Thursday's THOUGHTS

This POST is for every woman out there who has ever felt

Frumpy, Lumpy, Dumpy, Bumpy, and Grumpy...

Lately every time I look at myself I'm wanting to say........Huh????

What are you wearing, and WHY?

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When I used to teach school I had to get up every day and

get dressed, fix my hair, and put on makeup.

HOWEVER.... the last 5 years I have worked from home,

and I'm kinda embarrassed to say that MOST days

I don't even do a single thing to myself other than

Brush My Teeth.
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Sometimes as I pass a mirror I stop and do a double -take

almost NOT recognizing myself anymore.

I know that we all deserve a "do nothing" day on occasion...

BUT I have mostly had one for 5 years now.

And I've got to say that it has had an effect on the way I feel about myself.

When you are 43 you can only look so good in warm-up/ pajamas,

with hair that's been in the same "up do" for days, and

the mascara bags under your eyes

from the one day you got ready this week.

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I must say that this REVELATION started with

"the Green shirt"

I continued my remodel on it by adding long sleeves.

I was so excited to try it on because I thought it looked so cute.

Then... after I could barely get it over my head

I remembered why that I had put it in the

"get out of here" pile.

My boobs looked like 2

Jolly Green Giant Peas with a ruffle.

That shirt was entirely too tight and where I'd put

the ruffles made my shoulders look like I played

linebacker for the RAIDERS on Sunday afternoon.
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Then... as I was watching Oprah

(we get her here on lots of different channels)

so it may have been an old show.. I don't know.

BUT... they were talking about Stay-at-HOME-Moms

who have stopped making the most of themselves.

The best quote I remember from the show was

"Look cute for YOU"

even if no one sees you but yourself ... YOU deserve IT!!
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So.. This weekend I am going to go through every single thing

that I own in my closet and TRY IT ON..

I literally have some clothes in there that I've had over 15 years

and sadly still wear some of them......

(therefor I am pretty sure they either aren't in style

or don't fit right anymore)
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I sincerely hope that I am not the only Stay-at-HOME-Mom

who has sorta thrown in the towel on getting ready...

But since Oprah did an entire show on it,

I'm pretty sure there are some other women out there

who also have more warm-up/p.j. pants

(that they wear 99% of the time)

than just me.
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I truly have the GREATEST closet in the entire world !

(and yes I'm am OCD and it is all COLOR Coded in Sections)

My husband and his family used to build houses

from the ground up....

So.... he can build absolutely anything.

When we moved into this house

I drew him the plans of what I wanted, and

WHAM... he built me the best closet ever!

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But... I am going to take Oprah's advice
and go through all the things in my closet
and keep only the items that I LOVE,
and the ones that I feel LOOK Good on me.
I think most women have things in their closet
that they don't even like at all,
or clothes that every single time they wear them
think "I look fat in this!"
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Sooooooooo... I am making a vow
that after this weekend I would rather
have only a hand full of items that I really like....
than a closet full of stuff I NEVER Wear...
because I can't remember if it fits right
since I haven't tried it on in 5 years.
EVEN my WARM-UPS (which I know I will not give up)
are going to be the ones that I feel good in.
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Any other mom's out there who work from HOME
and have it all figured out or have a quick plan to
get ready I'd LOVE to hear how you do it.....
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May we always realize that WE ourselves are worth getting ready for.
as Oprah says "Get CUTE for YOU"