I got it from my mama

I wanna talk a little about my personal style. My biggest influence is my mother. When I was little, my mother always dressed me in dresses and bows and till today people that remember me as a child still remark how well my mother dressed me. And now as an adult, after so many looks, like the baggy high school days and then there was the hoochie mama college years and then more recently the messy mommy look, I think that I have finally come into my style at almost 30. 

I always joke that my mother is always dressed better than everyone else in the room. I remember when I was a kid and my mother was always so stylish. She had the cool 80's matching beads and earrings, and the hip riding boots and the nicest coach bag\s. I had aunts and friends mothers that walked around looking like holy hell all the timand embarrassed their kids, but I don't ever remember being embarrassed by the was she dressed. 

I asked her one day why is she so dressy all the time and she told me its better to be the best dressed person in the room than the worst dressed. So now, no matter where I go, the kids doctor appointments, meetings at school, to the zoo or the grocery store, I always look in the mirror and try and take it up notch. Either I put on my nice earrings or colorful necklace or a little blush and those little thing not only make me feel and look better, but makes me look like I put so much effort into jeans in a tee shirt.

So I will tweak my mothers style philosophy and say, its better to be overdressed than look a hot mess! PREACH!