As always, be warned that this is probably really more of a diary entry than anything else. Just didn't want to check "diary" because then it looks like I must have been either venting some serious emotions or have a secret!
Rewatched Seven Brides for Seven Brothers today. I absolutely love it still. I also discovered a great "making of" documentary on my DVD and watched it, which was fun, but depressing. All the cute "brides" from the movie are now so old, and age has not been kind. I mean, aging isn't so bad if you are more of a Laura Bush or Goldie Hawn or Oprah kind of woman. Terrible if you are.....well, these women. Too much makeup and frizzy hair at 60 is a bad look. If I ever forget that, please feel free to remind me. But back to the movie - the barn-raising scene is one of my all-time favorite movie scenes. ::Sigh:: it just doesn't get better than that!
I am still just so happy that my kitty (now known as Midnight) has a good home. Andy says I am forever forbidden to take in any more strays though - he said I used up all my chances on this one by getting too attached! :)
Andy has gone to Jacksonville for the next several days to visit his family. I enjoy my "alone" time, but have been a little bored today.
For the past few days I have been a little more-than-usually absorbed about my appearance-feeling frumpy. Soooo....this led me to desire to spend a little money for a couple of new things. I rarely buy new clothes, there's just usually not money for that sort of nonsense, when I have a closet full already. But I came to the conclusion late last night that it doesn't matter if the closet is full if I only wear 15% of what is in there. So I did a MAJOR purge. Too big - GONE. Too old - GONE. Haven't worn - GONE. Old shoes - GONE. I even forced myself to part with nice, brand name things if they hadn't been worn. I tell you - it felt really good. So now, looking at my summer wardrobe, I feel a little better. There are actually some nice things to look at, now that the chaff has been removed. It probably did help that last night I went and bought a few new things at this new mall store, The Boutique. I like that place a lot. It's home-owned, which I am always a sucker for, and I've met the owner several times. So I picked up a couple of things (five shirts) last night. It was great. I still need to go through my winter wardrobe, but I will probably wait until winter to do so. I'm going to take everything over to the Baptist Association office rather than the consignment store - I think I'll actually get a better return for my money donating it and getting a receipt than taking it to be consigned. Only difficulty is working it into my schedule - their drop off hours are weird.
I've also been playing with makeup. I'm trying to identify ways to cut my makeup bill down. I've been living like a diva, wearing only expensive, department store brands (primarily Lancome) since high school. Unfortunately, that doesn't sit well with my adult budget. So I am trying to identify where I can cut back. I've found that mascara seems to be just as good whether cheap or expensive. Same with eyeliner and lipliner. Absolutely not with foundation - I will stick with my Estee Lauder foundation and Lancome powder, expensive though they are. I've learned to love Aveeno's moisturizer. Haven't tried cheap blush yet, and I have enough "gift" liptick from Lancome, Clinique, Elizabeth Arden and Estee Lauder to last me a lifetime. I am about to try cheap eyeshadow tomorrow - I picked some up today. I love the fact that CVS lets you return things you don't like. GREAT discovery! Today I really dolled up and tried some new things with my eyeshadow, and was very pleased with the result. I feel the frumpy mood passing...
I think the whole "frumpy" mode has really just been brought about by my recent regaining of weight. I've gained seven pounds of the eighteen I lost back. That's terrible, especially considering how hard I worked to get it off. But, as of today, I am back on with a vengeance. I even cooked some WW food for dinner - "fake" fried chicken, roasted corn on the cob in the oven and mashed sweet potatoes - yum! I like to cook when I have time, energy and don't have to do all the cleanup. I need to cook more often. For two reasons at least - fattening food and money expense. Here in four and a half weeks, I will get to definitely start.
Speaking of four and a half weeks - can't wait to cut to part time hours! Woo hoo! Go me.
Andy is so sweet. He found seasons of the King of Queens on sale at FYE last night and pointed them out to me - the fact that he made such a fuss that I buy a season while he was gone touched me. I like it when he notices things that I like. I have a wonderful husband. I miss him when he is gone - it makes my house very empty.
He took me to see Ratatouille Monday night, which was great. I really enjoy those Pixar flicks. Since I watched it, I did some reading on the culinary dish "ratatouille" and it doesn't sound appetizing to me at all.
Otherwise, I am totally pumped about the last Harry Potter book coming out on the 21st. If we didn't have youth camp that weekend, me and Andy would so be going to one of those parties at the bookstore. That would be fun.
Going to go indulge in a long bath and read for a while.
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