Week 6 Momified

There is something bothering me, and I need your help.


A few days ago a friend and I were talking about hair. My hair is very long and I mentioned that I got 3” taken off and because the style was the same no one would really even notice. She then mentioned that a mutual friend of ours did notice my new do via Facebook and noted that it was the first time I looked like a mom.

Hummm? Mom? First time? Is this good or bad? I’ve been a mom for almost 4 years for crying out loud! I want a more edgy haircut but want to wait until the end of this contest to do it… but do I want to look like a mom? And what the heck is a mom supposed to look like anyway?

I don’t consider myself the most fashionable, but I do think I know a few things about what not to wear. And other than my continual problem of finding pants and jeans that make my butt look like an empty potato sack I hope I do a pretty good job. Yes there are days I leave the house without a glance at the mirror, and yes there are days that I know I am wearing something that doesn’t make me feel good. But that doesn’t mean my ensemble is jeans with a 10” zipper in the crotch and a worn out sweat shirt with kittens on it. Somehow I don’t think “mom” is a prerequisite to bad taste. 

Now my girlfriend, whom I know did not mention this with any bad intent, may simply have been implying that I am now grown up. I have rid myself of those crazy hair colours and fads that I thought were cool. But have I traded my glittery eye shadow for a more sophisticated look? Maybe looking like a mom is now the new fad? When I look for beauty now in a woman, I find a mother with her children holding herself together more attractive someone trying to ‘fit in’. A woman who is in calm while her child throws a fit in the middle of a store or one who works long days and comes home to spend a quality dinner with her family is beautiful to me.

When I receive a closet make over from Wear Else I am hoping they will have good things to say about my choices in wardrobe. But what I wear, and how I look are 2 different things. I could be wearing the most sexy, beautiful dress but if my day consisted of anger, frustration and fatigue, I have a feeling that I wouldn’t appear all that attractive. Mom or not.

Today was Sunday Brunch with high heels, white jeans (first day of spring I’m allowed to wear white!) and some jewelry. Friday it was runners black pants and my new Nike shirt to the grocery store. Both days I felt my best, just in a different suit. I bet you I looked like a mom both those days. The give away? I had both kids in tow!

So ladies, how do you feel about looking like a mom?