I have to tell you, if you saw me right now, you would assume I was one of those housewives who could care less about their appearance. In my defense I have only had half a cup of coffee. My lavender jammie bottoms with little snow flakes on them clash miserable with the glaring tie die purple tank top, all wrapped up in a sweat jacket that is at least three sizes to large. Oh and don’t forget the blue stripped furry socks I just threw on to keep my feet warm.

I am most definitely not dressed for success today!

A lot of women online use the flylady. Now while I am a firm believer in her methods, I am sorry I can’t get by the first thing of the day. That is to get dressed down to your shoes. First off, I hate shoes. I have never liked shoes and more than likely you will see me barefoot. Yes even in January in New York (or the Northwoods, Yes I could do it!)

Now you know my house isn’t clean and I am not dressed for success. My question is this, Should we WAHMs be concerned about how we look?

Who sees us? Besides our kids, husbands, various family members, the UPS man, the neighbors etc. Do we need to be dressed to impress them?

Or is it more a frame of mind? Let’s think about that topic for just a moment. Does the way we dress effect how we do our work? Does it effect our productivity? I am reading a study that suggest just that. You change your attitude and your outlook by just changing your clothes.

I guess that is true in a way. I think I will challenge myself next week. All of next week I will get up, get dressed and see if I get more done. I mean it. All the way down to the shoes. No jammies or lounge pants. No t-shirts that come down to my knees. Real clothes.

No I am not talking business suits, just jeans and a nice shirt. With my keds on my feet. Next week is a short week, Tues - Fri.

Anyone else want to take a challenge with me? Just four days. Anyone out there want to see if dressing for success really works? Or does someone out there already do it?