Sunday, May 13, 2007

What I'd Rather Be Doing . . .

Currently I'm employed as a Database Manager, below I have listed a few random things that I'd rather spend 8 (and more) hours of my day doing . . .

Rehabbing Furniture:
I often search through Craigslist to see what I can find in the way of something unique and well made. I often view postings for furniture and imagine myself purchasing a good piece for cheap, working hard but happy to rehab the piece and either using myself or reselling at a profit. This piece from 1940'50's almost lunged out of the screen at me as it seemed like a good piece to start with.












Doing Hair . . .
My grandmother and great-grand were both cosmetologists. I think it's in the blood.

Styling People . . .
I love picking out looks for my friends that they would have never considered. Often, I will describe a style inspiration or look that I'm going for and people don't get. But once they see, they love it. I love getting people to think out of the box when it comes to fashion - I hate plain and drab (even though it's my usual work uniform cause I'm a very busy mom and it's easy, lol).




Nothing . . .
I am very professionally ambitious and motivated, however the thought sometimes crosses my mind "what if I didn't have to be". I would wake up, get the kids off to school, take my time reading the paper and sipping my grande Cafe Americano, then head off to the gym, do some shopping, come home, do the night routine and then cap off my day with a relaxing bubble bath and glass of wine. Don't get me wrong, I know there is still work involved in all of this and I would undoubtedly be involved in many things, but it just wouldn't be the 'yes mahsta, whatever you want so I can get that check mahsta' kind of work. You feel me!

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Reunion

I love the creative juice that www.shopstyle.com gets flowing within me. I could waste so much time looking thru the clothes and creating looks on this site. Alas, it was fellow blogger Trini Orisha Gyal, and her upcoming class reunion, that inspired this look. To me, this look says 'I am a classy lady, I am a professional women, I am a mom on the go, I can not be stopped - and I look fly too!'


I'm still working on this look - It's called B-Day!