I busted a pair of pants today

I knew it was coming. It was way too good to be true that I could stuff my face with baguettes for a week in Paris then come back to New York and fit into samples.

Getting measured for resort collection yesterday the design assistant asked me if I'd gained weight- to which I responded "well I have been in Paris surrounded by baguettes for the past week". As a joke, meant to be funny. Then she pulls out the measuring tape and tells me the exact change to my waistline down to the quarter inch. Good to know..*gasp*

So this morning I got on the scale to assess the damages. I only gained three pounds, which is really nothing- but it makes a world of difference in how good I am at my job. Sick and twisted? totally. Do I take it personally that the button on a pair of sample jeans flew across the room when I tried to buckle them at a meeting this morning? No, I laughed.

Because the fact that these pants were small on me is only in part my problem. I was forewarned that they had come from the factory exceptionally small, and had somehow managed to survive three markets with only a busted leg zip (samples are made fast, not to last).

These are realities that I must remind myself to avoid internalizing and stressing the fuck out that I'm slowly morphing into a ravenous unemployed whale. Because I'm not a whale, I'm just human and it happens. Not to say I didn't book my ass into a series of Bikram and spin classes that very moment. I'm going to pedal and twist until those baguettes are just a vague memory. Because I mean business. It can't become personal.

My body is my business, and business is about to get bangin'.

Jetlag and Lipstick

Transatlantic flights are the worst. You leave the plane feeling like you've been in a cold air drying machine- no idea which way is up and totally washed out.

Must haves for a 911 dinner do-up with clients right off the plane:

-1.5 L smart water for the plane (the electrolytes make a difference)
-bold lip I can apply without liner
-a swipe of mascara
-basic black pump

And I'm ready to go!