Are you a Purple Girl?

Mom gave me some fun purple sandals for my birthday, a beautiful necklace and fun toenail polish too!! She always has a way of perking up my wardrobe. I could always count on Mom to help me to remember that the girlie things ARE important and really shouldn't be crossed out of the budget...ever!! I believe Katherine got all her girlie style from my Mom!!

Mom joked about how I may not be a 'purple girl' and Katherine picked up on that right away..."Mommy, ARE you a Purple Girl?" She found this question very important as she has asked me this a few times since then...and it comes up at the oddest times.

I believe that purple is a color of passion. Which for far too long has been lacking from both my life and my wardrobe. I went through a stage when I was about 10 years old, where everything I owned was LAVENDER!! I outgrew that when family got word of my new love and started buying me everything-purple. When Kameron and I lived alone I had a house full of colorful, flowery pictures - purples, pinks, greens, yellows, blues...anything colorful and happy!!! Over the years, I began to edit out the 'girlie' to make room for a man, his son and soon to be another son of my own. I have missed the happy colors in my house and now realizing I missed it in my clothes too!!

I love that Mom picked purple for my fun new sandals!!! Just the other day, a dear friend showed up with a Macy's bag!!! She wanted to give me a gift (which was quite out of the blue). Almost teary over the generosity, I listened to her explain...she was once a single mom and relates to how we usually put ourselves last...she also explained that she knew that IF I did get a way to spend a little - that I would spend on my kids first. TRUE!!! She bought ME two beautiful tops - just because!!! She apparently had also noticed a lack of color and style in my clothing - One is a gorgeous colorful floral print and another white with purple embroidered flowers. Wow, I exclaimed..."I love these!!" I explained how I never seem to have something a little more dressy than a t-shirt and capris, which was totally obvious to anyone who knows me. And shared with her how I have been trying to add some color to my world but usually can't justify more than a t-shirt or tank. She did a wonderful job picking out some great tops for me that are so color happy!!!!! Thanks my sweet and thoughtful friend.

The best part...the white and purple one matches my PURPLE GIRL sandals!!! Katherine is thrilled. :)

It is time that this Mama reconnects to my girlie girl side, jumps into purple and finds my passion!!!