April Showers bring May flowers...

Thats what they say...but guess what? It's ruining my 'stay'cation! I shouldn't complain though, at least I'm not outside...anymore. I was out early before it started to rain really hard. Because I knew it was raining and cloudy I did a very light makeup look. Lightweight foundation, brown eyeshadow, a sweep of liner, mascara and gloss. Thats it..simple and sweet. What's your rain look? Do you keep in mind that tons of spackle in the rain will slide off like mud?
Also what do you do to keep you spirits up in the rain? Its quite easy to get into a glum mood when the sun is not shining. I find that my purple polkadot umbrella brightens my spirits. Or a colorful hat lifts my mood. You can always find ways to get you in a Gene Kelly type of feeling...singing (and smiling) in the rain!

Colorful umbrella


Juicy Couture Sammy Rainboots


Gene Kelly


Cofo =)

"STAY"cation ya'll

It's day one of my "stay"cation and so far so good. RIght now I'm having awkward silence with Henry from Verizon.. He's here to install my cable and internet service. All in all, the day is going well. It's bright and sunny out. I can't wait for Henry to finish so I can get out and enjoy the day.
I was thinking this morning as I was getting ready for the Verizon arrival, what to wear during my 'stay'cation. I don't have the need to dress up the way I usually would if I were going to work. I think this will be a legging/sweater week..

The outfit to your left would work for chilling with my boy walking around and seeing the sites. I don't have the exact pieces but I can come up with the same look with what I already have. I must say I love the black boots!!!

Right now I have on skinny jeans and a floral top, which I think is perfect 'stay'cation attire for today..It looks like Henry's finished, so outside world..HERE I COME...


Cofo =)

Grey Gardens= unique fashion sense

I've been hearing all this talk about the new Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange movie on the Beale ladies and didn't know what it was all about. Well, today I saw in the newspaper a 2 page story about the movie and the Beales and remembered that I watched Grey Gardens years ago and was fascinated. I watched as a mother and daughter were totally dependent on each other. I remember staying up really late and watching the documentary on PBS. I think I was flipping thru the channels and stopped because it was quite intriguing. This evening I logged on to youtube and there I relived the documentary. I watched 12 videos of the eccentric Beales. Quick bio, The older Beale (Big Edie) is the aunt of Jackie O making the younger Beale (Little Edie) Jackie O first cousin. They were living in an East Hampton mansion that was so vile it was about to be closed down by the health department.. they had cats everywhere, mice, fleas, raacoons running a mock, no running water, etc. During the documentary, you see these ladies bond, fight and makeup just to do it all over again. They sing, dance and just be themselves. Through out the movie, my focus was on Little Edie and her eccentric style. She was always put together, even when her outfits were questionable, she somehow pulled it off. It is said that she received alot of Jackie O hand-me down. She made use of what she received and whatever cloth was laying around. Being an accessories person, myself, I was fascinated by Little Edie's head scarfs. She ALWAYS had something adorned on her head and it was fastened with a brooch either on the side, on the top, or in the back. Instant style. I see style runs in the Bouvier lines.

I couldn't find alot of images on the web, but I suggest you go to Youtube, view the videos and see for yourself. You'll be impressed.


NOTE: I just watched the trailer for the Barrymore/Lange version...WOW authentic to a T. Watch the documentary videos first then watch the trailer (all on youtube) and you'll see what I mean.....

Cofo has spoken!!

It's Easter....

And it's time to break out your Easter Bonnets! I am sure there are some churches across the city filled with the best and biggest Easter hats. I love hats. My trademark is a hat with a pin on the side. I wore a different hat all winter. Now its time to "spring" into action and break out the spring hats. Come to think of it..that will be my next post! Spring Hats. A straw fedora will definitely be in the mix.
In the meantime I've selected a few hats that are in my opinion too friece!
Enjoy!!...and Happy Easter


VICTORIAN EASTER BONNETS


BROWN EASTER HAT


GREY EASTER HAT


LIGHT BROWN EASTER HAT



PINK HAT



WHITE HAT


Weird looking hat SJP wore to the London premiere of SATC..its for the BOLD


if you're not into hats, spice it up with a sassy headband and channel your favorite Gossip Girl

CoFo has spoken =)

SUNSHINE

Even though I feel like pure crap, it doesn't hurt to let the sunshine in (face it with a grin...I had to, sorry) Today was a crappy day Rain pretty much all day. When it finally stopped it was cold outside!

It's 15 minutes til' Easter and I hope everyone has a great day. Hopefully I'll feel better and get to go outside without feeling like my heads going to explode!

Happy Easter peep's (no pun intented..)

Smooches..CoFo

Doesn't it suck to be sick??!!

Well its official! I'm sick. Not sure where it came from, but it came carrying a sack of bricks that's beating me in the head. SERIOUSLY!! So it brings me to my very first question? What do you do to combat the nasty germs before they get really out of pocket? I schlepped almost the entire length of Manhattan to find TheraFlu! Then it started raining, I was almost taken to heaven by way of a crazy taxi cab, that was about to hit me as I crossed 6th Ave...AND, I had the doggone light.
Ok enough rambling.. Tonight I'm drinking Theraflu I took one advil gel tablets. And to be honest with you I already feel the drowsey coming on as I type this. My way to fight the battle is theraflu, a painkiller and plenty of Zzzzz.. Hopefully by tomorrow I'll be feeling better..fingers crossed


So let me know ladies (and gents) send me your "sick be gone" regime. How do YOU find the germ battle
Smooches!  Cofo

Welcome to CoFo Speaks!!!

Hello friends!! Welcome to CoFo Speaks. On this blog I will take you on a journey thru my life. I'll talk about what I like in pretty much everything..beauty(my favorite topic), fashion (mostly shoes and accessories), music, life..anything I think of at the time. Its Cofo and I'm speaking..

see you on the next post

Cofo has spoken.....