Torrid

Okay, I know I need to get back to writing essays again but I just have to say this. I love Torrid! Have any of you ever been there? Check them out at torrid.com.

Warning to all my male readers: This is going to be a very superficial entry about clothes and shoes!

I bought these dresses and shoes this weekend. I wasn't planning on it but I took my step-daughter here on Sunday and I fell victim to shopping!!! I bought the first dress on clearance for only $25!

I also bought 2 other pairs of shoes at a great bargain this weekend. I replaced some old black open toed slip in wedges that were too old but I couldn't let go of. Now I can throw them away. I also found the cutest pair of open toed mules with a kitten heel by Isaac Mizrahi at Target!

I was originally going to wear those Isaac shoes with a salmon skirt to the wedding this weekend and I was just going to buy a beige or tan top for the skirt but then I got sold on the dress at Torrid. I'm debating whether to wear those shoes I bought in the picture or some other cute pointy toed beige shoes that I have. Hmmm.... Decisions, decisions, what's a girl to do. Good night!

Anne Taintor

I love this artist Anne Taintor. Go to her website annetaintor.com and check out all her hilarious sayings that go with her cards, magnets, coasters, bags, etc. I laugh so hard when I read these. I know! I have a crazy sense of humor. Some people don't quite get it and I think that's even funnier. Sigh! I really need new shoes!

Nike Ad

The other day I was at my sister's and I saw this ad taped to the side of her desk.

"Hey! You still have that!?" I exclaimed.

"Yeah," she said looking up for a second to see what I was referring to.

I love that ad! I remember reading it in a magazine a long time ago, like 15 years long ago, and I loved it so much then that I cut out the page and hung it on my wall. I shared it with my sister and now years later, I lost mine and she still has hers. So here it is. Great ad copywriter! It's all in caps too. I'm sure the copywriter meant for it to be so that it would have a forceful voice.

ALL YOUR LIFE YOU ARE TOLD THE THINGS YOU
CANNOT DO. ALL YOUR LIFE THEY WILL SAY
YOU'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH OR STRONG
ENOUGH OR TALENTED ENOUGH, THEY'LL
SAY YOU'RE THE WRONG HEIGHT OR THE
WRONG WEIGHT OR THE WRONG TYPE TO
PLAY THIS OR BE THIS OR ACHIEVE THIS.
THEY WILL TELL YOU NO,
A THOUSAND TIMES NO UNTIL ALL THE NO'S
BECOME MEANINGLESS. ALL YOUR LIFE THEY
WILL TELL YOU NO, QUITE FIRMLY AND VERY
QUICKLY. THEY WILL TELL YOU NO. AND
YOU WILL TELL THEM YES.

New Picture on Profile

Hey, I forgot to point out my new picture! That's me in front of Gray's Papaya famous hotdog place in NYC. (last October) Rey and I had just come from an awards reception for my ad conference and I forget how many blocks I walked in those heels. The picture of me is kind of small but you can see the heels. See! If I can walk in heels that high I can live in NYC!

My sadness, my passion, my sadness again

My melancholy feelings from the last week of May turned into something unexpected. Have you ever had one of those moments when you just change? That’s what’s happened to me this week. Okay, not some life changing change but a slight change, a change none-the-less.

I was feeling kind of melancholy a couple of weeks ago. I saw a sad movie and then I started listening to this CD with several songs of unrequited love and memories. I think it got me started thinking about my own life and the things I still have left to do. I also think I wanted to feel alive and passionate about something and the more I thought about it I did start feeling that way. I’m not exactly sure if that’s what happened but it’s the best explanation I can think of.

What surprises me more than anything, and I think surprises my husband more, is that I also have a change in my attitude. I’m not saying I was negative, by no means, but I wasn’t this charged and full of energy. The power of the mind is really amazing.

In the middle of this new appreciation for life, and of my husband, I received some devastating news that made me appreciate life even more.

A friend’s son died today from a rare form of liver cancer. He was only two years old. I first received the news of his illness on Monday and then yesterday I learned that he had an aggressive form of cancer in its last stage. The news caught me unexpectedly and it’s been such a shock that I still find it hard to believe. He was sick suddenly and then just a few days later they received the diagnosis. They took him home to spend one last night with them in their home and the next day he passed away.

It breaks my heart to just imagine the pain they must be going through. I can’t even start to imagine what that last night together must have been like. When I think about it I start to cry.

I came home yesterday after receiving the initial news about the cancer and I just hugged my baby boy. They were the same age. My friend and I were pregnant at the same time. We often shared pictures and updates about our little boys. It doesn’t seem possible that now she’s been robbed of the opportunity to see hers grow up.

I felt sad but I felt grateful. I hugged my little boy and I thanked God that he is healthy. It made me so conscious of the fact that none of us are safe from anything in life. Unforeseen occurrences can befall us all. At the same time we can’t let that paralyze us and stop us from living, can it?

My sadness, my passion, my sadness again.