Out With The Old, In With the Metallic

For someone who's job requires her to wear gloves all day, I have an obsession with nail polish. This isn't a new thing. Since I was much younger I loved giving myself manis and pedis with tons of different colors. I was even pretty talented at nail art, drawing snowflakes on my nails in winter and fireworks for Fourth of July. When Birchbox Birchbloggers gave me the opportunity to review some new Ruffian nail polish I felt I was more than qualified for the job.

Ruffian Rosary, Ambrosia and Relic

First off, let me say that the colors are phenomenal. My friends and I have been searching for a gorgeous rose gold forever and this one takes the cake. Rosary is such a beautiful color and obviously the one I was just dying to get on my nails. I almost feel like the nails look like the color of a brand new fresh from the mint penny. Ambrosia is a color that could easily carry you from day to night. Relic is silvery without being silver. It looks mature and very luxe.

Secondly, this polish lasts! Like amazingly well! There is nothing that bugs me more than spending time painting your nails and then sitting still for them to dry and you wash one dish and it looks as if you have been wearing the polish for weeks. Chip city!  I applied the polish at night and topped it off with my favorite top coat Seche Vite Fast Dry. I saw four patients today and did a TON of lab work and I don't even have a chip! This stuff is strong!

People stopped me all day to comment on how pretty this polish looked! I was thrilled that it lasted through so much wear and tear. If you are looking for something to spend those hard-earned Birchbox points on, this is a product to try! Durable, beautiful and chip free. What more could you want from a nail polish?

Pandora Ring

Feeling Like A Scrub

Wearing scrubs to work all week has left me feeling like kind of a scrub. Since we were given 5 embroidered sets (still love seeing Dr. Allison Baylis written anywhere!), my daily wardrobe has become navy blue scrub top tucked into navy blue scrub pants and fuchsia Nike sneakers. Sometimes I even accessorize with my beeper. GAG! 

Coming from a school where being fashionable was a requirement, well not really, but we had to be in business casual at all times, has me missing the days of doing extractions in breezy skirts and comparing brightly colored pumps with my favorite classmates. Feeling like a bum and constantly being mistaken for an assistant has me rethinking my foray into the world of "professional pajamas". It may be time to bust out the gift card to Banana Republic from Ell's parents and work on being a little more professional and a little less pajamas. 

In an effort to remember my better fashion days, I want to bring back this picture from our Senior Dinner Dance in my this fuchsia Laundry by Shelly Segal dress (Thank you, Last Call Neiman Marcus) and the Nine West shoes that are not only beautiful, but also one of the most comfortable pairs of shoes that I have ever danced in. Elliott doesn't look bad either, right? :)

Work

I love the saying, "If you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life." 

The past few weeks of transitioning from being a dental student to an actual dentist have been a true test of my happiness in this career. The alarm goes off at 5:30 AM these days as I commute from home. I have had to do extractions that I never would have even thought of attempting a few months ago. I carry around a beeper every few days so I can go flying into the ER when it goes off. All of these things would probably make me miserable if I didn't love what I do so much. 

11 months from now I will probably never take care of another lip laceration, but in the mean time my confidence as a practitioner and my love of this field is growing exponentially. I am so happy that I chose this job at St. Francis and I am very grateful for my co-residents who make every day a little more fun. 

I'm Back

That's me! Bottom row four in from the right

I haven't written in weeks. My life has been in total transition. In the past month I graduated from dental school and officially became a DMD (Yes, people they made me a doctor!). After that I drove 3000 miles, with plenty of stops, across the country in my little red Ford with my very patient boyfriend so I could move back to the East Coast for good. Now I'm here and trying to figure out what I'm doing. My residency starts in a week with orientation, including a 12 hour suturing class, and hours of computer training. Then on July 1st, it's all us! Eight new residents taking over the dental clinic.

My diploma, well the fake one they gave me on stage

I am super excited about all the changes that have been taking place in my life. I finally am done with school and will start a paying job after four years of student loans. For the first time in our relationship, I live in the same zip code as Elliott. I am reconnecting with my friends and feeling like I am a regular presence in their lives. I love being home and I have resolved that I should start writing again, because even though one adventure is over, a new one is just beginning.

 

Dream Big, Darlin'

With graduation from dental school just five days away, I thought this was such a fitting quote to post. When I started my journey to become a dentist I was just a 16 year old high school junior who had no idea what a Class II filling even was. Ten years later I am halfway through my 26th year, more mature and certainly much more educated than when I began my quest for the coveted DMD.  I know the next week is going to be filled with a lot of laughs, even more tears and quite a few bottles of champagne as my classmates and I accept our diplomas and finally, officially, become the doctors we worked so hard for so many years to be. I was just a little girl with a dream and now I am a woman with a clear cut vision of how her future (at least the near future) will turn out. Congrats to all the ladies graduating with me next week. We made our dream come true! Cheers to that!

Get Caught In the Web

Charlotte Olympia Spring 2014

I have heard people say that fashion is like wearable art. No designer exemplifies this more than Charlotte Olympia. I certainly don't live a red carpet lifestyle or have exceptional grace walking in a 6" heel, but I would display these shoes like a Van Gogh. From her signature cat flats, with added sunglasses for the spring collection, to these killer heels with their own message in a bottle, one pair is just more fabulous and exquisite than the next. Where would I wear these shoes? Frankly, I just don't have a cool enough life for these ever to be appropriate (minus the flats, maybe), and the price tag to own your own is pretty steep, but there is something so fun about browsing the selection in Nordstrom and thinking about what an artist Charlotte must be to have come up with these unique and funky designs. She certainly has this girl caught in her web. 

Margaritas

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Hope everyone is having a margarita...or two...today!