I think I may have "hit rock bottom":

This evening, I found my self at the mall with my 7 year old son (Brother Bear). He had his heart set on trading in some Wii games and using some money he had saved to buy a Wii game he had recently played at a friends house. We first went to Game Stop in a nearby town... they didn't have the game he wanted, but told us that the Game stop at the mall in another city about 20 min away did have it. So, being he was spending his own money and I rarely get to spend 1:1 time with any of my kids we decided to venture to the mall. Brother Bear didn't even know what "the mall" was. (That's how rarely we go there.)
As we walked through the mall I felt eyes on me. It wasn't the "is someone checking me out" eyes, or the "isn't her scarf cute" eyes, either. It was the "she should be on an episode of What Not to Wear" or "let's nominate her for an Extreme Makeover" eyes. What have I come to... I was wearing an oversized hooded sweatshirt which I received for free when I was a Special Olympics coach which says "high school girls bowling" and has a picture of bowling pins. Paired with that I had on very ill fitting out of style jeans. Why do I even own these jeans?? Good question! I purchased them at a church that was having a garage sale and everything that fit into a bag was $1. They wear an 8petite so I stuffed them into the bag. Oh my!! My shoes were not much better- some grey wannabe Uggs from KMart very worn with white stains from the winter salt. No I did not have my jeans tucked into the boots, but that might have helped! LOL.
As if my attire wasn't bad enough I realized that I had only brushed my hair that morning and not taken time to style it at all. I had no makeup and am pretty sure that I didn't even wash my face this morning. Actually now that I think about it I hadn't even showered since Friday night!!! It is Monday evening! It has also been a few days since I took some time to pluck those unwanted chin hairs or wax my upper lip. YUCK! I'm not sure if I should keep going here. I had brushed my teeth twice today, but surely had coffee breath.
I recall the days in Junior High & High school that I spent hours in preparation for going to "the mall". I had to have the perfect hair, outfit + shoes + accessories, & makeup.
What have I become???
Well, I will tell you as soon as we arrived home and I helped Brother Bear to get started playing his preowned Wii game (Mario Striker). I practically ran to the shower. I took my time & I even shaved my legs!! When I got out I did a facial mask and used anti-cellulite lotion & yummy smelling lotion. I brushed my teeth. I'm starting to feel much better.
I felt like it had been a good day. I got quite a bit of housework done, ran some errands (yes- dressed in the same attire!), enjoyed time with Sister Bear, Baby Bear, & Brother Bear, prepared and cleaned up 3 meals and snacks... but when I felt those "eyes", which were probably only my own I realized I need to take time daily taking care of MamaBear (Me!).
In Joy!
mamabear

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I just did this week as part of an amazing sunday school class Papa Bear & I have been attending. I'm not sure why I have never even heard of taking one of these before. But I was excited to find the results.... opps minor distraction by Baby Bear. I will contue this post a little later.:)