HAHAH They're out there....

So I donno what's come over me the last few days but I've been obsessed with fashion, but more specifically plus sized fashion blogs. I've gone crazy reading about 6 different ones in the past two days. It's been really reaffirming to know that there is such a thing as plus size fashion.

Growing up my mother wasn't very supportive of my weight and would constantly harp on me to lose it. She would tell me over and over again how there wasn't any cute clothes for girls my size. I bought that hook line and sinker. I never thought even into my teen years that I could find cute plus sized clothes so I didn't bother looking. I never looked at fashion magazines other then to actually  read the articles. I never looked around online. I just gave up and lived with the ugly, bland, yuck clothes.

In the recent years I've gotten a little more involved with fashion but it wasn't until I started selling mark. that I really started looking around for proof that I could be as cute as my slender friends. Then with the help of Google's new Instant Search I was awakened to the truth. I found other plus size women....and they look good. Seeing pages after pages of photo's of them being themselves, wearing cute clothes and feeling good about themselves made me feel good about myself.

It's a new day....and I want to go shopping....now I just need a job.

Here's the blogs I've been checking out.

The Curvy Girl's Guide to Fashion

Diary of a Fatshionista

Sound Bites

Young, Fat & Fabulous

Musings of a Fatshionista

Nothing intentional

So we've kinda taken a break from blogging. Nothing intentional, it just kinda happened. Life got in the way. Plus we're kinda boring.

Here's what you missed.

We went to the zoo with our nephew.

I got the shoes I've been wanting for two years and I LOVE them.

Got some super exciting news about our next trip.

Our business have taken off.

I've fallen in love with Coolata from Dunkin Donuts and I'm brazen enough to drink them in Starbucks parking lots. 

Been hanging out with my peeps.

Daniel and I have been going to Marriage on the Rock. It's been pretty good.

My new obsession is the move (500) days of Summer. I've must have seen like like 3 times this month.

I bought a dress that makes me look divine.

Another thing that has been an interesting change is that I've gotten more involved with make-up. I'm not a pro at it but I've been trying out different colors that I wouldn't normally. I got three mark. flip it's and they have a nice variety of colors I wouldn't normally buy for myself. 

Another thing I've fallen in love with has been TLC's "Say Yes to the Dress: Big Bliss". It's a show that is about plus size ladies looking for wedding dresses. As a plus size woman who has gone though the wedding dress shopping ordeal I  understand what it's like. There are so few shows on tv today that are about plus sizes let alone the oxymoron that is plus size fashion. I've seen every episode and there is a good buzz about it. I just hope it stays for a while. As I've always said, "Big girls need love too".

So far nothing....

So I started selling mark. online and hosting giveaways and I haven't got a single sale to show for it. I've been working really hard on getting my name out there and letting everyone I know about mark and about how great the products really are. I've been wearing the eye shadows and the lipsticks and for a girl that isn't very girlie they are really at makeing me look good with minimum effort.

I don't know what more I could be doing to get my name out there and to drum up sales. I guess not having any friends is a bad thing when it comes to getting people to buy things you're selling.

I'm going to keep going as Daniel is being really supportive as is my parents. I know that it's going to take time and it's going to be work but it would be nice to just see one new comment on my mark. blog. It would be nice to see at least one sale, just so I know I'm not wasting my time....and money.

Work from home?

So over the last couple of weeks or so I've been thinking about trying to figure out a way to work from home. I've thought it over and did some research and thought about Avon and Mary Kay. I looked into Mary Kay and the start up cost wasn't feasible to me but I'd already start in the hole. Nah.... I then started looking at Avon and some how ended up on the mark. site. Hummm this looks interesting. A bit younger, fresher and hipper then what I remember from Avon.

So I took the plunge....I decided to sell mark products. It feels really pretty good because I know it's something I can do from home. I'm really excited to start trying to work for myself. I've started a new Facebook page for my mark products as well as a website for my reviews of products, promo's and giveaways. So if you're interested in just finding out what mark. is you can check out my boutique or my product blogs.

Lottie

So not to long ago we got a new puppy from Daniel's sister. Her dog had puppies with Daniel parents dog so it's a mix of a dachshund and some kind of Irish terrier. She's really cute and we were originally going to call her Naddie to go with our chihuahua Cincy. (Get it Cincy-Naddie) but after a week of calling her Naddie I changed it to Charlotte. Daniel felt that Charlotte was to long of a name for a dog so it was shorten to Lottie.

Lottie is a handful and had made me wonder if children is really in the cards for us. I mean we adore kids but enjoy the freedom that comes from being child free.

Anywho some of the things Lottie has learned this past couple of weeks.

• To go up the stairs. I sat on the top of the stairs showing her over and over how to climb up with her finally figuring it out. She's gotten pretty fast at it now.
• To go down the stairs. This was learned separately from going up the stairs so for a long time she would just whine at the top waiting for someone to take her down after she climb the stairs. Now she drops her front paws to the stair below and kinda just slides herself down. She hasn't figured out to bring her hind legs with her so she's half sitting on the top step and kinds moves herself to the right to let the hind legs fall to the step she's on.
• She's started sleeping through the night. At first I was getting up about every 2 hours for her to go to the bathroom. Now she wakes up every 4. Looking forward to the day she goes all night.

Cincy hasn't really taken to her. Most of the time she gets ignored with a rare time when Cincy will allow herself to be chased around the couch. When Cincy gets done she'll just jump onto the couch since she knows Lottie can't get up there yet.