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H54F: better late than never

Hello all! So it is a lovely Friday night in for me! I started posting High Five for Friday posts before Christmas and just love it! This morning I was rather rushed and did not have the time to write a post. As I spend a lazy evening in tonight, I figured why not write one now? Better late than never. So here are five reasons why this week rocked!

1. Reiki

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On Monday I had my very first reiki session with Tisa of Love Light & Laughter. This woman makes her very own holistic soaps, bath salts and other neat products. I currently have her new shaving soap, detox bath and a soap made with dragonsblood and activated charcoal. I’ve used all three products and they are fantastic.

Anyway, back to the reiki. Reiki is this really neat holistic treatment. I wrote all about he experience in my post here: My First Reiki Experience.

2. Photography and my walk in the park

After my reiki session, I decided to take some time to just be. I found a beautiful park just as it was getting dark. I put my phone in the love compartment so that I would be free of distraction. I also needed to work on my photography in the dark skills, so it was perfect. This photo is my favorite:

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3. Surprises

I love helping plan surprises. In April, I’m going to be a bridesmaid in my friend Sara’s wedding. The shower was Saturday in Danville, Kentucky. Since her maid of honor lives in Denver, she assumed she wouldn’t be able to make it. She assumed wrong!

Friday night, I picked Katie up at the airport and she stayed with me. Saturday morning we drove down and surprised Sara at Cracker Barrel. The look on her face was the best. Full post about that is here: Hangers and Surprises. While we’re doing some shout outs, you all should check out Hang it Up Hangers, a business my friend Megan owns. She made me an amazing personalized dress hanger for Sara’s big day.

4. Sleeping in

I slept in on Sunday and Monday. It was amazing.

5. One of my favorite co-workers got a new job

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So this one is sad, actually. This is Lindsey. I blogged about her eons ago (Lindsey’s dresses). This photo is from said story and also oddly the dress she wore on her last day at Su Casa today. I’m happy that she has a new job. It also seems like quite a step up, which is great. But I will miss her. There’s something so great about coworkers you just click with. I will miss her and whoever they hire to replace her will not be as cool.

Alright, that’s all folks. Here’s why I’m linking up with today:

H54F: Friday has arrived

Congrats to everyone reading this post. We have made it to Friday! For me, it has been a feat for sure. However through the tough things it’s still good to find the joys. Thus, I’ve still decided to write a High Five for Friday Post.

For those who do not know, High Five for Friday is a weekly blogger link up with Tif from Bright on a Budget, Della from Della Devoted, Katie from Cup of Tea and Caitlin from Coffee with Caitlin. Anyone with a blog is invited to join. After you finish reading about my five favorite things of the week, make sure you go check their blogs out!

1. Friends who can write and do my hair

Have you had a chance to check out my new contributing writer Ms. Pamela Pitts? First, I suggest you click here to read her first piece. She will be writing for A World of Dresses on Wednesdays. While this blog is mostly my voice, I love sharing the spotlight with other women who share my vision. Pamela is one of those women. We met several months back at the Contemporary Dance Theater’s PTA show. I was there just sitting in the audience to write about the show when I struck up a conversation with Pamela about her business L’BAE. She had put together a piece in the show that included some still models. After chatting for a bit, I learned that she had her own small business and radio show. As some of you may know, I feature female small business owners on Saturdays. It seemed perfect.

So I went on her radio show to talk about A World of Dresses and she was featured on the blog. You can read about it here. One day it just came to me: why not invite her to partner with me? Thus here we are. On Saturday I spent the afternoon at her beautiful home as she did my hair. Kudos to her for getting it to curl. My hair has trouble holding curls.

2. Friends who shoot photos

My friend Hillary just moved back to Cincinnati from a three-year stint in New York City. She’s an amazing photographer and took these Saturday. I’m excited to see where this partnership will take us. Yay partnerships!

3. Retail therapy

Tuesday night I decided to take some me time and shop. I found a pair of boots I’m absolutely in love with at DSW. I also stocked up on a few makeup necessities at Ulta. The shoes are pictured in these photos. Thanks to my brother for taking these shots. It was roughly 9:30 p.m. but I was LOVING my outfit today. I just could not let the day pass without a few photos.

The dress is from Shop Twenty Something, a lovely online boutique based in Lexington, Ky. I found it at the holiday market in downtown Cincinnati in December where they had set up a booth. I definitely suggest you click on their page and take a look around. The scarf is from my trip to Dubai in April.

4. High Style and the Cincinnati Art Museum

Before Hillary and I headed over to Pamela’s house, we made a stop at the Cincinnati Art Museum to view their current exhibit. It revolves around dresses and designers in different time periods. It “traces the evolution of fashion from 1900 through 1980 with garments and accessories by the most influential European and American designers of the 20th century” (quote taken from their website). Here are the photos I took. There were so many amazing dresses, so I decided to make two galleries of photos!

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5. Tisa of Love, Light and Laughter: A Healing Studio

As mentioned before, I feature female small business owners on Saturdays. Tomorrow I’m featuring Tisa from Love, Light and Laughter: A Healing Studio. I met her at the Covington Bazaar at the beginning of December. She had her booth set up with all sorts of holistic soaps, scrubs, bath salts, oils and other goodies. On Sunday I went out to her studio for a chat and photo shoot. This woman is amazing. She broke both of her legs a year or two ago. While she was sitting around, she decided to take online courses in holistic healing arts. Things like reiki, Somaveda Thai yoga and hot stone massages. She also started making her own holistic products. As she continued making them, other people wanted them too and thus she decided it would be a profitable business. A year later she can fully walk again and she’s running her business. Here are just a few teasers. You’ll have to come back tomorrow to read about her business.

Thanks for reading guys! What made your week great? I’d love to hear. Feel free to tell me in the comment section below!