I never expected it to happen. The guy I love decides its over, suddenly, without notice. Drops the bomb, moves out and leaves me and my kids alone  having to fall back into life without him. Familiar story to many of us-filled with days of tears, fears and ice cream. But just for a while…

Then the rally begins. Girlfriends, parents, Oprah, Cosmo, MyperfectColor.com (you’ll see what I mean)etc… Suddenly we realize we are better off without a man who doesn’t love us. Or who doesn’t love us RIGHT. That we will be ok. That we can be happy with ourselves, albeit a little lonely. I once read a funny t-shirt that read “No one can get me over my ex….except who’s NEXT!”.  I laughed hard over that one, keeping it on tap in my brain for instant recall when I need a boost to get back out there. In the meantime…

I have decided that changing the scenery-the rooms we lived in, the ones we slept in together, the ones we painted TOGETHER- would help to minimize the constant reminders. So-what is the BEST way to make a change? PAINT COLOR!!! First, lets take all the masculine OUT and put the woman IN. For example-we all have a room that we had to paint neutral or some variation of blue to appease the “I hate red, mauve or sage” men in our lives. So here are a few Benjamin Moore favorites for you to check out:

The Reds… AF-300 (Dinner Party) and 2083-10 (Raisin Torte).

Go-Girl-Greens: HC-114 (Saybrook Sage) and AF-415 (Grasshopper)

Georgia Pink Peaches: 2099-60 (Malted Milk) and HC-56 (Georgetown Pink Beige)

Its time to jump back into making it a girl world!! Have fun and don’t look back!!