Shopping at "Mom's Closet"

So this morning after getting ready for church at waiting for my ride to go to the relief society presidency meeting (last week I was called to be 2nd counselor) I was looking for something else through some of parent's things and stumbled upon a dress. It was a really cute and very retro/vintage/whatever you want to call it. But I mostly liked it cause of the deep blue color and the ruffle around the waist. Later I found out it was the dress my mom wore to my dad's graduation from BYU, I like that I can wear my mom's old clothes. I excitedly changed into and it fit perfectly...until I sat down. Then it was a little short on the knees and the buttons bunched up. After sitting through all of the presidency meeting like that, I knew I needed to fix it. I did not want to change, so I decided to try putting my black skirt over the top so it looked like a blouse, and it was just the right trick. Now I was modest, while still capturing the cuteness of the dress/now made blouse. Yeah for finding a new dress without spending money and technically it was found on Sunday but not breaking the Sabbath.
Here it is

Before I added the skirt. See it looks good, hitting just at the knees; but it hikes up and shows my garments when I'm sitting.

Added the skirt and ta-da! Although this picture doesn't do it justice cause the belt is at a funny spot I didn't realize.

I love my mom! I'm grateful for her example of living the gospel and accepting Heavenly Father's will and time. Is she perfect, no, but she strives to do what is right and that's what I love about her. 

As for life, it's GREAT! I am really enjoying school: all my professors seem pretty cool and more than willing to help us succeed. I especially like my anthropology professor and my acting professor, they are both laid back and very "real" with the class. My acting teacher is hilarious, but I love his honesty 'cause you can trust him to be "kind" (we had a whole discussion about the difference between nice and kind. Nice is praise not matter if it's good or bad; kind is looking for the good and constructive feed back so the we know how to improve), and you really can tell he has a passion for what he does. He is strange like you would expect a theater person to be, don't get me wrong, but he's not crazy. I think I like him cause he reminds me of my high school drama teacher Mr. Bauer, whom I really enjoyed; I think that is why I really like this class. Then my anthropology professor is a cool older guy that just likes teaching and having intellectual discussions. He doesn't care so much about assignments or grades as he does with helping us to see the world in a new light and appreciate the culture of others and really LEARN. 

 It feels really good to be back in school. I am thankful for the strength Heavenly Father has given and will continue to give as I am taking on more responsibility serving in the relief society presidency. Looking forward to the future and enjoying the present. :) Live, laugh and love life!