And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. Matthew 6:28-29
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| I had no idea the tights matched! |
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| These are the pants I hemmed. |
It's been a couple weeks since I started the 33 in 33 challenge - and I know folks having been dying to hear how it's been going. Remarkably well. Weirdly I've found myself putting more thought into a combination, but not in a stressful way. More like a fun puzzle.
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| Butterfly jacket I mended. |
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| Good call with the jeans, Kel. |
However there has been one downside. Taking selfies. I've never really been one for them. And I now have a new admiration for those who are so good at taking a good selfie in a mirror. We won't talk about the number of deleted pics in the mix.
This leads to my semi-embarrassing confession. I bought a selfie stick. Not exactly the side effect of this project that I was expecting. (And this is the most pictures of me and only me in one place since my high school graduation party!)
Two items in the mix are ones that I hadn't worn in over a year because they needed mending. What a different a half hour of mending makes for usefulness!
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| Honest, it looked better in RL. |
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| Fav skirt from In the Moment Boutique. |
When I was originally picking my 33 items, the paring down took thought. I wasn't terribly worried that I wouldn't have enough to wear, but it was still hard. The originator of this idea had one thing right - people generally don't pay attention to what one wears.
I've actually been
more put together than I normally am, and no one I work with has said a thing. Already I'm forgetting what combinations I'd put together already and which ones I hadn't.
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| Black on black for Lenten Wed. |
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| Best sweater ever. |
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And after the difficulty of getting to my version of 33, which had pretty generous rules, perhaps it's not surprising that I find I still have two shirts, a sweater, and a couple scarves I haven't yet used.
Those five yet unworn items have me thinking. What are all the things I think I can't live without? Are the things I worry about really worth worrying about? Can I trust there is enough? Can I trust that in God I am enough, regardless of the things I gather (or don't gather) around me?
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| Here's a combo with the collar. |
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| Scarf redux. |
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| The blue & brown collection. |
