Night Cap with the Noras and our Guest Amanda Sutter

Grab your favorite cocktail and join The Noras for a delightful conversation with Western Springs' newest entrepreneur, Amanda Sutter, founder of Jolie dress boutique. Amanda shares her journey from dress enthusiast to shop owner while we sip on custom blackberry lemonade cocktails crafted by The Opry's talented Dan Schovain.

The magic of Jolie lies in Amanda's thoughtful approach to fashion retail. With only six pieces of each style available, shoppers enjoy a significantly lower risk of the dreaded "same outfit" encounter. This exclusivity creates such demand that Amanda regularly declines requests for additional inventory, instead focusing on bringing in fresh selections weekly. Her careful curation considers diverse body types, age ranges, and price points while maintaining a distinctive aesthetic that fills a crucial gap in the local shopping landscape.

Beyond business strategy, we dive into Amanda's personal life as a mother of two girls and wife to Josh Sutter (of Summer City Adventures fame). Their global family travels surprisingly take a backseat to favorite memories at Hilton Head according to their daughters – a relatable parenting moment that had us laughing. Amanda reveals how opening Jolie has given her children a new perspective on her professional identity after years of remote corporate work, allowing them to witness her entrepreneurial journey from empty storefront to thriving boutique.

With homecoming season approaching, Jolie is set to become "homecoming headquarters" by late July, offering local high schoolers a convenient, stylish shopping destination with less risk of duplicate dresses at the big dance. Whether you're shopping for a special occasion or seeking everyday elegance, Amanda's passion for helping women feel confident through fashion shines through in every aspect of her new venture.

Follow Jolie on Instagram @joliedressboutique and visit the store at 824 Hillgrove Avenue in downtown Western Springs Tuesday through Friday (10am-6pm) or Saturday (10am-3pm) to experience this fashion gem for yourself!

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Transcript

Meet the Noras and Amanda Sutter

Speaker 1 0:07

Hi, thanks for joining us today. It's Nora and Nora, but not just any old Nora and Nora. No, it's two Noras, it's.

Speaker 2 0:14

Nightcap with the Noras. Yes, that's right. Oh my gosh, I'm so excited Our third Nightcap with the Noras back at the Opry Back with Dan Chauvin mixing up drinks.

Speaker 1 0:25

Man, he never disappoints To match our guests. Yeah, it's fun. That's part of the fun in it is that when we go there's a little element of surprise. Yeah, that's what we're going to be sipping on.

Speaker 2 0:36

And this one was a home run. So sit back, relax, maybe grab a cocktail yourself and enjoy our chat with Western Springs' newest business owner.

Speaker 1 0:46

Amanda Sutter Okay, listeners, hi, welcome back. Welcome to our third Nightcap with the Norahs. We are thrilled to be back here at the Opry with Dan Chauvin and our very special third guest, western Springs' newest business owner. Is that your drumroll? Yeah, I love it, amanda Sutter. Yay, oh, this has been very exciting for us, as we amp us, to hear all about a shop that we think you're going to probably spend a lot of money at and that the town desperately needs.

Speaker 2 1:18

Absolutely so. Welcome, amanda, we're so happy you're here. Thank you to Dan for having us again and you have created something that looks so here. Thank you to Dan for having us again and you have created something that looks so beautiful. Can you please tell us? It looks like summer, and it looks like Amanda and it looks like your shop. It's perfect. You nail it, as always, but can you tell us what we're about to enjoy?

Speaker 4 1:38

Yeah, so this is one of our summertime cocktails. It's basically a hard blackberry lemonade with club soda added, so it's a lot like drinking a from-the-scratch seltzer Alos. It's made using wild blueberry syrup that we make in-house, fresh-brewed lemon juice, or jat, which is a macadamia nut of core. It's commonly used in tiki or tropical drakes, and then it's finished with some apple. I think I already said club soda.

Speaker 2 2:13

Nice.

Speaker 4 2:14

Yeah.

Speaker 2 2:14

Okay, I don't want to rush you, but I'm really excited.

Speaker 1 2:17

I know I want to taste it. All right, cheers, cheers you ladies. Thank you, dan, all right.

Speaker 3 2:20

Cheers, Cheers you ladies.

Speaker 2 2:21

Thank you, Dan.

Speaker 3 2:22

All right, here we go. Oh, this is great. Oh my gosh, it's so good.

Speaker 1 2:27

This is dangerous, yes, it's good.

Speaker 2 2:30

Oh my gosh, wow, it's got like three phases. It's like sweet and then you're like, oh, vodka. And then you're like, oh, sweet, again, it's fine.

Speaker 1 2:40

How did you come up with this recipe?

Speaker 4 2:41

How did you come up with this recipe. We had a young lady who had graduated from high school and here with her family and she had just her family asked if we could make a mocktail for her. They were celebrating someone's birthday, everyone else had drinks and we had been thinking about putting some sprits on the menu for the summer, and so I just used it as an opportunity to try something out. I just kind of grabbed some things I thought would work together and came out of it.

Speaker 2 3:07

We all benefit from this. Well, thank you, Amanda.

Speaker 3 3:11

Are we vying by the pitcher? Yeah, we'll do it for you.

Speaker 1 3:14

And it's nice to know that the Opry also has non-alcoholic options in the evening and matchams.

Speaker 4 3:19

Yeah, we have a couple on the menu, but we're always willing to mix something up Well.

Summer Cocktails with Dan Chauvin

Speaker 2 3:24

We have a couple on the menu, but we're always willing to mix something up. You guys are awesome. You don't really taste the vodka too much, but maybe that's dangerous, it's low alcohol.

Speaker 1 3:37

Well, thank you as always for crafting drinks that perfectly match our guests.

Speaker 2 3:42

So, amanda, welcome. We're so happy. You're our first woman that we've had on Nightcap with the Norahs, so we're happy to keep it with the ladies here. And before we get to your shop, can you just tell us and our listeners about yourself, and a little bit about you and your family too?

Speaker 3 4:01

Yes, as you mentioned, my name's Amanda. I live in Indian Head Park with my husband, with two girls, adelaide and Veda. They'll enjoy hearing their name over this. Adelaide's going to be in 5th grade. Veda's going to be in 2nd grade.

Speaker 2 4:17

Are you from the area, or did you find your way here? We found our way here.

Speaker 1 4:21

Is your husband from the area? He's not. Where are you both from?

Speaker 3 4:25

Small town south of the city.

Speaker 1 4:27

Okay, yes, and where did you guys, did you meet? Where did?

Speaker 3 4:32

you meet. I met Josh while I was in high school. We didn't start dating until I was I think I just turned 21, so like a few years ago.

Speaker 2 4:43

Okay, Western Springs youngest business owner as well.

Speaker 1 4:49

And I had my child at 20.

Speaker 3 4:50

I had a 10-year-old when I was 22. Just kidding. So I think I met him, like he worked with one of my good friends and were you like?

Speaker 2 4:58

oh hey, that's Josh Sutter.

Speaker 3 4:59

That's cute. For all intents and purposes, we will say yes, Okay great.

Speaker 1 5:07

Exactly what I thought at the moment. And how did you guys make your way to western springs? How did you land here?

Speaker 3 5:10

I think, like anyone who's not from here. It was like what's? Because we like worked in the city, right, usually what's close to the train? Check, check, check. Yeah, it kind of checked all the boxes and how long have you been here? Uh, we've been out here for nine years, some. Okay, take my oldest, how old she is. We moved up on that's some really quick math, are you guys?

Speaker 2 5:32

yeah yeah, no, we're impressed with any math, not numbers.

Speaker 1 5:36

So you were here, you know, eight or nine years and then just had this grand idea to start a business. Or how did Jolie come to be?

Speaker 3 5:45

Um, I knew that I wanted to do prom and homecoming. So, like when I was in school, I always wanted to do homecoming and prom. Like I never wanted to find the dress, I just wanted to keep shopping, which really annoyed my mom at some point.

Speaker 2 6:00

Same when I got my wedding dress I just was like let's keep it going yeah, um, and it is fun to shop for wedding dresses I mean, at some point it gets a little like you gotta like pull the trigger, you know.

Speaker 3 6:14

So I always wanted to do that, and then I thought what do you do between seasons? I've always enjoyed wearing dresses and I thought, well, I'm just going to do dresses. They're feminine, they elevate your outfit.

Speaker 1 6:24

I feel like they make you look put together, no matter what you're doing, and Western Springs was the perfect space, because we desperately need a shop like that in town.

Speaker 3 6:33

Yeah, I mean, I obviously think so.

Speaker 2 6:35

Yeah, did you always have your sights kind of set for Western Springs or did you realize that there was a hole and there was a need for it?

Speaker 3 6:44

I did look at like neighboring suburbs, obviously, like space is so limited, like retail space, sure. And then it just made sense Like obviously my husband has some businesses in town and the community is very supportive of him, and so when that space became available, everything just started coming together.

Amanda's Family and Moving to Western Springs

Speaker 2 7:03

And speaking of your husband, he runs Summer City Adventures he does. It's a fantastic summer camp and so we were kind of curious. It's such an adventurous, lovely camp, like what have been some of your family adventures, because you guys are travelers. So what have been some of your favorites Sutter family adventures that you've been on?

Speaker 3 7:24

My kids will tell you. So the girls have been to a few countries and if you ask them what their favorite trip is, it is Hilton Head, south Carolina, which is like great. And I'm always like, oh, even like Berlin, switzerland. What about like pasta eating in Italy? And they're like, yeah, hilton Head's really great. The free concert in Harbortown, the ice cream, the yeah, hilton Head's really great. The free concert in Harbortown. The ice cream, the older gentleman I'm like okay.

Speaker 2 7:47

Okay, got it. So we brought our kids to Hilton Head and we stopped in Knoxville, tennessee. On the way there and on the way home we said what was your favorite part of the trip? And they said Knoxville.

Speaker 1 7:56

Oh, a trip on the way home, yeah Great. And we were like, oh okay, we could have stopped there.

Speaker 2 8:02

We loved that hotel. I'm like the residence in Knoxville, but did it have a pool? No, we didn't go to the pool Like it was great. We loved walking around Knoxville.

Speaker 1 8:12

We've had to stay at places with like a continental breakfast before and my kids get the biggest kick out of that.

Speaker 2 8:17

I'm like come eat my own waffle.

Speaker 1 8:20

Like this is a free breakfast in a business hotel.

Speaker 3 8:26

Of all the places you've stayed.

Speaker 2 8:27

Yeah, these are the free loops in the back.

Speaker 3 8:29

Yeah, yeah, like, oh my god like it makes corn pops anymore, but they're because you guys went to?

Speaker 2 8:35

was it london for the bears game? Where did you? Go recently in the fall we did yes. London and the bears for the bears game because we match up with two kids by going into fifth grade, going into second grade and both my kids came home from school that they're like you're never gonna guess where the setters are. I was like what?

Speaker 1 8:53

and yeah, my son was super excited and who plans most of your family trips? Yes, are you the adventure seeker, or is josh?

Speaker 3 9:01

I plan it. Josh packs his bag and shows up. He does start asking questions a few days before, and then I'm like I get like slightly annoyed, so I'm like it's all planned. Yeah, if you wanted to know or you wanted input, you had like months.

Speaker 2 9:14

Maybe that's because he's planning adventures for hundreds of children over the summer, so he's letting you plan. I mean small details.

Speaker 3 9:21

Small details.

Speaker 1 9:22

It's a big summer for you guys.

Speaker 3 9:28

I mean, he's been doing camp for maybe 11 years, so he started in the city. This is the first year he's not downtown, so it's been like a nice break. There's not commuting down there, he's down the street.

Speaker 2 9:43

Do your girls do the camp? Yes, yes for sure.

Speaker 3 9:46

They absolutely do. The camp Adelaide will roll on to a junior council role next year.

Speaker 2 9:50

Oh, that's exciting. Oh, that's neat to see that that's got to be fun for Josh and I think you were saying to me a couple weeks ago it's been fun for your girls with your shop, with your business, having them there. And I think for children to see their parents work hard and to be proud of their parents is a really special thing. Like you're constantly proud of your children, yeah, but I think for your kids to see you open a business and work hard and see something through is a really special, very cool thing.

Speaker 3 10:24

Yeah, I mean they were for sure a lot of the inspiration behind the story, right, kind of to your point. They know what dad does, they see what dad does. They live it, you know, in the summers. And I've because in my corporate world I work from home I think they just thought mom didn't really do much, except mom does work.

Speaker 1 10:39

Yeah, mom does work.

Speaker 3 10:46

And so it was fun that they are at an age where they saw me look at the space as it was and they saw the renovations and like they really saw it come to life and they're old enough to hopefully remember, hopefully start working there soon. Yeah, right now we're just unpaid interns and they're like 50-50 with how they do.

Speaker 1 11:00

Speaking of girls and children, my daughter is going to be a sophomore and last year, as summer kind of came to a close, we were on the hunt for what I was hoping was uniforms. But what happened was she was kind of on a different path. She wanted to choose her homecoming dress before we even bought the uniforms and it was like a hard stop. It was like I'm super excited, You're super excited about this dance that you don't have a date for for a school you haven't set foot in yet. So we're going to press pause on the homecoming dress until we at least buy the uniforms.

Speaker 3 11:34

That's so you know where's this story going, right.

Speaker 1 11:39

It's going right to Jolie. Yeah so as the girls gear up for school. I think part of the school supplies really is the homecoming dress, so will you have options for the girls, for homecoming dresses Julie.

Speaker 3 11:55

At the end of July we'll turn into what I hope is homecoming headquarters. Oh, great For all the high school gals around here. You're right on time. Your timing's perfect. I do have a small collection in the store now and they're coming, but it's a balance right. I don't want people to obviously come in and think that this is only formal wear, evening wear. So at the end of July it'll be glitter everywhere, which my husband will not appreciate.

Speaker 1 12:24

And you have kind of limited inventory on or limited sizing on all your inventory, right. So it really reduces the risk of showing up somewhere with the same dress as someone else, right?

Speaker 3 12:36

yes, so I try very hard. So I only do six pieces um per item, which sometimes can only mean like one per size.

Speaker 3 12:43

Add to your point we always laugh if we show up with the same yeah outfit and it's like, oh, that's funny, but it's like a bummer when you go somewhere you know, thought about your outfit and you feel really good and then you're like, oh shoot, she's got that on too and um, it's bound to happen and it does not have the big deal, of course. But I mean, I have had requests lately where it's like can you get more in?

Speaker 2 13:05

and just like I can't go. That's interesting, yeah. So people ask for more and you say i'm'm sorry.

Speaker 3 13:12

Yeah, but I get new inventory every week so it's like just Just keep them coming, so every week you have new inventory, yeah, so how often are you like shopping essentially for?

Speaker 4 13:23

your.

Speaker 2 13:23

Inventory yeah.

Speaker 4 13:25

Like every day every week.

Speaker 2 13:27

Every week, yeah, wow, do you go in person? Like, do you go in person, do you go merchandise-wise or a little bit of both?

Speaker 3 13:32

There's big shows in Atlanta, big one in Vegas in August.

Speaker 2 13:38

It's not a bad one. Beautiful in August Great, it's not a bad one.

Speaker 3 13:41

It's a plansy because it conflicts with first-day of school, but it'll be fine. I mean, it's fun, but I really do try to be so mindful of, like, different body types, different ages price points. I do spend, I feel like, a great amount of time analyzing the inventory, thinking what local nearby stores might have and how I can be different, but still in line with what can you talk?

Speaker 1 14:06

to us a little bit about the trends like that you're seeing or that you're choosing, or that are up and coming yeah, so big homecoming trend was yellow. Color yellow Really oh man Okay Wow.

Speaker 2 14:22

That's a tough color for us pale gals.

Speaker 1 14:24

It's cheap Irish skin. That's why we get spray tans.

Speaker 3 14:28

There's a fix for that, you know. I think right now, especially in the midwest, we do a lot of prints in the summer and if look in my story, you'll see a lot of them not a whole bunch of salads, right, because we wear like salads and dark colors majority of the year. So lots of prints, lots of bright colors. Light blue is really big right now. Great, that's my favorite color.

Speaker 2 14:50

Oh, that's nice. Yeah, I feel it was nice totally. Do you have somebody who's been kind of like a mentor to you, or somebody that like a resource or yeah. It boggles my mind like opening up a business like this and I give you so much credit for doing it and I'm just like, who do you talk to if you need help?

Speaker 3 15:09

I do hire a business coach, oh great. So she's the one out of Louisiana who had a store, but she has a boutique for 20 years and she sold it Okay, and so she's been like a good sounding board for me.

Speaker 2 15:20

That's kind of nice too, because she's neutral.

Speaker 1 15:22

She doesn't know the area, so she can't do anything, and what a rewarding profession to take all of your knowledge of something you've already done and share it with somebody who's starting fresh.

Speaker 3 15:33

Yes, right, yeah. She's got a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of knowledge, and for me it's just another, like you said, a safe zone for me.

Speaker 2 15:42

Yeah, that's nice, because there's not that many people you would talk to about it. Just doing like a quick check of the families at the school our kids go to.

Speaker 1 15:50

There aren't too many shop owners for clothing, right right, and switching gears just a little bit. So we love Jolie, we love the Opry, we love Western Springs. We're kind of super fans of Los Grazon. Yes, do you have some favorite spots in Western Springs?

Speaker 3 16:05

Oh yeah, definitely Look at it Outside of Summer City Adventures, of course. Yes, I enjoy dropping my children off first thing in the morning. There, five weeks of summer TV is a favorite. Obviously they operate. I coordinate my workouts on Sundays so I can get here at 8 and get Josh's coffee. Aww, it's a true story Start at 7.15 at Sutt Also SJC homes, oh, casey's I know yeah. I mean, I feel like that goes without saying.

Speaker 1 16:31

Yeah, western Springs is just such a like gem. It covers, checks all the boxes.

Speaker 2 16:35

Well now, it does yes, before. We would just be walking around naked drinking drinks.

Speaker 1 16:40

Eating donuts Eating donuts yes.

Speaker 2 16:42

Queso dip in a cocktail and be like wrapped in a sheet You're going to look fancy running on it, oh man.

Speaker 1 16:48

You're going to look fancy running on, oh man. Well, before we close, should we go with a round of rapid fire?

Speaker 2 16:52

Yes, we have rapid fire questions. We ask all our guests. It's nothing. Are they all the same questions? Every guest gets the same.

Speaker 3 16:59

Oh, okay, great, you want to get started? I'll start. All right, coffee or tea Tea, I don't drink coffee, sorry, dan, I can't copy eBay Every once in a blue moon.

Speaker 2 17:09

If I'm really tired, I'll get coffee, I just don't love the taste.

Speaker 3 17:13

Same I need to put so much in it's like well, I might as well just have a milkshake. Do you do hot tea, iced tea? I don't know. I mean, I only chose because those are the two options.

Speaker 2 17:22

Those are the two options. Okay. Well, what did you truly choose? Yeah, in the A glass of water, water with electrolytes? Okay, no, that's good. Don't say it. I think so does when it's cultural. No, that's great.

Speaker 3 17:35

No all right.

Speaker 1 17:36

Early bird or night owl, oh, early bird, 100%. Anyone who?

Speaker 3 17:39

knows me, knows that If you text me after 10, I will reply at 5 am. Okay, oh man you too, two against one.

Speaker 2 17:45

Yes, you can text Nora at 5 am.

Speaker 1 17:48

Yeah, earlier I got you.

Speaker 2 17:51

I now have discovered I'm totally digressing. I apologize. On your iPhone, you can schedule a text to send. Oh, that's a lot of work. No, no, no. It's fantastic for people like me who are up late, but I don't want to text Nora at 12 o'clock.

Speaker 1 18:07

Or 9.45.

Speaker 3 18:08

It's kind of risky too.

Speaker 2 18:14

So I'll schedule it for like 6 30 in the morning, so that, because I don't want to, forget.

Speaker 3 18:17

So sure, great. But are you ever like? Oh wow, nara's awake at 6 30 is everything okay.

Speaker 2 18:21

Well, now you know probably that it's been scheduled ahead of time.

Speaker 1 18:23

Yeah but I will say, if I get like a phone call from nora really early in the morning like uh-oh, something's wrong, or if I call you did that to me last night, you're like a phone call from Nora really early in the morning.

Speaker 3 18:30

I'm like, uh-oh, Something's wrong.

Speaker 1 18:32

Or if I call you late. You did that to me last night you were like can I call you?

Speaker 2 18:34

And it was like 9.30. I was like oh no.

Speaker 3 18:37

Oh, when somebody says can I call you? Yeah? I know that was bad, I don't know, can you yeah that?

Fashion Trends and Business Mentorship

Speaker 1 18:46

was bad, yeah, so it is. I don't really like to go to bed early Text or talking.

Speaker 3 18:51

Oh, depends on the situation and the person. Yeah, or a topic of conversation.

Speaker 2 18:57

Fair.

Speaker 3 18:58

Yeah, I can't choose one there.

Speaker 2 19:00

There's a lot of variables. You need the details written down.

Speaker 3 19:03

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or like an audio. I don't do audio text, but I will get them.

Speaker 2 19:08

And I attacks, but I will get them, and I'm always like yeah, the problem with that is, then it disappears oh does it you voice test somebody it goes away when, like as soon as you listen to it, well, that's dumb, and I didn't know that, so I'd listen to a kind of it was someone I was working with and he sent me one. It was long and I was like, okay, I'll go back and listen to it again. And then I was like it's gone. Wait, that's a terrible feature unless there's a way to get it back. But I could not. I was like, how do you find it?

Speaker 3 19:34

where did it go?

Speaker 1 19:35

I don't know how to send this, I guess, yeah, I don't uh guac or salsa um guac, all right pre-party or after party. Oh, I mean, yeah, thank you, thank you um Dan. I will let you know while the app Dan said both. Dan said both. I think Phil said both. Yeah.

Speaker 3 19:54

Phil did, phil did definitely said both yes, yes A hundred percent.

Speaker 1 19:59

What is your favorite podcast?

Speaker 3 20:02

Outside of Two Norms. Oh, okay, you I know Is there, are there any?

Speaker 1 20:07

others? I'm not aware.

Speaker 3 20:08

I.

Speaker 1 20:08

Are there any others?

Speaker 3 20:08

I'm not aware, I think some of those are like just starting to make their way. There's some good SNL ones. Yeah, I've been rid of it.

Speaker 2 20:15

Yeah, okay, great, all right, well then we'll stick with that.

Speaker 1 20:17

But before we close, why don't we have Amanda take a moment to share some information about the shop contact info, social hours, all that good stuff.

Speaker 3 20:28

Well, we have official hours because we did our official grand opening and ribbon cutting a few days ago, so we're closed Sunday, monday, tuesday through Friday 10 to 6,. Saturday, 10 to 3. Find us on Instagram shopjoliedress.

Speaker 1 20:46

Your Instagram is beautiful, shopjoliedress. Oh, it is, I know it's really beautiful. No-transcript. It's really beautiful, I can take zero credit for that.

Speaker 3 20:52

And we are at 824 Hillgrove Avenue, the corner of Hillgrove and Milan and downtown.

Speaker 2 20:56

Western Springs have you noticed traffic jams because people are driving by like slow I'm the problem? Looking in your windows no.

Speaker 3 21:05

I was the intersection I was going to say because I could probably do a case study for anyone that's at that stop sign there and there's someone's daily, the problem is me stopping there, getting ready to turn right, but looking left in the window, oh no, Just come on in Any women who are looking for a dress.

Speaker 2 21:23

if you have teenage daughters, this place is a home run. I told my sister run, do not walk to Jolie, because you have cute stuff for everybody.

Speaker 1 21:32

Yeah.

Speaker 2 21:33

And even for little girls, our daughters, who are in second grade. Rose has worn her dress many, many times.

Speaker 3 21:38

Yeah, and thank you for oh go. Oh, I just need to love Rose. Now I got a new inventory.

Speaker 1 21:42

All right, she'll be there and thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule, especially with your grand opening weekend and your full-time hours now to sit down and do a little nightcap. Thank you, I really appreciate it and of course, thank you to Dan Chauvin, favorite spot to grab a sip in town.

Speaker 3 21:56

Yep, I don't know you guys, I appreciate you guys.

Speaker 2 21:59

Yeah, thanks, amanda.

Speaker 1 22:06

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Rapid Fire Questions and Shop Details

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Speaker 2 22:48

Oh my gosh, I love these so much, these nightcaps. Nightcap with the Norahs.

Speaker 1 22:53

I love our guests. I love the drinks, yes, I love the vibe of the Opry and I love Jolie.

Speaker 2 23:01

I do Really beautiful things, something for all age ranges, from rose to teenage girls to women. I mean, that's a hard range to satisfy and I think Amanda is doing a fantastic job.

Speaker 1 23:17

Amanda has such great style on her own and it's exciting that she's going to bring her style to our whole village.

Speaker 2 23:27

We have a village right, exactly, no, it's true. So go check out Jolie and tell them the Norris.

Speaker 1 23:35

Yes, follow her Instagram because it has great inspo and it's fun to watch.

Speaker 2 23:39

It's 100%. Shall we high and low? Let's go for it, all right.

Speaker 1 23:44

My low is that my husband was backseat driving this and he made a comment to me. Oh, he said, and I quote, while I was driving him to work this morning I encourage you to use your blinker.

Speaker 1 24:01

Oh, was it a situation that called for a blinker About 6.58 in the morning and I was making a right hand turn at an intersection where no one was, and while I probably should have used my indicator, I don't think it was totally necessary. I thanked him profusely and told him you know, I've been looking for a driving instructor that I can have the shotgun for zero pay for months, and this is just my lucky day.

Speaker 2 24:31

This happened to my grandma when she was taking one of her driving tests. They're like you failed to use your turn signal, your indicator. She's like no one was behind me. Why would I use it? Oh my gosh. And they were like uh sassy woman in her nineties, I don't know. Okay, fine, use your driver's license.

Speaker 1 24:52

Oh my gosh. Yeah, no, I think I Like I don't know how I made it all this time without you sitting here making comments. So thank you.

Speaker 2 24:57

Okay, so it's kind of a thorn in a rose.

Speaker 1 25:01

And then you better believe I blinkered every single lane change.

Speaker 2 25:06

It's so coming out of that turn signal. You're using it so much. My wrist was sore.

Speaker 1 25:10

So yeah, that was my low. How about you? You know what? No, real low.

Speaker 2 25:16

That's alright. No real low Things are fine. Oh yeah, I'm too like we're doing fine. Oh, we're doing fine, we're doing fine.

Speaker 1 25:29

You know Well, do you?

Speaker 3 25:29

have a. I'm not trying to nitpick. Do you have a high? Do you have a high? Oh, you do.

Speaker 2 25:32

Okay, you do. Could you imagine I was like, nope, just Fine Vanilla. This is so bizarre. But in the car today I was like, ooh, like my neck was itchy. Hell, no, and this might gross you out, it was a ladybug it had a ladybug on me. I wouldn't be too fond of a bug on me, and then it flew up and it sat in my car for a while, and aren't ladybugs supposed to be good luck? I'm choosing to see it as a good home.

Speaker 1 26:02

Oh, that's great.

Speaker 2 26:03

Okay, yeah. So I was like, oh my gosh, it like landed right on me and it was there crawling around and and it was there crawling around and then it stayed in my car. So I'm hoping that is good luck, that's good luck, and then when you got out of, the car.

Speaker 1 26:14

Did you take her with you I?

Speaker 2 26:16

did not. I have her in my pocket. No, I'm kidding. You could have been like get out. No, it's fine.

Speaker 1 26:23

I hope that luck continues to serve you well. Well, it hasn't happened yet. I don't think so. You don't have a love. That's true. My high is, I got together with a group of my Naz mom friends on Friday night to celebrate a birthday and it turned. And you would have loved this because you know this music, you know 80s music. I do, yeah, and I do not turn into a full on 80s dance party, and I was there for all of it. Yes, I rode my bike Perfect party and I was there for all of it. I rode my bike, perfect, drank my fair share of bubbles, but I didn't know a lot of the music. But it was fun, just fun to catch up with everybody.

Speaker 2 26:57

You're going to hear those songs again and be like that's from the party. Yes, so I said next time I'll make the playlist.

Speaker 1 27:07

Oh, that's nice to have a little dance party. It is yeah, it's such a nice group of girls and it was nice to catch up without any real responsibility you know, it wasn't like we were there for a meeting and it was just good to catch up, just pure fun.

Speaker 2 27:16

Summer, yeah, summer, here we go, here we go, all right, well, thanks for joining us today.

Speaker 1 27:22

And I will see you next week. Bye, bye.