Rediscovering My Femininity

A few weeks ago I was in Walmart scanning the aisle to find a bottle of lotion (you know, because I had no life) and I was faced with a dilemma.  On one hand I could get the cheap big bottle of lotion that reminded me of potpourri that had been sitting out for 3 years or I could get the expensive little bottle that smelled like warm vanilla sugar and sunshine. You see, the problem was that I was fighting back and forth between an economical, practical, more bang for your buck choice and the "I want to feel and smell like a fancy girl" choice. Sounds silly and yes there bigger things in this world to be concerned about but, for the moment, I missed my femininity.

 It had left somewhere between 2011 and 2013. Not even because I have a few marriage years behind me and I popped out a couple of kids (okay maybe a little).  But because I've finally came to a point in my life where I'm comfortable with myself ,which is not a bad place to be. So all the years I spent plastering my face with makeup in hopes it would hide my insecurity, they were gone. I no longer make a beeline for the cosmetic aisle to find the next new product that would all of a sudden change everything about the way I looked.

Some days I do pretty well and make an extra effort to do my hair and pick out a cute outfit. But most days I'm trying to find a t-shirt that matches my jammie pants in case someone comes over in the middle of the day. That way I won't look completely ridiculous....

It's the small things that can make a huge difference. For me, it was paying more for an ultra girly smelling lotion. For some women, it means buying underwear that doesn't come in a pack of 8. We all need that little something that makes us feel a little extra "wowza!". So on the rare occasions when we get to go out on a date or a night with the girls, we'll be ready...