So to get back into it, I’ll probably just post some short things. I think my challenge has been that short posts go to twitter and I come here for long thoughts. Which means I don’t blog. Because long thoughts take TIME.
So here are some things that I currently like:
Right now I’m drinking this beer and loving it:
It’s a rice beer and it’s lovely. Clean and crisp, like it says.
I check this website at least twice a day.
Several of my coworkers are all about the Converse One Star line for Target. So since I was in Target to get wet Swiffers (Dave insists) and Puffs Tissues with lotion (I insist), I decided to check out the clothing. I’d been in the market for a structured skirt since mine are all loose and flowy. Houston is HOT, after all. But Austin (until today) has been in the 30s – 50s and gray/rainy for 2 weeks. So I’d like to rock boots and tights and a cute skirt, but you can’t really do that with a drawstring cotton skirt. Or a knee-length flowy white one. And I’ve grown out of my favorite jean skirt that was awesome. Anyway, I found one.
That photo looks boring. It looks like something my uber-conservative cousin who waited until she was married to have her first kiss would wear. But, alas, boring is what I’ve become. Yup, ever since gaining weight/entering my 30s. Gone are the days of see-thru tanks that I wore with no bra. Of course, also gone are the trips to dark clubs where no one can tell if your top is see-thru or not. But the skirt isn’t all THAT boring on me. I do have some curves and it doesn’t fit all boxy like some denim skirts tend to. (I see you, GAP.)
Last week my coworker INSISTED that I smell a guy’s cologne at work. I did and it was nice. She was threatening to stop by and buy some on the way home. I was thinking that it’s time for a new cologne for Dave, too. So today we stopped by. It’s one of those fancy smells-different-on-everyone pheromone-like colognes, which always remind me of the ice cream story from Sideways Stories from Wayside School. The lady was super nice, told us to wear it around for a few hours and come back later if we liked it. It’s pretty interesting. I can’t smell it ON Dave per se, but I can tell when he’s near me by his smell, which smells good. (We inadvertently tested this all day because we went to REI and Whole Foods after he put it on.) It was weird because the smell didn’t smell like cedar or pepper or sandalwood, it just smelled like Dave’s natural smell had a megaphone. Plus a hint of woodsy.
I was considering getting it for him until I just checked the website and there is more than one AND I can order $3 samples. Who’s cheap? I am.
Good stuff. See you next month later!
