Keep Calm and Get Dressed

Being a stay at home mom, it can be very easy to get into such a routine that it becomes a bit of a rut. There are some days, which can easily turn into a lot of days, where I question whether or not I should get dressed for the day. It's not so much a depressed "what's the point?" kind of thinking, but more of a "I'm not going anywhere and no one will see me, so why waste the clean clothes?" kind of thinking. But something Grant has said before, and I've probably heard too, is that you never know what the day will bring. I don't have any plans to go anywhere and I doubt anyone will see me, but you never know. Someone could stop by or I could figure out I need to run to the store quick for something.

Yesterday is a prime example of that. Yesterday was Wednesday, and Wednesday's are my cleaning day. It's where I clean the entire house and get all the laundry done. More often than not, I'm in comfy clothes....

⇦ ⇦⇦⇦  like that

Not exactly the most flattering outfit that I own :D but hey, I was running around the house like a chicken with it's head cut off! I wasn't looking for style points by any means. But as the day went on, we ran out of milk. Our family drinks/uses a lot of milk throughout the week. I use it in cooking and baking, William has a sippy cup of milk every morning, and the girls usually have a glass with breakfast. So being out of milk is kind of a big deal for us. It was getting close to when the girls would get home from school so I decided to wait for them. My original plan was to have Isabelle hold down the fort for 10 minutes while I ran up to the store. I figured the less I had to be out, the better. But the second I mentioned going, both girls were basically screaming with excitement that they wanted to go on a walk. Sooooooooo instead of being seen for 10 minutes, I was seen, with that sexy ass outfit, for a good half hour :D

 

Granted, it really didn't matter to me. Not like anyone has ever walked into a store looking a bit rough around the edges. But this is the reason why I try and get dressed/ready for the day every day. Even if I have absolutely no plans on leaving the house, except to get the mail.

 

Today, my plan is to make bread, possibly try my hand at homemade bagels, and do some odd things around the house. I don't plan on really doing anything else....but I still made sure to get dressed. My hair is up in a bun, and while I don't do the makeup thing, I am at least presentable!!

 

Moral of the story? When in doubt, just get dressed for the day. It'll help you feel like your day has really started and you can take on anything!