Appearances

One of the reality TV shows I'm addicted to has a character who will not let her husband see her not looking her best.  While defending her way of thinking she stated that he deserves nothing but the best and she never wants to become one of "those" wives who stops caring about her personal appearance just because "he put a ring on it". 

I am one of "those" wives.  It has recently gotten really really bad.  Really.  Here's what I'm talking about.
I look horrific.  I am a HOT mess.  No not HOT as in smokin beauty queen.  HOT as in colossal disaster.  I thought once I started losing weight I would start caring what I looked like through the day.  Eh not so much. 

If if isn't sweat pant material, stretchy, or baggy there is great probability I will not be wearing it.  I wake up, take care of my babies, cook, clean, laundry, and do these tasks over and over and over again.  I have found that I can do these tasks with a lot more comfort if I am in gross unattractive clothing.  On the days when we have doctor appointments or home visits I go all out and put on jeans and a t-shirt. When I worked outside the home I HAD to look nice.  HAD to dress the part.  HAD to focus on making great first impressions.  Now that I don't have those requirements in my life I have turned my daily wardrobe into things that do NOTHING to improve my appearance.   I know there are women out there who love dressing in jeans and t-shirts and I think that is totally cool!  Nothing wrong with that AT ALL.  But that isn't me, that has never been me.  I'm not staying true to who I am and that isn't fair to me or those around me.  Here's the thing I LOVE looking nice.  I LOVE getting all made up, wearing nice things and looking my best.  I do not have an issue with dresses or skirts I love them in fact!  Now the only time you can find me looking halfway decent is on Sundays.  I am so happy we attend church because my poor husband would never see me in make up, my hair fixed, or attractive clothing if we didn't.  Sidenote: That isn't the only reason I'm glad we attend church FYI. 

As it turns out real housewives don't actually look like this.  At least not this one!

Now let me go ahead and say this is NOT a new years resolution.  It just so happens I came to the realization that I need to work on improving my appearance in the month of January. 

Now I'm not getting all crazy.  I'm not going to wear nice things every single day because it just isn't practical.  However I will be trying to work on not wearing clothes through the day that I may or may not have slept in that night.  My goal is to fix my hair, wear shoes, and make  an overall improvement in my daily wardrobe.  I have a really awesome husband who loves me whether I wear pajamas everyday or an evening gown everyday.  He tells me I'm pretty all the time and a lot of those times I am in pajamas and have no makeup on.  However when Allen comes home in the afternoon I don't want him to see me looking exactly the same as when he left for work that morning. 

The fact of the matter is I feel better about myself when I put more effort into my appearance.  I take pride in what my children wear and how they look, I take pride in how my house looks and keeping it looking nice, now I'm going to put that same effort into myself. 

I plan to start on Monday morning.  Hey!  I should go clothes shopping!  That is sure to get me excited about wearing nicer looking outfits through the day.  So glad I thought of that.