Wearing Dresses & Skirts - Day Two (Friday)

Day Two!  On Fridays I have a few things on my to do list...

No matter how disorganized a room may be...if there is one thing you can do to make that room look better is by making the bed.  It's a start and when you have done that...you can easily work on other things...pick up clothing (fold/put away, hang-up or place in the hamper), straighten up flat surfaces (books and magazines always look better when they are not here there and everywhere!) and throw open those curtains!  Basic things but they help!  So if you don't know where to start...start with your bed!

Also on my list of things to do is collect any leftover laundry we may have...

There isn't much to do but I like having everything clean and ready for just in case.  I remember an emergency trip I had to take and I had to delay everyone going because I didn't have a stitch of laundry clean.  Nothing like staying up until the wee hours of the morning doing laundry only to have to turn around and drive 14 hours.  Plus it is nice to have everything done and out of the way for a free weekend with my family.  I would much rather spend that time with them than doing laundry.

Where Have All The Skirts & Dresses Gone?

Good question!  I have searched high and low not only to be disappointed but very frustrated at what is just not there.  A few weeks ago I went into a department store and asked the sales clerk where they had their skirts.  "Well, you might find some hidden within the racks."  After searching what seemed like hours I did manage to find a few and what I did find was far too short for this soon to be 39 year old woman  to be wearing let alone anyone else for that matter!  I went from store to store in search of something to wear only to come out empty handed.  I told Blaine I was ready to write letters to all the clothing stores out there with a plea to bring back some modest skirts and dresses. 

I have found the best place to find feminine skirts and so very inexpensively that I couldn't sew them for the price.  Are ya'll ready?  Good Will!  For $2.50 I had four very full racks to choose from.  I have been told that they have 1/2 off days which I have yet to be there on those days.  Many of the skirts I found were name brand that would have cost $45 and higher on sale.  I was thrilled!  Thrift and second hand stores also are a great place to find skirts and I don't mind shopping there one bit.  As a woman I know how "we" are when it comes to clothing.  We buy items that are in season and maybe wear that item a few times and toss it.  The difference in buying at a department store and at thrift stores is price difference as to when it was originally purchased and when one picks it up for a song and a dance at the thrift store.  Just to let you know...the skirt pictured above was a thrift store find with a tag saying Talbots.  Hmmm...I wonder what the original price was?

For those who would never be seen in a thrift type store...I used to be the same exact way.  But I look at things differently now than I once did.  We have a responsibility to be careful with the money God has blessed our families with and if we can find the same finds in Goodwill and thrift stores for 80% less - well...I'm all for it!  No one will know it is from the thrift store unless you tell them.  Really Ladies...it is all in how we carry ourselves.

Today I made a few loaves of bread.  I will share those pictures tomorrow along with the recipe.  Have a wonderful weekend with your family!

Love and God's Blessings,

Catherine