I have been tagged- Five Things About Me
March 18, 2013
My sweet friend Molly from A Piece of Toast tagged me to share five things about me like she and Sally did last week. She was so sweet to think of me so of course I will oblige. Ok, so here goes.
one || I actually studied business in college and grad school. Does that shock any of you? I have always been artistic and creative but grew up under the impression that business was the proper career and anything else should just be a hobby. And so now that I have been exploring
my artistic side (better late than never, right?) through photography, the blog (I am really enjoying learning Photoshop on my own) , and my fabric designs I feel so energized and motivated.
two || I have frizzy hair. Like, very frizzy hair. Don't let those long tresses in the photos above fool you (thank goodness for the proliferation of dry bars everywhere!). I'm not saying I hide my frizzy hair, I actually sport it often and sometimes it behaves rather exotically beautiful, but I do love to have my hair straightened. I feel like I look neater and somehow prettier? (don't judge) But, I have to tread carefully because now my daughter, who has curly hair, is starting to notice these things and I want her to feel her mama is proud and confident in herself exactly as she is so she will follow and feel the same way. Lead by example as they say.
three || I'm very inflexible (physically that is!). No matter how much yoga I do I am terrible at it. I
mean I can barely touch my toes.
But I really enjoy my practice and have learned to accept things as they are and work with what I have. After all we are all striving toward something and battling our own battles so I try to not compare myself to the more limber ladies.
four || I love art. If I could spend my money freely and not have to worry about budgets and expenses and could buy whatever I wanted day in and day out, I would buy art. I do collect pieces that fit in my budget from local galleries, artist friends, and even pieces I have found on etsy but I would really love to own pieces by major artists. My dream would be to own a Chagall. One day while strolling down Madison Avenue in NYC I spied a beautiful Chagall painting in the window at a gallery and without thinking twice I went inside to ask about it. I was really curious about the price. Would be in the millions? in the high thousands? This particular one was $250K (this was about 10 years ago!) which is way less than what I expected. Its nice to have such beautiful things in your ideal lust list right? A girl can dream.
five || I met my husband on a blind date. If you are ever invited to go on a blind date, do it! you never know what can come of it. I had been to a few terrifying blind dates but decided to give this one a try. He was smitten right away (it was a lunch date) and at the end of the lunch he asked me out to dinner that same night. So sweet right? but I had plans already. So, he asked me to brunch the next day (he is very determined) and can you believe I had plans as well! So we settled on coffee before the brunch. When I came back from having coffee with him and from the brunch I found a box of champagne truffles, which I had mentioned were my favorites with the sweetest note from him. The rest is history. Do it!
Ok, that's it! Phew! That was hard. I don't share that much about myself here so I hope you still like me? :) Thanks to Molly for thinking of me and now I'm tagging, Lindsay, Gaby, Erin, Alison and Jessica (I wanted to tag Sam also but she is going out of town and I don't want to add any more work before she leaves!). I hope you ladies can do it and that you haven't been tagged yet.
[ all photos by me for Mimosa Lane. I just wanted to show you my outfit for Saturday's fundraiser. Oh and Yes, you were all right I recognized plenty of songs by Foreigner. It was a blast! ( A blast from the past that is :)]
39 comments
Yeah I'm dying for this fringe jacket. Omg.
ReplyDeleteSo great to learn more about you Albertina:) Thanks for tagging me, I am up for the challenge!
ReplyDeletePS That jacket is fabulous!
I love hearing more about you Albertina! Your style is awesome and love that love art and all the things I do! Have a great week.
ReplyDeletexo Nancy
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Loved reading this!
ReplyDeletethat is the sweetest meeting your husband story ever! I also have curly hair and feel "neater" when I have it straightened and I can't touch my toes! so fun - thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeletevery cool getting to know you! - love the blind date story!
ReplyDeleteLove hearing more about you. My hair is so frizzy too and I don't have the patience to style it so I always wear my hair in a ponytail. Great story about your husband!
ReplyDeleteI loved learned more about you! And frizzy sisters unite–I have insanely frizzy hair too!
ReplyDeleteSo great to read a little more about you Albertina! Love the story about how you and your husband met. So romantic!
ReplyDeleteAwww. Love this post. My daughter has very frizzy hair...so any tips are greatly appreciated. And I'm really glad I'm not the only one who is totally inflexible! Ha!
ReplyDeleteLove this series that is going around! I think it's really admirable of how you think about your hair for your daughters sake - I want to remember that when I have a little girl and I'm fussing over my nose or something else genetic.
ReplyDeleteNo mention of that fringe jacket????!!!! To. Die.
ReplyDeleteYou are too chic for words. I'm not worthy.
nice to know more about you! and those shoes and jacket - TDF!
ReplyDeletegreat post! i love learning more about other bloggers and your photos are always so lovely.
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First off, the photos are gorgeous and I love everything you were wearing! Secondly, I also studied Business! I'm so happy we both are enjoying ourselves creatively ;) Third: you really played hard to get huh? hhaha. And lastly, I guess I need to start thinking about 5 things to share ;)
ReplyDeleteYou look fab ! love the bangles!
ReplyDeleteTrisha x
Fun post! I also have some crazy hair and spend too much time straightening. That is so cool that you met your husband on a blind date! Whoever set you guys up must know you pretty well.
ReplyDeleteI would kill for thick and crazy hair... the grass is always greener. I love the outfit, the story about you and your husband. So sweet. xo
ReplyDeletehaha! Now I wish that really was a selfie of me...we would be twins!!! LIke Chelsea said above, I would kill for thick, voluminous hair. Mine is so gross and limp!! I love that you love art bc I do too!! I am pretty sure you know more about it than I do, but I'm so glad we have that in common. I am also so happy that you have been exploring your more creative side. Your personality and creativity really shine through on your blog and your fabrics and I'm so proud of you!! IT was great to learn a little more about you! xoxo
ReplyDeletehaha! Now I wish that really was a selfie of me...we would be twins!!! LIke Chelsea said above, I would kill for thick, voluminous hair. Mine is so gross and limp!! I love that you love art bc I do too!! I am pretty sure you know more about it than I do, but I'm so glad we have that in common. I am also so happy that you have been exploring your more creative side. Your personality and creativity really shine through on your blog and your fabrics and I'm so proud of you!! IT was great to learn a little more about you! xoxo
ReplyDeleteHow fun!
ReplyDeleteI completely feel you on #2, I also have a love/hate relationship with my wild hair, but I am trying to embrace it more as I get older.
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Albertina Hola por fin estoy de vuelta!!!! me encanto ese looK !!
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Awww, that's so cute about you and your husband!!! :)
ReplyDeleteHi Albertina, What a great way to get to know you better! Thanks for sharing (and what a sweet story about your husband). Enjoy your day! xoxo
ReplyDeleteI loved reading this, Albertina. What I love most is how you've thought of how straightening your hair will be noticed by your daughter. I can tell you are such a thoughtful, great mother!
ReplyDeleteSo fun getting to know you better! I just love the story of you and your hubby!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to know I'm not alone in the whole "I can't touch my toes" thing. Seriously, I've always been so embarrassed by it.
ReplyDeleteLove getting to know more about you!
A blind date? so freaking romantic and sweet. Sharing this with all my single ladies in hopes they too will live a little, and take a dare. So funny that so many of us have degrees in things that aren't our true passions. I hope we'll all teach our kids to follow their hearts when it's time for them to pursue their careers. So happy to keep getting to know you lady....
ReplyDeleteI'm glad someone turned the camera to you this time! Loved rearing more about you! We can't own Chagalls but at least we can enjoy the show at the DMA right here in town!
ReplyDeleteUn abrazo Alber, from frizz ball mama! (I've been going "al natural" the last few days)
Marian
Great to know a little bit about you and I LOVE your bangles!!!
ReplyDeleteI wish one day I could find a champagne truffles box too after a date ... so sweet and romantic!
And I have frizzy hair too, so understand what you mean :)
Adorable outfit. Even more adorable story about your blind date turned fairy tale ending :) Love love love that! Been on a few blind dates and none have ended that way yet-- maybe someday! hehe. xoxo
ReplyDeleteOk, my comment did not go through? You are a great mom. I liked reading this.
ReplyDeleteI'm really happy this tag is going around because I love reading the random tidbits about my fave bloggers and it's so nice to get to know you better! I'm pretty much obsessed with your whole outfit - especially that jacket and love the story of how you met your husband!!
ReplyDeleteI like you even more!!! I love to learn more about the ladies behind the blogs :) I absolutely love & respect that you are consciously raising your daughter to be happy in her own skin. There are a lot of parents out there that need to be more conscious of this! I am truly so happy to be getting to know you, Albertina! XO Brynn
ReplyDeleteI loved reading this post! It shows how beautiful you are inside and out. I totally identify with #1 and feel lucky just like you to have opened the doors to my creative side.
ReplyDeleteWonderful 5 things my love! I loved loved learning these things about you I didn't know :) Thank you for playing along!! P.S. I learned about Budhagirl in FD Luxe's March issue and love that you're sporting the bangles... I want to see yours in person some time to decide if I want some for myself, haha!
ReplyDeleteLove you!
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Wonderful 5 things! I loved, loved reading all these thing about you I didn't know!! Thank you for playing along :) P.S. I learned about Budhagirl jewelry in the March issue of FD Luxe and love that you're wearing the bangles... I want to see yours before deciding if I want some for myself, haha!
ReplyDeleteLove you,
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M
I am so with you on the art! If I could have my dream piece it's be something from Matisse. Someday we'll get them! xx
ReplyDelete#6: you are fab. great post, loved learning more about you.
ReplyDeleteYou make my day with your comments! Thank you!!