Awkward & Awesome Thursday: Therapy & Florals

There's a good chance that I'm going to need therapy to get through next week.
Let's just leave it at that.

I may or may not be wearing a dress I've kind of been DYING to own, today. Thanks to my sweet friend Rachel, of State of My Heart, a dress I'd been drooling over from Forever 21 finally became mine. And I'm so in love, it's not even funny. How perfectly Spring is this baby? THANK YOU, Rachel!

 dress: Forever 21
shoes: Lower East Side (stole 'em from my mom!)
belt: New York & Company
photography prop of the day: cutting board on top of trashcan
I'm starting to get pretty crafty, aren't I?

 

Holy colors, right? More, please!

Awkward:
- Coming to work when everyone knows you're leaving. And it seems like they're happy about it.
- Dropping Little S. off at daycare and making small talk with her provider for the first time in two years. Because she's mad. Or sad. Or something.
- Talking to my trashcan, telling it to take photos at a better angle this morning. Yep. That happened.
- Waking up in the middle of the night to get water and not remembering how the cup of water made it to my bedside table upon waking up.
- My skin. And how it hates me. But I can't figure out why.

Awesome:
- Learning that sometimes it's okay to not please everyone when you're doing what's right for yourself.
- Chasing dreams. And catching them.
- Watching my daughter read all of the letters on four different recycle bins, yesterday.
- My homemade chicken pot pie.
- Amazing amounts of support from my friends and family about my new endeavor.
- The sweet contest I've got going on where you get to STYLE ME for my new job!
Ahem, go enter, please!

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p.s.- My best friend, Jackie, is holding an amazing Mother's Day giveaway at Jackie Ranson Photography! Better check it out, fast!

Awkward & Awesome Thursday!

 

 tunic (skirt): Handmade & thrifted

jeans: Charlotte Russe

sandals: Target

belt: Target

Awkward:

- thinking I would be comfortable wearing a strapless top to work

- deciding to curl my hair in extreme heat, humidity, and wind

- putting my personal creative writing out there for all of you to read and being that vulnerable 

- the photo above that actually makes me look like I have to pee

- trying to make small talk to avoid silence and being completely shut down

- getting dressed in the morning and Little S. looking over while I'm half nakie, saying, "Momma! GET DRESSED! Nakie bum!"

*actually, that was adorable and kind of awesome*

Awesome:
- the fact that tomorrow is Friday AND I get to see my momma!
- I'm actually ALLOWED to wear strapless to work.
*even though I totally have a deep royal purple cardigan on, now*
- visiting sweet family this weekend
- coming to a huge realization last night (Separation)
- realizing that dreams might actually have a way of coming true

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Awkward & Awesome Thursday & Polyvore

Awkward:

- Not having an outfit photo and trying to maneuver Polyvore so I don't miss out on showing you what I'm wearing, today

- Pretending like there's not insane amounts of tension when there totally is

- Telling someone they are going to continue getting paid if they do X, then find out after X (which is irreversable, by the way) has been done that I was wrong

- Twisting my bangs back to the side a la Lauren Conrad and having a million people say, "I thought you got bangs!"

Actually, I magically grew them back, over night. So cool, right?

- People who consistently don't make it to appointments and use the same lame excuse errr time.

Car troubles? Really? I didn't see that one coming...

4.14.11 by KimberlyAnne22 featuring ballet shoes

Awesome:

- For the first time, ever, I finally figured out how to use Polyvore (ahem, please don't make fun of the slow-to-upkeep blogger behind the computer screen).

- Being able to trick people into thinking I never got bangs because I'm a master hair stylist! Or.. I'm really good at getting a few extra minutes of sleep and using the bit-o-build-up from unwashed hair to create magic.

- How blue my eyes are when I use light pink eyeshadows.

- The fact that this work day is only 20 minutes longer and I'll soon have a little toe-headed munchkin in my presence!

- The package I received in the mail from Rochelle, yesterday! Hey, THANKS, friend!

- This dress. I swear, it feels like a nightgown, has a pretty waistline, and makes me feel feminine and flirty!

- All of the FLIPPIN' ROCKSTAR buddies I'm making via bloggity blog bloggin', lately!

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Awkward & Awesome & Outfit Fail

Sometimes I think really hard about an outfit, have it all hanging up, properly layered on a hanger, jewelry included, and it looks awesome. Then, I get up a little later since I don't have to think about what I'm gonna wear, get dressed with my geniusly pre-planned outfit, and feel a bit disappointed when my master plan turned out to be a flop. Thank goodness for adorable, fashion-forward toddlers who are walking around, playing with the perfect shoes to compliment an outfit and make it a little better. Guys, I seriously couldn't decide on shoes this morning. I was so wishy washy about the outfit in the first place, and Little S. walked up with these shoes and all I could think was, "Kid, you are a genius." I'm still not pleased with the look as a whole, but the oxfords definitely made it better.

I did about two Awkward & Awesome Thursdays and got overwhelmed with other stuff, a while back. It's making a comeback, and Awkward & Awesome Thursday, hosted by Sydney, will be a regular weekly event around here, now!

grey dress: Old Navy

purple peasant top: Miley Cyrus/Max Azria for WalMart

powder blue cardigan: Old Navy, gifted by ML

studded oxfords: Ross (brand is worn), gifted by Rochelle

long beaded knot necklace: gifted by ML

short flower necklace: gifted by my aunt

Wow... I didn't buy a whole lot of this ensemble, huh?

Thanks for contributing to my wardrobe, everyone!

I'm always open to donations, btw.

Awkward:

- Taking outfit pictures outside of my favorite Mexican restaurant and hearing the security alarm going off on the inside... Yikes!

- Starting the P today and having a Mounds bar, S'Mores pop tart, and an iced Cocoa Cappuccino for breakfast. Hello, chocoholic?

- Having the Chair of my department comment on yesterday's outfit like this: "Wow! Look at those stockings! HOLY COW!" All I could think was, "Is this inappropriate?" But we totally don't have a dress code, really... 

- Signing up to get text updates from American Idol so I can vote... like a 13-year-old, then voting for Casey, Haley, and Lauren 30x, each.

Awesome:

- JLo's dress, last night! Hell yeah! I want it. Can someone work that out for me?

- We Love Colors. That is all.  

- We're going to Olive Garden for lunch, today! Woo!

- My boss' relationship with his wife (he brought her to work today so they could hang in his office). They are SO CUTE!

- Bloggy friends that are super extra supportive.

- Third day hair success! Extra yay!

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