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Fashion Friday

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Rena Anne

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Real Life: Part 2

“Day in the Life”

6am (if I’m lucky and my 2-yr-old hasn’t woken up earlier): wake up when alarm goes off and lay in bed for another 30 minutes checking instagram, Facebook and my email.

6:30am: realize I just wasted 30 minutes while I SHOULD have been showering, stumble into the bathroom and put contacts in.

6:35am: stumble back to my room and stand in front of my closet staring at the contents. Depending on what I’m doing that day, I decide on pants or a dress. I usually pick one item first and then quickly build an outfit around it. Ideally I like to plan an outfit ahead of time, but that RARELY happens.

6:40am: pick out jewelry and shoes to go with outfit and then quickly go back to the bathroom to deal with my hair. This usually consists of just brushing it and then rushing to the kitchen.

6:45am-make kids breakfast at the same time that I make everyone lunches.

7am-quickly eat breakfast and cuddle/play with my boys

7:10am: make sure the boys have shoes (this usually requires running around the house for another five minutes trying to find a matching pair), then get backpacks and lunch boxes and buckle boys into the car.

7:20am: drive my kids to my parents house while I put on mascara and blush (yep, I’m that mom).

7:30am: arrive at work and finally breathe. 😉

Does that sound like your mornings or are you more organized/put together/prepared/less insane than us? Ha!

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Happy Friday! 🙂

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Warning: Things Aren’t As Daunting As They First Seem

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Rena Anne

I love braiding my hair and am not half bad at it.

I am able to do a regular braid, French braid and a Dutch braid, but the fishtail braid always escaped me.

I made it my goal to learn how to do it by the end of the year.

Not knowing where to start, I googled “how to do a fishtail braid” because that seemed like a logical place to turn for information.

A plethora of youtube videos appeared and I chose the first one.

Well, I am pleased to announce to you that after 31 years of life, I am finally able to do the fishtail braid.

And let me tell you, it’s eaaaaaaasy.

(I actually feel really dumb for not knowing how to a long time ago.)

If you don’t know how to do a fishtail braid or don’t even know what I’m talking about, feel free to watch the video here.

In fact, there are a lot of fun and informative videos made by the always lovely Lauren Conrad. My favorites are the Milk Maid Braid, Lauren’s Every Day Waves, and Ballerina Bun.

Enjoy!

Fashion Friday

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Rena Anne

Real Life

I wanted to post pictures of my closet, in case some of you were getting the idea that I’ve got some sort of glamorous set up going on.

That is not the case. This is real life. This is my closet.

It is small (I share half of it with my husband) and cramped.

My ginormous shoe collection is shoved into one shoe rack and a box. I also have a box that slides under my bed for boots, as well as the ones I wear most frequently at the top of my closet. My purses or rather large “mom bags” are precariously stacked on one another in a sideways milk carton.

I organize by skirts, shirts and dresses, but other than that it’s just stuck in where there’s space (see how the bar is bending…it was that way before we bought the house, but I’m sure I didn’t help it any). I also have my belts hanging on a nail on both sides of the closet.

My accessories are organized into chunky necklaces, delicate necklaces (kept in baggies to preserve them), rings, bracelets and earrings.

My foldable items are stuffed into two drawers (shirts and pants). If you could see the bottom of the shirt drawer, you’d see that it’s busted out from holding all of that weight.

And that’s what I work with every day. I try to go through it often to get rid of things I don’t use to make more space.

I have seen Sex & the City the movie and I would take the closet Mr. Big gave Carrie over a diamond ring any day because that closet was a thing of beauty. Someday I will have more space, but for now I am thankful for the space I do have.

What’s in your closet?

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