girly topics

This is not the best day. I was doing fine until my lunchtime conference call ran a little too long, and then I couldn't eat my lunch because more people kept calling me. Then I had to go to the mall to buy cards, and also dropped by Petite Sophisticate to visit the polka-dotted skirt I've been visiting for six months. It had finally been marked down to a sane price, and with the extra 25% off and the giftcard I've been saving since Christmas, it only cost me $15. You'd think I'd be ecstatic (and I am, it's beautiful and will last forever), but then I passed by Bath & Body Works and saw the Giant Sale that's going on. Huge bottles of bath products for $6! Unfortunately, finances are a big issue for me these days and I shouldn't buy unneeded bath products, no matter how cheap they are. So then I was in a bad mood. I'm so materialistic. What is wrong with me?

Also, I really wanted McAlister's for dinner, but Ryan's not coming over tonight. I feel wasteful eating out by myself, when I could sit at home and eat a bowl of broccoli. I've eaten bowls of vegetables for the last two nights, though. I want real food. Which brings me to another frustration: my complete lack of motivation to cook. Very rarely do I make dinner for my boyfriend; he comes over after work and makes himself a sandwich or something. I feel like I'm failing as a woman. By now I should have mastered of all his favorite recipes and be inventing new ones myself. :P But meat is expensive, and I don't have time to go buy the food and cook it and clean the whole kitchen when I'm done. I'm in for a rude awakening in a few weeks when Kathy is gone.

I'm also realizing that Kathy will be gone in a few weeks, and who knows when I'll even see her. No more trips to the store together or doing Pilates together or playing with the cat. I'm excited about being on my own again, but I'm finally starting to get sad about the end of our seven years together. Talk about the end of an era.

On a positive note, I am reading a great book that I think all women should read: Having A Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver. I'm getting so much out of it, I might get a copy for my mom.

girly topics

This is not the best day. I was doing fine until my lunchtime conference call ran a little too long, and then I couldn't eat my lunch because more people kept calling me. Then I had to go to the mall to buy cards, and also dropped by Petite Sophisticate to visit the polka-dotted skirt I've been visiting for six months. It had finally been marked down to a sane price, and with the extra 25% off and the giftcard I've been saving since Christmas, it only cost me $15. You'd think I'd be ecstatic (and I am, it's beautiful and will last forever), but then I passed by Bath & Body Works and saw the Giant Sale that's going on. Huge bottles of bath products for $6! Unfortunately, finances are a big issue for me these days and I shouldn't buy unneeded bath products, no matter how cheap they are. So then I was in a bad mood. I'm so materialistic. What is wrong with me?

Also, I really wanted McAlister's for dinner, but Ryan's not coming over tonight. I feel wasteful eating out by myself, when I could sit at home and eat a bowl of broccoli. I've eaten bowls of vegetables for the last two nights, though. I want real food. Which brings me to another frustration: my complete lack of motivation to cook. Very rarely do I make dinner for my boyfriend; he comes over after work and makes himself a sandwich or something. I feel like I'm failing as a woman. By now I should have mastered of all his favorite recipes and be inventing new ones myself. :P But meat is expensive, and I don't have time to go buy the food and cook it and clean the whole kitchen when I'm done. I'm in for a rude awakening in a few weeks when Kathy is gone.

I'm also realizing that Kathy will be gone in a few weeks, and who knows when I'll even see her. No more trips to the store together or doing Pilates together or playing with the cat. I'm excited about being on my own again, but I'm finally starting to get sad about the end of our seven years together. Talk about the end of an era.

On a positive note, I am reading a great book that I think all women should read: Having A Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver. I'm getting so much out of it, I might get a copy for my mom.