The Business of Feeling Fabulous

UPDATE: So I took myself over to Marshall's at lunch and was bound and DETERMINED to find something cute to wear, and ya'll, I totally did! I am soooo proud of myself - cute flowy pants, cute shirt, and A-dorable shoes...and guess what? I only paid a grand total of $50.99 FOR. ALL. OF. IT. Can I get a handclap? Also, I finished purchasing Chelle's b-day gift...and I have a surprise on the way, too for her. Sneaky sneaky!


My best friend in the world, Michelle, is turning 30 this weekend. That is huge in and of itself because, well, it's a new decade and you're out of your twenties and you're supposed to feel like an adult. Chelle has been more of an adult in the past five years that I ever will be. She is just really together that way. So, in celebration of this momentous occasion, we are having a girls night out downtown, something we haven't done in probably years. I kid you not. And this is the reason why - we live in Greenville. Yes, it is a city, but the probability that you will run into someone you don't want to see is pretty much a given. Which is why, for my bachelorette weekend last summer, we went to Charleston.





Unfortunately (and I blame the economy), we weren't able to get out of our hometown for Chelle's b-day. Which is why I'm in a panic. See, back in the day, I was the quintessental barfly. And so was Chelle. We went out together every single weekend, looking and feeling absolutely fabulous. Then, times changed, we grew up, I got married, gained weight (Chelle is still a stick), blah blah blah. I don't see half the people that I used to bump into in my former life. That will change this weekend because, as stated previously, this is Greenville. And I'm freaking out about it.





The thing is - I have done a 180 since my former party girl days. I feel as if my looks have done a 180, too. And that, my friends, is not a good thing. I have today and tomorrow to figure out what to wear and, more importantly, get the attitude to wear it with that whole "I am beautiful and fabulous in an effortless way" aura about me.





Can you get plastic surgery on short notice?