AMANDA

Hey, I’m Amanda. I grew up just outside of Indianapolis on the east side. Growing up I danced competitively. If I wasn’t at school I was at the dance studio. I met my husband in middle school and our friendship slowly turned into something more and we officially started dating in our junior year of high school. Once graduating high school I went to Ball State for a year and was accepted into the Radiography program. I then moved to downtown Indy and finished my clinicals at a local hospital. For then on out I was hanging out at Butler every weekend with my boyfriend and soon to be fiancé’. After getting married and moving to the burbs we bought a house in Fortville. In 2016 we became a family of 3 and slowly every few years we kept adding more kiddos to the crew. Through this time I was working as a CT Technologist slowly going from full time to part time to spend more time with my kids. After COVID I was getting burnt out working at the hospital and I wanted to do something fun also while being able to have the flexibility to stay at home with my kids. That is when Variety Row bloomed. I was a newish mom with multiple kiddos trying to find myself again. 

My style has changed so much throughout the years. I remember dressing up and going out to the bars in college and just thinking about the dresses and shoes I used to wear makes me giggle and cringe. After becoming a mother I definitely leaned into the loungewear and didn’t really know how to dress my new body in regular clothes. I can say now I am the most confident in my clothing choices than I have ever been before. I hope I can make even the smallest impact on other mom’s lives and how they feel about their bodies and clothing choices.

If I’m not watching my kids or working on VR things you can find me in bed binging the latest Netflix series or mindlessly scrolling Tiktok. 

Some speed dating fun facts about me:

Favorite Drink: Day time: iced white mocha  Night time: Moscato 

Beaches or Mountains?: if I have to choose between the two I’d say beaches but really just give me a pool and I’m happy. I’m not really a huge fan of sand or climbing mountains- I’m not super athletic if you didn’t know :)

TV: Anything bingeworthy on Netflix, the bachelor, true crime docs

Music: Taylor Swift... is there anything else?

Interesting Fact: I can recite all of the U.S. Presidents in order

Favorite Vacation Destination: I went to Australia during the 2000 Olympics with my dance company. That was a blast but I was also in 5th grade at the time so it was so long ago. My honeymoon to Jamaica was my most recent favorite vacation.