Old Clothes and Thank You's

jacket: target(old), blouse & boots: walmart(old), skirt: thrifted, necklace: by me

possibly the dorkiest facial expression ever. oops.

polka dot stockings

Happy Monday, y'all! This outfit is actually a week or two old at this point (thus the Christmas tree still in the back ground). Not much to say about it - everything is old except the polka dot stockings which made me feel fabulous even though you can barely see the dots. ;)

I just wanted to thank y'all for the well wishes, prayers and happy thoughts from last Friday. I do tend to try to stay upbeat here on the blog. But sometimes life gets in the way. I know that I love reading blogs written by people who are completely real and willing to put their deepest thoughts and feelings out there. For various reasons I just don't feel completely comfortable doing so here. It is however such a blessing to know that when I do have a bad day or week that there are those of y'all who will lift me up and that means a lot to me. So, thank you for following, commenting, and praying for me.

While I am feeling better this week, our circumstances remain unchanged and things are getting really tight right now financially. So I would appreciate your continued thoughts and prayers as hubby continues to look for a job.

Hope you all have a wonderful week!

Linking up with Visible Monday, Monday Mingle and YOLO!

Blast from the Past: A Grammy Blouse

blouse & bag: thrifted, skirt: target, heels: ???

 I love this outfit. The blouse, the skirt, the shoes. It just felt perfect. I am actually wearing grey hose - but they aren't really showing up in the pics. I kept the accessories to a minimum since the blouse is so bright. ;) I love this blouse, it just makes me happy. When I was a kid, my grammy had tie neck blouse in this exact color. So even though this isn't actually her blouse, it reminds me of her. And hello, it has an asymmetrical neckline. How cool is that.

So, sorry for the messy pics. It was pouring rain outside today and the boxes are indicative of the news I alluded to on Friday. We are moving. My hubby was laid off and we will be moving into his grandmother's house to conserve funds. We are pretty excited about the future - job opportunities look pretty good in his field right now, so we are looking forward to moving on from the extremely difficult and stressful situation we have been in the last year and a half. I am not thrilled about moving to Grandma's house, but we are very blessed to have that option. I am also not thrilled about a double move because we will be moving again when we find a job. While at Grandma's house we will be storing most of our stuff, so that kind of stinks.

Hope y'all have an awesome week!

(This post was originally published on 10/24/2011)

Pretty Peach and A Bit of Real Life

Ahhhh, it was blissfully cool outside for the first time. I've been wanting to pair this pretty peach dress with red accessories for a while now. And I love how the army jacket complements the feminine look. I added a couple of gold bangles and an adorable pair of owl earrings that I got with an INPink giftcard I won. They are super cute and the perfect little accent for fall I think. I am really loving the little animal accessories that are trendy right now.

A little update on our job status: our current interim position will be ending next week. However we got a call to fill in at another church the following week. It is a bi-vocational position, but anything to keep the money coming in until God calls us where are supposed to be long term. In case you haven't picked up on it, my husband is a minister. We have been in youth ministry for the last 10 years, but this most recent position was as pastor and worship leader. As much as we both love youth ministry, we both have felt God calling us on to other things. However, while hubby is being a pastor right now, we aren't ruling out youth ministry and are always willing to go where God calls us. I appreciate your prayers, it has been a really rough year with two really difficult and complicated situations, but God has seen us through one and we know that He will continue to see us through the rest.

Hope y'all have a wonderful week!

Linking up with Monday Mingle, Visible Monday, Thrifter's Annonymous and YOLO!