Going Green

Well, neon green, specifically.

(Yes, it's neon by my standards.)

And now that I've done it,

I can say that I've done it and move on.

This is, by the way, one of my more expensive ensembles.

The shirt, pants, shoes, and purse each cost $1.

The scarf was 50¢.

That necklace however, cost me ten whole dollars.

Pinned At Last!

After all these months and months of pinning wardrobe inspirations, I finally interpreted one!


I must plan strategically and well in advance of Sunday morning or I will go to church in jeans - which is okay, of course.  I would just rather be dressing "on purpose" for church.

photo source: spiritedroute.blogspot
via pinterest

So, on this particular morning, as I was about to don my previously arranged attire, I remembered the pin and the skirt - the $1 skirt that was in my truck in the "I'm never going to wear this so return it to the thrift shop" bag - and lickety-split, I was not so much dressed as I was pinned!


P.S. I don't copy poses on purpose.  If you've seen previous posts, you know that posing is a skill I lack and if I ever "match" a reference pose, it's a total fluke!

Here's an example.
And here.

My Cinderella Dress

You're darn tootin', I huge-ified these pictures.

I'm quite proud to have re-fashioned this little ditty

from a much plainer and ill-fitting version.

The dress and the shirt had been in my closet for more than their fair amount of time.

I tried to place the dress in a better home

while we were preparing for the fashion show but

it was very oddly cut and was clearly going to fit

only the person for whom it was made...

...so I made myself that person!

And went to a wedding with my very own Prince Charming!

To note - the dress and the shirt (and the sweater) were each $1.
The thread was a gift from a friend.

Sometimes You Gotta Say...

"Hey, Hey Hey."

Oh, and,

"I paid 50¢ for my vintage Ray Bans."

Wha'dya think I was gonna say?

Frump to Fave

Yes, g'baby is practicing her blog-modeling pose!

Surely, this shirt was fabulous on somebody.
Before I found it at the thrift shop.
Before I went at it with my sewing machine.
One little hem adjustment and voila!
Favorite shirt.











BEFORE THE FIX

No, we still can't seem to take a decent picture!

What I Wore...

...for four.

Shirt + shirt + skirt + shoes = $4.

Synchro-Intimacy

This morning's message was about the intimacy of the relationship we have with God. (Exceptional message!) After Reverend Ausley's 'Bride of Christ 101', he said, "Now, what you have to ask yourself is, 'Do I have that kind of relationship with God?'."

In perfect unison, my husband and I took deep breaths - long, deep inhale, pause at top, long exhale - all as if we were performing a syncronized water ballet.  So then we giggled and bumped each other.  Honey leaned over and said, "and that's WHY He wants [this kind of relationship.]  So that even our breathing is in sync with His."

And Now THE REST OF THE STORY...

So then we went to Sunday School and today we talked about what it means to revere God.  As we discussed the means by which we put reverence into practice, I told the above story.

Honey piped up and said, “that’s NOT what I said.”  He explained, “the first thing I said was ‘we are as one’ but when you looked puzzled, I said, ‘that’s why we breathed together, because we’re as one.  We’re in perfect unison.”

It’s the same message. 

Honey said it one way and I understood him, even if in different words - because of the intimacy of our relationship.

And it’s the same message.

Reverence of God means (a lot of things including) that every moment, every action, every breath you take is with Him in mind. “Respect, awe, regarding God as holy” means leading a life in intimate synchronicity with Him.