Shoe Closet Life: August 2009

Another day, another adventure

So today, I am headed out to Hot Springs....those of you not familiar with Arkansas vacation spots, this town is one of the best. It's known for it's natural hot springs all over the city, hence the name. With the springs, came the bathhouse row..then came the mob guys..Al Capone and his gang..lots of history.

Over the years, this town has become kind of the hubs and I's vacation spot. We have a "party barge" on Lake Hamilton there right out the backdoor of his families condo from the 70's. It's small and very retro with a bad mix of 70's fixtures and 80's floral valences and blue carpet.. BUT it's free and we can get there in less than 2 hours anytime we want..perfect, right?!

I am headed there today to visit a new/old client that came to see me at the Dallas show. We have not done business with her in several years, but when she stopped in to see me at market she requested I come to the store sometime soon, she was serious about having the lines in her shop. YAY! I've been in her store before, well maybe a couple of times.. :) It's really cute and has a great selection of clothes, accessories, and shoes. I drool everytime..

After my mini-day vacation to Hot Springs--it always feels like I'm on vacation there, no matter how long I'm in town--I am headed up to North Little Rock to stay the night with my sister. So not too bad of a day..it's that "err--ugh--hmm" time before our next big market. I've procrastinated calling for appointments for Vegas, so that will have to happen among other things in the next 48 hours..

Off to get ready...I'll post pictures of Hot Springs tonight!

TWITARDED...My daily dose of Twi news and laughs!

So becoming completely obsessed past the point of reason with Twilight, I find myself logging into Twitter 24/7 for random tweets of Twi news. I have told myself it's okay because I balance it with all of the fashion world tweeters I follow....yeah....I still skip through all of that to go go straight to whatever pap pics have surfaced or the latest blog updates from Twi-bloggers.

With all that said, I found Blogger as well.....one of my FAVE blogs to read daily for a good giggle and sometimes laugh so hard I nearly pee my pants is TWITARDED.... yep..you gotta check out the insane yet genius things these girls have to say. Jenny Jerkface and Snarkier Than You will definitely bring some excitement to your day! They posted one blog from this past weekend that will have you hooked!

http://twitarded.blogspot.com/2009/08/twilight-in-park-we-laughed-we-squeeeed.html

Enjoy!! :)

Work is my Life Right Now..

Things have just been so damn crazy lately! It's been way too hard to keep up with everything. Changes being made corporately, new samples in/out of lines daily, show after show has kept me in a constant frazzle. It's all part of the job, yes, I know, but sometimes it's just a lot to process.

I finally made it home Friday afternoon after having been on the road for 3 weeks and home for only one day during that time. Of course, trying to make it home Friday proved to be just another hurdle on my path. I dropped off my boss at the airport and was ecstatic turn my car in the direction of the interstate. Unfortunately, I got caught in some construction traffic that caused me to have to take a wrong turn..no biggie, I saw a wide shoulder that I took advantage of and used to make a U-Turn. Well.........it was gravel and some dirt and thinking I could turn quick enough, I dared to go for it. I ended up with my car stuck in mud. Yeah, brilliant.

After the tears of rage and profanity subsided, I hit the On-Star button and waited for the voice to direct me to Roadside Assistance. In the meantime, the construction workers ending their lunch break decided to stand in a group and stare me down. I'm sure their thoughts were something along the lines of, "What the hell has this stupid woman done?". Well, to my surprise they walked over and began to motion to me which way to turn the steering wheel as they pushed my car! Seriously...I am forever in debt to these very nice construction crew who saved me from the hassle of Roadside Assistance and extending my 4 hour drive home to 6 hours.

Needless to say, the rest of my drive home was full of more anxiety and road rage than I've ever experienced in my life. Glad to be home for now!

I've worked for a few hours today while doing laundry and hope I'm caught up enough to not feel completely overwelmed the rest of the week. I have a doctors appointment in the morning 30 minutes away and then have to get things organized so I can drive to my sisters house tomorrow night. She's conveniently located near my Tuesday appointment that otherwise would take me 4 hours to get to. So yeah, then who knows.. I still have to make appointments for Vegas next week and figure out what I'm going to wear. I'm crossing my fingers I can keep my sanity through all of it!

My "Sassy Soapbox" Moment of the Day..

So recently, I was given a new line to take on within my company. In the past year I have had three lines and only one of the three has been a constant for me. Of course, there are always changes for the better of the company with any business and I'm so thankful now that today I'm standing where I am. I love my Poetic Licence line..it's every girls dream! Sooo super fun and sassy and well sometimes just so outlandish/obnoxious it's fabulous!

I am now selling Nicole..my sly partner in crime to Poetic..it's a little under the radar at times I like to think. It sneaks up on you and really surprises you! This is kind of where my "sassy soapbox" moment began today.

This show we are at in Austin, TX is really one of many newer shows, all attempts to bring business, force in numbers so to speak. So, I opened this new account...YAYA! I honestly was afraid from seeing all of the other vendors that my lines were lost in a sea of comfort. But to my delight, the little bit of cowgirl styles I have are helping me. I sold this little cowgirl shoe/boot thing..it so stinkin' cute..and has a removable "dingo" strap for sass or no sass moments! Anyways, I sold two accounts this week the crazy distressed fuschia and even crazier distressed canary (not so canary though...pukey yellow? almost with a green tint from the distressing? With me?). I feared the wrath of my 2nd boss for selling these colors knowing the rest of the reps are selling the "we know they'll sell" colors. But he just laughed and said, "Well, keep selling them if you want them made!" This is when I jumped on my "sassy soapbox".... I told him that you know, I was glad I was put on the Nicole team, because the girl needs some color! And a HEEL! Yep, I'm what this line needs..someone to push the envelope to extremes and really see what it can do!

Holy crap, did I really just say that? hahaha! Oh well, it was the truth and I think it's just insane to not push it a little. The truth is the line in the past was very Missy and has since developed into this younger/hipper line that honestly just needs a sassy bitch like me. There..sassy soapbox for today. :)

Sometimes I'm just socially retarded..I give up..

I am whining, yes I know, but I have to get this out.. I feel like 85% of my conversations and interactions with people consist of me being socially retarded. I tend to make awkward silences worse than they should be..and by this I mean I can't handle the silence shouting at me from the other end of the phone so I ramble..I just ramble. About what? Who knows. It's mostly nonsense. I talk way too much..*big bite of humble pie* I just cause this insane awkwardness over nothing, I bring it upon myself. It's so embarrassing. Honestly, why can't I just be that cool kid who needs no reason to speak during silences and everyone "gets". That's my major issue is that I just feel like my relationships with people sometimes are one sided..I see them and they can't figure out from my rambling who the hell I am.

With this thought of not being seen for who I really am, I think about my boss and how I truly believe she thinks I'm a moron...it's okay to let her believe I'm as naive and dumb as I come off right? It's nice when I don't want to talk about certain things..I just let her believe I'm the moron she thinks I am and *Poof!* conversation over.

Is it just that I don't see myself clearly enough and so I put on so many faces around others so that they will see the many facets of my personality? Did I lose you? Sorry. I just want to understand what it is about me that lets the social retardedness seep through around others.

Whew...that's out.. thanks. I feel better. I know I will always have this fucked up gene, but then again it's part of me.

Kellen Lutz..He's a hottie..

So my sister, soon to be mother of 3, is just as obsessed as I am when it comes to Twilight.. Her friends were in Dallas the same weekend as TwiCon and happened to stumble upon Kellen Lutz from Twilight at the famous Ghost Bar! Lucky! I'm so jealous, but so excited they got to meet him and took some pictures. And yes one of these is repeated, but I have not mastered blogger and cannot delete it, so I apologize, but hey that's one more moment of enjoyment! :)