Yesterday went by fairly quickly and of course I ended the day at the cemetery visiting my parents! I can't express how much I miss them but I know they're proud of me! Today was a dress down day because I'm cleaning and decorating the boutique!



Zac, "Hey Fatima, Can I talk to you for a moment?"

"Zac I'm headed to work, can we talk later?"

Zac, "Ahh yeah sure!"

Rome helped me into the truck and we headed to the bank before going to the boutique! I know I shouldn't be avoiding Zac but I don't feel like addressing what we could've did differently right now! My first order of business was to clean every surface and mop the floors! Once that was completed I painted the walls and waited for them to dry! The company Tony hired to hang up my sign and design my windows came so I just watched them do that while the paint dried! Designing and decorating was going to be the easy part! I was about to pop my shit in the worse way! I love being able to have a space to get creative! Rome helped me build and we had some amazing conversations! He also carried the boxes out back to the trash can for me! The perfect gentleman if you ask me!

He came back in and we ordered food! He left to go pick it up and I finished arranging things and hanging pictures plus I had some online orders to finish! I got the lobby area, and the office set up before placing some of my layouts around the studio!



The bar area was being used to store back splashes and wallpaper that I created and ordered! I also placed custom paint colors that I mixed on poster stands on top! It was all coming together, the only thing left to do in the main area was to separate and hang my fabric up based on aesthetics and rooms! I labeled the areas on the wall where I wanted them hung and started sorting based on silk, cotton, leather, polyester, and fur!

I wanted the aesthetics to give off a homely vibe plus being an interior designer I needed a portion of my boutique to look like a living room and I feel like I accomplished it so well! I had some men coming by to install some things into my bathroom so I could decorate it! I work pretty quickly so I was able to soon see my vision coming together and I loved that for me! Rome came back with the food and we sat down to eat!

Rome, "You know you're really down to earth Cin!"

"I try to be! Sometimes I find it hard to stop being so damn nice because I've learned from experience that people will take your kindness for weakness!"

Rome, "Yeah I know all too well what you mean! It looks amazing in here!"

"Yeah it does! I'm loving the vibes already! The grand opening is Monday and I'm thankful I was able to get almost everything done because I don't work on weekends!"

We talked a little while longer before the men arrived to do the bathroom! I stepped in from my office every now and then just to see everything! Once they finished they cleaned up before leaving! I swept and mopped before adding everything else!



It's just something about black marble that'll do it for me everytime! I finished my last two orders before locking up and heading out!