What Might Have Been :: Super cute sandals, cool organization. A friend of mine knows the people running it on the Uganda side and she says they are legit. That’s a relief – because I always wonder and hate to be disappointed when I find out an organization isn’t as good as their stated intentions. Anyways, I recently read about the cuteness of these shoes on a hip blog and was reminded that I do want to buy a pair some day – maybe they will be 2013’s summer shoes 🙂

Once upon a time(almost 2 years ago now!), when I was planning to move to Dhaka (thus the title of this blog) I was excited about a job that would’ve allowed me to immerse myself into the world of social enterprises and fairly traded products – particularly those that support and benefit the women who make them. It goes without saying that I am NOT QUITE doing that at present and when I happen upon organizations like Sseko I often think about what my life might have been had things worked out differently. It took awhile, but I think I’m okay with what didn’t work out and okay with what IS working itself out.  That, and being on the consumer end of these endeavors isn’t so bad – because these sandals are CUTE! Check ‘em out, I bet you’ll want a pair too! http://ssekodesigns.com/

Midnight Cami :: I read on a blog that all the hip cool women in New York City are walking around with navy blue painted nails… and I was INSPIRED. So inspired that I decided to give it a try. Perhaps one trip to Walgreens and a simple nail polish purchase could result in life changing coolness. You know when things don’t turn out quite the way you pictured in your head? Yes, this is the case with my navy blue nails. They aren’t quite the “trendy, hip, and perfectly cool” that I had envisioned (I think what I was going for was a blue more like Bobbing for Baubles), but I guess that’s the way it goes sometimes and I can hardly justify ANOTHER blue nail polish purchase. Nonetheless, I’ve been rocking blue nails this week.

Lime Green Success :: Our household is on a mission to make some updates to our common living space. This may seem a simple task, but when you take into consideration the tastes and preferences of four people that are quite different and the fact that furniture is particularly expensive, attempts at making purchases and agreeing on anything are more difficult than one could possibly anticipate. This week we had a giant success though. It came in the form of a lime green couch that we all like and that the purchaser LOVES (An important rule we established: Purchaser must love item, if possible everyone else must like or atleast not hate it). Never in my seven years of knowing her has said purchaser exclaimed love for an inanimate object, but moments after purchasing this couch she proclaimed her love. While I’m sure her eyes will roll when she sees I’ve posted about her couch love on this blog, if there’s one thing I’ve learned about my dear housemate it’s that she says what she really thinks and deeply feels in the moment – which means she REALLY loves the couch –  and I am so glad! Stay tuned for the chair that I purchased and LOVE and perhaps someday our entire living room will be in a state where I can post about it as well.