Marching to the beat of my own drum. (Just happen to be tone deaf)

I have come to the realization that my posts will be few and far between. I know all 3 of you who read this are so disappointed. Not only do I struggle to find a topic for my posts, I do not have a single moment to sit and ponder until I think of an interesting one. BUT I promise to atleast make an effort.


Lately/recently/currently/sometime/a while ago; (I have a bad concept of time right now) I have been up to a lot! I am still working at Festivity, a local boutique here in Atlanta. My location is a few miles out of the city perimeter in the suburbs. (compare Dogwood in Flowood) We are gearing up for our "crazy" holiday season, stocked to the BRIM with clothes, clothes, and more clothes + tables full of "wonderful" Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas goodies. I don't really decorate for holidays, and see absolutely no excitement in buying a red and green cookie platter with Rudolph on it. So I am trying to stick to what I know.. clothes, accessories, jewelry, styling mannequins (they don't talk back), and studying the inventory/transfers/reorders (all the numbers). Everyone on my team is amazing. Together we create the ideal fun and hardworking environment everyone wants. Including dance parties, karaoke, fashion shows, therapy, lunch buddies, and your occasional fake accent or two. ;) With the holiday season coming on the customers are getting crazier and crazier. I have learned to take each and every one of our sweet precious angel customers with a grain of salt and smile sweetly when their ten karat diamond ring is flying in my face and the iPod is drowned out by shrieking. This is almost always the case when we inform our customers of our return policy ("Store credit or exchange only. no refunds.......I'm just the messenger..Yes ma'am I understand that you were too oblivious to read the sign, your receipt, or listen when we told you as you checked out...I am very sorry we are losing you as a customer.") I work full-time, but in retail that includes nights and weekends. So its usually ten days on with about one day off somewhere in the middle. I am learning the phrase "sleep when you're dead" currently applies to my life now, especially if I want to see people, do social things, travel (ha), run errands...

Since I have so little extra time I am squeezing Duet and jewelry making in here and there. I try to do something for my business everyday, even if it is just a small task. A few weeks ago, I participated in a wonderful event "Pink and White Gala; A gathering of girlfriends" a girl's night in support of breast cancer awareness. I was a vender, with my very own table (woww!!) The week before I literally did not sleep trying to get everything made and all of my display ready. When I finally got to the event (after getting lost, and then going to find my mother who was lost) I was so excited to have all of my work displayed! I realized then how much work I put into Duet! I got so much wonderful feedback, and met some really amazing women that night. I am currently working on custom orders, and selling things from my inventory. My style keeps changing, and I am just going with it. Duet is taking me on a wild, but very sweet ride.

I have decided to leave the married couple's nest. It is time for me to stop living off of Holly and Davis and get my own place. I have looked at some places in downtown Atlanta; some of the areas are Loring Heights, Virginia Highlands, and Buckhead. Hopefully I will be moved out before Christmas. (when I say that I mean hopefully my parents will move me in before then while I am at work)

I am living in Bulldog Country, but the wrong one. HOW AMAZING IS MISSISSIPPI STATE THIS SEASON!???!!!!!!!!!! We are currently 7-2, ranked #21. I wish I was still at school to enjoy this awesomeness, but its still pretty great from afar. Especially since MSU beat GEORGIA and FLORIDA this season. What has happened to the SEC East? Anyways, I am cheering on my bulldogs all the way to our bowl game! (hopefully peach bowl for obvious reasons)

I will write soon. or later. call me. beep me. if you wanna reach me.

Du·et -noun- an action or activity performed by a pair of closely connected individuals

I am sorry it has been so long, time management is my nemesis. I know everyone is just jumping at the bit to hear all about what I am up to. Overnight, I have become insanely busy. I have decided to give everyone a little background to the busy-ness/craziness that now consumes my life.
My sister and I come from a crafty home. Our mother loves fabric, ribbon, paint, and all things DIY. So over the years we have painted every room of every house we have ever lived in (all 8 homes), made pillows, costumes, and all sorts of crafty chaos along the way. Along with our love for anything that comes from Hobby Lobby, a strong fashion/shopping/style/clothing/trend addiction runs deep in Rozelle blood. Everywhere we go, Holly and I find ourselves saying "We can make that" or "If I changed this top to this..." While we both believe in great style, and can work a sewing machine well, we are by no means great or perfected designers. Saying that we only dreamed of owning a store to sell others designs, never our own. Last fall we decided to take a shot at making some of our own things for fun. We both had been seeing huge rings everywhere. Holly and I collected all the supplies and made two rings to wear out for her 27th birthday. That night was the debute of Duet. We were immediately obsessed with making the rings. For almost a year we continued to work on rings during our free time, never selling any just giving them away. I also started to make necklaces, hair pins, bracelets, scarves, and tops. Recently, I decided to post everything I had been working on- on Facebook. I have gotten so much great feedback from friends, family, and even strangers. I made a Facebook page and an Etsy so I could sell things. (Duet was becoming a money pit). Before this I was working with my dad to open a Duet retail boutique. We are still working hard on creating a great business plan and working with a lender from the SBA to try and open a location in Athens, GA. This is my ultimate dream!! So, lets combine all of this madness and ADD my full time job at Festivity. I LITERALLY do not have enough hours in the day!!
oh and ps: I'm on the lookout for friends in Atl.

Big Girl World

After much thought, I decided that it was time for a blog. I figure that I am full of enough interesting stories, photos, and fashion tidbits to entertain the six people that will read my blog. I am also hoping to start a trend with my friends and family. I am used to my friends and I being in a centralized location (Mississippi State). So now that I have friends in New Orleans, Hattiesburg, Starkville, Jackson, Nashville, St. Louis, and Europe, I worry how everyone will stay in touch. As a person who loves to write, journal, send cards, e-mails, and text messages, I think blogging is a great solution!

I picked out a timeline of photo's that give a pretty good idea of what I have been up to since I moved east to Atlanta.
Braves vs Rockies- Me, Holly, and Deanna

Cinco de Mayo - Coworkers
JenL, Me, Steph, and Caitlin

Girls Trip Orange Beach
Me, Kristen, Anna, Lori

Family Beach Trip Sea Grove, FL


Red Door Tavern- Friends visiting me!
Anna, me, and Lori

Pub Crawl in Athens- Me and Kristen

I will post later this week, I thought my timeline was sufficient for now. :)