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Baby It’s Cold
It’s cold. Seriously cold. North Carolina is in a cold snap unlike any I have seen in years! This got me to thinking about my winter routines. Those that include skin, hair, fitness and food.
This coming week, I am going to be focusing on these items. Looking good, feeling good and you can integrate most of it with the whole family. My husband and son both have very dry skin and mine is sensitive bordering on schizophrenic at best.
Local weatherman, Brad Panovich, just tweeted “If we hit 19° before midnight we will have 7 nights in a row in the teens, should be 10 in a row by Mon morning setting all time CLT Record”.
Which means extra special treatment since we are used to weather this cold. I guess it’s my acclimation to the area that I live in, but I am missing 50 degrees and sunny in January. However, it gives me so much more respect to the hardy stock that my cold weather brethren are.
Feeling Peaceful
That’s where I am tonight. Feeling peaceful. I am done with everything on my Christmas list except for one gift.
Tomorrow is coffee with my friend Molly at Amelie’s Bakery in Charlotte, Wednesday lunch with Becca. My season is filled with friends and loved ones. Blood relatives and urban family that I have adopted to be my own.
That’s what Christmas is about. Being with the ones we love, blood or not. It’s not about gifts. The spirit of Christmas is the love and joy that is in you, in me, in us all.
So, this Christmas, while you are running around trying to find that perfect something for that perfect someone, remember it’s not what you are buying, it’s the thought that counts.
Long after that gift is gone, they will remember the gift that is you.
Reinvention: Part One
I have decided that I am going to blog about my reinvention. I know, boring. But, that’s life. It’s also a big part of my life. I won’t write about this everyday–at least not in depth. I might check in and tell you that I am not keeping up with things so well, or VOILA! I stuck to my plan for another day.
When my dear friend Loris read my blog the first thing she asked was “your not going to do all of this at once are you”? No. Trust me. I have done that before, realized I had things that I wanted to change and jumped in head first. Failure is the only way to phrase what happened.
My first phase? Grooming. I have been in my summertime, beach-bum mode. No makeup, really not fixing my hair so to speak (it’s pretty simple in cut) and not keeping up with my mani-pedi’s. I am also in a “mommy rut”. If your a mom, you know what I am talking about. Capri pants, t-shirts and flip flops…let’s face it, it’s a uniform. I admit it. Go to any elementary school and you will see this uniform in numerous variations.
So, while I love my “uniform”, it’s time to shake it up. I am being a little selfish and going to take longer to get ready. Actually fix my hair. Put on a little makeup–even if it’s just the heavenly “that gal” foundation primer from Benefit and a little mascara or more. As far as my nails go? Pedicures are pretty simple and on me they last forever. Fingernails? I still stick with an extremely short cut as normal with clear polish or settle for buffing them while I read at night.
I fixed myself up today as I had a meeting downtown at my husband’s office. While I was a little shocked, I was also pleasantly surprised at the two guys riding bye honking and waving at me. It’s the little things that make us gals happy. It shows us we still have “something”.
So, that’s it. I am going to pretend I am a teenager again. Having fun, playing with makeup and making myself pretty. If I can get my application time back down to the less than 10 minute range, I will be thrilled. After all, it’s the little things that make us feel better.
Lisa is a lifestyle blogger, writer and social media strategist living in Charlotte, NC. 
