The Get Dressed Challenge

As a stay-at-home mother, getting dressed can sometimes be a challenge for me. While I try to get the children dressed every day, I tend to lazily enjoy the comfort of my pajamas. This becomes most prevalent on laundry day when I am folding the clothes and separating them into piles and my pile seems to be void of jeans, shirts, or any pants that do not have an elastic waistband.

The worst part? I have not purchased a pair of pajamas since high school. I am still wearing the same old t-shirts and comfy shorts I wore all through college. Some are full of holes. Some covered in stains. Some barely recognizable as clothing. It is so bad that when my husband was helping me fold laundry not too long ago, he held up one of my pajama shirts and said "even I wouldn't wear this anymore." Yeah, it was that bad. He then ever-so-sweetly threw it away for me.

I suppose I have painted a pretty clear picture of why I need the Get Dressed Challenge. I am following along with Sarah Mae over at Like a Warm Cup of Coffee while she helps women get motivated to get dressed everyday and throw on some cute shoes to boot.

As I have entered my third trimester of pregnancy, I have begun feeling more lethargic and, quite frankly, like the size of a house. I think this challenge is exactly what I need to feel feminine and beautiful again and to remind myself that I matter too. It is so easy to get caught up in our family's needs that we women can overlook the importance of putting some time into ourselves. And wouldn't our husbands find it a nice treat too?

So, for the sake of my femininity, my marriage, my self-esteem, and my extreme need to ditch the holey pajamas, I am taking the Get Dressed Challenge. I am a little late joining the challenge, but it is never too late to start feeling better about yourself! Please head on over to Like a Warm Cup of Coffee and join me in the journey from Frumps to Pumps!