Today was the last super busy/out of the ordinary thing for a little while. I had a photo shoot for an article coming out in a magazine in December. I won’t mention the magazine right now, although some of you do know that were on FB.
This actually stemmed from a contact through my blog back in February. I had a phone interview and sent them pictures. Then I never heard back, so I assumed they weren’t going to use my story. Then a couple weeks ago I was contacted again that they *did* want to run my story and wanted to set up an photo shoot by October 4th. Cue panic! I was thinking all kinds of strange thoughts like “Crash diet!” and “I am not at goal, I feel like a fraud“, “People are going to look at the pictures and think I need to lose more weight“. I even thought about buying Spanx LOL!
Breathe, Lori. Just breathe.
Just when you think you are doing well on the journey of self acceptance and you get flown into a tizzy. Last week was the coordination of a hair stylist/makeup artist, the photographer, and the clothing stylist. They were going to dress me, which also freaked me out. I really didn’t need to worry.
I had spoken on the phone to Nichole (the clothing stylist) and I kept telling her to err on the side of big for clothing. What is wrong with me?? I was so worried that if she brought my sizes, they would somehow not fit. Like the clothing I own is mislabeled or something. Poor John. He had to listen to my insecurities.
Anyway, everyone arrived at my house on Monday. Isn’t that nice? I didn’t have to go anywhere! Nichole did a great job with picking out clothes and I had several outfits to choose from. The clothing came from White House/Black Market and New York & Company and one dress from Macy’s.
I had hair and makeup done. Diane was very professional and fast with the makeup.
I do have to say that hair and makeup are my least favorite part of these. Can you tell?
All photos are done by John and not the official ones, which I wish I could see!!
This dress was nixed by the editor when we sent sample shots today. I didn’t like the gathers, but others seemed to like it. The hem was quite the problem (again, shortie). It was tacked up here.
Everyone loved this top but me. This picture and the one above are me before hair and makeup.
It’s actually a bit sparkly and very festive, but I wasn’t crazy about the fit or the color. Watch this top will be the one the editors like LOL! If you can’t tell, we had to do a little fake Christmas decorating for the December issue.
This was one of my favorites. Note the white circle thing is a lighting prop brought by the photographer. This sweater is purple, although this shot doesn’t show it as well.
I had tried a skirt on, but totally fell in love the the pants and wouldn’t take them off. Fit and Flare Short (and still a bit long…) $88. They were comfortable and made my booty look good. I actually could have put on the smaller size, but I thought they would be too tight. The stylist didn’t think so, but I just couldn’t do it (silly me).
Embracing my curves!
Love the color of the blazer. $118. It is a deep purple, or plum as it is called on the website.
Everyone made me feel very, very comfortable for the shoot, so I was thankful for that. Sometimes you forget how far you have come when you have lived with the loss for a while. And I should never forget that! I am never going to be a size 4 and I love my curves! (and so does John – although he didn’t care for the makeup )
I’ll let everyone know when the article comes out. I wonder which outfit they will like?
I may have to get a pair of those pants. Can bargain hunter me find them for less than $88? We shall see.
And in keeping with the last 2 Octobers – I will be posting a pink picture every day and ask you to click on the link below to help fund mammograms for those in need!
Here is today’s shot:
And ladies – Diane said to *not* buy the expensive mascara (after I commented that I bought the cheap stuff). Most mascara is made by only a few companies and just packaged differently. So there you go – money saving tip!