FATshion Journal Blog by Lilly

This past week I learned that my marriage was attacked and minimized, my body was subjected to meanness but rather than sulk at home and blame all the injustices on someone else - my husband and I followed through with our plans for a Friday game night full of laughs (imagine my husband acting out this song  - because in this home we try our best to laugh off drama) and continued with our V-Day plans for a Saturday afternoon in Carmel with our kids.  So here is my outfit of choice for a day trip to Carmel! And the theme of this Fatshion 101 post: patience ! Sales require patience! If you follow me on Pinterest, you know that I LOVE casual wear, and casual does not mean frumpy! So be prepared to see this denim jacket, purchased at a Levi's outlet, on most of my Fatshion posts;-) It takes on many, many forms.  In this instance, I went with long sleeves and popped my collar for a little flare. This blouse from Madewell, I have been saving for this partic...

I have been pondering about this post since I read this Buzzfeed  The 6 Types of Friends Everyone Should Have (Check it out before and/or after reading this post; just make sure to come back ;-) As I read this Buzzfeed, I kept on asking myself "But why...what's the point" If my friendships are not genuine and they're not substantial, what's the point in a friendship? Which got me thinking, how many friends do you have and how many of them are legit friends, the "ride or die" friends and which are the friends that are just "along for the ride???" Interestingly enough, people around began to have this conversations without any bait from me. And people's responses ranged all over the spectrum AND what I summed up were two types of individuals; those that put up with the bull-shit friends and those that choose not to... Neither one is wrong and/or right... Two perspectives: First One: The one allergic to bullshit... These indi...

Watching "Downton Abbey" and I was inspired by something Mary said, "If you're going to complicate your life, do it for the right reasons." I have processed my trial and error in regards to  my time with my previous employer- at first I didn't allow myself to show any reaction- BUT I am human and I am allowed to react! The quote that has allowed me to process...I'm not sure how the quote goes... it goes along the lines of... "we cant choose what happens to us but we can choose how to react"- And I first decided to take full accountability for what happened - And I still do -  But responsibility = How do I fix it? How do I move on? - Thanks to what Mary said and this awesome blog http://tinybuddha.com/?s=unfairness I came up with the following... Like a chef on the TV show "Top Chef" said once, regardless of anything, you must make a dish that you stand by- and that's what I did... I wrote what I needed to write beca...