beauty
for anyone that i've sent a video to, explaining my basic face routine...things are kind of getting changed up a little bit! if anybody wants an update, let me know! so boring to everyone else but me, probably!
it's funny to see little trends of how i wear make up in different seasons of my life- when i'm pregnant, i wear more than usual...make up always fits? bright lipstick helps when you're throwing up all day for almost a year? and i've been pregnant for 18 months of the past three ish years. but now i'm looking forward to summer and thinking... a bare face with maybe some light powder and lipstick sounds SO good again. or even just a colorful eye and lip balm with nothing on the face. something about summer makes me want to let my skin breathe.
bought some nyx lip suedes- really nice formula i think. they kind of fade into a stain, at least the more natural colors do, which is nice for those who never remember to reapply their lipstick (ME). i got soft spoken, sandstorm, and sway. sway really confused greg so i can't wait to wear it out on a date.
soft spoken
sandstorm
sway!!!!!
clothes
i took out my summer clothes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and put away all winter sweaters!!!!!!!!!!!
i tried everything i own for spring and summer on and am in the process of weeding out and made a super short list of things i'd like for S/S 16.
patagonia fleece
perfect jean jacket (been looking for at least 5 years- my hopes are not high i can find it)
i kicked some butt on saving money and actually getting things that are ethically produced. so freaking excited to start wearing them. this whole section is so superficial, but really, i looked into my closet the other day after hanging up all my clothes, and purging so many that didn't fit great or that i don't actually reach for and thought I LOVE MY CLOSET. i have had so many clothes for so many years that i didn't actually enjoy... or that i held onto out of anxiety. like ok but what if one day i really need this ill fitting wrap dress and i don't have any money to go out and buy an ill fitting wrap dress... WHAT WILL I DO THEN?!?! and it feels so good to look into my closet and see creative potential as opposed to anxiety.
reading:
finished I Capture the Castle- ugh. ending kicks my ass everytime.
finished The Unexpected Miss Bennet by Patrice Sarath- very cute and sort of silly. not particularly well written or anything, but it was like my equivalent of watching a daytime Jane Austen themed soap opera while Greg was on a business trip this week,
finished Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty- she is such a funny and easy writer. exciting and interesting and emotional plot, more than anything else.
startting Ken Follett's Fall of Giants today! one of my best friends recommended the century trilogy, since I'd already read his other one- Pillars series i think? i'm excited! i love loooong books. it's comforting they won't end on you too soon.
still reading: Loving to Know (i pop in and out of it depending on whether im in a scholarly mood... lately, no.) and now also Roots and Sky by Christie Purifoy, which is very soothing and sweet.
eating
so ready to start grilling (ready for greg to start grilling). making a lot of salads and quesadillas. and dutch baby pancakes.
thinking about:
i listen to a bon appetit podcast sometimes, and one of the more recent ones really got me thinking. the guy they had on the show was undergoing a challenge to cook every meal for himself (really, prepare every meal for himself) in the month of january. the host, who WORKS AT BON APPETIT, said she probably makes three meals a month for herself. THREE. it was SO fascinating listening to them talk about how difficult it is to cook for yourself and not bore yourself or miss out on social interaction, etc. i'm still processing all my questions.
* how does living in suburbia vs. a city effect how much you eat out or order in?
* how does your view of hospitality effect how much you prepare food at home?
*isn't it interesting that in the US a place where "foodie culture" is becoming a big thing, the arbiters of taste in said culture don't prepare their own food much at all?
*what kind of skills are we looking for our children to inherit if they don't see us preparing food occasionally? is that actually important or just old fashioned?
*how does this shape our view of nutrition? who is responsible for our nutrition?
i've been thinking about it for a good two weeks and wishing i could have been in the room to talk with these people!
