Nautical Stripe Belted Dress $119.00

I feel like I keep apologizing for going missing, and well, I guess I am back to say sorry yet again. Just when I think my life is calming down it sends me a big fun mess to deal with. I am learning though, that the more messes that come my way, the stronger I become.

Last week my precious Jetta finally gave out on me and I was faced with a big decision… to fix or not to fix the Jetta. My Jetta had the most expensive transmission they made that year so it would be 5k to repair. Considering I’ve had the car 6 years I decided that 5k would be better invested in a new, more reliable car. I debated and debated on what to do, the last thing I wanted to do was make an irrational, impulsive decision… I spent the week borrowing everyone’s cars, annoying my entire family and finally decided to solve the problem, I was going to get a new car if I could find a good deal on one I loved.

My messy situation turned into an amazing situation, as I was reminded yet again, that when you refuse to settle for less, you eventually find exactly what you want. Just like I found with my current job, I found the exact car I wanted after holding off on a few previous finds. I found several cars that were cute but none were exactly what I wanted. Grey interior, different wheels, missing certain features, etc… It’s also crazy how life with throw obsticles in your way to prevent you from these wrong choices, and at the time you don’t understand why life is being so so hard on you, but if you just listen to the warning signs, you will later learn why they were there. Something better was on it’s way.

I tried my best to stay put, I actually did better than I thought considering I stayed in San Diego the entire month of November, butttt I was getting bored so I had to dash off to Vegas for a night and then a few days later to NYC. Sorry for the lack of posts, I am in the air on my way home so they will resume sometime next week!

I hadn’t been to Vegas for over a month now, so I decided to head out there for a night, strictly for fun. I love Vegas so much during Christmas time because all the hotels are decorated so pretty. We stayed at the Wynn, my fave, and it was of course fully decked out. Trees, lights, decorations, loveeee. Even the water show at SW was Christmas themed. We stayed in a really amazing Fairway Villa that over looked the entire Wynn golf course. Definitely have to stay in it if you love golf.

One of my all time favorite places to go for dinner and drinks in Vegas is MIX At THE Hotel. Talk about amazing. This place is a secret gem more people don’t even know exists. One of the best views of Vegas as it sits on the very top of THE Hotel and overlooks all of Vegas. Their food is delicioussssssss and if you don’t want dinner, they have an entire bar area and lounge that is amazing as well. You can sit outside and see the view, they even give you blankets and have heaters out there to make sure you’re never cold… it’s perfect!

After one night of fun in Vegas I came home, packed my bag for NYC and left the next Monday at 6am. It’s weird flying coast to coast in the same day because you leave early in the morning from San Diego but then arrive when it’s dark in NYC. We landed at around 5pm but because of the time zone, it was already dusk.

NYC was strictly a business trip, but we don’t work at night so we did get a bit of personal time in the evenings. The weather was super weird there right now. Rainy the first day, warm the next day, but then freeeeeeeezing the day after. Of course it ran the day I had a million errands to do via foot but it’s ok, I love the rain.

The purpose of the NYC business trip was to attend FFANY, a footwear event that happens a few times a year and to plan an Industry Spring Preview party to display our upcoming shoes. I always wondered at what point stores viewed the products and how the actual purchasing process worked, so this event showed me just that, it’s really interesting to see how the entire process works, I learned so much more about the footwear industry after this event.

Basically, store buyers from all over attend this event to view each company’s shoes. This FFANY was for Spring 2012 so the fashion industry is always getting an early start. We have a huge, fabulous show room on Ave. of the Americas that we share with Beyonce’s Dereon so all the buyers come to our showroom to view 3 of our lines. They schedule appointments and meet with our reps to place their orders. I thought it would be helpful to have live models in styled outfits to match the shoes in the showroom, as well as a Spring Preview party at a local venue so that is what I worked on while in NYC. It was nice to invite buyers and fans out to view the products, and it also was a nice way for us to say thank you to everyone that supports us. We had a hosted bar and appetizers, everyone had fun I know that for sure The event was held at The Royalton Hotel, another really cool venue to check out if you’re in the Time Square area. Very cozy with fireplaces, we hung out there all night.

Here is a picture of Valerie & I at the party.

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Soooooo yeah, Miami is exactly the same as I left it last. Superrrrr tropical, the melting pot of the South East. I really think I was the only white girl in all of South Beach which sucked for me because no one likes white girls there haha. Everyone is a mix of something exotic, with fancy names to match their fancy mixes. I felt super boring, like I needed an accent, a way bigger butt, a way tanner tan, wayyyy longer hair and a crop to fit in. Good thing I have a little bit of a butt so I kinda fit in, but the girl’s booty’s there? Dannnng. I’m def considered skinny in South Beach but not in San Diego. Crazy how opposite the styles are… Here girls think it’s best to be stick thin with big boobs, but Miami girls like to be curvy with big butts. I def. like Miami girls better

NO one has boob jobs in Miami, honestly no one! Ok, maybe a few here and there, but more girls have fake butts there than boobs for sure. Yes girls actually get fake butts andddddd talk about it just like they got a boob job. The first story I heard I was shocked… I guess they get these shots that plump it up or something crazy?

Anyway, I stayed with some super pretty, nice girls and even though I wasn’t Miami enough for Miami, I still had the best time. The girls we stayed with model out there so they made sure we had fabulous plans every night. I think I met every B list rapper possible, which was cool but not cool because for every B list rapper there is in Miami, there are 8,000 hungry girls tryin to holler at them. Not safe to be around them, seriously. One night we had a table with Fabulous and I had to leave because I felt myself getting closed in on by the ugly groupies.

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