outfit 50--winter still.....

today i wanted to stay in my pajamas:  really badly!  so i opted for a comfortable pant and sweater combo instead!  this sweater was $1 at the savers monday colored tag sale!  yipee! 

my sister posed a question to me that has gotten me thinking, can i imagine feeling good all the time?  i have several ailments (fibromyalgia, migraines, ibs, social anxiety) that prohibit me from saying phrases like "i feel awesome!"  mostly i end up saying "i don't feel too bad".  what i would do if i felt good all the time?  would i DO or BE much different?   

i dream of swimming with the dolphins and moving as fast as they do, as free as they seem and as effortlessly as they swim.  it is the only time i imagine those phrases of FREEDOM, MOVEMENT, EFFORTLESSLY, WEIGHTLESSNESS.  the implication being pain free, but not as important. 

wish i could be wearing the sandals all day long at school, they are much cuter than the flats:)

black sweater--mountain lake--$1

beige pants--lane bryant--$40ish

black sandals--dansko--$114ish

black flats--terrasoles, sams club--$40ish

pearl necklace--gift from Melissa, sister

pearl brooch--grandma linda

bling earrings--don't remember

outfit 44--green "u-knit" maxi dress

are you old enough to remember "U-Knits?" 

i sewed them all the time in jr. high and high school. 

i didn't try to afford the name brand

but if i remember right they had see through dressing rooms,

every item was either solid colors or a stripe so you could mix and match the belts, skirts, shirts, dresses, etc.  (i even made a jumpsuit with a zipper in the back:))

oh, btw, i am a fake red-head now, instead of fake-blonde...

love the color, love the transition as i will probably go dark/natural for the summer...

i fashioned this dress in honor and memory of "u-knits". 

i first called my mom to see if she remembered,

i then went through my visual memory and couldn't really recall .....then, BAM,

it hit me how i could turn this peice of rectangular knit loveliness into a dress with minimal cutting! 

so, at 3 a.m. i got up and sewed while watching "pillars of the earth" episodes 7 and 8 on dvd. 

don't all your best ideas and memories hit you at 3 a.m.?  mmmm......

the pin is inherited from grandma linda, 

the watch is a birthday present i bought for myself when i turned 30,

oh, so many years ago:)

the rings are from my once boyfriend, now husband, mr. man, trav, baby cakes

and other pet names that deem appropriate at certain times:)

the "scarf belt" is from a friend/visiting teacher

who brought it back from her trip to india/mid-east--thank you emily

dress--me, from thrifted fabric

green shirt underneath--downeast basics

scarf--gift from a distant land:)

pin--inherited from grandma

watch--citizen from jcpenney

earrings--gold from jcpenney

sandals--dansko (i know, big shocker, huh?)

Harry and I say "bye for now, come back and visit soon!" 

Harry is my 20 lb. maine coon,

my gentle giant, my cuddle bear, my first cat as an adult--oh, he is sweet!