I haven’t been feeling well lately. Not the flu. Just a cold. An annoying cough/throat thing that just WON’T GO AWAY.  (and a damn eye infection to boot). No headaches, chills, fever, vomiting, sneezing. Just a phlegmy cough. I’ve consumed an entire (large) pot of homemade chicken soup, have tea every night, been a lazy-do-nothing butt for over 10 days now.  And the damn cold won’t go away. I’m losing my patience.

So today, I decided MIND OVER MATTER. If I dress up and LOOK GOOD, then I WILL FEEL GOOD. That’s my plan for the day.

Out came the gray skinny jeans, which went on without a hitch. Black tank top with lacey border. Black/gray/white plaid flannel shirt over…bit of cleavage showing through. Put on a necklace to accentuate said-cleavage. Pull out the nearly knee-high black leather boots, and of course the black leather jacket.  Lookin’ smokin’ hot.

Ok, not really, since I can’t put my contacts in or wear eye make-up. But a definite improvement over the sick, frumpy girl that’s been parading around.

But of course, I have to take it one step further.

I find hubby’s keys to the black pick-up truck we recently acquired. The one I haven’t driven yet because the honkin’ huge truck scared me. Well….time to take it for a spin…. And wanna know something? It wasn’t scary. It actually felt empowering to drive the thing.

There’s a reason why girls like playing dress up.  We’ll have to try this look again sometime soon when I’m all better (and maybe hubby’s working from home. wink, wink).