what i'm wearing....the return

Since it's a new year, I thought I would return with 'what I wore Wednesday' posts. At least for a little while. When Gage started kindergarten I didn't have many reasons to get dressed up and go anywhere. We had been going to Memaw's house every Wednesday, and then on Fridays I would go and take the kids somewhere fun. And Sundays are church. But Owsley is a homebody like me, and is just as happy being at home. And believe me, I have no qualms with pajama days. Or uh....pajama weeks.

Then around November I started feeling a little gross. I was tired of being in my pajamas all day long, every single day, but it seemed silly to put on 'real' clothes just to sit around at home (or even run to the grocery store.) I think I'm a pretty positive person, but I was becoming my own worst enemy. (I'm pretty sure other people can relate to that.) I was happy in all other aspects of my life, but I was tired of looking like a slob all the time. And then one day in the grocery store a girl who was probably three or four years younger than me called me "ma'am." I immediately assumed that I must have looked like the old woman who lived in a shoe. I looked in the mirror and didn't like what was looking back at me. I started nit-picking myself, seeing wrinkles and gray hairs that weren't really there. I was having a bit of a 1/3 life crisis.

I mentioned it to my mom, and she said, "Yeah, that's around the time I started getting grays. My metabolism started slowing down too." Great. Thanks, mom. But at least she was being honest. I mentioned it to Peppy, and he said that he thought I was beautiful, and asked if I need to buy some new clothes. Which made me laugh. I didn't need new clothes. I just needed to actually get out of the lounge clothes and wear the stuff I already owned.

So like I mentioned previously, I don't make resolutions. Because I just don't keep them. But I am going to try my hardest to get dressed up a couple times a week, even if it's to take the boys out for a bit. I really do like putting together outfits that express who I am, it's just hard for me to justify doing it if I don't really have anywhere important to go. I have found myself in a self-deprecating rut, and I've got to get out of my pajamas every once in a while.

What I wore to take the boys to Early Works- sweater/jeans: Forever 21, boots: UrbanOg, earrings: Earthbound Trading Co.

What I wore to church: dress/tights: Forever 21, black flats that you can't see: Payless, earrings: Burke's Outlet

Linking up with The Pleated Poppy. Here's to 2013, and getting out of a slobbish slump!

(Oh, and I don't want anyone to think that I am fishing for compliments. Because I'm not. I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in feeling down about yourself from time to time. It's just one of those things.)