More often than not when I wake up in the morning, I just grab a pair of jeans- yes sometimes the skinny fashionable ones though, and a shirt and call it good. I will pull a quick brush through my hair and head out the door.
But I also have been known to change my outfit halfway through a day. If my day of running errands suddenly has going to watch my husband play basketball added to it- I probably am going to change, change into something a little cuter, a little more put together, even spend more than 3 minutes doing my makeup.
Last Friday, as I sat in my car in the kindergarten pick-up line, someone knocked on my window. It was one of the other moms inviting us to join a group of them for lunch. I immediately said yes. She left and I then looked down at my feet, grateful I had been running errands and so was not wearing my regular school pick-up attire of socks with flip-flops (hey I go for comfort and ease for the long wait in the car). But then I glanced over my sun glasses to the dark circles under my eyes, the dry red patch along the side of my nose. It was okay for running errands but for a mommy date... Alex got in the car and I noticed the group of moms still standing around and talking; I decided I had time. We hurried home, I ran in grabbed my makeup bag and did a quick application in the car; hoping that no one would notice we were the first to leave the school but last to make it to the restaurant.
So I guess sometimes I do care; but when I find myself caring I often feel like I am 1/2 a step behind. Cute pants, cute top, okay hair and makeup, but no accessories. Like I just can't fully get it right.
I go through phases where I think I want to get all new clothes and step it up a notch or two, spending time pursing fashion blogs, planning all my looks-- but then I just don't. And I can't decide if that should bug me or not. I like when I dress nicely, I feel good-- and even on my sloppy days you won't catch me ever running errands in sweat pants. But then sometimes I think it would just be one more thing to distract me, one more thing to spend my time on, one more thing to take me away from what matters most-- my role as a mother.
So here I am-- not really hip and in style but will never make it on an episode of "What Not To Wear". And you know, I just might be okay with that.
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I adopted a saying....it's just as easy to put a nice outfit on, as it is a crappy one. It takes the same time.
ReplyDeleteI have found some of my favorite outfits from Pinterest...then recreating them. Many times....I have something similar in my closet.
I feel the same way...I just can't get it right...and I am not sure if I should care or not...or waste the money? What a pickle we are in!
ReplyDeleteThat's kind of me. I want to look put together {I used to feel put together}, but I don't have the money to do it :(
ReplyDeleteYay! Someone I can relate to!!! I am the worst shopper, as I have no idea how to put a fashionable outfit together let alone accessorize. My ears are pierced but I never wear earrings, my hair is always the same as I don't know how to do fancy styles - or care to take the time to do it. I'm just a plain Jane!
ReplyDeleteYou're cute every time I see you! I have majorly slacked on the makeup and hair lately. I'll blame it on my little baby! But I have to say, that when I look and feel cute, even if I'm going NOWHERE, I really just feel better all around. WOw, I think I'll go do my hair now. ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm much like you. I go for what is easy and quick. I never look like a total bum, but I'm not one that you'd look to to copy a look! Every once in a while I think I should put in more effort... but then I get distracted by other things and realize it's not worth it to me. Except on those rare occasions when I have something special to go to- and then I feel like I have nothing to wear!
ReplyDeleteYeah...I never get it completely right either.
ReplyDeleteFor Christmas Eve service at church I got all prettied up and wore make up, nice clothes, necklace and WHOOPS. Forgot earrings.
I tend to accessorize but that is only because I love black and khaki and wear them all the time, so I need some something to look pulled together. I like to blend in, not draw attention to myself, I think that is why I stay so neutral.
ReplyDeleteFashion bloggers make me feel bad about the way I dress sometimes, although sometimes they leave me scratching my head wondering what they were thinking! :)
ReplyDeleteOh I think I've even further behind you!!! I don't think I have make-up that isn't "expired." (You shouldn't use it when it gets old right? I thought I heard that once.) If I have a clean t-shirt, I call it good!
ReplyDeleteI so feel the same way ... Even when I go and splurge on new items for my wardrobe, I never fully feel "together" and "cool"... but I always try to look decent, and I do my best!! I just can't relate to the fashion bloggers. I wish I did, but I can't.
ReplyDeleteI totally get you...sometimes I just want to wear my yoga pants and for that to be ok :-) I feel the same way about mommy dates...gotta put on a little bit of makeup...and then sometimes, just like you said, I really don't even care if my hair is greasy. I think you're a cutie all the time, though!
ReplyDeleteI know I need to update my wardrobe to more than yoga pants. I have been on the search for some decent makeup. While getting older my skin has been looking very crappy lately.
ReplyDeleteI totally, totally get it. I've never been what you'd call "fashionable" - I have my own style which may or may not include a piece or two of something current. I just wear what works. :)
ReplyDeleteI completely understand! Even if I have a cute outfit on, I somehow feel like it's not good enough.
ReplyDeletei completely understand i live in my jeans and t-shirt to
ReplyDeleteYOu are adorable & have a cute figure, I'm sure you look cute all the time. I wish I had cute outfits like I used to wear when I was working. Most of my clothes don't fit since having kids & I keep saying how much I want to lose before I buy new clothes. Ugghhh the never ending cycle. LOL.
ReplyDeleteIt got a lot easier for me to put time and energy into myself and my outfit once all my kids were in school... before that, not so much.
ReplyDeleteI watched a video by The Daily Conniseur (sp?) and she was talking about always being presentable. I was horribly embarrassed one day (only time I ever wore pjs' to drop my son off at school). I had to go in for paperwork, my son came out and said, so there I went in my bright red pj bottoms (thankfully had a coat on)and I think slippers.
ReplyDeletePresentable doesn't have to be fancy, just not sloppy. I used to think about how I looked more, then I cared less and less, I recently realized I have gained a lot of weight and look sloppy in my t-shirts with someone's lettering (product, company,whatever) and jeans and tennis shoes, no makeup, and am putting a tiny bit of effort into wearing simple plain cotton shirts with a v-neck in a sold color with jeans and boots. Only a little different, but so different. I stick makeup in my purse to put on at traffic lights if I don't do it at home. I feel SO much better about myself.
Pj's had big scotty dogs all over them, fyi...
DeleteI'm all about simplicity when it comes to getting dressed and I only wear makeup on Sundays but usually not even mascara that day bc I hate the way it makes me eyes itch and I hate taking makeup off at the end of the day. I will put on mascara once every couple of months if I want to glam up.
ReplyDeleteI'm no where near being fashionable like those fashion bloggers. That said, I do have teens and they're pretty helpful when it comes to shopping and finding things that are cute.
ReplyDeleteI like to look nice and there are days that I try harder than others... usually I have to look decent though since I have to go to work daily!
I had a "lazy" day on Tuesday. It was STILL raining here and I didn't even shower until that evening! EGADS!! ;) But most days I like to at least put on the jeans and a cute top and some make-up. Of course I am NOT above saying to myself "Am I going to see anyone today beside the kids and hubby...?" ha ha! But most days the answer is yes, in some way or another so... But I hear you. I could never be a full-time fashion blogger either. That's left for the girls without kids, right?
ReplyDeleteI'm that way too. When I do go somewhere, I try to dress up a little...or at least put jeans and boots on. But it happens so RARELY.
ReplyDeleteI have no sense of style. None. I'm that person you feel sorry for, the one that teenagers swear they'll never morph into when they're a mom. And I'm mostly ok with it. I have my moments where I stress about it. More often than not I'm too tired and busy to care. You are welcome to come to my house, makeup or not!
ReplyDeleteI used to never leave the house without trying to look nice. Because I was single, and I always had to look nice in case I met "him." Then, for a while, I didn't care, and I am back to the "I want to look decent in case I meet someone I knew from HS and don't want to be embarrassed." Because I live where I lived growing up. And I worry about things like that. But it is nice to sometimes have days to just lounge around. :)
ReplyDeleteThat's a good place to be, I think. Somewhere right in the middle. I go through phases where I just REALLY don't care - and I'll go to Walmart in a hoodie and hair pulled up in a bun - no makeup and even my hoodie might be dirty!
ReplyDeleteBut I think looking nice is important too. It just depends on how lazy I'm feeling!