As a woman now in my early 20s, you would assume my interests would start swaying a certain way (i.e. long term relationships, trips to the jewelry store, something old/new/borrowed/blue, kids, family sized SUV's, etc.) I just can't really envision any of this in my life. Honestly, I would much rather sit at home and watch a football game. That's me. I never really give myself a chance to feel feminine and I certainly don't expect for others to treat me as a feminine person. Time out though - I am as much of a feminists as it gets, so don't think I am dogging on my fellow feminine women. There's nothing wrong with my view of "I am woman, hear me roar" being a life size cutout of Rosie our favorite riviter - on some days though, I just want to feel like a woman.

I've never learned how to properly apply makeup therefor you will never see me wearing it. I don't own a set of diamond earrings or my grandmother's vintage pearls. I can't remember the last time I wore a sundress and actually felt beautiful in it. I've never owned a pair of heels, yet I do own every kind of running or hiking shoe possible. Now, I'm not discouraging my "tom-boyish" ways, but after a visit to Williams Sonoma yesterday with my boyfriend in Utica Square I started to feel a little down on myself for not making more of an effort. Why should I constantly get to dog on people for not treating me as if I am woman when I don't even act like it?

So today I'm going to go get a well deserved manicure. Then I'll probably go lay in the tanning bed and go out and enjoy the beautiful Tulsa weather and jog a few miles. Maybe I'll treat myself to some ice cream or buy a new outfit at anthropologie. Maybe I'll venture into sephora and ask for a makeup tutorial :) I'll never pack away my blue jeans, I'll never trade in my Asics for a pair of stilettos, but I will start making a conscious effort to look nice and to tell myself that I am a woman. I am a woman who has short, stubby legs - but my short stubby legs have carried me through miles and miles over the last few years. My arms may be a little bigger, but I've been able to give great comforting and loving hugs with them. It's all about perspective I suppose.

"Elegance is the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future."

-Coco Chanel