Holiday FAB!!!

FABulous readers,

I know some of you have been wondering why FAB has been quiet!?!? Well it's all been for a great cause I assure you! The past few months have been spent planning a special event for my close friends and family here on the East Coast. This new tradition namely; 'SiSi's Christmas Dinner Party and Gift Drive' is an opportunity for everyone to get dolled up and enjoy an evening with friends and family all in the holiday spirit of giving. I am happy to say that we had a magical evening; celebrating the holiday season with food, drinks, music and of course lots of gifts!!! The Gift Drive is in support of the children at Bristol Myers Squibb Children's hospital, allowing us to share our holiday joy with some of the children and families served by the hospital who otherwise may not have the opportunity to uphold some of their holiday traditions this Christmas.

Guests enjoyed an everflowing supply of chocolate and wine all evening while the fabulous Il Ripasso served an amazing dinner. With DJ Chase White providing the entertainment and Mrs Abiola Saba of Timeless Impacts serving as the MC, it was truly a wonderful evening!

A special thanks to my fabulous guests for making the evening such a success! BMSCH thanks you for the amount of time, thought and effort all of you put into preparing so many beautiful gifts!

FAB readers; have a happy and blessed holiday season!!! See you all next year & remember, 'Tis the season for joy and laughter; give AND love with an open heart.


**Hope you enjoy a few pictures from our magical evening**





Stay FAB!

Besitos,
SiSi

And the 2011 Miss Universe is....Flawlessly FAB!

The 2011 Miss Universe Pageant Winner, Miss Angola; strikes attention not only because of her effortless beauty but also because this is the first time in 12 years that an African Beauty Queen has been crowned Miss Universe ( Previous winner was in 1999 Miss Botswana, Mpule Kwelagobe).

As the Miss Universe 60th title holder, Leila Lopes' platform includes; HIV, children living in poverty and protecting the elderly. Based on beauty, grace, character and humlity, Leila Lopes won the hearts of judges, the audience and fellow competitiors with her smile, friendliness and admirable responses to interview questions. When asked about what physical trait she would change if she could. She responded;

“Thank God I’m very satisfied with the way God created me and I wouldn’t change a thing, I consider myself a woman endowed with inner beauty. I have acquired many wonderful principles from my family and I intend to follow these for the rest of my life.”

It is great to see a positive role model with inner and outer beauty that can hopefully through her work remind us of the grace we are all capable of exhibiting even while living among the constant turmoil of social injustice sometimes stemming from issues such as skin tone (lighter Vs. darker) that seem to consume the best in us.

In remotely insignificant news, I'd love to see what the #TeamDarkSkin & #TeamLightSkin followers have to say about this. <-- I literally SMH everytime I see these groups pop up!

Stay FAB!

SiSi #TeamFAB ;-)

Rent It, Don't Buy it!

Despite the current Hurricane Irene hooplah, I'm sure some of you out there are sadly counting down your Summer days and preparing for the beginning of a new Semester!!!

As much as I love living the fabulous life, I also pride myself in the ability to stretch a dollar, and as many will agree the prices of text books nowadays really don't help the cause. Hearing about a credible textbook rental service on abc news last year, sparked some interest in me, which led me to experiment with this alternative option (couldn't suggest it until I could vouche for it). One word; Amazing! Chegg may just be the answer to the prayers of many students!

This service allows you to rent your books for the semester as opposed to purchasing from your school's overpriced book store! They even provide you with packaging material and the shipping label to return the book at the end of the semester. After using the service a few times, I was highly impressed by their amazing customer service team, who despite my procrastination (hangs head in shame), shipped my books to me on time. Plus, they sent me a new version at no additional cost when there were issues with an older edition of one of my books!




So, if you're looking for a FAB way to save some money AND would love to help the environment (Chegg plants a tree with every new rental) go ahead and visit http://www.chegg.com/
Rent It, Don't Buy It!

Stay FAB

SiSi