What I'm (Honestly) Wearing & Other Bits and Pieces

Happy Friday, all!

First, the outfit. I realized that these honest outfit posts are more "me" than the "dress-up-and-be-cute-time" outfit posts.  This time, I wore a shirt I bought at Old Navy forever ago, some bootcut jeans from NY&Co, and zero makeup.  I bet you're sad about the fact that I didn't wear the awesome sweatshirt that I found in a bag of clothing my sister was planning on giving to Goodwill.

The actual taking of pictures is about the same level of awkwardness no matter what I wear.  For example, this is what it looks like when you try to take an over-the-top winking face but as soon as you camera flashes you realize that there's something in your winking eye:

In a word, awkward.

So I tried about 7000 other poses which made my head look photoshopped on, so I resorted to an old standard:

And sorry, no vertical shots because my external flash no longer rotates.  I'm just a mess today, what can I say.

Now, the bits and pieces.

1. Rob and I decided to try a new vegetarian recipe.  In the last year or so Rob has given up red meat due to animal cruelty concerns, so typically we eat chicken for every meal.  We decided on something different and meat-less, and I found this recipe for penne Tuscana with spinach on AllRecipes.com.  It was positively delectable, so I highly recommend it.

2. Rob decided that he wanted to try out contacts.  What's funny about this is that I haven't seen him without glasses on full-time since we were in high school together and it's been really weirding me out, how young he looks.  It's also funny because he hasn't really gotten the hang of contacts yet.  We spent about 20 minutes trying to get them out of his eyes amidst quite a bit of eye-pain and expletives.

Look how cute he is:

3. Rob and I have been having some serious discussions about our future, now that he's well into his last year of college.  I think we've come to some agreements and have made some plans, but really we can't decide anything until we get closer to his graduation.  I don't deal well with ambiguity and feelings of helplessness so this has been a learning process for me.  I do have to say, however, that I can't express how fortunate I feel to be able to plan my life and my future with such an amazing human being.

4. I had a really rough day earlier this week.  My therapist and I have been working on my propensity to emotionally diconnect when I get upset, so in an attempt to ground myself I took the dog for a long walk.  It was nice to hear nothing but my own footsteps and the dog sniffing various things, and it definitely helped me refocus my energy.  This was a sight I came across just as the sun was preparing to set.  Sadly I only had my cell phone so this picture is a bit lacking quality, but I still feel at peace when I look at it.

5. I've been doing Pilates with some friends every Thursday and I'm loving it.  It's easy to forget how much better I feel about myself when I take care of my body physically, but I'm really going to try to keep up with it.  Our gym also offers Piloxing (Pilates + kick-boxing) and I'm thinking of trying it out.

6. I'm getting used to the idea of heading off to Arizona for a month.  I've made a lot of plans and have sort of steeled myself mentally, but I think it's going to be pretty difficult to say goodbye to Robbie and my beast.  We're always better together and without him I feel a little...incomplete.  I am excited, however, to share all of my experience with you lovely people!

I hope you had a great week, and have an amazing weekend!