Think Pink!

Yep, I did it! I signed on the dotted line (well, actually with technology and all, I just clicked the mouse a couple of times) and became Andrea Todd, Independent Beauty Consultant with Mary Kay Cosmetics!


I know! Can you stand it??! After dragging my feet for over a year, whining, "But I would NEVER be able to do that!" while simultaneously singing the praises of MK to every Tom, Dick and Harry I met (Mary Kay is not just for women, you know!), I finally took a GI-normous leap of faith and decided to do this thing!


That's not me in the photo, by the way. I may be crazy but I'm not stupid!! Seriously, I'll tell you what my biggest hang-up was all along:


And I would be lying if I said that fear had magically dissolved when I saw my name printed neatly on the contract, right next to my shiny new consultant number. It didn't. It hasn't. It probably won't. I actually began reading this book less than a week before I signed my contract:


Um, yeah . . . never finished it. Took it back to the library. Didn't even make it through Chapter 3. That is a sad commentary indeed. Guess I still have some growin' to do, huh?

But you know what? I've discovered that I CAN do this. It's just one more choice I have to make in my life. Now heaven knows I hate making choices: Schlotzsky's or Subway? Black or brown? Paper or plastic? (Actually, that last one is easy: It's neither since I switched to cloth bags when I go shopping--score one for the environment!) But even I am a little tired of that stupid voice in my head that tries to convince me that I'm a failure before I've even TRIED to do something. Sheesh--I am my own worst enemy!

So there you have it. I am a Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant and I'm proud of it! Now show me some love and order something from me! Ha ha! You can visit my website at www.marykay.com/andreatodd and shop online 24/7! Or give me a call, shoot me an e-mail, Facebook me . . . it's all good!

(And now in the interest of full disclosure, I will make it known that I really wanted this blog entry to be all about our comings and goings over the past month but there's so much to tell that I am, frankly, just a bit overwhelmed and don't know quite where to begin. Maybe when I have more time . . . ha ha, more time, that's a good one!)