TKO -todays kickin outfit

I was pretty excited when I put this outfit together. I had been wearing my new dress that I just made when Kyla went into my closet and started pulling stuff out asking me to put it on. The skirt was the one item I stopped on. I have had this skirt for over 3 years! I got it at a thrift store after I had kyla cuz it was heading into summer and I just wanted to feel pretty post pregnancy. Well, this skirt needs to be taken in now, its just too big, but I was able to whip up a whole new outfit that I have never worn. Again found a treasure in my closet!Thank you God!

wearing: cardigan, belt, tight:Target, blue beaded braclet(actually a necklace): Amazima Ministry, Necklace: Serindipity Thrift Store, shoes: Thrifted, Skirt and tank: mine

I was drinking out of this cup and had to smile at what it said. I hope that I can live up to this lofty verse!

seeing red....

I really enjoy changing my look daily. And there is one way I really enjoy changing my look with MAKEUP!. This sassy rouge is what I am wearing today!

I am wearing Cover Girl Euphoria
Just remember this rule! If you want to wear something this bold everything else should stay neutral. Or you may look like a circus performer!

latest mini obsession

Obsession (əbˈsɛʃən)
— n
	psychiatry a persistent idea or impulse that continually forces its way into consciousness, often associated with anxiety and mental illness
	a persistent preoccupation, idea, or feeling
	the act of obsessing or the state of being obsessed

When you start to examine the definition of Obsessed I see that I am surely not the first but more than likely a bit of the second when it comes to things that inspire me. I have been doing a lot of self analysis upon my life and I am recognizing that not only have I been metamorphosing my body by eating healthier and exercising, but that I am also finally starting to branch out and try to find and create my own style.
I have said it once and I will probably say it again. I am no fashionista nor do I really want to be. I can't afford it! But there are little ways I can reflect a bit of me, enter the nifty sassy nail polish.
Who knew that nail polish could be such a good mood reflector! Moody, thoughtful, deep, contemplative, introspective. All the things I feel like I am feeling and doing these days.
I saw a similar nail color on the website Modcloth in their fall Stylebook( see here). I fell into a deep state of like and had to find it.

I bought a couple different colors when I bought this one, but this color seems to find its way back to my nails.

God is doing big things in my life and attitude and I find it quite funny that one of the ways its being reflected is on my fingers.



nail polish: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Slick Slate

Not so normal Wednesday

Ok, so I am a stay at home mom. And for some moms out in the world this means that they can wear their pajamas all day if they want. And to be real honest I am that way some days.The days of having to look presentable are pretty much gone. My kids could care less about what I wear or if my makeup is done. But most days I get my self out of bed and get dressed. I do my hair and make up like I used to when I worked a 40 hour work week in the corporate world.

Why? you may ask. Well mostly because I hate feeling frumpy and most of my lounging wear is just that, frumpy and loose. I just spent over 16 months losing all my post preggo weight and the last thing I want to do is make myself feel

less than put together. I actually like putting on makeup and doing my hair most days. Luckily I have started a small collection of hats that I love for those days where my hair is less responsive to what I am trying to tell it to do.

Part of my getting to my weight goal was that I had to maintain it for three months and then I got a shopping spree to update my wardrobe. Lucky for me, my hubby was more than willing to let me slowly buy somethings so I didn't feel like a skinny girl in clothes 2x to big. I have been spending a lot of time at the local thrift stores slowly adding cute jeans and tops to my collection. I have been having a blast buying things and mixing and matching things up in new ways to make new outfits. I have never considered myself a fashionista. I still don't either. But I am getting the hang of not caring so much if things look put together perfectly. So, today I decided not to wear my normal stay at home apparel, which usually includes a long sleeve t-shirt and jeans. I pushed myself to find something in my closet that I have never put together before and lo and behold, I feel like I struck a bit of fashion gold. The Skirt, I made three + years ago. I have never worn it, due to a very uneven hem job. SO my first dilemma was figuring out how to fix my major mess. About 7 safety pins later I had a pretty even hem and a funky skirt with multiple gathers throughout. Next was a polka dot halter top that I am not kidding, I have had for over 10 years! I have loved this top since I got it, and even thought it needs to be taken in, I just had a feeling it may work. The belt is just a simple black belt that came with a different top I own and the blue cardigan I just got this year at Target on sale for 15 bucks! The shoes are Anne Klein from a second hand store. I got them for $9 and the cute blue clutch was $2 at the same second hand store. The blue bead I am wearing as my bracelet is actually a very long necklace I purchased from the most amazing ministry called Amazima. To know that my $20 helped a women in Africa feed and clothe her family makes me very proud to wear it.

So my grand totally for my outfit $46. Not bad in my book. Not bad all.