Adoration

Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them,
for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."   Matthew 19:14

My beautiful blue eyed girl

Super

Five little monkeys...

Sweet children after Mass

Fighting The Frump

I have been inspired by a couple of sources lately to take more care with my appearance.  I was doing pretty good over the summer, but this winter I have practically lived in jeans, old tennis shoes, and baggy sweatshirts (primarily Darren's old Army one and my old NMSU one—both are well over 15 years old!)  Definitely time for a change, and Blair's post yesterday could not have come at a better time!  I remembered that Savers' MLK Day Sale was today...50% off all clothes and shoes!  What a perfect time to spruce up my wardrobe with some "new", less frumpy items!  (Savers is my favorite thrift store.)  

I know it doesn't look like much here, but the outfit I'm wearing in the above photos is definitely a step up from my usual.  Jeans, a ribbed tank, and thick ribbed sweater.  I was SO excited to find the shoes I'm wearing; I've been wearing some almost exactly like them for the past six years and I love them so much that I refused to throw them out, even though the soles are completely split on both of them.  I learned not to wear them when it was raining, LOL!  These looked brand new and were only $9.99, so I paid $5 for them since they were 50% off!  SCORE!  (They're black leather mules and oh so comfy.)  I still need to figure out how to work some more accessories into my wardrobe, but I did wear earrings today (that I've had for close to 20 years) and my St. Anne medal.  I felt so much more "put together" today.  I even did my hair!  :)

It's so exciting to have a few more fun outfits to choose from!  I tried really hard to pick things that I ordinarily wouldn't even try on, and I loved them!  I ended up buying three pairs of jeans, four shirts, and the above sweater and shoes for a total of $31.73!  Totally made my day.  :)  Thank you so much Blair for helping my bust out of my rut!