New Beginnings are Good For New Looks!!

As some of you know, this Wednesday is my last day with Starbucks. 

Working for the company has been such a wonderful experience and I have learned so much (as well as moving up quickly) in these past 2 years. I have taken a new job in the area that will allow me to have more time to relax and be home with my family. Nick and I have both agreed that making numerous trips home to PA while I'm working 45-55 hours a week has just been extremely tiring and stressful. In the next few months we hope to find a home that we can nestle into and make our own. This is the time for new beginnings!

No longer will I require my green apron and non-slip shoes (LOL!) but now I'm onto business professional attire. I scored some AWESOME finds at the JCrew outlet near our house as well as Ann Taylor Loft and Target. NOW is the time to go shopping if you're looking to update your wardrobe because there are some serious sales going on. 

I also got a new pair of glasses (HELLOOOO Ferragamo!) and some highlights. I think I'm ready to tackle this new business setting of mine:o)

A GIVEAWAY!!!!!

For the past few months I have been doing giveaways on Neely's blog and they have been a HUGE hit...to say the least! Thank you to all who have joined in, I wish you luck in winning these awesome products. 

This month I am giving away an all-in-one organizer from my Thirty-One site in the most popular print that they have right now, Best Tweets. 

These organizers are GREAT for all of you teachers who are looking for a way to keep your classroom simplified and in order. File folders fit perfectly inside and you can label them Monday-Friday for each day you have a lesson plan. Then just grab your organizer off your desk, take it home and set up your lessons for the next week. How easy is THAT!?

Go on over to Neely's blog and comment, telling us which product you would love to have off of my Thirty-One site. 
As a follower of both my blog and Neely's, I am offering a special discount for all of you! You will receive 10% off your entire order when you email me at angela.kolachny@gmail.com and mention NEELY10

Happy Friday Friends!

xo

The Vow

Nick and I rented the movie, The Vow, last night from Redbox and boy was I surprised. I thought it was going to be this awfully cheesy, guess-the-line kind of movie but it wasn't at all. The movie was based on a true story and the casting director couldn't have chosen two people that played the parts better than Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum (SWOONNNNNN!). 

Of course, being a woman, I began to analyze the movie thinking, "oh my gosh! I give them so much credit. How did he manage to do that! What if it was us??".  While I have many other thoughts about the events, it all boils down to one thing.

 Love. Love will get you through anything.

Yes, I'm about to get married in a year. 

Yes, I'm a sucker for love stories.

Yes, I am head over heels, MADLY in love with my fiancé.

So I'm biased. 

BUT...

with anything in life, if there isn't love, its not worth fighting for.

Nick and I recently had a conversation where we were talking about jobs, and finances, etc. We are very fortunate to live a comfortable lifestyle. I feel very fortunate that I was able to move into a brand new city and find a job that would pay me a comfortable salary because, let's face it, I love to shop:o)

But as Nick said, "Yes, you have a job that pays what you want. But are you really happy?"

I sat there looking at him like, "What? What is that supposed to do with anything?" and low and behold, he was right. If you're not happy, why are you doing it??

I realized that this guy could care less if I was working on a fishing boat gutting fish or if I was working as a corporate executive assistant for a living. He just wants me to be happy. 

I saw a sign in a store that said, "Happy Wife. Happy Life", and it was true. I make a goal out of making my fiancé feel like he is the most important person in the world each and everyday. He's the love of my life and he deserves that because, he too, works his tush off. But guys are simple. They don't ask for much in return. It's the women who are really a pain in the butt, and I can attest to that! Mood swings, rants, "this doesn't fit", "I don't feel like cooking", etc. and the guys just sit there saying "geez Louise, relax!".  

We both have made promises to each other that I think are really special. They aren't written in an email or a text or even in a handwritten letter. We have sat across the table from each other and said,

 "even with all this crazy stuff in life. I PROMISE, I will do this for you."

So, Nick, if you're reading this...think back to that conversation we had a little while ago, promising what we would do to make our life together the best it can be...

I think we just wrote our own set of Vows.

xo