What I wore to church in 2018

Welllll let's do our annual review of how I have way too many clothes and also how I get possibly way too much enjoyment out of getting dressed for church. ALTHOUGH this was the... 8th?... year in a row that I've attempted not to exactly repeat outfits for church and I'm not gonna lie, I got a little burned out... like, scroll down and there's only one picture from October haha. But I persevered, and it's worth it to have weekly pictures of myself for no other reason than to see my hair start short and brown, end up randomly red for a month, and then end up long and black haha.

JANUARY:

Definitely started off the year on a Lularoe kick, as always thanks to everyone who buys them at full retail price, thus supporting entrepreneurial stay at home moms... and then donates them to D.I. so I can buy them for like $7 each. Week 2 was my traditional bday outfit... week 3 was in Utah and snowy!... the fourth picture is actually from a weekday temple trip but I'm rebellious and threw it in there. Week four... aka the fifth picture... is another Lularoe dress and I felt soooo fancy wearing my Savers boots. I love those boots... until I wear them for longer than an hour and the heels kill my feet. I am such a terrible girl haha.

 FEBRUARY:

Starting off as a die hard Eagles fan, #NeverPatriots... looking like Cupid's little elf helper week two... yikes. Weeks three and four look semi-normal! 

MARCH:

Ahhhh cardigans bring peace to my soul. Week three was for St. Patrick's Day... week four was after girls' retreat, hence my hair being curled haha. 

APRIL:

Clearly the theme of April was stripes haha. Week 1 was some pastel goodness for Easter. Y'all have Chuck to thank for week 2's pose, he generally clicks until I do something dorky. Week three was after having flown in from El Paso that morning, soooo I'm pretty impressed I even made it to church. Week four was in Utah, going to church with Quinner! The picture was absolutely taken at a gas station by Clyde as he sat in the minivan on our way home, so pretty legit. 

MAY:

I'm not going to lie, I feel like I was kind of phoning it in at this point... week three was our first time biking to church so I definitely built that outfit around the black shirt in case I sweated a ton haha. Week two was Mother's Day, which usually means I do girlier colors or orange or something, but this was definitely the weekend I drove all night to get home and thus, again, I'm impressed I showered and went to church!

JUNE:

Ohhh man, we got some red hair in there! I love  that weeks 2-4 are all new dresses, courtesy of D.I. Week 2 and 3 both came from the Twin Falls D.I. and they're two of my favorites now.

JULY:

Okay, there's a lot to process here, kind of all over the place... couple more Lularoe courtesy of D.I. dresses... yellow skirt makes a comeback... week three I was speaking in sacrament meeting and had just come home the day before from Scout Camp haha. 

AUGUST:

 Okay the first picture is definitely from a baptism so it doesn't count at all BUT that last week picture with my mouth awkwardly open needed to be countered somehow haha. And mostly it's a Lularoe skirt! One day I really decided I wanted one and.... I kid you not.... that darling one was waiting for me at D.I. that afternoon. Heavenly Father is very indulgent of my ridiculousness. Oooh, that blue and white striped dress is another new favorite even though it's a wee bit too long for me. It's cool, I'll trip. It's worth it.

SEPTEMBER:

Okay, kind of a random grouping... connected by the color blue and flowers? The yellow dress was new fave (another in a long line from the Boise D.I.) and Chuck laughed every time I reminded him that it had pockets... so clearly they needed to be featured in the picture... Also, week four I attempted to cutely tie up the sides of that dress... it kind of worked. 

OCTOBER:

I mean, one week was General Conference... and one week was Stake Conference... but I'm still not sure how I only ended up with one picture. I switched out my normal tights for knee highs instead aaaand this marks the official debut of my random top knot hairstyle, which I committed to for every Sunday following for the rest of the year haha.

NOVEMBER:

Okay, so not as full of fall colors as normal - but week 3 does a pretty dang good job of getting all of the in there haha. Week 2 was Veteran's Day and also the buttoned cardigan makes me look like more of a substitute teacher than ever.

DECEMBER:

 Oh man, that first outfit was pretty epic. Week four was for New Year's and that eyelet black dress was a Savers find that I really really love. 

And there ya have it! I love clothes and and thrift store shopping - aside from the black dress in January (originally purchased at JC Penney... or maybe Mervyns... when I was in junior high by my mama for me) and the black and white dress in June (Kohl's find a couple of years ago by my mama for me), every other skirt/shirt/dress/sweater was either a hand-me-down gift or from a thrift store. It's no wonder I'm always doing laundry but never have the time to cook dinner- I'm too busy buying clothes haha. I'm a big believer in clothes being  a fun form of expression and a confidence booster and if that gets misconstrued as being shallow... oh well. I'll just do that random dance move from April week 2 and the peace sign from April week 4 and move on with my life ;).