Sunday Best

I hope everyone had a blessed Easter and that you got to spend time with God and time with family. We had a wonderful service yesterday (the church was nearly packed). My favorite part was running around taking pictures of the children ( I don't suggest doing that in high heels and a short skirt like I did though). This was the first Easter in a long time where I took extra effort with my attire for Sunday. It was way more fun when the children were small. LOL

TJ works at night so he went to the 9 am service at his church, and because they are fairly low key in the dressing up department he can get away with wearing jeans and a polo shirt (not that he would have worn a suit or let me take a picture)! Quisha had intended to go to church with us but she woke up that morning with a major migraine so it was just Marc, Nicki and myself for service.

Nicki picked up an outfit this weekend from New York and Company, and even though you can't see them she had on neutral tan pumps from Target. She is a lot like her dad and is always on the lookout for sale items.

Marc has more suits and ties (and shoes) then anyone I know. So when I changed my dress (originally I was going to be wearing and adorable hot pink dress from the Dress Barn that I ordered a month ago...mind you) to white he went and pulled out his favorite white suit, and the blue and white shoes you see in the picture. Apparently he had the shoes for years and they were sitting in the closet with the price tag still on them ( I ask again, who is the clothes horse in this family)!

The reason I did not wear the pink dress as planned was because I have dropped an entire dress size and did not get the dress to the seamstress in time to do alterations. I have a funny shaped body in that I'm a 14 on top and depending on the fit can be a 12 or 14 on the bottom. I blame it on my grandmother...lol. Anyway we made a mad dash to JCPenneys this weekend (all of their dresses were 50 % off) and I picked up this little number for $35.00!!!! Unfortunately the jewelry cost me about the same amount, but was worth it in the end because Marc and I matched to a tee ( two or three times a year depending on the occasion I consent to matching him)! I don't own baby blue shoes (or even a purse) so I wore neutral tan shoes and the matching purse. I'm almost positive Stacy and Clinton would have been proud! HAHA

Small fashion tip: I am only 5" 4 and for years I have balked at trying anything on in the petite dept. I usually order from the misses dept. but with my drop in size this year when I tried on the dresses in the misses dept. I did not like the way they fit. I knew I would not have time to get anything altered so I hopped over to the petite dept. which is where I found the white dress. I ended up going up to a size 16 but it fit like a glove without any gaps. Granted that doesn't always work out and if I put a 16 skirt on it would have fallen off of me. I always suggest trying on the clothing at the store, and don't be afraid to try them on from different depts (or in different sizes). And by all means if you can use a seamstress use one. The clothing should "fit" you not you "fit" the clothing!