Choice Two

So, choice one was semi-successful. Grocery shopping was done, but the list I made for the menu I planned was forgotten at home. If I was paid for every time I forgot something I would be incredibly rich. I managed to remember most of the ingredients I needed and brought home some delicious and healthy food for my refrigerator and pantry.

Choice Two

After rewatching The Devil Wears Prada, I felt the same feelings as I felt the first time I saw it. Jealous and inspired at the same time. When Anne Hathaways character gets her makeover and starts dressing in those fantastic clothes...WOW!

There have been a few times in my life when I stepped out the door of my house knowing that I looked fantastic. The other times happen way too often. You know the feeling when you are getting ready for work in the morning and half of your closet ends up thrown around your room. You try on one thing after another and nothing feels right. Either it doesn't go with the weather or you don't have the right shoes. Maybe it's just your hair that won't go and you walk out the door not ready to take on the day, let alone the world. I hate those days, and yet I do nothing to guarantee they won't happen.

My shopping has never been a well thought out plan, I shop for bargains and occasions. I shop out of desperation. I drag my husband along with me because I would never subject my friends to my groans of frustration and aimless hours of wandering through clearance racks and dressing rooms. My husband is patient and loving, but he hates these shopping trips.

So when I see Andy Sachs being dressed FOR FREE in gorgeously coordinated designer outfits, I am jealous. When I see her walking confidently down the street in her Chanel boots, I am inspired. The problem is Patricia Fields dressed her. I do not have a Patricia Fields in my life. The other problem is that the budget of $100,000 for clothing in the movie was supplemented by connections in the industry bringing the total value of clothing in the movie to $1 million. I have neither the budget nor the friends in the industry. What's a girl to do?

So here we come to choice two. Splurge on a good haircut. There is nothing like feeling confident about your hair. You can have a great outfit ruined by bad hair but great hair can make the outfit. This Friday, I visited Patrick Danek for choice two. Not only does he work magic with his scissors, he lays out what product you should use and how you should style your hair for every day and otherwise--LOVE him! I left his salon smiling, confident and ready to take on the day and the world!

The wardrobe situation will be handled later. For now, I will do good to make sure the options that I do have are clean and maybe laid-out the night before.