The definition of Style

Style   

–noun

1. a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character

2. a particular, distinctive, or characteristic mode of action or manner of acting:

3. a mode of living, as with respect to expense or display.

4. an elegant, fashionable, or luxurious mode of living: to live in style.

5. a mode of fashion, as in dress, esp. good or approved fashion; elegance; smartness.

I've been pouring over this book lately

Entre Nous by Debra Ollivier

it's a book on finding your inner French girl

and I have been trying to adapt these philosophies into

my everyday life

The words on page 75 really made me stop and think

What it takes to be poor

and

still live in style

Now i'm sure there are many ways in which

 you could interrupt those words. 

 But what I read is this...

you don't need money to live well

an old thrift store linen is as

precious as any fine Irish Linen that

you may pay dearly for

my chipped teacup is more beautiful

than any prestigious bone china pattern

I may wish for...had I the money

If you can take the things in your life....

even if it's the most mundane chore in your day

and make it special and beautiful

then you really are living with style

because living well

isn't how you spend your money it's

how you choose to live your life

My New Year's Resolution this year is to

buy fresh flowers for my house every week

They make me so happy...

and I truly feel that I am living well

when they grace my table.

And honestly the eight dollars I spend on them

is wiser than the eight dollars I would have

spent on a bag of chips and some Oreos

who knows maybe I will meet my other resolution of weight loss

without even trying....all thanks to beautiful bouquets of flowers.

Are you living well and in style?