Power’s On {and with it, I noticed a box in my breezeway from Stitch Fix!!)

We have full power today! PTL!

So thankful for God’s protection. We prayed for protection with the kids, and then thanked God last night with them again for answering our prayers, because…

Yesterday, while I was driving on some slick back roads, my car (or rather my mother’s Tahoe which I was driving) began to fishtail out of control. I was talking to my cousin Krissy at the time, thankfully on speaker phone, because I needed both hands to “control” the car. I fishtailed several times and finally did a 360 in the road, screaming like a crazy woman. Thankfully nobody was around and I didn’t go off the road. I suspect that if I had been driving our minivan, which doesn’t have 4 wheel drive, I would have ended up in the trees.

The only real damage that was done was to my nerves, and to my cousin Krissy’s ear drums–poor thing! She was as scared as I was, I think.

We took a chance and came home with the kids last night, even though we were in the dark still. We had a generator running for heat, so we figured that we’d be fine to sleep at home. This morning at 5 a.m. the power came on.

Thank you all for praying for New Englanders. Certainly, worst things have happened, like the hurricane Sandy, or Katrina, but when your family is cold, and there’s not much you can do about it, you really begin to feel vulnerable. And of course, we are vulnerable. We have no guarantees here for one more day. I am reminded of a handwritten sticky note that my daughter put under her bunk bed at college: “Live every day as though it is your last, because one day, it will be. ”

Thankful for today, and heat!! 🙂

Oh, and look what came in the mail today.

My first Stitch Fix. What is Stitch Fix? It’s a personal shopper for those who hate to shop.(There’s a small waiting list to use the service, but only a few days, I believe.)

You fill out a style profile, set your price range and modesty range, schedule a date for your first shipment, and they do the rest. If you don’t like it, send it back free of charge.

What I loved about this idea of Stitch Fix:

1) I don’t have to shop.

2) Someone is sending me updated styles that I probably wouldn’t have chosen on my own!

3) I get to try new brands and select the “modesty” level that I want.

4) I can try it on at home.

5) Shipping it back costs zip.

Sign up to try Stitch Fix here with my referral link.

What made me nervous about trying Stitch Fix:

1) I was afraid that I’d get wild styles that I wouldn’t like.

2) Afraid that I’d love something that would be too expensive and then have to send it back. Ahem. This is just life. Grow up, Sarah.

I forgot that I scheduled it for 2 days before Valentine’s Day so I’d have something fun to wear when we go out to eat. In fact, this week, I forgot all about Valentine’s Day. 🙂

When I have more time, I’ll give you a detailed run down of what was inside the box.

For now, it’s off to do 5 days worth of laundry after the storm!

Have you used Stitch Fix? What are your thoughts about using a service like this? Love it or hate it?  Does it seem extravagant to you? Or do you like the idea of trying new styles that you know you’d never have the fashion sense to pull together yourself? Tell me your thoughts.