Guest Post: Tania of WWANW

This week I've started my new job! So to make the transition from "housewife" to "workin' woman" a bit easier, I've lined up guests posts on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the next two weeks. There are two perks to this: 1.) I'm not overwhelmed with maintaining a blog AND a new job and 2.) you all get to hear from some fabulous ladies!

Starting off the group is Tania of What Would a Nerd Wear. Tania is definitely one of my favorites - and once you read this post and check out her blog you'll see why!

Blog, meet Tania!

works cited: downeast basics skirt, j. crew belt, forever 21 top and bracelet, fitzwell shoes (via 6pm.com)

I'm Tania from What Would a Nerd Wear and I'm filling in for Linley as she prepares for her new job. I have neither the willowy figure nor the southern charm of my friend, Linley, but what I lack in leg-length I try to make up in wedges and high-waisted garments, and I have an arsenal of nerdy book references up my sleeve in place of southern charm. The day I wore this was one of the first very hot days of the year, which always gets me thinking about the scene from The Great Gatsby where they drink mint juleps in a hotel room on a hot day. As a 15 year-old first reading this book on a summer day, I thought a mint julep sounded like heaven descended to earth, so a mint julep was the first drink I ever ordered on my 21st birthday (in true nerd and teetotaler fashion). And while I'll always have a sweet spot for the sound of a mint julep, I learned that day that bourbon tastes like gasoline and I really should have been reading The Big Money and ordering highballs instead :)