Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Spring is in the air and we have had some of the nicest weather that I've seen in Houston in a loooooooooong time. I don't even mind the occasional rainy day right now because I am so SICK of cold, cloudy days. With Spring coming I have been in the mood to get organized and clean, clean, clean. I recently decided that I had WAY too many ill fitting, stained, holey, boring, old (insert another icky word) clothes that I NEVER wear that are just cluttering my closet and my mind. Last night I spent 3 hours in my closet doing nothing but trying dresses on (I had over 50) and restyling the ones I was iffy about. (*Some of you may think that 50 is a ridiculous number of dresses for one person to own, but some of these dresses I had been hanging on to since high school thinking that I would wear them sometime- yeah right!*) I found myself daring to put pieces and colors together that I normally never would have and it felt amazing.

For those of you who don't know, fashion is a very big part of my life. While some people enjoy creating clothes by sewing them, I am much more of a stylist than a creator. Not to brag on myself, but I really do have a knack for putting pieces together that most people wouldn't and also for styling people according to their body type and what flatters them most. I think that's why I've always done well when working in retail stores.

Okay - slight subject change. I have been doing some real soul searching lately and trying to decide what matters most to me in my life other than the big 3 -(Faith, Family, Friends). I have always considered myself very worldly and a "Jill of all trades" but throughout my life I have bounced from one hobby/activity to another (softball! golf team! speed skating! theatre! photography! high fashion! gardening! cooking! baking! running! weight lifting! scrapbooking! ETC!) and never stopped to take an inventory of these things and decide which ones I had time for AND truly enjoyed. Because I love or have loved all of these things, and don't have enough time in my life to do all of them, I need to pare them down a bit. Fashion is one of those things that I am incredibly passionate about and it truly is my artistic release. So I've decided to keep that one. Fashion editing and styling is something I can do at my own leisure and right here in my own closet, I just have to stop being lazy and start planning my outfits a little better. I won't be focusing on fashion in this blog, but expect the occasional picture when I get really excited about an outfit.

Speaking of exciting outfits- this was my Valentine's Day dinner outfit and I meant to post it but kept forgetting. I am not sure why I loved this outfit so much other than the fact that I love that color blue and I love these tights. I really loved my makeup that night as well, so I took a close up picture of my face.

Now that I'm off my fashion soapbox I'm off to Crush Wine Bar for my friend Krystal's 21st as well as our friend Graham's 28th birthday. It feels weird celebrating someone's 21st when I'm about to be on the downside of 30, but here goes!