Welcoming opinions... and where oh where is MSW will Not Settle?

Worried about MSW and hoping she checks in .. have not heard from her since she left driving back to Georgia after we met. ... hope all is well with her.... I texted and did not get a text back .. I know she was stopping to visit friends on the way so I am hoping she is okay and I am certain she is ... 

Now welcoming you opinions please chime in ... do the shoes match? lighter hair? darker hair? decisions... decisions... decisions

Asking your opinion while sharing snippets of my journey today celebrating that it is FRIDAY!!! YAY...

I woke up wayyyyyyy too early ... got knocked out by the Flexeril I had for my aches and pains following my bad fall last week due to hit and run by guy on bike and woke up with a yucky hangover feeling ... I hate taking certain meds for the same reason ... but but but ... IT IS FRIDAY ... YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY AND MONDAY IS A HOLIDAY .... YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY AND I AM NOT ON CALL YAYYYYYYYY YAYYYYYYYYYYY YAYYYYYYYYYY...

But back to  the purpose of my thread... yikes my wandering mind bare with me I am an old fart after all .... 

Later tonight we are going out with our friends from our oldies group (DH and I belong to a club Oldies Keeping the Flame Going)... Our club is a group of old farts like myself and some older and others much younger who have joined in the fun ... we decided to keep the flame of love going in our marriages/relationships/partnerships and once or twice a month we dress to impress and go to a gala event ... whether at a charity or at the Schubert or the theater or a fundraiser followed by an awesome dinner/dance we all look forward to our dance/party/dinner meetings...

This is the dress and shoes that I want to wear ... I really want to wear those bad boys ...they are tall and light like a feather the color is the same as the fabric of the dress and the texture too ... but the beads and that bow seem to clash ... 

Your opinion please: do these shoes color-wise work with this dress?
 

Last night friends said it would be good to see pics of me in the dress I plan so far on wearing tonight unless I change my mind ... and you know me for the picture AW that I am ... so why not? I love taking a picture a day anyway .. it keeps the pounds and the inches away ... and I love rocking clothes ..I did it at my heaviest weight oh yeah I loved to rock my hair and plus sizes just as much or more than I do now...

So I got the dress on and now I have the hair thang kicking in LOL..  so I started wondering light hair/darker hair with highlights ... longer hair vs. medium length hair ...vs naturally short nope ... that is out.. because I am going swimming after work and I cannot afford the time it takes to dry straighten or mousse my natural short mane .... 
Decisions decisions... in the life of an old fool... but I am enjoying every little moment of it ... after all I have today ... because I know tomorrow is not promised ... hey .. I had a very close call last Friday, remember??? hit and run in the crosswalk by a biker? jeez Louise that was a close call... 

Me in the dress and shoes ... with lighter hair...


With darker hair with light highlights...


closeup of darker do .. I think I am going with this...



... ooops it started getting late...no more farting around ... I grabbed a short bolero khaki jacket to throw over this and headed out the door... it is Friday YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY ... looking forward to a long weekend....


I wore this dress way back at my lowest weight  in August of 2008 ... and rocking it for the same fit today... YIKES check my arms out ...that was prior to my modified brachioplasty...


I am maintaining for Life ... my life post WLS rocks ... it rocked before too except for the struggle with 5 co-morbidities and impaired mobility that I happily live without today ....With health and mobility I don't ever plan on going back ...that is my reality .,. my tool is as real as my husband's transplanted kidney ... to take care of for life!!!  

This is my empowerment collage today ... I am living life to the fullest and enjoying every minute of the day ... the good/the bad and the ugly all combined to make a stronger me....


I copied this off of a friend's FB page and I love it...


HAPPY FRIDAY TO EVERYONE!! IF YOU ARE A KICKASS WOMAN FEEL FREE TO GIVE ME A HIGH FIVE BACK!!!

Thanks for allowing me to share snippets of my journey ... and for asking your opinion on my hair/shoe dilemma .... all done in fun and love... 

I think the shoes definately match!!  Enjoy them :-)

 I had fun and I enjoyed them too... did not even notice they were on my feet ... till this morning when I need to rest my dawgs LOL ... we had tons of fun though...

Here I am! Here I am! 

Drove to the FL state line the hard way.  Left CT during a rain storm and arrived Southern GA during a full on FL boomer.  That is, a torrential downpour with ear splitting thunder and a spectacular lightening show.  While I pay taxes to GA its 100% FL weather.  Folks call me when they hear about storms in the ATL area and they usually know about it long before I do.  I'm next in line for whatever comes up from the Gulf Coast and blows through Tallahasseee.  It tried to blow me away but I wanted my bed & pillow so bad that I blew it away, lol.    

I must catch up with you girl.  I'm off loosing my mind and you're out getting run over my cyclists.  Way to go green.  Run over people and from dust to dust they go.  I know that drugged up feeling too well.  Last week I gave in and took a pain pill then needed three days to get the extra cob webs out of my brain. 

You are gorgeous as usual my luv!  Shoes & dress are like dyed to match but you also can opt for gold or even silver.  I'm betting you have multiple choices in that apartment sized clothing and accessory space of yours.  I am luv'n the blue and the hair is perfect for the colors in the dress.  Keep working it girl. 

 Awsome saying ( in pink)

I just read it and it is awesome.  I'm going to bookmark this so I can copy it later. 

I know my weaknesses. 
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I know my weaknesses... and my strengths.