, no, maybe go figure!) ..... Lets leave that to the gods of romance and a story for another day.

Its taken a heartbreak or two to make me realize that I am solely responsible for my own happiness and here is what makes me burst with joy....That one day I shall be the proud owner of a restaurant. I dream of how the place shall look like constantly...I picture my staff milling around like bees taking orders draped in black and silver and the air is filled with chatter, laughter, wine and music all fused into one.

Forgive me Ladies and Gentlemen if this dream has nothing to do with a "doting prince charming" but its the cold hard truth.

I know some of you reading this have their biological clocks ticking so loud as if it is stuck on your forehead but level with me for a minute. Is meeting "prince charming at 22years, dating for two years then walking down the aisle then having five babies and now she is so intertwined in her husband's destiny she has lost herself in the marriage" every girl's story? Think about it..... Should I be judged so harshly by society if for a moment there I have a "maybe I can do this thing called life on my own" or maybe its the greatest and only self actualization moment life ever hands you?

October is here with us once again and its time to get our boobies checked. A lot of emphasis is placed upon the ladies yet guys also get breast cancer. The cases have increased over the past couple of years and its alarming. So tag your brother, your father, your cousin or any man in your life and get tested- you never know it could save his life.

The joys of motherhood.

This look was so simple and easy to put together. I have had this top for ages but it just did not seem to fit right with the pants I picked out. Don't you just love your sisters...borrowed the skirt from her wardrobe and I forgot to say oops Joyce (Please may I borrow your skirt) hehehehe is it too late to redeem myself! Oh well....I paired it up with this nude sandals to bring out this sophisticated chic look.