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I love dresses; this isn't news. I grew up on a huge farm and have always wanted to have a farm of my own. This may also not be news. Now that farming is finally on the horizon, I'm trying to find a way to combine my love of those two things. As a child I remember all the farm wives had a pretty standard uniform that they wore--funny how we wear uniforms even when no one requires us to. The attire was usually old flannel shirt in the winter or old tee shirt in the summer, torn up blue jeans, and boots.
Whenever we went into town, I could instantly spot the farm wives based on this, and it never failed. One day I overheard two farm wives talking, and one of them lamented that "the farm will take everything thing that you have...even your femininity." To which the other replied, "I guess so...if we let it." OK, I thought, notes on important life lesson mentally jotted down.
Flash forward 25 years or more. Times have changed and I can no longer spot a farm wife, or better yet in the 21st century, just a woman who farms her own land, but I still think the potential exists that this lifestyle could easily take everything I have to give an then some...if I let it. I've made it my goal to continue to wear my beautiful things, the things that truly make me feel beautiful, even while doing the dirtiest of farm work.......Ok, maybe not the dirtiest, but definitely while doing the everyday and slightly to moderately icky jobs. There is also the financial sacrifice involved in farming and so it's back to a strict budget for me.
Not to worry, I know how to find a bargain, and sometimes a new dress is no further than my own closet. I can get caught up browsing the latest lovelies from my favorite shops and forget when something strikes me that I already own something quite similar. Such was the case with this Lend Me Your Loveliness Dress from ModCloth. I loved it right away and put it on my favorites list.
Whenever we went into town, I could instantly spot the farm wives based on this, and it never failed. One day I overheard two farm wives talking, and one of them lamented that "the farm will take everything thing that you have...even your femininity." To which the other replied, "I guess so...if we let it." OK, I thought, notes on important life lesson mentally jotted down.
Flash forward 25 years or more. Times have changed and I can no longer spot a farm wife, or better yet in the 21st century, just a woman who farms her own land, but I still think the potential exists that this lifestyle could easily take everything I have to give an then some...if I let it. I've made it my goal to continue to wear my beautiful things, the things that truly make me feel beautiful, even while doing the dirtiest of farm work.......Ok, maybe not the dirtiest, but definitely while doing the everyday and slightly to moderately icky jobs. There is also the financial sacrifice involved in farming and so it's back to a strict budget for me.
Not to worry, I know how to find a bargain, and sometimes a new dress is no further than my own closet. I can get caught up browsing the latest lovelies from my favorite shops and forget when something strikes me that I already own something quite similar. Such was the case with this Lend Me Your Loveliness Dress from ModCloth. I loved it right away and put it on my favorites list.
A few days later, I pulled this similar version called Watermelon Ice by Meadow Rue from my closet. I love those moments; it's like finding money in my pocket. It was also a thrift shop find, originally costing $215 and usually running about $80 on most second hand sites and I got it for $27, so that's even better. So, ModCloth's dark orange lace dress will stay on my favorite's list for now and I'm wearing my Meadow Rue doppelganger today to do my morning chores.
It's more casual than ModCloth's and the loose fit of a drop waist and a light cotton fabric make it pretty perfect for checking on my flock of free range chickens before heading off to work. I even managed to get a quick pic of my favorite hen, Sweet Heart. Sweet Heart is very docile and easy to catch. She tolerates being held and patted on the neck. She's spent her whole life at the bottom of the pecking order. We built two houses for the chickens, but at the end of the day, for whatever reason, they all cram into one house and poor little Sweet Heart went into the other alone. Suddenly she's been welcomed into the big house and a little speckled hen now spends her night alone in the other. I don't know what changed, but I'm happy for her.
It's more casual than ModCloth's and the loose fit of a drop waist and a light cotton fabric make it pretty perfect for checking on my flock of free range chickens before heading off to work. I even managed to get a quick pic of my favorite hen, Sweet Heart. Sweet Heart is very docile and easy to catch. She tolerates being held and patted on the neck. She's spent her whole life at the bottom of the pecking order. We built two houses for the chickens, but at the end of the day, for whatever reason, they all cram into one house and poor little Sweet Heart went into the other alone. Suddenly she's been welcomed into the big house and a little speckled hen now spends her night alone in the other. I don't know what changed, but I'm happy for her.
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Lend Me Your Loveliness Dress- $89.99 from: ModCloth
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