surrendered

And..............I'm getting bored with my options.  It took a full week for it to sink in but it's here.  Boredom finally lapped me!  So I want to touch on something, when we met as a group to hash out how our kick off month would go with CLOTHES there was a group decision that scarves did count part of the 7 articles, but belts nor jewelry counted.  To me, scarves and belts go hand in hand are simply serving to do the same thing, "dress up" a look.  Some may argue no a belt is to hold your pants up, but I rarely see people wearing belts for that purpose.  I have no idea why I'm pointing this out other than to address that while belts are considered "okay" for our fast I probably could go without. 

I'm going to NYC in a few weeks with some of my best girlfriends and I am on the edge of my seat ready for take off!  Fashion, fall weather in NY, Central Park, coffee shops and nightlife in SoHo light me up!  Kid in a candy store kind of lit up!  I've already been day-dreaming about what to pack and I'm doing pretty good planning the weekend wardrobe around my existing closet.  In fact, I'm itching to pull out pieces I've gotten little use out of.  With this test and fast I've realized I'm now more determined to get use out of pieces that I may have purchased for a specific event and only got one or two wears out of.  New found appreciation for what's old and used!  To think I went through a phase where some things could only be seen on me once....is just foolish.  So ignorant of me!  I'm also seeing I don't necessarily really care what others think of me wearing the same things everyday because I really haven't given it much thought.  I'm seeing this is more of a complete personal struggle in that I just like "looking put together", "cute", "pretty"....what girl doesn't?! 

Mondays are blahhhh so my mood and outlook on 7 today is a perfect match....just blah!!  Praying God will give me a clear view and understanding this week.  Praying he'll draw me closer to see through his eyes what he has intended for me to see. 

“Surrendered treasure is the measure of your Savior’s worth.”

Now that is heavy!

                                                                        Day 9: bored