This weekend was for...

...furniture shopping and soccer games and wine and some of the best sushi I've ever had and a quick trip to Urgent Care (everyone is fine) and preseason football and time with Garrett's family and packing and would you believe I didn't take a SINGLE picture?

This is my life. Having too much fun and forgetting to take pictures. My life is hard, right?

Anyway, coming up on the blog this week: my thoughts on Friendship, a goals check-in and a plan for the remainder of the year, and an Ode to Blogging!! Good things are happening, my friends.

Have a great Monday!!


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Fuh-Riiiiiiiiiiiday.

Garrett and I got to spend a lot of time together this week because, you know, he's HERE now. So that's pretty great. Other than that, this week's been stressful, I gotta be honest. My Grandpa is being discharged from the hospital tomorrow, but either to an assisted living facility or home with a full-time care nurse. We're waiting to find out. We're spending the weekend at Garrett's parents to get everything together that he's bringing back to NC and HOPEFULLY moving it all here on Sunday! 

I don't know what my favorite post was this week... it was either the one where I talked about all the things that make me happy, or the one where I talk about all the reasons our kids are going to make fun of us in 30 years. I took GREAT comfort in knowing that I'm not the only genius that locked her keys in her car, so thanks for that, you guys. 

Were you ever wondering what 53 coats of fingernail polish looked like? Well, today is your lucky day. Apparently while shopping in Switzerland, someone told Oprah that a $38,000 bag was too expensive for her. Not to pull the "don't you know who I am" card, but like.... dang, man. Grumpy Cat's people have come out with a coffee drink... What's it called? A Grumpiccino, of course! For those of you who are as obsessed with musicals as I am, here are ten scenes that gave us unrealistic expectations about love. Perfection, right? 

Are you an overthinker like I am? If so, knock it off. Science says so. I've never read any of these books, but apparently I should. I thought this article about gender roles in the media was super interesting. Gay spouses are going to be treated the same as heterosexual ones when they apply for visas now. Progress!!

Uh - did I mention it's Friday? It's totally Friday. That is great news. I have on the most comfy and fabulous outfit ever. Bonus points because it's my favorite color, and triple points because my nails match my shirt. Boooooooooom. Okay, there are probably other great things that happend this week, but Garrett's here so that's all for now! I hope you all have a GREAT weekend!!!!

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The one where I locked my keys in my car

Did I ever tell you about that time that Garrett came to town and I locked my keys in my car in downtown Winston-Salem on a Friday night?

Because that’s a fun story.

Garrett met me in Greensboro for lunch when he got to town around 1. We were keeping an eye on my parents house that weekend while they were out of town, so after lunch and some Greensboro hangouts, we headed to Winston. We had plans for drinks and dinner with my friend Meredith, who was meeting Garrett for the first time.

We popped by my parents house to drop off Garrett’s car, and headed downtown in my car. When we got there, it was pretty hectic (duh, it was downtown Winston on a gorgeous afternoon) and the only spot we could find was a parallel spot. I’ll be really honest and tell you that sometimes I’m scared to parallel park. I know how, but there were so many people and cars whizzing by and I was just so nervous so I asked Garrett to do it. We switched seats quickly, he parked the car, and we both got out.

Aaaaaaaand this is where the story gets fuzzy.

He swears he handed my keys back to me and said “put these in your purse." For the record, I’m sure that he did. I probably wasn’t listening. I’ll own it. BUT: I also feel that when you hand someone something, you have to make sure they know you handed it to them. Ya dig? 

When we started walking towards the bar, I looked at Garrett and said “Do you have the keys?" He gave me a look and said "…are you serious?" I gave him the same look back and said “Uh, yeah? Do you have them?"

"No, I handed them to you."

"No you didn’t."

"Yes I did. I handed them to you while you were still sitting in the car and told you to put them in your purse."

"No you didn't."

"Yes, I did."

I rummage through my purse. Obviously, they’re not there.

We both walk back up to my car, and there they are. Sitting in the passenger seat. 

Awesome.

We were waking to meet my friend Meredith, so when we get there, I ask her to take us back to my parents, where we hunt down the spare key to their house, get inside, hunt down the spare key to my car, and drive all the way back to Winston.

Of course, this is the first time Meredith and Garrett are meeting. “This is my boyfriend. Will you drive us 20 minutes back home?" She obviously didn’t mind, but it was far from the chill hangouts that I had planned. We’re really lucky that it happened close to home, and not when I was in Virginia or something. We’re also lucky that we were meeting someone that could take us home instead of having to get a cab or call AAA.

Once we got back downtown, I bought them both wine, and we laughed about it.

But now, every time Meredith and I go anywhere, she jokingly asks me if I have my keys. And whenever I drive to Virginia, Garrett reminds me that I should probably bring a spare key “just in case." And whenever I get out of my car downtown, I send them both a text message (whether I'm meeting either of them or not) and say "don't worry! I have my keys this time!)

Seriously. You lock your keys in your car ONE TIME after almost a decade of driving and you neeeeeeeever hear the end of it.

Someone pipe in and tell me I'm not the only person who's done this. Someone? Anyone?

Ten Trends Our Kids Are Totally Going to Make Fun Of Us For

You know how, when you look at your moms old pictures from the 60s and 70s and 80s, with the bellbottoms and the huge hair, and you're all "omg mom, WTF IS THAT?"

Do you ever think about the fact that another 30 years, our kids are going to be making fun of us for the same stuff? I mean, not the exact same stuff, obviously. But stuff that we think is cool right now is NOT going to be cool in 30 years. I promise.

Naturally, I've compiled a list of all of the ridiculous trends we all love right now. For posterity, or whatever. You're welcome.

1) Chevron everything. 

You might feel cool and sexy and awesome when you left the house last Friday in your chevron dress, and if I saw you out, I probably complimented you on it. But I guarantee that your kids are going to see it in 30 years and say "did your dress get run over by a truck or something?? seriously."

2) Peplum.

 To me, peplum is one of those things that looks cool on everyone else, but I could never pull it off myself. And when we look back on it, we're going be like "why on earth did I accentuate the widest part of my body with that weird shirt thing?"

3) Bubble necklaces. 

There's just.... so much going on.

4) Neon anything. 

It's ridiculous enough as it is, and it'll be even MORE ridiculous when we tell our kids that OUR moms wore it when they were younger too. 

5) Obnoxious nail polish colors.

Your nails are blue? They're blue.

6) Ombre hair color. 

Oh, you haven't had any time for a root touch-up..... anytime in the last three years? 

7) Colored denim. 

You wore green pants? Really though?

(Not even lying, this is my favorite outfit ever.)

8) Chambray. 

"What the eff, mom? Did you live on a farm or something?" I can hear it now.

9) Leggings. 

Trust me, I'm as sad about this one as you are. Maybe by the time it's 2043 someone will have figured out how to make real pants more comfortable. OR we've realized that real pants are stupid and we don't really need them. That would be pretty cool. 

10) Vests.

Your body is cold... but not your arms? Oh okay, got it. Totally makes sense.

I'm not knocking any of these trends. I obviously wear most of them myself. I'm just saying, by the time we have kids and they're all grown up, they're going to think we all looked ridiculous. YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE.

I wonder what clothes WILL look like in 30 years. Do you think we'll dress like Zenon? That was set in 2049, and I gotta say, I would be okay with wearing silver tights all the time. Or the Jetsons? Judy always looked adorable.

Sooo, what do you think? Do you think our kids will make fun of the way we dressed? Did I miss anything? Is there a trend right now that you just don't "get?"



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