If this isn’t a clear illustration of fashion genius, I don’t know what is.

Typically I choose the daily dress for my little Muffin Man, but clearly I should be letting his inner fashionista shine through. For this delightful ensemble, he whipped off his pants, turned his shirt backwards, put on mommy’s boots and…wham! Fashion brilliance.

Recently Muffin has started to become particular with what he wears. For a long time, I used to be able to dress him in whatever I wanted and he wouldn’t say a peep. Except for that one time when he was a toddler and I tried to put a jean jacket on him and he shrieked, “No pants! No pants on my arms!!!!”

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Poor Muffin isn’t going to like this post when he gets older, but I can write about it now because it’s a phase that is starting to come to an end (I think). Up until a few months ago, my little man would show a great appreciation for girly things. He often will go into my closet and attempt to try on my shoes. He was most attracted to the high heels, of course. One day I came downstairs ready to go out and instead of my usual flip flops, I had on some super cute leopard print Corso Como flats. Well, Muffin took one look at them and said, “Ohhhhhhhh, cute shoes Mommy!” Little dude has good taste. He couldn’t keep his eyes off of them. Granted, I am rarely seen out of my flip flops, but I think it went deeper than that. He also used to love the women’s handbag section in Marshall’s and would b-line it straight there once we entered the store. The ladies hat section was also on his hit list. I have a cute pink mini-handbag that I was saving for when/if I had a girl and Muffin found it and commandeered it. He would walk around with it over his arm, saying “Look at my purse, Mommy. Isn’t it cute?”! Poor Madam Poopsalot is going to have to wrestle him for it when she’s older.

Now, I know that it is not uncommon for boys to be interested in girly things and if you think about it, toddlers like nice textures, shiny things, and pretty colors…so, what toddler in her (or his) right mind wouldn’t be attracted to pretty feminine things? Besides, he really didn’t have a hope in hell – it’s in his DNA. I am part Crow – I love shiny, sparkly, pretty things. Way to embrace your feminine side little dude! Just take it a bit easy on your Daddy – now that he’s got 3 princesses to contend with.

I adore the smokey eye look. I’ve long coveted the eye make-up of a certain celebutant who’s name may or may not rhyme with Tim Fardashian. I may have even possibly spent time on her website…but I only read it for the pictures, I swear! Anyways, I have found that this look is really hard to recreate. At least it’s hard if you’re not aiming to look like you’ve just gone a round with Mike Tyson. Also, it’s time consuming. And unlike Tim Fardashian, I have two kids, a husband, and a laundry pile to deal with every day.

Well, enter Cover Girl. Now, thanks to their Smokey Eye Kit, this look is easy(er) and quick(er) to recreate. Tammi, over at My Organized Chaos, is giving away 4 kits. Visit My Organized Chaos and enter here.

So, the question is…

Is it really okay for me wear the smokey eye look with my daily mom uniform (yoga pants and nearest clean nursing top)? Probably not. The playground can’t handle the foxiness that is the nursingyogapantwearing smokey eye.

Sleepless nights with my son Muffin had me looking like I could join the local zoo’s raccoon exhibit. Those pesky dark circles are sure hard to cover! Although now that I’ve found make-up guru, Kandee Johnson’s Erase Dark Circles video tutorial, I may be able to fake my way to looking like a Supermom (because if a mom doesn’t look tired she must be a Supermom, right?!).

Kandee Johnson has some other really great video tutorials. A few of my favorites are: Katy Perry/Megan Fox Eyeliner and Megan Fox Flawless Skin.

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Now, busy and/or frazzled moms can take heart. Those tragic non-outfits we throw on and hair that goes unbrushed just so we can get out the door somewhat on time is now considered high-fashion and Bloomingdale’s runway worthy. Nicole Richie recently debuted her Winter Kate Spring Collection and her choice of outfit to introduce the line was…unfortunate. Proof that anyone can be considered a “fashionista”! Well, I guess I’ll stop here…because, you know, if you can’t say anything nice…

Have you heard of this?! I was reading one of my mags and came across mention of The Happiness Project by Gretchin Rubin, best selling author. She wrote The Happiness Project, which is an account of the year that she spent test-driving studies and theories about how to be happier. You can find her blog here. What a great blog and such a great idea! I am so excited to try it and I’m going to commit to take the yearlong Happiness Challenge for 2010. I’m starting in one month late, so I’ve got to catch up! January was energy month and the resolutions were to “toss and organize”; “under-react to a problem”; “tackle a nagging task”. So I’m going to do these all today to catch up! I’m sure there will be ample opportunity to do each thing today, especially the “under-react to a problem” (no shortage of “problems” with a 12 week old and an almost 3 year old).

I’ll let you know how I fare and if each thing really does make me “happier”! So, why is this post about the Happiness Project illustrated with these super cute shoes? Do you even have to ask?! Cute shoes make me and my husband happy. What a team! These are one pair of my new shoes Hot Guy bought me for Christmas. More on those later.