Day 7: Part II

      Today could have turned out to be a really tough day. First of all, I was flooded with phone calls and text messages from my club field hockey team who are all up at Penn State this weekend for Arts Fest. I heard all the details about their adventures the night before and their plans for the rest of the day. I could have sulked and felt sorry for myself for miss out or even feeling incredibly left out of all the fun activities happening while I wasn't there. Second of all, I went to dinner with my dad. Dinner was great and spending time with my dad was even better. It was the fact that I was served wine (victory was mine!) and my dad told me it was ok for me to drink (which he never does) but I turned it down. Telling the waiter, "No thanks" wasn't the difficult part about dinner - it was the conversation. My dad's friend asked about each one of our family members and once we got on the topic of  P. it didn't stop. For the entire time we were ordering, eating, and paying for the meal - we talked about P. We discussed how he used to be, what lead up to his entry into rehab, how he is doing now, and amongst other details.
       I could have easily let the events that occurred today really bring me down. However, I decided to have a relaxing day in my backyard soaking in the sun (with 30 spf on, of course), painting my nails, and downloading new music to my iTunes all day. During dinner, instead of feeling uncomfortable about the topic at hand, I engaged and expressed my personal opinion about P. and how I see things. I actually think it was really nice to talk about it with someone who did not know P. before or even now. When in most circumstances that P. is brought up in conversation, people ask how he is doing and try to tell me that he's going to just fine. The thing is, it's hard for me to tell them that he actually is really struggling and that there is a huge percentage that he is going to relapse in the future and that everything isn't going to be 'just fine'. I appreciate the optimism and support, but for me, I need to be realistic.

I used Miley Cyrus's nails for my inspiration today. I also edited pictures I took of how I accessorized a few outfits (more to come later!)

^ I <3 fishtails!

I layered a floral skirt from Charolette Ruse with a a grey oversized tank, yellow and navy flowy tank, and lace top all from TJ Maxx, that is clinched by an orange belt from Jcrew. This outfit is inspired by another blogger - The Man Repeller! (under June 9, 2011 entry about 'Prink Blocking')

 I went to dinner tonight in a button down from Abercrombie, a leopard cropped cardigan from Lloheman's, and although you cant see a blue high wasted skirt with a silver belt with a lions head clip(vintage). The layered necklaces are both antique jewelry.

I wanted to flaunt my precious and most prized collection of RINGS. I purchased most of them from the Antique Mall off of Lansdown and Steel Rd Upper Darby, Pa. 

-M.