35 Things about my 35th Birthday Trip

1. The weather
2. The eye candy
3. The accents
4. All-inclusive
5. Dancehall routines with Jamaicans and keeping up with them
6. Meditating while laying in a hammock
7. The bartender, Kemar, keeping me right at the 24-hr bar
8. The view every morning when I opened my eyes
9. Drinking while in the pool
10. Eating foods I never ate before
11. Appleton rum
12. Catching up on 3 months of Essence mag in the sun
13. Having genuine convos with strangers from different countries
14. My birthday dress
15. Meeting two other ladies who were celebrating their birthdays
16. Flirting with the son of one of those ladies and his mother encouraging it
17. My body in the birthday dress
18. ATV riding
19. Zip lining through the forest
20. Tubing on the river
21. Authentic Jamaican cuisine
22. The entire restaurant singing “Happy Birthday” to me
23. “NO MORE!” to the ladies who kept bringing me champagne
24. Watching a steel drum band perform live for the first time
25. Seeing a “3” hat setting off my Chicago spidey senses (The group was from Chicago...Bronzeville)
26. Knowing a man was from Detroit or Chicago by the way he dressed (It was Chicago)
27. A lazy day of hanging on the beach and then by the pool
28. The lazy day bartender, Demar, and that smile
29. “Empreeeesssssss” (girlfriend)
30. A lady telling me Canadians don’t last long in bed, after juicin' two of them on the trip
31. A spliff giving me the giggle fits on my last night
32. Never feeling lonely, though I took the trip solo dolo
33. “I saw you in that black & white dress the other night. Are you a model?” -Someone’s White Auntie
34. The love from everyone who made my trip memorable as I said goodbye.
35. This glorious suntan, along with 137 mosquito bites

WHAT A TRIP! ☺️☺️☺️

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Body-ody-ody

Last week, I went a pop-up shop for 828 collection. I'm browsing and I come across this dress. I saw the back of the dress and immediately wanted to try it on.

Let’s pause for a sec about this dress.

I think all 5 of you reading this know how my body is shaped. Just in case someone stumbles across this post and has never seen me before – Hi. My name is Kenya. I have a pear-shaped body. Small up top, heavy bottom. Treasurer of the Itty Bitty Titty Committee, but Sergeant-At-Arms for This Wagon I’m Draggin Club. There is no 36-24-36…it’s 32-28-40. Mmkay, Pumpkin?

Back to this dress.

I usually stay away from dresses that really show my thim slick curves. And I knew this dress would show all the curves the moment I saw it. I was a little hesitant, but I went ahead and tried it on. Ya know...stepping out of my comfort zone.

I put it on, looked in the mirror and said “Damn!” My newfound enabler buddy Bebe Jones said “I didn’t know you had all that body!” SHEEEIT! I didn’t either! I had the dress on for about 15 minutes, waiting for Suzette to get a chance to pin and tuck where it was needed (up top, of course). The longer I wore it, the more comfortable I felt in it. And I got it for the low! After the alterations are made, it will be in my possession.

I don’t know when I’m going to wear it, but when I do, my theme song will be Trina’s “Pull Over”. I’ve treated my body well the past 5 years and it shows. Nothing wrong with wanting to show it off every now and then. ;-)

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