Bright Spots
-Tuesday’s outfit has a good bit of thrift. 5 bucks for the dress above and 3 bucks for the gigantic Wilma Flintstone pearls at the Goodwill. The bright tights are an old pair. I can’t remember where I got those, and the brown loafers are also old so who knows where I got those either. It reminds me of the stereotypical art teacher attire, and that’s actually one of my favorite looks. I love bright colors/patterns/abstract. It also reminds me of something perhaps a grown up Claudia Kishi might wear…maybe with more unique jewelry, but I dig pearls, even if they’re gigantic and fake.
-Beautiful skies over the Village. I love these sweet tiny houses even if there are many days I miss space. The size of my wee little house forces me to really consider what I want to bring in where I used to go crazy dragging stuff home from the thrift. Books are everywhere, of course, but that can’t be helped.
-I forgot how funny I Love Lucy is! Kelly and I have been watching it on Hulu, and it makes me laugh so much.
-Mom made a ton of food and sent it home with Kelly and I the other night. It was all great, but my favorite, besides the spicy crackers which I always love, were the pumpkin snickerdoodles. Mmm! Last night Kelly and I were at Walmart, and they have their Autumn scented candles out! I love everything about Fall scents, and it’s one of my favorite times of year. The food! The weather! The smells! What can be better? My favorites were the Glade Pumpkin Spice and the Toasted Marshmallow.
-I watched Amelia recently. I’d wanted to see it for a while. The movie was okay, but I really loved Hilary Swank’s hair and costumes as Amelia Earhart. Oh, I wish I had a little curl in my hair to make mine fluff a bit like that! I love short hair on ladies. I’d post photos of the costumes, but the internet doesn’t seem to have any to share, so go watch it.
-I told Kelly the best testimony of how much I truly love him was that I hoped he would die before me when we grow old. He was amused. I insisted that whoever is left behind has to face all the grief of losing their partner, and then get old, feeble and confused and has to grocery shop alone! I can’t bear the thought of grocery shopping alone. I pictured him walking by himself in the grocery store as an old man, and it about broke my damn heart. He’s so sweet, and I’m a little anger ball so I can just be a bitter, cursing old lady and deal with the grief that way. While it would be so much easier to die first, I prefer that he not have to face all that loneliness so I hope he dies first (when we’re very, very old). This is the sort of thought that occupies my neurotic scared heart. Yup, this is what lifelong anxiety looks like. It’d be funny if it weren’t so real and didn’t take up so much of my life. Worry, my dear old friend. Things I can’t control eating up my time all of my life.
-I found out today there’s a Sephora coming to Jonesboro in the JCPenney’s! Excited doesn’t begin to describe it! All new lipsticks. All the time. I love the era where women had little lipstick mirror cases in their purse. I have another lady I work with that won’t go anywhere without reapplying her lipstick, and I love her for it. I’m the same way. I like the way my coffee cups always have a ring of lipstick around them. I buy more lipstick than any other cosmetic.
- The students will be back soon and work will become more hectic. This summer flew by.