The Resolution Series - #1 Getting my pretty back...

Welcome to my Public Resolution Declaration...

I am choosing to commit myself to the following four things in 2012:

* Get my Pretty back
* Organise my life
* Commit further to Blogging and Etsy. Commit to Fennel & Seed.
* Refinance myself. Spend less, Thrift more and save Money.

Resolution #1

Can I tell you a little something...I think I lost my pretty.

I don't know where I lost it...perhaps through the stress of a newborn, maybe the sleep deprivation took it or was it midnight teething episodes?
I suppose it doesn't matter where it got lost, the focus is on getting it back. My husband was looking at photographs of our wedding with Finley over Christmas and he said out loud 'Oh your mama was so pretty', now firstly i know that men say alot of things without totally thinking them through and i know that he meant i looked pretty on our wedding day...but i am sure you can imagine how i felt, 'was pretty'??? so not pretty anymore then??? (i felt for the poor man as i asked him to explain himself - blame hormones and Christmas mimosas),his comment certainly got me thinking and if i am honest i could do better with this pretty thing and so i want to commit to the following...


 - I will make better food choices and eat actual meals. I will not consider a can of soda lunch anymore.

 - I will commit to taking the time to dress myself and not just throw on the nearest thing. I will aim to look like Anthropologie dressed me at least twice a week.

 - There will be more date nights that i can dress up for. I can count on one hand how many times we have been out without the boy...this needs to change.

 - I will do my nails.

 - I will not leave the house again with wet hair.

I think it is easy to throw my hair back, pull on sweatpants and one of don's old tshirts and make breakfast. But i never used to do that, i always planned outfits, thought about how i would do my hair and what shoes to put with my outfit...so tell me what changed. Having a baby didn't make me suddenly want to give up on clothes or make up or straightening my hair, but I do think I gave up on me a little bit.

Much of this has to do more with me using the time i have for myself better, i really do have 'time', i need to put as much effort in how much i like a clean and tidy home into taking care of me. I want to find 'pretty Charis' again, 'pretty wedding day Charis' and please don't think this is one of those 'i lost my identity when i had a baby' posts, because it isn't, i know who i am, i just think i have gotten a little set in my un-pretty ways and to be honest a little lazy. I don't want to be that any more and so Resolution #1 has been declared and so it shall be...

Stay tuned for the next 3...