Christmas and Clothes...too many Clothes...

Merry-day-after-Christmas Everyone! We've cleared away the boxes and the wrapping papers, gorged ourselves on candies and chocolates and potato chips, reveling in the residual peaceful moments of having the house to ourselves again, yet missing the crazies that once occupied the now silent house. I am grateful that my family all could make it and we had SNOW on Christmas!! Even more, I am grateful for a loving Savior and a day set apart to really remember His Birth, and the whole purpose of this life!



Being a soon-to-be-Sister-Missionary, you can imagine what I got for Christmas. Skirts! and Shoes! (Not much of a surprise, but what can ya do? Got to try them on...My Mom's a gem!)
So today, we went through them all, and my closet. "You have tooooo many clothes..." Ya...
Needless to say, it took a while, but I think we both had fun. I mean, I don't really leave till March, so there is bound to be some changes to this... And I'll play around with the outfits more and probably post more pictures, so... for your viewing pleasures, The "End" Results:

(More pictures to come, but so far, these are the shirts/blouses we thought looked best with all the other outfits...)

Got to Love Cardigans. Especially when they are upside down... haha
Courtesy of this great thrift store in SLC called SAVERS! It's amazing. I got like 50 things for only $120 dollars. Utah Sisters, Check IT OUT! 

These are the skirts I decided on for sure. Courtesy of  Down East, DI, Seagul Book's Sea Salt Collection, and the Sister Shoppe

I couldn't decide which of these floral skirts I wanted to bring. The more "Printy" they are, the less things I can match with them. Worth taking? That's the definite question to be answered... But they are pretty adorbs. Courtesy of DI and Down East

ZAPATOS!! 

Yes, once again too many, I think... But there's the "cute vs comfort" dilemma I'm dealing with. I'm not even a "shoe person." #barefeetforlife ... I kind of got addicted to the Oxford style shoes. How well they will hold up is questionable. My gym shoes are nice with their memory foam insoles. 

These are called Gravity Defyers. They will be my "tracting" shoes. They have reverse trampoline soles that are pretty sweet to walk on. I found them here @ http://www.nomorerack.com/. The picture showed them with floral insides but the ones I got didn't so... Still, they were supposedly $130 value, and I got them for about $50. They are growing on me. 

 I can't decide between these two Messenger Bags!

 Pro: This has a lot of compartments/pockets inside and outside that I can use to organize the things I have to put inside. These bags will hold what I need for an entire day.

Con: The straps would require some work. Either replacing them completely or making them longer into a cross-body strap.

Pro: It converts into a BACKPACK!! How sweet is that? It can be a cross over or just a shoulder bag as well. Nifty. Yes, I used that word...

Con: Space... It is okay, but I really prefer the amount of pockets the other one has. This one has the two large outlying pockets, then an internal zipper pocket that is about the same size. My bags tend to have the "Mary Poppins Magic Bag" trick to them, sans magic and sans the ability to find things in them once place inside. #thestruggleisreal 

Possible Solution?

A Pikle!

http://inapikle.com/ 

"In A Pikle" is this great company I think I found through Facebook. I have bought all my sister missionary friends one for their missions--They love them!--and then my mom got me one, bless her! It's the perfect packaged holder of little things every girl needs, like bobby pins, elastics, fingernail clippers, saftey pins, scissors, a little sewing kit, hand sanitizer, etc... It's fabulous. I'm excited to put mine to good use. And it comes in adorable box. Many different styles and colors, too. Can't go wrong by that.

Probably a good thing I don't leave till March. Too many choices, and I need the time to prepare... for everything! Hope you enjoy what's to come---who am I kidding? I hope I enjoy it ;) 

Con Muchas Amor,

Hermanita Holly Howell