The Pressure of Being Perfect

top: American Eagle, jeans: Loft, wedges: Adrienne Vittadini, belt: Target
necklace: Calvin Klein, bag: Kate Spade NY

I have to admit, I'm a perfectionist. Hubby is somewhat too, only he denies the whole thing. Lately, I've been feeling more pressure then usual to be perfect - perfect wife, perfect daughter, perfect church-goer, perfect you name it. 

I have found myself spinning in a cycle of expectations left by someone else. From clothes to goals in life - there is just so many expectations. 

I have an image, more like an idea in my head, what should a good wife, sister, daughter, friend, blogger, Christian, teacher, employee do. It's the awful feeling of never living up to everyone else's expectations, not being good enough and always, always trying to be perfect. 

But what's worse, I expect only better then best from myself and sometimes life becomes unbearable.

So in an effort to have a life, I daily need to remind myself that life is NOT perfect at all. Life is full of mistakes, messes and disappointments. 

The problem with being perfect is that you are never enough. But being yourself, being your imperfect perfect self is just that - perfect.

Sequin Clutch (DIY)

I gave my red clutch a little make over. Let's face it, the clutch needed it BIG TIME. Couple of weeks ago I bought a sequin skirt but just never got up the courage to wear it because well, I don't go clubbing. It was on clearance for $5 and just didn't seem to fit right (I realized when I  got home). So I decided to make a new purse for myself. It wasn't a hard project and took me only about 30 minutes. Here it is.

Inspiration

Christian Louboutin

Prada

Materials:

- old clutch, purse

- sequined material (depending on the size of the clutch)

- glue gun

- glue sticks

- scissors

HOW TO
Clean the clutch and measure how much material you need. Warm up the glue gun and cut the material appropriate to size. Leave about 2 inches seem allowance or as much as you need to cover the entire clutch.

Carefully start gluing. I started with the seem and matched it with the bottom of the purse so it looks more professional.

 I completely glued down the sides before taking care of the side seems.

Cut the edges nicely and make even seem with sequins folding on each other. Glue the sides and tuck in the bottom corners.

Start gluing the inside. Fold the material in and glue it under the zipper with a little glue.

  ***Careful not to drop glue on zipper - you will ruin it.***

Glue the corners in very carefully and press them down for a minute.

After gluing everything down, put something heavy on top for couple of minutes to make sure glue sets.

Ta-Da!

Thanks again for reading and commenting!

Familiar

skirt: J.Crew similar, blazer: Loft similar, shoes: Guess (via TJMaxx), bag: Kate Spade

The skirt last styled here

The uncomplicated treasure of familiarity. A thought came to me as I was grocery shopping when I knew exactly what kind of coffee hubby would like and what kind of creamer to go with it. And that we both like energy drinks and cheese. That tomorrow he will want something 'with meat'.
There is something to be said about sharing a life together. Yes, the idea can be unromantic or dull but often times it goes unappreciated. 

My grandparents have been married for 50 years. They don't have a lovey-dovery relationship, I haven't even heard them say I love you (which isn't exactly a great thing) and they haven't had a vacation in their life and don't know what date night is. But I know that they love each other. How? They showed it in their everyday life.
Often times, the image of love is the one portrait in romantic movies but that's not it. Love is the familiar, comfortable, messy, beautiful, confusing, hard, routine, day-to-day life. 

Nothin To Say

jeans: H&M, blouse: TJMaxx, blazer: Gap, shoes: Charlotte Russe, bag: Kate Spade

Nothing much to say today. Therefore let's avoid the awkward silence and move on with life. 

Inspired::Incorporated

top: Old Navy, jeans: Gap, belt: Michael Kors (via TJMaxx), shoes: thrifted

I know it's lame to talk about weather all the time but in New York it's pretty crazy. We went from scorching hot to pouring rain in a matter of a week. So I'm still trying to look summery and not too dressed. Really want to start wearing all my summer dresses any time now. On another note, I need to pack three weeks worth of  clothes AND tons of gifts for the peoples I'm visiting into ONE suitcase. Good luck! So I had this thought, to do couple of posts on that topic. Basically I need to take pieces  that will mix and match with each other. It's not going to be an easy task but I have some ideas in my mind.

P.S. Gingham is very "in" right now and I'm loving it... The inspiration for this sunny outfit came from these very creative girls at What I Wore, Kendi Everyday and Atlantic to Pacific.