I
have started this blog to keep in touch with my friends and for them to keep in
touch with me and know whats happening with me. Never have I been away from
home for periods greater than a week and now it seems I will be gone for almost
a year plus. From zero to hero has nothing on me I tell you! So who am I?
Loyal|Passionate|Avid
reader|Beloved
daughter, sister, aunt,friend and something to someone|Loner,
crowd avoider|Smart
mouth, naughty, loves to laugh|NOT
serious|Growing
up and well doing it still|CHILD
OF GOD.
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I
remember when my friend first informed me that she would be leaving her full
time job for a stint as a fashion stylist and hopefully to go and study fashion
overseas. I think shocked is too mild a term because I remember thinking, “how
random? I never heard you talk about fashion, you are stylish but … I am
apparently very emotive in my speech, will I now become a full-time actress?
Nah! Will pass
But
then as I thought about it further, it did hit me that she would do very well
in this particular field and that for the longest time, she has been giving us
her friends (me definitely included) very sound fashion advice. We have
frequently gone shopping and all the things she has recommended, I have bought.
All the gifts she has given me, I have loved and so many I still have in my
wardrobe.
These
jeans below – I remember I was a bit conscious of the print detail in the back
pocket. I feared that it would make things look bigger or draw unnecessary
attention to my bum and she encouraged me to get over myself and just get them.
To date, I am still grateful that I did so.
My
earrings – can’t even say enough how much I love them all, wouldn’t you?
I
vividly remember the day she gave me this dress – this was a gift y’all. I
loved the neckline, but a part of me also thought it was so loud and so
fashionably out there that I would not feel comfortable wearing it. The shot
doesn’t capture it, but it was also quite clingy and if you over-indulge at
lunch, then it will certainly show! Silly me! If I may say so, it does clean me
up something good.
Vest
that literally saved my life – that I stole and never gave back. (Bet
you have forgotten that I still have this!)
What
I know?
My
friend can do anything and even in this new phase, she will bring her legal and
accounting training as well as her business acumen to make it all work. She is
loud, very expressive and the most self-assured person that I know. While I
would be worrying about what people think or say or whether something is
acceptable, she listens to her inner voice and won’t let herself get swayed.
And if I was going to let someone edit my wardrobe, shop for me or give me
style advice, I want someone who has a keen eye and who will tell me about what
is good for me and what is not and advise me to stay true to myself, just as
she is true to herself.
So
from one of her earlier clients (thank goodness the service was free back in
the day) watch out for this lady.
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This guest post brings me such amazing memories of friendship, simpler times and the knowledge that whatever latent gifting one may have are ever present if unnoticed. Who you are is always manifesting itself in so many ways if only you take a minute to see it. I completely forgot about the vest. lol but i am happy it found a happy home. At the end of it all I bless God for the precious people He places in my life.
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