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…you couldn’t fail?

Fear of failure is a real struggle. I mean, no one wants to fail, am I right?!?! I think about all the things I used to dream about doing. Then I think about all the reasons why I think it will never happen.

–Own my own boutique. This has been a dream of mine for a long time. I would love to own my own boutique that carries a variety of clothing for women ages 25-55.. I know that sounds like a wide range, but honestly…it is so hard for the late twenty something and up to find clothes that are age appropriate and of great quality. We are “too old” to shop in the teenage stores and yet we don’t want to look like a frumpy grandmother either. I would carry a variety of sizes to fit every body type.

–Design my own clothing line. This plays into above, but ever since I was younger I would always look at clothes in stores and say things like “this would be perfect if it had this” or “if this had this instead.” Basically, I want to just design things that are pretty.

–Interior Design. When I was in HS, my very first job was at Kirkland’s. I loved everything about home interior. I love helping people pick out pictures, lamps and accessories for their homes. I had a stream of regular clients that would bring in photos of their rooms and ask me to pick stuff out for them. It was so wonderful!!! I so badly wanted to major in design in college, but my dad kindly reminded me that I can’t draw worth a flip and that put a damper on things.

Basically, all of these things add up to the fact that one day, I would like to own my own business of some kind. Be my own boss and do all the things I have dreamed of doing. There is this thing called money, and I need to make a steady income. Also, all of these things cost money to start up. Money I don’t have.

I tell other people all the time to not think about what could go wrong, but think of all the things that could go right. Why can’t I take my own advice?

What would you be doing if you were not afraid to fail? If something was holding you back from achieving your dreams?

Friday- For lunch, my co-workers took me to lunch at Saw’s BBQ for a late birthday celebration. I think Saw’s and Moe’s are my two favorite BBQ places here in Alabama. They are both consistently good each time. After work, Chris and I went to his parents house for dinner.

Saturday – Saturday morning we ran some errands, then headed over to World of Beer to meet up with some of our friends that were in town from Huntsville. A little while after that, Laura and her man came too! The fall beers are starting to come out and I took full advantage of that! I tried a beer cocktail that combined Well’s Banana Bread Beer with Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier which is a full bodied German with a huge head of foam that has clove and hints of banana. It was delicious. After that, I tried the House of Shandy Jack-o-Traveler that was brewed with fresh pumpkin and was a shandy style beer. I think it is my new favorite fall beer! The smell of it was amazing and I want them to make a candle of it! 

After all that beer, we needed some yummy food. Laura and I have been talking about trying Melt forever. Lanney and Diane were on board with the idea, so we headed on over to Avondale!

I forgot to take picture of the appetizers, but we ordered the Matilda Rolls which were sort of like mozzarella cheese sticks with red pepper flakes wrapped in a wonton and served with sauce. We also ordered the melt queso with homemade chips and the blue cheese nachos which were homemade potato chips that had queso and blue cheese melted with bacon, green onions and jalapenos. Delicious!!!!

They had board games scattered throughout the restaurant, so we played Candy Land while we waited for our dinner.

For my entree, I ordered the Flyin’ Hawaiian with pasta salad as my side.  The Flyin’ Hawaiian had smoked ham, habanero jack cheese, and a cajun grilled pineapple served on a pretzel roll. Holy yum. It had a little kick to it with the cheese and cajun pineapple. They do not skimp on the meat either. There was so much ham on this baby that I couldn’t finish it all! Delicious! I know we will be back for sure!

After dinner, we headed over to Boxcar Vape then grabbed some drinks at Todd English Pubb and headed to the roof top for a chat. It was such a beautiful night. (After the temperature dropped from over 100 earlier in the day!)

Sunday – We ran some errands on Sunday and meal planned and grocery shopped. We picked up some shelves to start organizing all of our video games in the basement too. Then we watched reruns of Two and a Half Men Sunday evening. I also read some of my book, I am on book 10 of the series now. Yay!

And of course, here is Livvy watching TV with us. She was facing forward and I called her name and she turned around to give me this look:

I hope everyone has a fabulous week!

Favorite Song: I can not get enough of Shake it Off by Taylor Swift. I have probably listened to this song 20 times in the last two days. I don’t know why so many people have to hate on her. Perhaps I like it so much because she is sort of making fun of herself in this video and “shakes off” what other people say about her. I like to think I do the same.

Favorite New Item: A few weeks ago my mom gave me this little Alabama necklace that she saw when she was at the beach. So sweet of her to think of me while she was on vacation! I tucked it away so I wouldn’t loose it and sort of forgot about it. My little gold anchor necklace broke last week so this is the perfect replacement!

Favorite Moment: Hanging out with Laura and Morgan last night. A new Mexican restaurant opened up in Uptown this week and we wanted to check it out. I had signed up for the enews and received a free coupon for table side guacamole. Um….yes, please!!!!!

One strong ass margarita!

Table side guac? Don’t mind if I do!

One beef enchilada and one chicken enchilada. Gotta soak up those margaritas!

I also tried Octane when I was there. I ordered a vanilla latte and it was everything I wanted it to be and more!

Favorite Beauty Product: Last weekend I stopped in Sephora to pick up my birthday freebie and grabbed the smaller size of the Urban Decay All Nighter make up setting spray. I have been using it all week and I have to say….I like it! It works better than the Make Up Forever HD Powder. I have loved every UD product that I have ever tried, so no surprise.

Favorite Forecast:

Favorite Funnies:

Usually I am a pretty laid back, easy going person. It’s not often that I say “Just NO that is NOT OK.” But sometimes it is needed! Here are some things I am not OK with:

–Drunk driving. This should never happen. Ever.

–Bullying

–Hate crimes

–Lying

–Taking credit for someone else’s work

–Cheating

–Being unfair

–Stealing

–People who think they are so much better than others

–Ignorance – People who want to argue about a topic they know nothing about

What are some things that you are not OK with?

And of course, Wednesday didn’t really happen if I didn’t confess a few things in ecard form, am I right?!

Confessions in ecards:

When I saw that Helene and Sarah were talking about guilty pleasures for the #totalsocial this month, I knew I had to get my shit together and actually link up. What a fun topic!

1. Keeping Up With the Kardashians – Chris HATES this show. I think a little bit of his soul dies every time he catches me watching this garbage. I can’t help it, I love to hate them. They are absolutely ridiculous and they make me feel normal.

2.Cheesy hair band songs – I have an entire playlist full of this garbage. My parents basically raised us listening to the hair bands and I can’t help it. Whatever, don’t even pretend that you aren’t singing along to this song now!

3. Beer glasses – I love having fun beer glasses. I can’t help but spend lots of time checking them out at World Market and other places that have them. Double points if it is a brewery that we like!

4. Pictures of our furkids – My iPhone is filled with pictures of these critters. And food.

5. Law and Order SVU marathons – I can’t help but watch them. I have spent many a Sunday parked on my ass watching hours of Stabler and Benson. No matter I have seen the episode five times.

6. Funny ecards – Obviously. I can keep myself entertained for hours!

7. Sephora – Is it just me, or when you walk in that place do you just feel different? So many pretty lights, pretty packages, amazing smells. They suck me in every damn time!

8. Nail polish – I might have a problem

9. Jelly Belly – Give me ALL the Jelly Belly!!!! (Except for the buttered popcorn flavor, that shit is nasty!)

10. Needing to leave things on an even number or multiple of five. (OCD probz)

What are your guilty pleasures?