Personal Style

Personal Style
by mscheryl60
I have been thinking alot lately about clothing and how it defines us. I am in the process of finding my own personal style and with a limited budget and alot of excitement!.

Thrift stores can be the answer! I see some women who wear the same theme always. Sporty polo shorts and jeans or shorts or the lady who wears floral prints and pinks and pastels! I love that about them! I do have a style that I cling too and that is just ok as its me! I like to change up my look for the occasion and mood! I even have a cute little black leather skirt that needs to be worn someday.

The last two years have been a discovery journey for me and I decided to only do what I love and that means clothing and food and my house decor.You can find your authentic style by taking a small trip to a mall or thrift store and you do not have to buy a thing! I went through a book called "Simple Abundance" a few years ago and what the author suggested is to take a trip to the mall and just spend a few hours on a discovery journey. What calls out to you? What colors do YOU love! Go to a art store or better go to a paint store and get color pallets and see what colors call out to you! For me its black and deep reds and whites and cobalt blues and on and on....:) I do not care for yellows and oranges and browns! They not pleasing to MY OWN eyes.

I have decided to make every day count when I get dressed. I am going to start slow as my budget needs to be observed and to get dressed up even when I go run errands. Recently I was out and did not take time to make my hair look its best and did not put on my perfume etc and a man I was interested in called me to come see him and I had to go right to his office and from that day on I have decided to dress as if he may call at any time and he may! In saying that why not get dressed up just for ourselves! Why not make our homes pretty and soft to our own eyes?

A girl needs to have a few outfits at all times for any occasion ready and I for one need to take my own advice. A little black dress and shoes and a purse? You are then set for anything that may happen in the evening! A nice pair of jeans that look nice and fit! A few cute tops in the colors you LOVE! A few winter sweaters! A office jacket / blazer and a blouse and skirt or slacks! A super cute pare of flats, a nice pair of winter boots and cute little flip flops! They are so cheap / like 2 dollars that you throw them away when they get old! How about a vintage dress with hells to match, A long flowing hippy shirt (what ever floats your boat) ....and on and on......Oh yea..and one more! The dreaded bathing suit. YES.....they have all sizes. I for one need to get on this …..Then you are set and if someone asks you to a pool party you are set and do not have to go out getting any old thing.

One of my favorite looks was this little black knitted vest that buttoned down the front and was long and had this cute little beige undershirt to go under it. With it came a little silk calico paisley print pleated skirt that was mini / just above my knee. I wore black tights and black boots with it. I felt so pretty in that outfit!

The point is that getting dressed is a art and we are the artists and our own bodies are the canvas! We need to create with style and color and and let our inner beauty shine!

MEAN WHAT YOU SAY AND DONT SAY IT MEAN

SAY WHAT YOU MEAN AND MEAN WHAT YOU SAY AND DON'T SAY IT MEAN...WOW...That is what Carolyn has been telling me for years now and somehow I missed the boat yesterday. Or the last few days. What I did was delcair to the world and to my friends and yea to the man that is interested in me with a huge stinky.... "I hate Valentines Day" :) Yes.....some of you are going to say "Cheryl, What in the heck were you thinking"?

I set here and ponder this fact of lack of judgement on my part with a tad of disappointment in myself and alot of humor. I really meant it or thought I meant it. Valentines day has been this big huge let down and so I put up a guard on my heart and shout to the world "I hate it" I even told the person that im interested in that Valentines day is "SINGLES AWARENESS DAY" and he did laugh (he thinks im funny sometimes because I am funny sometimes:) and yet I knew this was not the correct road to go down with this man as it is negative.

I will not go into my personal details. Lets just say that I put crappy Valentines into the Universe and guess what dear readers? Cheryl got what she wanted and what she put out there. Yea....

How did I handle it? I went out and bought a purse. ;) Like any California girl..When the going gets tough the tough go shopping. I did get it on sale with a gift certificate :)

Now where am I this morning. I am in my lifecoaches old saying "STOP AND START" I stopped hating Valentines day and started thinking that Its not true...Say what you mean and be honest. I hated how it was handled in my past for years and years and now I no longer have to do the ol hate thing. I had a great day with the kids yesterday and even a powerful day. We had the four year olds set in a circle and say what they love about the child next to them and a few little boys said "I love her and im getting married to her" that was so stinken cute :) How can hate even be on such a sweet day :) NOT...

I talked to each of my three beautiful Children yesterday :) I am blessed..beyond anything i could have imagined being a mother.

Off I go to another chapter in the Cheryl story...Life is good (MG)

Dancing!

I am sitting here in my beautiful living room watching the sun rise and the snow falling and its so peaceful and silent. Snow does not make noise that often :) I love Colorado at times like this. I am told that I am a odd one out when it comes to mornings because I always wake up smiling and ready to go and love my peaceful times like today. My life coach says im like Tiger the Tiger and that is true at times and especially in the mornings. I get my inspiration in the mornings and when I wake up all is good and life is great.

I have this writing assignment that is due today. I have to take two different random pictures off the internet and write about them and put them together as if they were separated at birth and just found each other again. So I am writing on my blog to get a writing inspiration.

I have been doing new things in life and will continue to do so! My new adventure last year was to learn to dance. I started with taking line dance classes and had fun with that and it taught me some basic steps of dance and it was a blast. I then moved on from that and found swing dance! I took my first class last night and had so much fun and was sad when the class ended! I will keep on taking classes and growing in this area as its a passion on mine. It takes me out of my comfort zone for sure! We danced to this sexy sultry slow blues song and it was so beautiful! More to tell later!

My other new area in my life is that I have gone VEGAN! I have been on a stall for about a year now at 145 and yea that is great and I feel fantastic and yet my goal is 125 so I have to reach it and for my small frame that is not too small and in fact I will not look skinny at 125. I was doing Paleo (meat and veg and fat and fruit) and my body did not respond to the meat and oil thing. I now eat lots of veggies and grains and beans and things like hummus and pita bread! I do not eat any animal products at all. No dairy and no eggs! I found this wonderful coconut yogurt and soy yogurt at Whole Foods as well as almond cheese! I am going to roast root veggies for next weeks snacks when i get hungry after work. My size 6 new jeans were falling off at work yesterday. Yea.....They run big so I have to be honest here and say I am a size 8 in all pants!

My other goal is to have a health / weight loss support group hosted in my house and am still thinking about when and how to do this. I want to do it on a Saturday morning.

Off to go write my assignment.

Life is good....