Feelin' Femine Update

Almost a week ago I posted about my challenge to myself to wear a skirt or a dress for seven days straight. It was something Jill had mentioned over at her blog, Training Tons of Sons. I like reading her blog. She has five boys. I have three. Anyone with more boys than I, is a hero to me. ;-) Seriously. I have a friend IRL (who reads the blog but never leaves me a comment....you know who you are!) who has six boys!!! Her youngest is 11 & her older two are now married and she homeschooled them all at various times. She is definitely my hero. But I digress.

I started wearing a skirt on Saturday afternoon. I clean my hubby's grandmother's house once a week. It's a two hour job and it's hard work. I not only do general dusting and such (actually I pay my 12 year old to come with me to dust & vacuum) but I have to sweep and wash three floors. I'm typically a mess by the time I'm done. So I wore jeans. But I came home & showered & put on a skirt. I managed to make five out of the seven days. I just couldn't do it. Sad isn't it?

However, I did wear a skirt to....my son's soccer practice on Tuesday (it was cold!!), to my MOPS meeting on Wednesday & even to go grocery shopping. Oh & I wore a skirt to my chiropractor's appointment!! I definitely wore a skirt more than ever before. I always had leggings or tights on underneath & I was pretty comfortable.

While I don't think I'll wear a skirt every day, I can definitely see myself wearing them more often. I did enjoy it. I even found a dress and a skirt for a whopping $2.37 TOTAL at the thrift store last Saturday. I love the thrift store. I actually spent way more on more leggings and tights than that dress & skirt! ;-)

I'm glad I did the challenge, but I probably won't wear a skirt or a dress every day. I like the comfort of my jeans too much.

The 2x4 Has Hit Again

As I've mentioned before, I love using Google Reader to keep up with my blog reading. I have a ton now that I keep in there. Every time there is an update, it shows up like an e-mail. I love it. One blog that I enjoy reading is called Training Tons of Sons. She has five sons. Anyone who has more sons than I is a hero in my book. ;-)

This afternoon, while doing my blog reading, I was hit again by that proverbial 2x4 by God. Seriously. It hurt. But it certainly got my attention.


A few years ago I started to feel the conviction to wear skirts/dresses only. Many who have met me probably wouldn't think of me as a girly-girl. I don't even think of myself as a girly-girl! I'm a tomboy. Still am. I love to play sports. I still don't wear make-up on a daily basis. I rarely paint my nails. A bad hair day gets a bandanna thrown on top of it. I don't do dress-up. It's just not me.

My daily dress typically consists of jeans, a t-shirt, and a sweatshirt if I'm cold. I wear crocs every day. In fact, last winter I only wore my boots about 2-3 days the whole winter and we had a TON of snow. If it was plowed, I wore my crocs. If it wasn't, I wore boots. I much prefer my crocs. I have a winter pair so that works great.

There are the same color as mine.

So anyway...while reading this afternoon I came across a challenge over at Tons of Sons to wear skirts/dresses for seven days straight. I continually feel a pull in my heart to do this. I do not have the power alone to manage it though. I always come up an excuse to stop...it's too cold, I don't look nice in dressed, I'm too overweight, etc. & so on.

However, I'm joining the challenge put out there to dress more femininely. My hubby loves to see me in dresses, but never gives me a hard time about my jeans. ::big grin:: To hear him tell it, he likes those just as much. ;-) But I notice a difference. I'm surrounded by little men daily. My boys notice when I wear a skirt. Seriously. At least one of them will comment on how nice I look when I put a skirt on. What could be sweeter than to hear my little four year old tell me that I look "really pretty" when I have on a dress. I notice a difference in how I act.

So starting tomorrow I am embarking on a seven day challenge to wear a skirt every day. I'll be sure to let you know the results and maybe even post a photo or two.