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An Appropriate Time To Take Your Shoes Off

Jacket – Gap  //  Sweater – Mexx  //  Dress – Love Audrey *get one in Coral from Threadsence* 
Tights – F21  //  Scarves – street stand  //  Boots – Locale  //  Bag – Ruche
Give me a great dress, a fabulous jacket, and a large bag and I can rule the world.  Not literally of course, but somehow this is the perfect trifecta of sartorial brilliance to make me feel confident with who I am.

This is also the outfit I wore to a recent audition where in the middle of it I took off my boot.  To be fair, it was relevant and part of the scene, but I don’t think they expected me to do it.  Nor to continue the rest of the scene waving my boot around.

I got excellent feedback from that audition and they were “impressed with me.”  That seals it, I’m taking off my boot at every audition from now on. 

Wooing The Sun

 Dress – Moon Collection via Ruche //  Sweater – Gap  //  Vest – AE  //  Tights, Belt & Pink Ring – F21 
Boots – Feet First  //  Necklace – bought in Spain  //  Earrings – c/o This Enchanted Pixie 
Flower Ring – Ruche  //  Silver Oval Ring – Threadsence.

As the weather gets colder and the days get shorter and drearier, my arms automatically start reaching for brighter colors and lighter tones.  I know it’s the opposite of what’s ‘supposed’ to occur, with Autumn bringing deeper tones and richer shades, but it’s my instinctual reaction to reach for the bright and light.  Maybe my body believes it can will the heat and sun back, or woo it like a lover with an array of color draped over me in an eternal bouquet.

True Story:
Reverse psychology always works for kids.  Why is that?  
Why is that the only way to get her to eat her dinner is to make a big show of not wanting her to eat her dinner?  I’m an actress, but I’m tired of performing this role every single night.

On Pencil Skirts.

Top – hand me down  //  Skirt – C’est Moi  //  Tights – F21  //  Boots – Feet First  //  Coat – Jacob  //  Necklace – Ruche

Pencil skirts are gorgeous.  They’re sleek, and sexy, while being totally professional and ladylike.
And I never wear them.

I never wear them because they restrict my movement, and I can’t jump or climb on things.  I never wear them because I have to take tiny little steps in them, instead of sprinting for the bus or the metro doors.  I never wear them because it’s hard to bend and sit, and I can’t grab five minutes of extra playtime with Baby Girl before I leave.

I guess I won’t achieve the sexy, sleek, sophisticated, and enviable look of a pencil skirt.  Oh well.  On the other hand, I get the shot, catch the bus, and play with Baby Girl.

Life’s a trade-off.

*Then again, there might be a day in the future that I try. Never say never, right?*

Quote of Today:
“When the Zombie apocalypse comes, I’m going to chop his head off first.”

Homecoming

 Jacket – Gap  //  Dress – ModCloth *sold out*  // Tights & Necklace – F21  // Boots – Feet First  // Ring – Threadsence

Playing with different trends and styles.  Experimenting with different perceptions of self and different sides of various aesthetics.  These are the things I love about fashion.

But there’s also something serenely and peacefully perfect about a homecoming.  A homecoming to that outfit that best defines you. An outfit that really reflects to the world who you are at your core.  The outfit that feels just like the worn in jeans, a cup of hot chocolate, or that home cooked meal your mama made.  

A floral dress, jean jacket and boots.  That’s my fashion chicken soup.  It just doesn’t get any better. 

This is me world.

True Story:
Baby Girl got a firetruck and fireman action figure as a Thanksgiving Day present from my Mom.  
I’m not talking about how she’s been obsessed with it ever since.
I am talking about how she took the fireman figure and insisted on changing his diaper. 
The figurine is maybe 5 inches tall. 
So he went from pooping his pants in a fire to being smothered in a diaper???
Poor guy can’t catch a break.

The Mad Hatter’s Table

Top – Joe Fresh
Dress – Soprano, originally from Ruche
Belt – F21
Shoes – Payless
I wish I was one of those women who was truly upbeat and always saw the silver lining, but I’m not.  Yes, cognitive behavior therapy and such might change my spirits.  But let’s be honest.  I’ve always been a “half empty” or at least “it’s at half” kind of girl. 
Maybe it’s a bit of the tortured artist syndrome.  Maybe I think that in order to be a truly inspired person I need to have some melancholy or madness in my being.  Hey, Van Gogh didn’t chop his ear off because he was happy, right? 
I feel a bit like that Greek myth where the man is punished to pushing a boulder up the mountain only to have it tumble back down just as he nears the top.  Thus, ensuring that he’s pushing that boulder up a mountain for eternity.  I’m hopeful that one day that boulder will stick.

Isn’t that the mark of madness though?  Doing the same action while expecting a different result?  Sometimes I wonder if I’m not completely insane for being an actor.  Scratch that, I know I’m completely insane. I’ve got a standing invitation at the Mad Hatter’s table.

Best advice to someone considering acting:  if there is anything else you can be happy doing, do that.  This is for those painfully stricken with the disease of needing to act. 

True Story:
After Baby Girl’s nap we read every single book in her room.  Every.Single. Book.
Then she twirled and twirled until she crashed into her crib.
And two hours spent in water play with bowls and a sandbox.
A good afternoon. 

Sleepy Head

Dress – Everly
Hat & Belt – F21
Shoes – Payless
Spending three days in Montreal was wonderful!  Ate so much great food, spent so much time walking seeing the city, and got three baby free nights of sleep.  What am I most excited about?  The three baby free nights of sleep!  I love my sleep. 
Kind of sad, I know.  But hey, simple dreams. 
Will work for sleep. 
Quote of Today:
“There’s a butterfly down my shirt!”

How To Throw A One Woman Frat Party

Top – Smart Set
Sweater & Necklace – Ruche
Cords – Le Chateau
Shoes – Payless
Do you want to know what I’m doing right now?  Tonight?  Well, Andrew’s out of town, so I’ve put baby girl to bed, ironed a dress, done my abs, and now I’m sitting in front of the tv watching Stargate SG-1 while drinking a glass of Ontario Reisling.  Yup, I go crazy when my Husband leaves town!  Nuts I tell you!  How nuts?  Strawberries and chocolate coconut balls nuts!  How nuts? Sitting in my PJs with my feet on the ottoman nuts!  How nuts?  Drinking Perrier out of a mug nuts!  
Yup, it’s pretty much a one women frat party here. Wanna come over? 
True Story:
Baby tried to drink her bottle of juice.  
She ended up splashing it up into her face while inhaling at the same time.  
She stopped, stayed stock still in shock for about three seconds and then started to cry.   
I picked her up,cuddled her, and silently giggled.  
Yes, another bad mother moment. 

Pruned and Planted

Shirt – hand me down
Dress – Ruche or Modcloth
 Shoes – thrifted *they’re my mucking about the yard shoes*
Got my garden done!  I pruned, seeded, and planted!  Now I can’t wait until my delicious and organic garden grows!  I’ve got golden cherry tomatoes, zucchini, lettuce, spinach, mixed colored carrots and plenty of herbs.  But the surprising thing this year was how much the raspberry bushes grew!  
So as I tweeted yesterday, I’ve got my post-apocalyptic skill set ready: swords, firearms, and gardening.  Speaking of firearms *and only because I got to carry a fake one* we wrapped the new premiere episode of Posthuman.  Everything’s been re-shuffled and reorganized for the June premiere on the SFN network.  Stay tuned, and I hope you check it out!   
True Story:
I love how when I lift baby girl from her crib she automatically assumes the position of wrapped legs around my torso, arm around me shoulder, and head nuzzled in to neck.  
It’s so precious and cuddly.  I can’t get enough!

I’m Baaaaack

Top – Ruche
 Dress – Modcloth
Boots – Threadsence
Socks – F21
Sunnies – Lace Affair
I’ve been so MIA on social media and this blog for the last week because my computer’s been in the shop – but now it’s back….for now. *cue ominous music*  It’s not doing too well, the poor babe.   I’m not sure how long it’ll be before it totally craps out on me and dies a permanent death.  Thank goodness I had the sense to back up everything before it went in, because they had to replace my hard drive!  Anyway, I’m back for now…do a little dance, sing a little song.  I hope you lovely folks had a wonderful Mother’s day.  I certainly did.  I shot Posthuman today and then came home to a lovely meal and enjoyed my Mother’s Day present:  season one of Spartacus!  I love me some raunchy violent Romans! 
p.s.  I haven’t yet chosen the winner of the SuperHero contest because of all this craziness and shooting.  But it’s on my to-do for the next two days.  Sorry!
True Story:
So remember Baby Girl’s issues with the ‘r’ in “fork?”
Well, now the ‘f’ has become a ‘c.’  
If you’re following, her “fork”  now sound like *spelled phonetically* “k-o-k.”  
Endless laughter at the dinner table! 

Alien Zombie Baby

Cardi – Nick&Mo from Trixie in Toronto
Top – Gap
Scarf – Le Chateau
Necklace and Skirt – Ruche
Tights & Earrings – F21
Boots – Feet First

Do you watch The Walking Dead?  Have you
seen the season finale?  It kicked butt!  I saw it late because I’ve
been busy, but here’s a thought.  In the show they’ve discovered that
they are all infected and that when they die – no matter how they die –
they all come back as zombies.  You don’t have to be bitten to turn into
a zombie.  Also, one of the main characters is pregnant.  

So here’s where my train of thought goes:
If
she miscarries in her third trimester, does her baby turn into a
zombie?  Does it claw it’s way out like that thing in Alien?  ‘Cause
though it would be really sad, it would also be kind of really cool.

Yeah, I know. 
If you think that’s bad, imagine how I feel.  I have to be around myself all the time!

Quote of Today:
“My dinosaurs are having lots of babies!”
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