” The Fashion Diva” – or, maybe not…

Recently, I accidentally overheard a conversation two friends were having about me. They were, at least I felt , making fun of me for being a “fashion diva”. So I will take a break from my Southern Belle photo shoot postings to comment briefly. (Briefly being used loosely- i.e. not at all.)

It’s time to put my feelings to the side and perhaps clarify a little bit about who I am. Generally, on most days, I don’t even wear makeup to the office. So no, I am not one of those girls who has to be dolled up everywhere she goes. If it’s a special occasion yes I like to make sure I am wearing something different and unique. Hell even if it’s not a special occasion it’s fun to play around with my attire. But my favorite “easy outfit” would be my Joe’s skinny jeans, a Polo striped button up, boots, and a sweater or a scarf if it’s cold. When it’s warm, I like to wear a sundress with a cardigan and open toed flats. Easy peasy.

There have been times that I have been accused of being a snob and a b*tch. I really don’t think I am. I have a particular style that is mine and I like to write about it. This is because a- I like fashion and b- I like to write. I have had a fashion column in Macon Food and Culture Magazine for about five years now. This is just an extension of it. For me, fashion is creative and allows me another artistic expression. That being said- I have an artistic background. My mom and grandmother are both artists and I even paint in my spare time.

For those of you who only know me through this medium- let me enlighten you a little bit about the depth of who I really am. Kind of a “did you know” session. For instance- I have been writing poetry for over ten years now, and even submitted a poetry book proposal to a contest Mercer Press has annually. I have started and stopped and picked back up again some dozens of novels to write, and recently picked one back up again. I used to take classical voice lessons but can’t sing at all anymore, it takes a lot of consistent work for me to carry a tune. I’ve decided to try my hand at song lyric writing because local poet and professor, Anya Silver, tells me my poetry has a lyrical quality.

I tend to go on these weird diet trends, where like someone buys Oreos in my house and that’s basically my dinner. But then I’ll decide I’m over junk and I won’t eat anything bad for like, a month, and it’s nothing but salads and Kombucha juice. Learning to love the gym has been just that- a learning process.

I’ve always been a music fan but I’m learning to let go a bit more and go to local shows. When I found out Alabama Shakes had performed in Macon and I missed it I was *pissed*. I’m not going to let that happen again. And I’d like to expand my writing portfolio more anyway.

I’m insanely creative and always looking for a new outlet for it.

I used to work at a rental car company and I was the Repo Queen. For reals, yall. Now I work at a website design/ad agency and it’s super fun, so that’s why you will probably see more edits on my site soon.

I think I’m a really entertaining person, but then again, who doesn’t? I mean, who walks around saying “damn I’m boring as hell”. So I generally try to make people laugh by laughing at myself at lot. Self-deprecating humor is the best kind.

I have a really varied and eclectic group of friends and I bounce around between hanging out with different groups frequently, but I have a few, core, solid best friends who love me no matter how weird I can be.

I’ve always been passionate about non profit work. I can’t tell nearly any 501c3 “no”. So, my plate gets full quickly. Many times too much so. I’m learning how to balance it.

My kids are my absolute life- I try to not post a whole lot about them or pictures of them for their safety. But they own my heart 110%.

Also, I’m a lot more sensitive than I let on many times. It leads to an empathy that can get me in to trouble, because I genuinely want to do so much to make a difference. Which also leads to my getting on a soapbox rather often, whether it be about poverty, children going hungry, the fact that these children are hungry then leading to educational problems, bullying in schools, the lack of arts education funding, etc etc….

So, that’s me, in a bit of a nutshell. Perhaps yall know now there is some depth to this supposed “Fashion Diva”- and maybe before you judge someone else you’ll remember the same about yourself…

Love to all yall….