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All Sorts: The Style, Smarts & Savoir-faire files…

Good morning Wordsmith Laners, I hope you’re all having a terrific Tuesday, or at least, a Tuesday far better than any Monday and certainly far better than the mundane Monday I had yesterday. 

You see, I woke up yesterday with a lot of optimism for what I would accomplish in the week ahead, like:

• polishing off the Madison article I have been working on for a couple of weeks now (my wordsmith abilities were tested with a very short deadline and a few re-edits);
• doing my regular job, which was going to be busy this week as I attended many meetings and the like
• cleaning my mess of a closet and my mess of a room (actually they’re not messy by normal standards as I am told, I am just a little too pedantic)
• Washing my hair (this, to me at least, is the biggest chore in the history of human events)
• Settling on my property AND celebrating it with dinner, dessert and cocktails with the boy
• Doing some thesis work, after having abandoned my project for almost a month
• Sorting out some more wedding stuff (there’s less than six months to go now!)
• Cleaning out my car (ah yes, this was dirty and messy)
• Reading a few mags, like the latest Shop (with Alexa on the cover, yay!); Madison & Women’s Health as well as Lipstick Jungle (needed a little bit of light reading)
• Doing some copywriting for a couple of clients
• Sharing with you some of my (very pretty) latest buys, all scored at 40% in some random sale
• And basically not stressing out about the week ahead (for a change).

Instead, I:

• had a car accident (thankfully not my fault), and spent the rest of the afternoon screaming about my back pain, going to the doctor’s surgery and the copshop to file all the relevant reports
• freaked out about why the settlement was not going through on my property – turns out the seller had some issues with his mortgager/bank and we had to change the cheque with the deposit, etc, so I hope it all sorts itself out today
• did not eat – yes, somewhere in the midst of that hectic conundrum of a day, I forgot to nourish myself until the very late evening. Thankfully, I am making up for it today with a lovely breakfast of bagels with cream cheese and smoked salmon – happy days!
• ended up calling in sick with back pain, but freaked out about how my work was NOT going to get done and letting down the schools and scripture coordinators I was supposed to be meeting with; and
• stayed up all night stressing about all that I did not do.

However, I woke up this morning with a resolve to take it easier, so I will be:

• Working from home – that way, my job gets done, and I get to rest my back on a pile of pillows while doing everything in bed thanks to my laptop
• Eating, and eating good: Breakfast today is a fresh poppyseed bagel with lashings of cream cheese and smoked salmon, morning tea is apple tea with Jam Fairy cakes, lunch is a yummy stiryfry with noodles, with garlic and ginger to fight the winter baddies, and fresh basil for some extra zing. Snack time is popcorn (sweet and salty – one of my faves) and dinner will be whatever my Lebanese-cook mummy makes.
• Sorting out the insurance aspect of the accident immedaitely so as to put it from my mind – and relying on muscle relaxants and panadol to make the back pain go away at least temporarily
• Promoting my Bride to Be Column - I hope you guys are checking out and if you can tweet it for me, I’d really appreciate the extra promotion
• Commissioning James to ring the solicitors and make sure all goes through for settlement – because I REFUSE to think about it for another day
• Sorting out my phone bill/changing my rate plan to save money in light of the fact that there’s mortage/wedding/travel on the horizon
• Leaving the wedding plans for another week, as I am sure they’re not going to run away (much as I wish they would)
• Reminding myself to be happy as I have filed the copy for the Madison article, which I am super-excited about
• braiding my hair – two braids always make me happy, especially when pinned back in an elegantly classic up-style
• Reading – and blocking everything else from my mind; and  
• playing with the new additions to my wardrobe, which I have included pictures of for your perusal. I’ll be wearing the ivory lace and crochet dress with black leggings, ivory ballet flats, a string of Chanel-esque black and white pearls, a black blazer, a topknot accessorised with a giant ivory bow hairtie, and my Chanel tote. The Jumpsuit is my fave summer buy, which I’ll wear with sky-high stilettos/platforms, bold earrings and bangles, a great cocktail ring and a big clutch when I go out, and some big studs and sandals for weekend daywear. The one shoulder bow-top will pe perfect with jeans or skirts for a night out at the bar/dinner – and my favourite of them all, my swan princess bretton jumper.
• Super-cute no? Especially with jeans or a navy skirt and ballet flats, and my watermelon coat. LOVE. See, when you score pretty wardrbe pieces for 40%, they make you forget everything.  Well, maybe not backpain ;p

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