I juggle my one year old daughter, full time college classes, and a 40 hour a week job as a waitress. Unfortunately, that means I’m almost always either in a waiter uniform or pajamas. I used to have really great style and a wardrobe that I was proud of and even though I’ve lost all the baby weight, my old clothes don’t fit quite like they used to. I’m only 23 years old, so looking as frumpy as I usually do these days is just unacceptable!
I think the belt accent on Anna’s dress really takes the dress over the top. While they both look great, that extra detail makes her shine a little more than Tina’s.
We love to take our baby absolutely everywhere! My ten month old daughter Elliott Olivia really is my right hand baby! I love taking her with me during my daily errands. I have a big mirror on the backseat so I can see her as we ride along, listening to songs from Yo Gabba Gabba and enjoying the sunshine. We go to the grocery store every few days for fresh produce, we go to my favorite restaurants and have lunch, we visit her daddy at work or her grandparents who live an hour away. We go to IKEA and buy knick knacks for our home. I take her to Target and walk through the baby aisles. We’re members of the Houston Zoo and she especially loves going on the weekends and seeing the face painters and new exhibits. The penguins always make her squeal! When she’s fussy, we walk around our neighborhood and enjoy the fresh air. :)
As a young mom, I spend my time juggling work, school, and an amazing ten month old baby girl. Between work, school, and running from daycare to home to the grocery store, and everywhere else in between, there isn’t a lot of time left for mom to go to the mall or do much shopping for myself. This gift bag would be a nice little present to myself from Celebuzz. Keeping up with all of the latest celebrity news is one of the ways I keep myself entertained and thanks to Celebuzz always being tapped into the vein of what’s going on, I can stay updated on my phone throughout my day or on my laptop (in between doing homework and looking up recipes for dinner.. shhh! It’s our little secret). The amazing items in this bag would make my life so much more awesome. Why look up recipes online when I have an awesome cookbook by my favorite Desperate Housewife, Eva Longoria. I’d be able to keep up on the latest reads (as well as celebrity news) with the Google iriver Story HD, and listen to my music with the high-quality BigR Audio headphones. And when the hubby and I find the time to have a date night, we’d have some sexy new scents to sweeten the deal! The gift bag really is a mom’s dream!
I love wearing shorts and sandals during the summer, but layering makes the Fall my favorite, most fashionable time of year! Scarves are my favorite autumnal accessory because you can really amp up an already great outfit with something as simple as a luxurious cashmere scarf or add a little bit of interest with a funky print, like an ikat or the tribal prints that I can’t wait to try for fall. Long, skinny scarves, silky square scarves, trendy triangular scarves, chunky knit scarves- I love them all!
There’s something so amazing about pairing a great top with a cute pair of skinny jeans, a cool fringed triangular scarf in an interesting print, pulling on a pair of knee-high boots, and topping it off with an ultra-cool leather bomber jacket. That’s basically my fall wardrobe. Comfortable, easy, trendy, and as easy to put an individual spin on as it is to wear.
While I love True Blood and Treme (I promise I’m not biased toward the shows set in Louisiana just because I’m from New Orleans), I think my favorite show on HBO and one of my favorite shows of all time has to be Eastbound and Down. I own the first season on DVD and can’t wait for the second season to premiere next Monday!
Danny McBride was hilarious in Pineapple Express and Land of the Lost, but I had no idea he was so funny and talented until I saw the first season of Eastbound and Down. Now I’m a huge fan. McBride’s character Kenny Powers is so ridiculous- in the best way. The show is full of one-liners that make the best inside jokes. It’s definitely the kind of show that becomes a cult classic!
I’d use it to let my ten month old daughter watch Yo Gabba Gabba in the car and at restaurants. I’d keep all of our family photos, which seem to multiply daily, organized and housed like a virtual photo album. I’d use it to keep up on all of the latest celebrity news on Celebuzz, of course! I’d use it to shop for clothes and shoes online since I never seem to have time to make it to the mall or any of my favorite boutiques anymore, and I’d use it to get work done for my college courses while on the go. When I have to travel for my work as a writer (which happens fairly frequently) and my baby stays home with her daddy, I’d use it to facetime with them via his iphone. It would make my life so much more convenient and baby-friendly! It’s the perfect gadget for a young mom on the go who can’t live without her technology!
I think the message of this top is awesome. I, personally, love to go out with my friends and have fun and hate that it’s implied that if you like to go out and party, you must do drugs. The best fun is fun that you can remember and that you get to experience with clarity. For that reason, I’d wear this top out clubbing. I think it would make a great tongue-in-cheek statement that partying is not synonymous with doing drugs. This top with a cute pair of black skinny jeans, black heels and a tough leather jacket would be a perfect going out look!
What better way to transition from a day spent running errands and being super mom to a date night with the hubby than with a super chic jumper like this one? I would wear the jumper EVERYWHERE! It’s sweet enough to get dressed down with a cardigan and pendant necklace and my favorite pair of gladiator heels, with just enough sex appeal to switch the sandals out for heels or wedges and hit the town. Perfection!
What better way to transition from a day spent running errands and being super mom to a date night with the hubby than with a super chic jumper like this one? I would wear the jumper EVERYWHERE! It’s sweet enough to get dressed down with a cardigan and pendant necklace and my favorite pair of gladiator heels, with just enough sex appeal to switch the sandals out for heels or wedges and hit the town. Perfect-o!
omg I love that dress! The colors are incredible and the silhouette is so interesting. Her fashion choices may not always be spot-on, but when she’s a hit, she’s a huge hit!
After a two year hiatus, I’ve finally gone back to school. As a second-semester sophomore, I’m a lot more focused now than I was at 18. I’m also living on my own now in a very sparsely decorated apartment. A chance to makeover my apartment would not only benefit me, but my most recent addition to my home: my six month old daughter! She’s really my inspiration for everything I do, so a more comfortable home for both of us would be an incredible opportunity! After having my daughter and going back to school, nothing would make this time of my life more incredible than having new furniture from IKEA.
My purse always plays home to my iPhone 4, my wallet (a cute little leopard print hinged deal from Target), my planner- because if I don’t write it down, it doesn’t get done, a makeup pouch with the essentials- DiorShow mascara, MAC eyeliner and a few eyeshadow pots in key colors, NARS lipgloss, and an eyelash curler, and usually a bottle of perfume. Lately, though, I can’t seem to reach into my purse without my fingers brushing up against pacifiers and baby socks. Those things seem to follow me everywhere! Which is a plus when my six month old has dropped every single one of her binkies on the ground. Mama’s always got a spare! :)
Chances are, I’d end up sharing it at least with my fiance. We’re snack fiends and are always on the lookout for something delicious to eat or drink! Plus, I’m not very good at keeping things all to myself. When something is really good, I always want to share so other people will know how good it is too!
My mom set an incredible example for me of how to be a strong woman no matter what, and an even stronger mom. She was a single mom for a while, but I never went without and I remember always being happy. Even after she married my pop, whom she asked my permission to marry first (!!!), she and I stayed close. Through the high school (cough, puberty) years, we fought like mothers and daughters do and unfortunately, Hurricane Katrina forced us to separate my senior year of high school because her job moved her around a lot and I had to stay with my dad to avoid missing too much school to pass. Despite all of that, when I found out that I was due to have a little girl of my own this past November, my mom let her boss know that if she was at work when I called her to tell her it was time, she’d have to drop everything and leave to drive the three hours that separate us to be there for me. True to her word, I called her at 3:45 on November 18th to tell her that it was time, and four hours later, she was in the delivery room holding my hand and feeding me ice chips. At 1:50 a.m., I gave birth with my mother by my side and she spent an entire week with me at my house while I recovered.
While I cherish simple memories, such as crawling in bed with my mom in the morning after my pop left for work and sleeping in during summer vacation or our annual September beach vacations, it was having her with me for the birth of my daughter that will always be my most cherished memory of my mother. <3
I’ve always tried to be environmentally aware and have opted for the easy things like paying bills online and skipping paper bills, using “green” products like 7th Generation or Green Works, and a while back, my fiance and I started carpooling for our 30 mile commute whenever possible. I have to say, though, that being a mom has made me more environmentally conscious than I’ve ever been before.
We put things into our bodies on a daily basis that aren’t good for us and are actually pretty wasteful in the name of convenience: fast food, pre-packaged foods, especially in single portion multi-packs, and things like that. I never gave those things much thought when it was for myself, but I’m a lot more concerned with what I feed and use on my baby. My most environmentally conscious actions would have to be nursing my daughter (rather than buying can after can of formula), using glass bottles rather than plastic, and making homemade baby food instead of buying jars or plastic tubs of pre-made baby food.
I bought my ipad purely for entertainment reasons. I have a Macbook, so I didn’t need another portable computer. It was more of a little gift to myself. My favorite app would have to be the Amateur Surgeon game released by Adult Swim games. I’ve never been a “gamer” per se, but I have to admit that this game is my guilty pleasure. I love the interactivity of the ipad and this game relies heavily on organic, natural movements. It’s almost morbidly funny.
I would wear the jumper EVERYWHERE. As mom to a six month old baby girl, I love having the chance to wear something simple and easy to wear, like a jumper, but without sacrificing style. What better way to look amazing AND comfortable while running errands or heading to the park for a playdate with my mini-me than by wearing this cute jumper with a few necklaces, a cardigan, and gladiator sandals? Plus- added bonus- I can swap out the cardigan and sandals for a pair of killer heels, get a babysitter, and be perfectly sexy for a date night with the husband all in the same day. PERFECTION!
I remember seeing Pretty Woman for the first time when I was around 9 years old. My great-aunt Liv calls me City Woman to this day because all of my family was from the country (Alabama) and I was from the city (New Orleans) and I was a fancy little girl who loved to dress up and go to the movies. My mom let me watch Pretty Woman and I remember being completely swept up in the love story of Vivian and Edward. The end, when he rides up with the roses like a sword and his body out of the sunroof of his limo like a modern-day knight in shining armor is still one of my favorite romantic movie scenes of all time. Their story was so cute and earnest that it wasn’t until years later that I realized that Vivian was a “woman of the night” (I’m trying to be polite here, lol). Now, at 22, it’s still one of my favorite movies and I’m sure that someday, I’ll let my daughter get caught up in the fairy tale of the working girl and the millionaire.
Maybe I’m a little bit old-school, but my favorite Julia Roberts movie of all time has to be Pretty Woman. I first saw Pretty Woman when I young- maybe nine years old- and I remember, as many people probably do, being totally swept away by the romantic love story that it told. At that age, I understood it as a story of love overcoming the issues of class and money and not necessarily the implication of being a “lady of the night” (I’m trying to be polite, here).
Of course, as an adult, I understand that the hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold tale isn’t the most kid-friendly theme in the world, but that was part of the magic of Pretty Woman and that’s why that movie made Julia Roberts into America’s sweetheart: she managed to play the role of Vivian in a way that never made her seem like the streetwalker that she was. She had a troubled past, she wanted to be better, she was a good person, and had a heart big enough to capture Richard Gere’s heart. And what girl didn’t dream of the rich guy driving up to her apartment wielding roses like a sword, standing out of the sunroof of his limo like a knight on a horse? It was a modern-day fairytale. Toss in a dash of Hector Elizondo for comedic relief and a purely-90s soundtrack, and boom! Movie magic.
