Is it just me, or is there something delicious about this girl?

Dear Robby,

In the beginning, it was us. Our friendship was born from a love of all things glamorous! A love of fashion, food, drink, and couture brought us together for faux-snobbery conversations about all of the people we hate (only because we envy them so). It is rather unfortunate that I fell off the wagon for a few years and left you to yourself. Without anyone to hold me accountable for my dreadful mommy wear I was left to my own devices to regain the strentgh to tackle being fashionforward once again. I am, however, eternally grateful for all of you support. You have been so kind in the last few months... smiling and nodding to me when I emerged from my dressing room successfully.

I miss you. I would like to embark on a journey with you. Screw the fact that our budgets won't allow $1000 dollar outfits, I say our penny-wise fashion deserves to be congratulated and admired! I say that we take on a challenge amongst ourselves to be the two who celebrate budget friendly 'couture'. What do you say?

I think we should discuss this over drinks. Say, Aroma's? Friday night? I'll bring my camera and we'll spend all night in the streets of Athens photographing those who we decide worthy of our blog. Oops! Did I say that outloud? Shhhhh.

Love,
Me

Dear Robby:

I wish you this.

Her Morning Elegance, by Oren Lavie

Go watch the video...it's unbelievable. Click here.

I want to be...

Garance Dore

In Love

"Hello Fashion Sense. It's been a long time."

"Welcome back, let's go rock their world."

SAVE POLAROID

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I want this to use all of the time for things I need to put in jars.

How I spent tonight:

I taught Aiden his first lesson on how Martha Stewart does Mother's Day. The boy is going to be good to me, I just know it!

Who is planning your next event?

my dream came true tonight!

my heart is racing, i can't stand because i feel as though i am falling over, my hands won't stop shaking, and if i try to speak i stutter and my lips quiver

it's been 3 hours into the first day of the rest of my life

unofficial title: Assistant

This photo is more like 10,000,000 of my favorite words right now. I'll see you soon ocean. Soon.

Bedtime with Aiden brought me to this...

Ashley: I told you that they want like $299,000 for that house didn't I?
Brandon: Yea.
*As we drive by the house there are a lot of cars parked outside of it.
Brandon: Someone died.
Ashley: What!? Haha, how do you know?
Brandon: Listen, it's the South. Whenever there are that many Cadillacs and pickup trucks outside a house, someone is dead.
Ashley: But there aren't any signs saying "Slow Funeral" they could just be eating.
Brandon: Of course they are eating! I bet, GAURANTEE that THAT HOUSE smells like fried chicken RIGHT NOW.



I .heart. my hubban.

Dear Robby

I love you this much.





If I could buy you one thing right now I would buy this.*





















*and if you totally could tell what it was by the picture, hella props to you my man!

Mrs. Mommy aka Ashley Marie Haydu

I can't lie and say I haven't thought about it. What would my life be like if I wasn't married and a mother?

And then she said something that slapped me. I said something about already being married, and she said something so simple but it shook my world. "You're still young." So simple. Still young, like, I have time to get out? Like there are still so many years ahead that things are bound to change? I didn't jump to any defenses either. I just thought about it as I took another drink of my wine and looked around the room at the different people living there lives in different stages. What would it be like to be in those stages today?

THEN, it hit me! Why should I even consider my life without Brandon and Aiden. I am 100% confident that even if I had waited, if I had said no to a life-long commitment to Brandon and then no to the effort of having a child...I would still be searching to find them. To make it happen one day. I am extremely lucky actually to have been able to find them and be living these moments with them. If I had said no, would I be as lucky to have found a man that would be more perfect for me than Brandon? Or a child that time brought so perfectly into the world?

No way.

my excuse:

Ashley Haydu: i can't decide if i like having a life or not
Sarah Strader: lol
Sarah Strader: why?
Ashley Haydu: my typical day is so long
Ashley Haydu: 8:00 to 6:00 I work
Ashley Haydu: 6:00 to 8:00 I eat, see Aiden, talk to Brandon, and possibly clean
Sarah Strader: lol @ possibly clean
Ashley Haydu: from 8 until I sleep I work on Etsy sites & Since When project orders (taking off by the way)
Ashley Haydu: sometimes I get to post a blog
Sarah Strader: sweet!
Ashley Haydu: then if I am lucky I can leave and go to the shop and work with Milena on MORE sideprojects
Ashley Haydu: there are now 3 totes
Ashley Haydu: not to mention, I now force myself to have a social life
Ashley Haydu: it's my way of giving back to myself
Sarah Strader: lol force?
Ashley Haydu: yeah, I feel super guilty about it!

Tempra Tantrum Wine

The new process will include a bottle of wine. On the second glass I can expect an eye opening realization that I will no doubt 'See Red' at first, but will after it is all over understand and come to terms with a truth about myself.

I love Robby Bailey.

and so it begins...

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