Mary Foley's Bodacious Blog

Announcing My New Mini-Membership!

I want to share with you something I’m really, really excited about and now it’s ready (thanks to Debbie my wonderful techno-savvy assistant).

You can now go online and check out the next 3 months of nail colors of the Live Like Your Nail Color Club and just WHO can  you live like each one of them!

I designed the Live Like Your Nail Color Club to inspire to women to feel confident and to have fun, just like their favorite nail color with that zany name!  The next 3 months of the Club are going to be a lot of fun.  Here’s what I mean...

April’s Nail Color:  My Colorful Personality

Kate Smith, professional color expert, trend forecaster, and all-out chief color maven. She’s perfect for helping us psychoanalyze our nail color and live a more color-FULL life.  She will also be sharing the latest nail color trends for this spring and summer.

Hear a short clip of Kate that I’ve posted online at www.LiveLikeYourNailColorClub.com

May’s Nail Color:  Finding Grace

Lisa Earle McLeod is a mother of two, active speaker, syndicated columnist for O magazine and Redbook (to name a few), and the author of “Finding Grace When You Can’t Find Clean Underwear.”  She’s the perfect person to help you find more grace in your life.

If you think her book title is funny, wait ‘til you hear her talk!

June’s Nail Color:  Flip Flop Fantastic

Summer flip flop season has arrived and it’s time to get the attitude – and beauty tips – to make the most of summer fun! Armed with quick wit, years of professional experience and more get-pretty tips than a beauty pageant coordinator, Susie Galvez is a beauty expert, author, and leading consultant in the spa industry.  Author of “The Thrifty Girls Guide To Glamour” Susie is going to share how to look and feel your best this summer from your toe nails up.

Try a 3-month Mini-Membership for only $39!

If you’ve been thinking “Hmmm...this sounds like fun, but I’m not sure” then my brand new 3-month Live Like Your Nail Color Club Mini-Membership is for you.

Named after my cute red Mini Cooper car the Mini-Membership includes...

• 3 monthly Goodie Packages delivered by postal mail, each filled the with a bottle of smartly named nail polish, motivating CD, and a snappy newsletter
  
• Monthly live Club Call with my special guest (April’s call is Tues, April 29th)
  
• Online Member Area full of more audios, e-books, mini-posters and more (grab as many as you want)
  
• Special Club Pricing on my books and products (you won’t find my books cheaper)

My brand new Mini-Membership gives you all this fun and inspiration for 3 full months for only 39 buckeroos.  Aren’t you worth 13 bucks a month to feel more positive, to be inspired and to have some fun? (Of course you are!)

So, be bodacious and do something good for yourself.  Try my new Mini-Membership!

Go Mini Here-- >  www.LiveLikeYourNailColorClub.com

Love to Meet You in Bethesda, Fort Wayne or Richmond!

Wow, what a year already!  I’ve been to 17 cities already to inspire women to be bodacious and live like their nail color!   Here’s where I’ll be in May.  I’d love to meet you!

May 10:  Bethesda, MD
Live Like Your Nail Color PARTY!  Take a break, be inspired, and have fun painting your nails as Mary leads us through her 4 steps for doing your nails and living like your nail color. Held at the Be You, bi yu Wellness Center & Spa, 3 – 5 pm.  Call 301-493-4911 to reserve your space!

May 15:  Richmond, VA
American Society of Women Accountants, 5:30 pm.  For more details call Cindy Stanley at 804-553-1900 or email reservations22@aswarichmond.org

May 21:  Fort Wayne, IN
Fort Wayne, IN chapter of American Business Women’s Association, 8 am for a “Live Like Your Nail Color” seminar (For details call JoAnn Burnau at 260-356-5300) and 6 pm at Business Associates Night (For details call Michelle Crone at 260-365-3700).

4 Cities in 7 Days... Whew!

My head is spinning from all my travel recently.  In the past week I’ve been to 4 cities in 7 days and I’m thinking of changing my nail color name to “Tired Pup”!  But, I had a good time inspiring women in Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas, and Texas to be bodacious and live like their nail color.  Thanks to all the wonderful women at American Business Women Association chapters across the country for inviting me to share and for all the hard work you’ve done to put these events together!  Here are some photos:

                  

While in Minnesota I was able to spend time with my cousin Sara Discenza.

Here I am in Kansas City at the American Business Women’s Association MoKan Chapter.  They say it takes guts to be foolish in front of a group.  Believe me, it’s not that hard, especially when you attempt to look like Wonder Woman.

Thanks to the gals in Columbia, MO (and their boyfriends) who took me out for some great laughs after speaking to their ABWA chapter.  What fun!

Power Brokers & Smart Women

There’s a reason why I don’t read much fiction these days – because my real life has got enough stories to keep me entertained! LOL! A good example is last week. It was filled with lunch Power Brokers and Smart Women.

Last Tuesday at the Women in Business Conference in Rockville, MD I had the privilege of being the lead Power Broker at lunch with a table full of female Power Brokers. Among other things they shared one nail color name that describes them and why. You won’t be hearing such inside scoop around the table with a bunch of guys now would ya?

Thanks to Amy Gearhart, Stephanie Cromwell, Lauren Ishmael, LeAnne Stefl, and Naomi Abrams for choosing to Power Lunch with me!

Last week I also shared that I was going to the WOW! Conference for women in Richmond, VA. In addition to having a good time and being energized, I was a finalist for the Smart Woman of the Year Career Changer, someone who left one successful career and has successfully started another. Thanks to everyone who sent me a note hoping I would win. Well, dang if I didn’t win! It was such an honor to be thought of so highly by such smart women. Put a “WOW!” on my face, if you know what I mean!

I’m thrilled to be considered a Smart Woman!

I just found out 2 exciting things!

** EXCITING THING #1 **

My lunch table as a PowerBrokers at the Women in Business Conference on Tuesday, April 1 in Rockville, MD is totally booked! That means the women who signed up are serious about having a seriously good time. I think I’ll wear the nail color “Power Lunch”, which is red, of course.

If you weren’t able to grab one of the seats at my table, no worries. I’ll still be available before lunch during my book signing and after lunch at the PowerBrokers resource table.

The conference chair tells me they still have room for a few more registrations, so if you want to join in, do it now. The entire day-long conference is terrific and only $109.

And, if you plan to come, I’d love to meet you.

** EXCITING THING #2 **

A few days ago I found out that I’m a finalist for the Smart Woman of the Year in the Career Changer category! (Heather Laird of the Live Like Your Nail Color Club nominated me without telling me. Such a sneaker.)

The Smart Woman of the Year awards will be presented at the WOW! Conference celebrating Women of the Work of World next Saturday, April 5 in Richmond, VA.

The whole purpose of the WOW! Conference is for professional women to connect, to feel energized, to learn how to thrive in their careers, and to celebrate their brilliance.

All kinds of speakers are sharing their expertise on everything from leading change to managing money to finding time to having more fun in their work and life.

I’ll be feeling WOWed all day! Care to join me?

Go here for more info -- >www.smartwomansclub.com/wow.asp

They are limited to WOWing 150 women so if you’re at all curious, check this out and decide right away.

And just like the Women in Business Conference, if you plan to come to the WOW! Conference, LET ME KNOW! I’d love to meet you.