Shopping during a quarantine…

Hello everyone,

Well, my father’s immune system is somewhat compromised so my brother and I have to run his errands and buy his groceries. Saturday was my turn. On the bright side, it gave me the opportunity to dress up a little bit.

I want to tell you about these pants. I bought them a good 8 or 9 years ago and for the past 6 years they have not fit me so I saved them with the hope they would fit me one day again. During this quarantine, I have been looking for things to do, and up-cycling my pants was a great idea…

Here I am wearing pants I fixed using some of the African material I bought when I was in Ghana. The pants now fit nicely and I have pants that no one else in the world has. Coincidently I had this shirt that matched perfectly. Of course nobody can miss our newest accessory in the market. The mask… I did make this one out of a map fabric which represents my love for traveling.

I hope everyone is doing ok out there. To be very honest, it has not been easy for me. The anxiety and depression are getting stronger and stronger and it is getting harder and harder to fight these horrible feelings. I find that talking about it helps a little bit.

Of course, Lulu has been helping me along. I have to get dressed everyday to take her on walks. Which, in turn prevents me from lying in bed all day. I have been taking some long walks with Lulu and my mom with whom I tried to speak French for practice.

Well, I am taking one day at a time, and I wanted to share my “new” pants with you. Take care and hang in there…

Thanks for reading,

Juliana