Category Archives: Personal

(Necklace: veryjane.com,  Shirt: Ann Taylor Loft  Skirt: Old Navy  Shoes: Ross-Banana Republic)

Last week, I took the boys to get a haircut. I noticed one of the stylists wearing this adorable shirt with colorful birds on it. I gushed at how much I loved her shirt and asked her where she got it. She responded, “Target. No, the Loft!” In my sneaky stalkerish ways, I immediately got on my phone to find the shirt online. I found it rather quickly, but was super bummed that it was out of stock. Not one to take no for an answer, I contacted my friend, who happens to be a manager for a Loft. She said that they sold out of them quickly, but that she could find one in another store for me. She found it for me and it was 60% off AND they shipped it to my house. All of this before we even left the salon! And all it took was a little persistence, my iPhone and one rock solid connection that hooked me up! Woot!!!!

(Earrings: birthday gift  Dress: Kohls-Lauren Conrad  Clutch: Plato’s Closet  Shoes: Goodwill-Banana Republic)

The hubs and I attended a wedding yesterday of my old high school students. It’s crazy that she is old enough to be getting married, like a good hard slap in the face with reality. Life moves on whether we want it to or not. In the words of Ferris Bueller “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once and awhile, you could miss it.” Also, after just having gotten through a season of all my friends getting married/being a bridesmaid in many weddings, I realize how nice it is to JUST be a guest and sit and enjoy the festivities with my husband and not have to be pulled away for pictures, etc. Funny story: This dress was actually purchased to be my bridesmaid dress for my friend Cheryl’s wedding (my second out of three dresses purchased), so I was stoked to finally get to wear it. 🙂

(Necklace: Cookie Lee  Jacket: HandMeDown  Dress: Goodwill  Shoes: Old Navy)

I have a crazy good memory, especially when it comes to people. Unfortunately I also have one of those faces that people just don’t seem to remember. So the situation that happens all the time is I approach person I met say five years ago and remember precise details about our conversation and they look at me like “Who the heck are you, stalker?!” Example: I run into girl I went to high school with and say, “Oh, hi Laurie! Remember me? Rena? We were in 9th grade English together in Mr. Taylor’s class and you sat in the front and you always wore that red sweatshirt?” Laurie looks at me with giant eyes and says, “You say your name is Rena?” Oy. I really need to remember to reign in my crazy.