New TJMaxx in NYC!!!

Today is the Grand Opening of the Columbus Circle TJ Maxx! I was afraid there were going to be hordes of people and I was not wrong! There are a zillion people shopping there right now which makes navigating the aisles quite a nightmare... However if you are lucky enough to score some great finds (like the awesome "leather" jacket above for only $39.99!) the wait for the register is a dream! It looks like the longest line ever but as it is opening day they are VERY efficient and I was probably only in line for 5 minutes. The Plus section is minimal but has some gems including gorgeous Calvin Klein dresses for $49.99. So if you're in NYC and near midtown check out the new TJ Maxx!

Tuesday Tuesday...

Ok so the song is called Monday Monday but still... Felt compelled to write since I am ROCKIN' my $10 leopard print skirt from ReDress! I hope everyone out there is having a great day and feeling fabulous. Im feeling a little jealous because my boyfriend is at the Dead Sea right now... Sigh NYC is just not like that.... PS notice the sexy wrist wrap... care of one very feisty mechanical bull!

I LOVE dressing up so I love Halloween!

OK sooooo if your last couple of posts are how you haven't posted something is clearly wrong! Fixing now!


Halloween was a blast this year! My boyfriend and I got dressed up as old school vampires and were stopped on the streets on NYC's East Village and asked to be photographed! We were pretty proud of our costumes! I wore a ball gown scored on sale at Macy's a few years ago for $60 some rockin' jewelry from Forever 21 and a cape purchased on a whim from Target last holiday season.

What did you wear this year?

oops

Once again I am slacking in my posting! Oy must...do...better!

First of let me be another amongst the millions to reccommend e-shakti! They have the most amazing and customizable clothes! I haven't purchased anything yet but I have been lusting after many, many items!


Next, Im off to Amish country for the weekend and I have to leave you with this... For a people who are anti electricity they sure have a lot of websites... like www.amish.net

OOPSIES!

Ok so I'm slacking on the posting! Well its gotta stop!! SOooooooooo I have issued myself a challenge! Next week I will post EVERY day and try to include a post of my outfit for that day! I wish I had a pic of the outfit I'm rockin' today because its pretty fierce... Hmmm maybe I'll get one... stay tuned!

A couple more pin-ups!

Curvalicious Conundrum: Big Girl Syndrome

Do you know anyone who suffers from Big Girl Syndrome? You know what I am talking about but may not have articulated it quite like this before.

Big Girl Syndrome, (BGS) is a latent belief that a plus sized girl will not get attention on her own merits so she develops a grandiose, larger than life, personality to compensate. Now this isn't necessarily a problem but I was thinking about it over the weekend... I was thinking about some friends of mine and how sometimes it was exhausting to "try to compete" with them for attention in a group. Yes, yes, I hear you, why would you want to compete with your friends?? Well, see, I am an opera singer and even if I wasn't a big girl I would already have a big personality. And when you're in a room full of other big personalities it is easy to get lost in the shuffle. Never one to like being on the outside, this can cause me a little anxiety. So, I was thinking about my big personality and the big personalities of some of my nearest and dearest and realized that we all had one thing in common: We are all big girls!

So blog-o-sphere, I ask you, have you noticed this phenomenon or is it just me? Do you think that sometimes plus sized women over compensate for some feelings of inadequacy by being loud, funny, crass? Over-dressing or, ahem, under-dressing? Wearing gaudy jewelry and big hair? Being overly accommodating, talkative, or bringing the topic of conversation around to them? I'm sure it goes the other way as well. Perhaps some women shy away into wallflower land. I know I am guilty of BGS and though all of the adjectives above have negative connotations I don't necessarily thing BGS is a bad thing! Without my big personality I wouldn't be the girl am! I wouldn't have achieved all that I have and I probably wouldn't have the confidence to pursue a life on the stage. BUT I think we can take it a little too far sometimes, cross some lines we don't mean to cross, and get ourselves into awkward situations.


What do you think of BGS?