Welcoming opinions...

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...

HIgh FIve a million times - u look great and I love the shoes with the dress !!

 High FIVE a million more times right back at ya!!!! We are that woman indeed!!!! Thanks for your input Slashes....

I can only repeat what "Slashes" said! You look amazingly HOT... I think the shoes look great with the dress and as far as the darker hair with highlights I like that as well! You go girl....

You inspire me!

 Thank you wpmom.... I want to wear those shoes so bad I just wanted to make sure they matched... how awesome hearing from you guys ... I think I am sticking to the darker with highlights ... it has the most votes so far... Thanks for your input!

The shoes look great with the dress. You look lovely as usual.

 Awww Thank you Beth you are wayyyyyyy too kind ... I was just worried about that bow and silver beads on the shoes in contrast to the gold beadwork on the dress ... at one point I thought about yanking it off but I do not want to ruin the shoes ... I will just wear them and have fun in them ... 

I think it is a fabulous look!  When you have it on all together the bows and the beads actually work well, I think. 

Beautiful. 

 Thank you jazzycatz ... I think you are right on that point ... I guess I better stop focussing on the bow and just roll with it.... appreciate your input...

I love that outfit! ! I also love the dark hair with the highlights! Have FUN!