The Traveling Red Dress

I've been following "The Bloggess" after discovering Beyonce, the giant metal chicken. She is pretty hilarious. Anyway, she started "The Traveling Red Dress". It's so inspiring to me. I had to share.

Start here:
http://thebloggess.com/2010/05/the-traveling-red-dress/

Now read this:
http://thebloggess.com/2012/01/the-traveling-red-dress-revisited/

And of course, the FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Traveling-Red-Dress/150889871693313

SO, I think I'm going to find me a red dress and I've just emailed my favorite local photographer and I think I'm going to do a photoshoot. I have so many insecurities and daily stresses and struggles that I think it'd be a good way to boost my confidence.

Laugh

My name is Vicki and I laugh at really inappropriate things.

This usually also happens at really inappropriate times. You know, like at work when it's quiet, the doctors office with the front desk bitch being all judgey, and also, at church.

Here are two of my current favorite blogs to laugh at when I have nothing better to do:

http://ohnoa.com/

http://thebloggess.com/

Enjoy it. And laugh. You know it's funny.

Be Proud.

I've always been one to apologize. For everything. Even if it wasn't my fault. I'm not quite sure why I do that, but I do. It was bluntly brought to my attention last night and I'm quite thankful that it was. I tried to pass it off as a flaw but he saw right through it. I can't do that anymore. I can't keep being sorry for the way things are or the way I am. I shouldn't be sorry for things that aren't my fault. Hell, I shouldn't be sorry for things that ARE my fault. I need to be proud of myself. I need to stop letting people walk all over me. That's not who I am. It drives me insane that I sit so quietly and let people do it. I have no idea why I do but it has to stop. Like...it has to stop TODAY. I shouldn't be ashamed of anything in my life because it's made me who I am.I realize that this probably all over then place and contradicts itself completely, but right now, that's how I roll. All great changes were preceded by chaos. And Lord knows my life was insane over the summer. I'm finally at a happy point in life. Yes, there are things that I need to change but I'm happy. And that's all that ever matters to me.

I believe

*I believe in fresh starts.
*I believe I should call it like I see it more often.
*I believe I'll never know how to not think everything is my fault.
*I believe laughter is the best medicine. No joke. Go read a Chelsea Handler book and tell me how you feel afterwards.
*I believe a night out with the girls can make everything okay. And I have the best friends to go out with.
*I believe in "go big or go home".
*I believe that people should "let go and let GOD".
*I believe you can't fix everything OR everyone, for that matter.
*I believe "Sometimes the hardest things and the right things are the same" (by the frey)
*I believe in singing like it's nobody's business in my car. Nothing like pulling up to a light and signing your little heart out and the people next to you smile.
*I believe in smiling. Two things happen: 1. People smile back OR 2. They start to wonder what you are plotting.
*I believe in loving myself...curves and all.
*I believe that the happiest girls are truly the prettiest girls.
*I believe almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
*I believe in not judging people by their pasts cause they don't live there anymore.
*I believe in regretting nothing. You did it so own it.
*I believe that people throw rocks at things that shine. Thank you, Taylor Swift for those lyrics.
*I believe that I have finally found peace. It's been a long time coming but I'm there. And for the first time in a while, I can say I'm finally happy with where I am in life.