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Thanks for joining me!

Well hello there! If your reading this I’m extremely happy and I feel very privileged that you are taking time out of your day and spending it with me.

My name is Alisha and I decided to start this blog as an outlet. I have always loved fashion, shopping, and beauty. Some, AKA my husband might say a little too much $$$ lol.

However most recently life has changed drastically for me. Five months ago, I gave birth to my first child, a daughter named Lilly. Since then it feels like life has turned upside down.

There is nothing more special than becoming a parent, however getting used to this new life isn’t always the easiest. It was only about 7 months ago that I was working and living a fairly normal life. I would wake up every day at 6:45, get into the bathroom and get ready for my day. I would go downstairs throw together some form of breakfast that I would then take with me in the car. I only lived a couple of miles from my job so my commute was easy and I had a schedule that I knew like the back of my hand. Every day, apart from a special circumstance I would leave work at 5:00 and either head home or run whatever errands I needed to. Before my daughter was born we had talked about me staying at home with her. For anyone who has ever had to consider daycare, you know it is very pricey. To be honest, the amount of money I made at my job wasn’t substantial enough to cover the amount daycare would cost. it would pretty much come out even. so, the decision was made. I went from having my everyday schedule that I knew like the back of my hand to not really knowing when I would be able to slip in my next shower.

What can I say this new life is a work in process. So, you’re probably wondering what this has to do with a fashion blog, and furthermore what makes this blog any different from any other one out there. To answer you…I don’t know. All I know is that I needed something that was just mine, an outlet I guess you could say. For years, I loved fashion and beauty and friends, family and coworkers would always come to me for advice. Like a good portion of you I looked at other people’s blogs, or YouTube pages and thought “why can’t I do that?”

Listen, I’m far from perfect, and I will be the first to admit that. I’m not skinny, I’ve never been and I don’t really think I’ll ever be. So, I have curves and I’m on the shorter side…5 feet…ok 4′ 11″ and 1/2 to be exact…However, I’m real. I’m still trying to get rid of postpartum weight and I need a vacation more than anything…However life doesn’t always work like that. I promise I will always be honest even if it doesn’t paint me in best light. we shall see what will happen, but for now, I’m just your average women…taking it one day at a time.