Good Monday morning everyone! I�m tired and slightly puffy-eyed this morning after a long weekend of Texas Style Council festivities! For those of you who aren�t familiar, TxSC is an exciting Blogger conference held right here in Austin and organized by Indiana and Elissa, two fabulous ladies I had the pleasure of meeting over the past couple of days!
I knew I�d be slightly out of my element this weekend since my blog isn�t fashion based, but I signed up for the conference hoping to learn and network and just have a fun weekend with ladies who understand my passion for blogging. Luckily, expectations were met, and it was a fabulous, albeit exhausting time. I have to laugh at myself, because my major in college was Communication, social interaction concentration, and yet I find in-person social interaction to be emotionally draining and exhausting� I�d probably be OK with sleeping the entire rest of this week! But that�s the funny and awesome thing about bloggers�I think many (if not most) of us are more comfortable behind the computer screen, which is why we�re carving out a space for ourselves online!
However, I refuse to accept my slightly anti-social tendencies, and I thought a conference like this would be a great way to get out of my comfort zone (which typically involves stretchy pants, my lambie blanket, and some degree of smelling like a dog).
It�s funny the insecurities these types of conferences can bring out in even the best of us though, isn�t it? Everyone looked SO gorgeous and stylish this weekend, and yet I had a feeling 90% of the ladies who attended were probably nervous as hell and just hoping they measured up. I had what I tried to consider the advantage of having nothing to prove since my blog falls very much more into the lifestyle category, but it was still a bit intimidating. I ADORE clothes and fashion, but dressing myself in a unique and fashion conscious way has never come naturally for me. It�s something I really want to have a better handle of, and I hope that, one day, readers who comb through past outfit posts on this blog will be able to see a visible progression in my personal style. It�s a work in progress, y�all. If you only knew how awkward I once was and how far I�ve actually come. If you only knew. Do you remember this fugly picture? Yeah. Enough said.
So anyway, Texas Style Council was a great experience overall, and I�ll be recapping a bit more over the next few days. I have tons of fabulous pictures to pick through now, so please excuse me while I go do just that. Check back soon for more fun pictures from the weekend and notes I took during yesterday�s panels (including wise words from ladies like Kendi and Camille!).
Happy Monday!
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