Old Lady Maxine

One thing I love to wear are socks.  I wear them all the time, with or without shoes.  Lately, when I go on errands during these very brisk cool days, I will put on some black sweat pants & a colorful sweat top.  I will definitely keep my socks on, but throw on my very nice brown sandals.  In fact they are very expensive sandals.

I have a son who dresses very up to date & keeps me aware when he doesn't like my style.  He has told me that the sandal & sock look just don't cut it.  I would ignore him & just keep moving on.

This week I had some trouble balancing my new bank account.  I was in a crisis state-of-mind when I left to go to the new bank in my very casual attire.  Since I didn't have an appointment, I had to wait a while.  The employees were so accommodating while I waited.

As I waited, a dear much older woman shuffled into the bank & made her way to the bank teller.  I had to take a little double take as I compared her appearance to mine.  She didn't shuffle because she was in pain, but I think it was because she was wearing open heeled bedroom shoes with the same white sports socks that I was wearing at the time.  You know the ones with the grey color on the toe & heel?  To make matters worse, the grey where the heel was suppose to be was not on the heel but up the ankle.

She was wearing black sweat pants, but not as faded as mine.  I was wearing my green sweat shirt, but she had a pink sweat shirt with some kind of emblem on the front of it.  Her dark hair looked good in the front, but the back looked like she had just got out of her Lazy-boy chair.  At least mine didn't have a gaping whole in the back.

To accent her entire ensemble was she was carrying a bright gold hand bag that didn't really match anything.





{Old lady Maxine
on the Shoe Box Cards}










1 Timothy 2:9

In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shame fastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;

I don't think the Lord has met Old Lady Maxine on the Shoe Box cards.  Maybe a little fixing of the hair, & modest makeup wouldn't hurt.  I even enjoy wearing some jewelry from time to time.  One thing I am going to do is get some new black sweat pants to wear at home, only!  Also, I think I will invest in some black socks.

                                                           ann :)