Moments of Musing

Custom Made Clothing Goodness

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As a girl with curves, sometimes it’s hard to find quality form-fitting clothes that are both sophisticated and sexy. Enter eShakti and problem solved!
When deciding whether to order a standard or custom size, I thought back to the last time I had something custom made. It was for my Sweet 16.
I was {literally} the Belle of the ball 😉
For the reasons mentioned in the beginning of this post, I figured that a custom size would suit me better. Here I am in the Beaded crepe knit sheath dress.
 I honestly could not be happier with the dress. It can be styled in various ways, as pictured above. The stitch work is wonderful and the emerald green color is simply stunning. I’m in love with it and think it’ll make for a great Christmastime outfit. 
Be sure to shop at eShakti.com and check out the eShakti Facebook and Pinterest pages. There’s currently an offer going on for a $25 coupon for new website registrations!
**This post was sponsored by eShakti.** 

Happy 1st(s)!

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I was thinking recently and lucky for me, the firsts of the past few months have been pretty darn amazing. 
 
August 1st was my first day post-bar exam. I spent it with my mom in 
Chicago shopping and viewing prospective apartments before heading back to NYC. 

 
September 1st was spent with Timmy on the Big Island. We grabbed breakfast and then headed out for a roadtrip up the north coast, making stops at the beautiful Akaka Falls and the resort area near Kona, where we went to the beach and grabbed dinner and Starbucks. We ended the day with a sunset before heading to the airport.

 
October 1st was the day I received my bar exam results. Fortunately, I passed and it was a very happy day. Timmy bought me some presents and we went out for a celebratory meal, during which he was told he didn’t have to go into work so we got to spend the whole day together.

 
And today, November 1st I will be sworn in at my job. I won’t be divulging much about it on here for privacy and safety reasons but it’s pretty much a dream come true. Oh, and I {hopefully} fly out to Vegas to meet Tim, family and friends tonight!!
 
 
Here’s to hoping December 1st is just as amazing!
 
 
P.S. Yesterday was my dad and Tim’s birthdays – HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MEN!  
 
 

#5 Pinkalicious Wednesdays Blog Hop for HOPE

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Welcome to #5 Pinkalicious Wednesday a Blog Hop for HOPE! This blog hop is a special place for all our blogger friends to link up and spread breast cancer awareness. Hop around for HOPE and grab a few new friends. You’ll be surprised at how much you have in common with your fellow bloggers.

This will be the last Pinkalicious Wednesday Blog Hop for HOPE to support Breast Cancer! It’s been an amazing month with amazing support, and we wanted to say thank you to everyone who linked up your blogs in support of breast cancer! 

I Hope you can spread the word, by Tweeting about this blog hop 🙂Tweet

Sleepless in DIY Bride Country


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photo fd8947bd-904c-4852-8c00-a0adc9415dde_zpsff86b370.jpg *Supporting breast cancer has been a cause that is near and dear to our hearts. By linking up your blogs with survivor stories, breast cancer facts, stories of how you support the cause, donation pages, letters to a loved one loss to breast cancer could help spread awareness. It’s def OK if you don’t have any breast cancer stories or facts, all we ask is for you to link up your blog, and hop around you might find some interesting breast cancer info that way 🙂
Here’s a little stat for you if you haven’t been able to read or research…1 out of 8 women have a chance of being diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. That’s a real fact! If you have a family history of cancer, you should schedule an appointment every year to check for bumps. As well as always checking yourself at least once a month at home.

 I look forward to seeing what my blogger friends are up to this week!! This blog hop will take place Every Wednesday this month! My goal is to continue this blog hop past October but we will see how well the blog hop does.  There are co-host spots available, if your interested in being a co-host, email me at lilmadjesse85@gmail.com 

Don’t Forget Me

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 As I was preparing to move, I had worries that of course came up, one of which was this:
The scariest thing about distance
 I am familiar with this feeling because I had pangs of it when Tim PCSed to Hawaii in October 2011. Over the years, the feeling subsided because I became more and more confident in our relationship’s ability to withstand the thousands of miles of distance between us. And now, we’re mere months away from kissing the distance goodbye. 
But I was now having this feeling in regards to family and friends. I am going to be a bit far away and therefore unable to attend most family and friend events. I will inevitably miss get togethers, holidays, births, birthdays and celebrations.

Will I be missed by my loved ones? There’s no doubt in my mind that I will be, especially at first. But will I eventually just be forgotten? That’s a scary thought and something I hope I won’t have to face. While it is a possibility, I believe the relationships I have built are strong enough to withstand my move.

Moving Day Letter to My First City Love

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Dear New York City,


I am sincerely sorry but I’ve chosen another city over you.This isn’t the first time. But this time is different. You see, when I went away to Pennsylvania for college I figured I would be back to you in four years. When I studied abroad in Barcelona, I returned to you in a few months. When I left for Hawaii, I knew I had to come back to you to pack my belongings and say my “see you laters” if I was going to move. I guess, in a way, I did not really leave you those times. This time is not like those times, though. This time, I don’t have a projected end or return date. This time, I am headed to Chicago with a one-way ticket.

My new career calls. Life beckons. I am onward to new opportunities and adventures.


But please know that I will miss you. I will miss feeling as if I feel in a suburb of ~2.5 million diverse residents. I will miss your pizza. I will miss walks in [the neighborhood park]. I will miss the proximity of [the neighborhood mall]. I will miss driving (because I will not have a car in Chicago for a little while). I will miss having the ocean nearby. I will miss navigating your hectic but efficient subways (but definitely not the antics I have witnessed which are too absurd to put into this love letter). Heck, I’ll probably even miss waiting for the buses on my street. I will miss the hustle and bustle of downtown . . . and even “the City” (Manhattan). And I will really miss my family and friends. I will miss it all because it all reminds me of you. It all reminds me of home.

Brooklyn, you will always be my first home sweet home and I will always be proud to say I was born and raised within your geographical bounds. You are my first city love . . . I just need to be somewhere else. I want a city life without your city’s price. This is something I’ve always wanted to do – move to another city to pursue my career. I’m all for expanding my horizons.

That’s not to say I am not afraid, though. I am. I am afraid of missing you too much. Of feeling like I’ve traded you in and can’t get you back soon enough, if at all. Of not having the comfort of knowing my surroundings since birth. Of feeling alone and lonely – because I love you, and I love the people I leave behind who still call you home.

This choice has been a hard one but I believe I have made the right decision. Only time will tell. I just hope you’ll still love me. Oh, and don’t miss me too much – I’ll be back to visit before you know it.

Me walking the Brooklyn Bridge

Forever a Proud Brooklynite,
 


P.S. Readers, please bare with me as I will be pretty absent from here during my moving process!