Dressing up

After 7 years of not dressing up for anyone, just slightly when I would meet friends but never OTT.. Im finally married and full of a person to dress up for.. but guess what, I dont have the clothes for it and I definately dont do the make up for it either. So what do I do?? Did you find it so easy to step back into that dressing up for your husband? I wonder if its harder for converts or born muslims or they both find this hard. Or am I just slipping back into my tomboy roots?? Any comments welcome

Muslim attire

So, I just found this blog too and I didnt want it to go to waste so its at the beginning rather than Aug 25th 2005 when I originally posted it

assalamalikum everyone,

well Im going to post all my favourite websites here, insha'allah it will help some ppl.. Im wondering whether when i edit my post if it will appear at the top again. I doubt it.. so dont forget to check it for additions every now and again.. k?

Here goes...

The canadian muslimah so many nice pieces on this site masha'allah...

love unspoken lots of nice things.. and free abaya and hijab for new sisters masha'allah

muslim wear cool jumpers and tshirts with muslim sayings on

muslim gear more muslim jumpers.. seen their stall at a muslim day here in toronto

muslim voice place where u can see tv listings, interviews, polls, apparently they've been on the telly too.... only for UK, sorry....

modest clothing sites what more can a girl ask for?? so many sites masha'allah and some reasonable prices too... check out shukr, Haya, Headwear heaven... and loads more...

well think thats it for now.. insha'allah when i find more Ill let ya know.. Fi amenallah

Thursday

Assalamalikum girls... ok so thursday, I know Im a little late but i havent really had time to sit here and post about it. So I woke up on thursday awaiting a txt from Laylah to say we were still going to get together, alas there was no text this was at 8am, so I put my alarm on for 9 and decided to sleep a little longer. Then about 5mins later my phone vibrates, its from laylah apologising for sleeping in and telling me shes on her way. So we txt back and forth with name of train station and questions about times and stuff, I will cut this shorter. Eventually Im on my way to pick her up from the train station and she calls to tell me shes about 15mins away from the station still on the motorway... so I tell her thats cool, Im stuck in a little traffic.. so I get to the train station at around 1010am i think it was and I drive to the doors (the trains are out at the mo, but it wasnt good weather) but she wasnt there.. so I park the car opposite the bus area and start to send her a text, then a taxi pulls into the carpark with someone sat in the back, I knew it was her.. so I followed the taxi to the main waiting area and pulled up. I think she knew it was me too alhamdulillah, so she got in and away we went. She told me the taxi had broke down just as she put the phone down.. but alhamdulillah we were there are going to have a few good hours insha'allah.

The first place I took her to was the islamic bookstore which I think she was wanting to go to the most. When we got there, there was a bike outside and only when trying to open the door did I realise it was closed, oh course!!! We were about 15mins early, then a guy came over.. oldish guy and started chatting to us, asking us about the black stone in Mecca. He told us for many years he has had this pull from Islam alhamdulillah and while passing the row of shops the rain poured down so he took shelter then only realised it was an islamic store when he was looking around. So he wanted to check the store out, but we were still waiting for them to open it, we probably waited till about 1040am when he commented, im giving him 4 more minutes then i have to go. I whispered to Laylah that if he left without getting into the shop I was going to have words with the guy Alhamdulillah it never got to that, because i kept asking him questions and he probably stayed for another 10mins, which was long enough cause then the guy turned up. So he wandered around and left with promise to come back for a few books, insha'allah, insha'allah.

So in the shop Laylah bought loads.. still cant get over it sis!!! i bought a new hijab, and a few books on quran and tawheed which are quite good alhamdulillah. Then a guy came in and was chatting to the dude who opened the shop for ages... he even pulled up a chair, I think they were doing business... then we eventually decided to pay, after around 1hr in the shop.. i love shopping with Laylah so we got talking to the guy... youll never guess who it was.. it was the main musician from the Fletcher valve drummers who have helped to produce Dawud Wharnsby Ali's latest cd masha'allah, he was a really cool down to earth guy. He was telling us that they just came back from touring the UK, yes he picked up on the accent as they all seem to. So we chatted about the UK, and i noticed he was holding the cd but in a different casing, I told him i liked that one better.. the flatter case, with the cardboard cover rather than the plastic cd case... so I asked him if they sold that here, apparently it was the UK version.. well that was it, I had to have it then yeh i know... Anyways, I got it alhamdulillah, this song was the main reason I wanted it, I heard it quite a few months ago and loved the sound.. this clip doesnt really do the whole song much justice but I still like it.



After we finished with the shop we went for something to eat, so I took Laylah to a halal chinese near where I used to live called Bombay chopsticks.. they had an afternoon special on so we filled up.. yummy, and i took the rest home for food while i was at work (i actually used it the next day cause i forgot we had pizza ordered for us that evening) After that which was about 120pm I took Laylah back to the train station.. i wanted to do so much more with her, but Allahu alim..... insha'allah next time we can do it earlier and spend some time at 2nd cup before the shop opens, and im taking your cards next time Ok.. well this is another song that really touched my heart on the album, usually I cant stand hearing songs about hijab because well as Im sure youve all realised you dont hear many girls singing, and really what does a man know about hijab... but masha'allah this song is really good, and he definately hits a few strings with me. Lemme know what you think girls.



And thats me for this evening... alhamdulillah I had such a good time, and now im going to go read somemore. Looking forward to the comments, take care girls and keep in touch.

Fi amenallah, Ammena

Tomorrow

Assalamalikum everyone,

so tomorrow is friday, and we all know what that means, JUMMAH.. insha'allah. Im soo excited now that I know where everyone will be and that I wont be on my own for the time I spend there. Ive decided Ill leave my house 1230pm, pray the 2 rakahs for entering the masjid, then sit around.. I might take a new duaa to read or an islamic book with me. Ill pray sunnah 4 rakahs after the adhan and then Ill pray in congregation with my sisters asking for forgiveness from my creator insha'allah. I cant wait. Sis OM.. get ur bum up here, I wanna take u!!!

So yesterday I got told by my shift supervisor, during an interesting conversation about headlice, that I was lucky and didnt have to worry cause I wear the burkah.. I was confused cause i walked into the conversation and after he repeated and explained i didnt have the heart to explain to him. Allahu alim. Just shocked I guess... and pleasantly surprised.

Well i have nearly 2 hrs of work left, and i havent really done much apart from learn things, which is nice... alhamdulillah. So im off now... chat soon. Fi amenallah

Video

hijab video