By God, I'm gonna look good doing it.

Here on the homestead, we do a lot of dirty chores. Cleaning up brush, gardening, working on chicken coops, etc are things you can find us doing almost every weekend. For such nasty things, certain clothes are usually worn. Nearly every weekend you will probably find me in my green arborwear pants, an old t-shirt, boots, and a ball cap. This is necessary for safety sake and because I don't want to tear anything up.

Homestud got me these for a wedding present as well as the belt buckle.

I usually look something like this...

Homestud usually looks something like this...

And so this is our weekend attire... Functional, because that is what is required. On top of the weekend garb, I typically wear my arborwears, or work clothes during the week. I've been interning with the US Forest Service and even though I've been doing a lot of office work, I want to be prepared to go into the field at anytime. During the fall, I will be working with them again once a week in the field, so long pants, boots, and a hat will be my go to again. 

So Kait, where are you going with this??? I love work. I love a good pair of work pants and gloves, but at the end of the day, I'm a lady. Yes, yes, this may come as a surprise, but I love dresses and pretty things, but sometimes, my lifestyle does not allow for such attire. I've been going through this mindset of, "You're not feminine. You look like a man. You don't have sex appeal." I want to feel like a pretty lady damnit! So even though a lot of times wearing a dress and cute shoes is not an option, I'm going to try to wear something feminine and pretty on days where I'm not going to be up to my elbows in chicken crap, fighting with poison ivy vines, or putting in plots in the forest. On days like today when house and cooking chores are on my agenda I will look like this... 

How do people have time to take so many selfies all the time... It's hard! 

A dress and an apron to protect said dress from all the kitchen crud and dirt... It's a win win situation. Who knows, maybe I'll get ambitious and put on some makeup. I'm a lady damnit and I want to look good. Not for anyone else (even though I'm sure Homestud appreciates it), but for the shear fact that it makes me feel good. This has become a goal of mine. I encourage any other ladies out there who live in work clothes, who do like dresses and the such, to make it a goal to put on something feminine at least for a few hours a week. At the end of the day, do what makes you happy. Do what empowers you, and don't do it for anyone else.