The Power of a Compliment

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blue dress (also in pink) // heels // purse 

Happy Monday Cuties!

How was everyone’s weekend?

After being gone a whole week, it felt good to just be home. I love to travel, but it also takes a lot out of me and takes me a while to start feeling like myself again!

Friday, we had a “pre-birthday” celebration for Colton at Bowl & Barrel! It’s like a new-ish boutique bowling ally here in Houston and it was definitely my kind of bowling. Then Saturday, I woke up and went for a run (trying to get back into it ya’ll), we had brunch at Back Street Cafe (one of my all-time favorites), went to Mcintyres to watch a few football games and then had a little date night! Sunday was a social media free day! I did not look at Instagram or think about posting a photo even once and it was so nice! We hung out at the house, cleaned, went to church and dinner. It was all around a great weekend.

The dress I’m wearing in today’s post, I wore last Friday while in New York and it may have been my favorite dress of the weekend. It’s very me and I felt super comfortable in it! It would be absolutely perfect for a fall wedding, a sorority rush event or any semi-formal event you might have coming up! This dress also comes in pink, but I read the pink is a little see-through?! I’m not sure though, the navy was fine! I also read in the reviews that this dress can be pretty short. I’m very petite, so it was perfect for me, but I can see how it would micro on anyone taller!

I really wanted to start this week off on a positive note and share a sweet story from New York with you guys.

By Friday of Fashion Week, I had already been in New York a few days and I was starting to feel a little down on my self. While I was truly having a great time, I was starting to get into my own head about a few things by the end of it. I was comparing myself to others, I was feeling like I wasn’t good enough in certain situations, I was getting sick, I was tired and you know, just all around ready to go home…

Needless to say, I wasn’t on my “a” game going into this evening. I wasn’t feeling confident or strong or like myself.

So it was 5’oclock and we were standing shoulder to shoulder on a packed subway, heading to our evening events. As I stood there, I felt a small tap on my back. When I turned around, the cutest little girl with braids was sitting with her mom and brother, looking up at me. She smiled and said: “I really like your dress…..you look pretty”. She then rested her head on her mom’s shoulder, looked up to her and whispered: “that took a lot of courage out of me“.

Y’all, I was almost in tears. I can’t even begin to describe how sweet the whole moment was and how touched I was by it. This little girl did such a small act of kindness, yet it had such a big effect on me. Even though she was scared and didn’t know who I was or how much I needed that, she took a chance and gave a stranger a compliment.

Yesterday in church, the pastor spoke about how we all carry around so much anxiety and weight on our shoulders every day and how the smallest act of kindness, like a compliment, can change everything.

So as you go into this week, I hope you choose to be kind and courageous like that little girl on the subway. If you’ve been thinking about a friend who has been killing it in her new job recently, send her a little text saying how proud you are of her. Or if you’re in the ladies room and you really like a girls dress that’s in there. Tell her. You never know how much she may be needing that compliment and you’ll feel gooding leaving the situation too!

Have a great week babes!!

xo,

Lauren

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