This was a fabulous day! Church – (by live video stream from home), tasks around the house, swimming, followed by brunch, quick shopping and grocery store run, followed by naps, time with the dogs, grilling dinner outside and movie night at home before our Sunday evening bible study shows come on! It doesn’t sound exciting, but we had really nice, relaxing day.
That said, it was over 100 degrees according to the heat index. It sucks the air out of your chest. It makes your head sweat. It’s not super enjoyable unless you are in the shade. This is why I threw on a hat instead of trying to deal with hair. The choice of a light and flowing silk tunic made the heat bearable. I needed to grab a purse to throw in my phone and wallet because my “work” purse weighs about 10 pounds since I feel the need to throw in everything for my work days including the kitchen sink!
I thought it was super fun to grab a recent Estee Lauder “gift with purchase” bag that went perfectly with my over-floraled (yes, I am aware this is not a real word) look. I still love Estee Lauder and miss my beauty guru days so it was nice to use one of the zillions of freebies that you get with a product purchase! It’s also nice to have no one to impress. Although I do love a really nice handbag, I am not insane about it.
How many people do we know that do not even have $2,000 in their bank account, yet they have a $2,000 handbag? I often think of a day a few years ago that impacted me about finances. I was getting out of my car at the same time that another young lady was doing the same. She had on expensive jeans, a designer bag and a beaten up car she had wrecked…that had a hood that was being held down with brown rope, and a front headlight that was taped onto the car with electrical tape. It impacted me and made me look at myself and I made a mental note that the girl I saw that day will never be me. Balance is everything.
I find it hard to sometimes ramble about fashion yet not include financial aspects of things as well. Fashion and decor are so fun and it’s a great way to be artistic but it is ridiculous to pretend finances do not play a part of every aspect of our buying decisions. Everyone is not at the same place financially. A client was shopping with friends one day but wanted us to cram all of her items into a super small bag. She was shopping with ladies that were not as “financially sound” as she was and didn’t want them to know she had dropped $1,700 in 10 minutes because she didn’t want them to feel bad. ( Of course, my assistant manager and I laughed for months to come about the appropriateness of her self description and used the term financially sound as much as we could after that!) We found it to be such a gentle way of her stating , “I am rich and they are broke.”
I love certain things no matter the price point. I see so many bloggers who are married to doctors or have huge endorsement deals so money is no object. When they only show high dollar price points I wonder how it makes some people feel. You can still be glorious without always spending everything in your account! We could all be fabulous with unlimited funds. I think that it’s important to have long term goals and be the best you that you can be within the boundaries of your own circumstances.
The gold and diamond Michele watch was something I had wanted to buy for years but never let myself buy. I got an opportunity I could live with and was able to purchase it for half off of the regular price earlier this year.
When you are married, you have to be somewhat considerate when it comes to your spending because you would like the other party to do the same. In theory, anyway!
This summer is scorching hot, so it’s hard for us to get motivated to snap photos in the heat! I am glad to get a new post out and share my thoughts! Blogging helps me to learn and grow and I love it so much. ( I learned with this post, that I really need to quit thinking can trim the ends of my hair evenly and I will be getting a haircut right after this post goes up!)
How is your summer going? Comments welcome!
