Real Talk

I thought I would take the time today to chat about three of my favourite things: shopping, the idea that you can work for yourself and empowering women. Yeah okay, I know what you’re thinking, what do any of these things have to do with each other?! Don’t worry I’m going to explain.

A few months ago, I decided to become a Stella & Dot stylist. There were many reasons that lead me to this decision, and all three of those things that I mentioned played a huge part in this choice. To start off, I’m going to talk about the first word: shopping.

If I’m being completely honest with you here, I, like many other bloggers out there, have a wee bit of a shopping problem and for me Stella & Dot was one of my favourite places to shop. It got to the point where my own friends, family and stylist were all asking me why I wasn’t a stylist. I mean, thanks to my addiction I practically owned the entire collection.

As many of you know, I love clothes; some (re: everyone) may say it’s a bit of a problem at times, I love entertaining; tea sandwiches, sangria and a kick ass playlist is a must for every party, I love the arts and culture; museums, live theatre, you name it, I’m there, and of course, I can be a bit of an organizational freak and I take costume parties way too seriously. Some of these things were passions that I knowingly shared with my grandmother, some were things that I shared with her but didn’t know until recently.

I will start by saying that this isn’t a typical post for me, it’s a little more wordy, serious and a whole lot more personal than my usual posts. But, it’s something that is important to me and it was really therapeutic to write about it.