Not my kid, but a pretty apt representation…

Sometimes I think I’m crazy to think I can balance my addiction to fashion and my life as a mother of two. It’s one thing to hold down a job and career ambitions as a mother, but trying to keep yourself fashionable in the meantime? After what happened chez moi yesterday I think it might be hopeless for me….let it go Sofia! You live with two monsters; you can barely get out of your jogging pants before 3 O’clock; your hips and behind look “motherly”…on days like this I feel like letting fashion slide.

My usually adorable, unpredictable, energetic, trouble making child Aiden was particularly well behaved yesterday, so I thought I’d spoil him just a teeny bit and give him the bowl of icing remains from a cake I’d just made. I was feeling bold. Why not? Let the child have a little chocolate! The only trouble was, I was so distracted by my usual multitasking that I forgot to keep him nailed down at the table…so, after dipping into the bowl arm deep he wandered off into the living room…where I’d just pulled my new replica Gucci Britt handbag out of the packaging.

Well, Aiden loved the sparkling gold colour, so he went straight for it. Not only did he dig around inside looking for whatever fun was to be found, he took particular joy in the streaks of chocolate he was leaving and basically refinished the whole thing in chocolate/kid monogram!

The replica Gucci Britt that got iced in chocolate…

Fashion/Work/Motherhood: Can you Relate?

Now, I don’t know if this would have happened had I not been trying to do too many things at once…I mean I’d met the postman at the door, excitedly half opened my new purse, went back to mixing the cake batter, had several chats open on my computer, was in my email account, was responding to comments on my blog, had my Facebook open in another window, had an incoming text from a girl who was supposed to interview me earlier that day for a fashion column…and I was trying to figure out what I was going to wear tonight for the party I was attending (the reason for the cake). Good lord!

Here’s where the modern working woman’s dilemma lies. With the internet, too many of us work at home, and so have this maniacal idea that we can be at home with our kids, tend the house, and work at the same time! It’s insane! At least if I had an out-of-the-house job I’d have the good sense to drop the kids off at a daycare and do one at a time.

With a purse all but ruined, a kid that desperately needed a bath (who I couldn’t fairly blame for the debacle), a missed interview, and a cake that burned while I tried to sort out the rest…I got to thinking yesterday. Sofia just how crazy are you?