Sunshine On A Cloudy Day

Who: M
When: 2/19/12
Where: Going to church in Ameca and getting lost on the way
What: *Yellow skirt-Talbots, gift *Grey sweater-Target, gift *White shirt-thrifted $2 *Grey shoes-GAP, gift *Yellow accessories-Dots, $7 *Bangle bracelets-thrifted *Yellow flower-gift

Wow, another outfit that I got practically for free!! That is awesome! Today I went with the pastor and his family to another church here in Mexico. He was to be the guest speaker...everything was going well, until, we realized we were lost!! Oops...luckily for us, NOTHING starts on time in Mexico! We (the "we" here is referring to Mrs. Murillo, I had nothing to do with it...lol) called the pastor of the church where we were going, and he graciously gave us directions. We made it!! Thankfully we did NOT get lost on the way home!! :)

I chose my longest skirt to wear today for two reason: 1. It is yellow, 2. It is long...lol. In many of the churches here in Mexico the women wear long skirts, anything shorter than just above your ankle is unacceptable. Since I wasn't sure how this church was, I thought I would play it safe...Well, turns out I should not have worried...

I must add that I am VERY blessed!! As you can see, I only actually purchased my shirt and jewelry. I am reminded often of God's provision in my life. I think it is awesome to think that God cares for the small things like that!

It's All A Little Blurry

Who: J

When: 2/19/12

Where: Church

What: *Green top- Cato's *Brown cardigan- thrifted *Skirt- Cato's *Yellow beaded necklace- gift from shop owner in Goshen, IN *Jeweled flats- KMart

I apologize for the blurriness of the photos... the batteries in our camera went out, and I didn't realize we didn't have any more... and I was already a little late for singing practice... so we took pictures with my cell phone...

I haven't worn this skirt in a long time. It's one of those things that you love for a while, then you're not sure about so you put it in the back of your closet, then you find it and decide to try it again. My wedding colors were green & yellow, so I wore this skirt to my shower and also as part of my "exit" outfit at our wedding. I was going to wear gold heels with this outfit, but my gold heels are pretty high and my knees have been hurting from running, so I ended up just wearing flats. That was a long story jut to say: I need to find some brown heels! Anyway, I like how my green and yellow outfit turned out!

Boyfriend Shirts

Who: M
When: 2/18/12
Where: Visiting the bus route, a quick shopping trip, and STARBUCKS!!
What: *Skirt-thrifted, $2 *Shirt-borrowed *Sweater-thrifted *Necklace-gift from J :) *Shoes-GAP, $10 *Bracelet- Suborbia, 20 pesos ($2) *Hair clip-gift *Belt-borrowed

The sun is shining!!! This was my first thought when I woke up today- the first day this week that I woke up to the sun!! I LOVE the sunshine! My second thought was, "Do I have to get up already!!!??"  The good thing was that I already had everything ready to go, so I actually went back to sleep for 5 more minutes.

I don't usually go for the big oversive "boyfriend" shirts, but I thought I would step out on a limb and try this one because I loved the colors! One of the girls that I live with (one of the 17...) was wearing this shirt the other week, and I commented that I liked it. She told me I could borrow it whenever I wanted. So I decided to take her up on it! I recently was reading a blog (sadly, I can't remember what blog) that gave some ideas for wearing boyfriend shirts. SO I used an idea from there-belting and adding a sweater to the shirt, to help make the outfit. I was pretty pleased with the result. I might even invest in a couple of shirts like this of my own... :)

Green, Yellow, and Orange ideas

We're having lots of fun trying new color combinations & digging out forgotten clothes items for our "Month of Color" challenge. Here's some ideas for some fun color themed outfits of your own. As always, all of the items in these sets are relatively inexpensive (less than $50) and easy to find. Enjoy!

Source: polyvore.com via Jessica on Pinterest

Source: polyvore.com via Jessica on Pinterest

Source: polyvore.com via Jessica on Pinterest

John Deere Green

Who: J
When: 2/16/12
Where: Making pizza with N, running errands

 What: *John Deere tee- borrowed from N *Black hoodie- Walmart *Denim skirt- Cato's, shortened by me *Shoes- Payless in IN

I have a confession to make... not all of my outfits are "blog-worthy," meaning that I don't always dress up with a bunch of accessories and interesting color combinations. Sometimes, I just wear t-shirts and tennies. For some reason, I've developed a fascination with John Deere... we have several John Deere tees, a couple of hoodies, a sign, and a thermometer/ clock. Since the green and yellow fits in with our color scheme this week, I decided to go ahead and post this oufit even though it's not my usual level of blogishness (real word? probably not!).

Orange You Glad to Wear Orange?

Who: M

When: 1/14/12

Where: Visiting on the bus route and bowling in the afternoon

What: *Denim jacket-gift *Skirt-borrowed *Orange shirt-gift *Hair clip-gift *Shoes-gift *Necklace-gift

Wow, just realized as I wrote the description of my outfit out that everything was given to me, except the skirt that I borrowed! That is pretty cool, I would say. Saturday are always one of my favorite days because I get to be outside most of the day. Also, I get to do one of my favorite things in the world: invite people to church!

This Saturday was a beautiful sunshiny day, which was a huge change after being in Indiana for the previous two weeks! I included a picture of when I was at one of the families house who come to church with us. The landscape is so beautiful, but the sad deprived state in which the people live always makes me a bit sad. At any rate, although the sun was shining, it was a bit chilly in the morning, so I donned my jean jacket. After the bus route, I went bowling with one of the church families. That was great fun! I won one game...winning always makes playing more fun!!

Old Yeller

Who: J
When: 2/14/12
Where: Grocery shopping
What: *Red cardigan- Target *Yellow eyelet top- Beall's Outlet *Grey tank- Walmart *Denim skirt- thrifted & shortened *Camel flats- Walmart *Bow ring- The Jewelry Box *Red earrings- Beall's Outlet

This post starts our orange, yellow, and green week for our "month of color." For the month of February, M and I will be posting pictures featuring different colors every week. The first week was brown & grey, and this last week was pink and red. I've gotten lots of ideas from M's posts, and even from my own closet!


Even though this was going to be a yellow outfit, I wanted to wear red, too, since it was Valentine's Day. I think the pale yellow and the dark red make each other pop a little more than a neutral color would have done for either of them. Also... I apologize for the "weird" faces in the photos. It seems like my photos look so much better and more natural when N takes them instead of when I use the self- timer. My only excuse is that is was a lot colder than I thought it was going to be and the sun was bright... ;)