Faux-Shopping

It’s about brushing up on your fashion awareness, building your self-confidence, and having fun!

My husband and I went to the mall last night, and we took “window shopping” to another level! Our first stop was American Eagle, and we each picked a couple of outfits for ourselves – our own tastes and likes – and then tried them on oohing and gooing at each other when we opened our opposite doors. We then went to the Gap and chose to pick an outfit for the other – whatever we’d like to see the other person in. That was personally one of my favorite parts. David has a laid back, very chill, comfortable style, so it was so fun to give him a preppy beach look from Gap. I swear he could be a male model.

Here’s a few of the shots I took:

You can see the rest on flickr.

I think everyone should go out and do this. Don’t even look at the price of the clothes. I know I had so much fun and enjoyed seeing how I look in different things.

“You have no idea how much this stretched me,” David said. So go on out and stretch yourself a little!

It’s bound to melt your heart.

Lots of heart melting going on the past two days. Here’s why: David had flowers sent to me at work on Friday. I took photos when I got home.

The bouquet is exactly what I would have picked out: classic and elegant.  I also got a box of chocolates and a pink teddy bear that night.

Today, we slept in really late and then went to the new PF Chang’s that opened near us a couple months ago. Absolutely to die for food! And overall, quite an interesting place.

Then, the big surprise of the night was going to the Asheville Symphony Orchestra’s performance FIRST LOVES, which featured pianist Angela Cheng. My favorite was the last number, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet. Although, I couldn’t help thinking about cartoon characters during the main theme.

Update

Sadly, this post is only going to be a little update (not quite sure who I’m updating…) even though a true, well-thought out post is totally in order. It’s just I’ve really been way to busy to post regularly. I haven’t even been able to do anymore freelancing either. I’m loving my new job, exactly because of the reason that I’m not sitting around online all day anymore, but yes, I do go through withdrawals. Mostly, this is a very good thing that I don’t have the availability to be so obsessed.  

Speaking of my job, Wednesday is my very first day on the phones for real. I’ll have the opportunity to put all this stuff I’ve learned in the past several weeks into action! I’m scared royally, because honestly, it is rather scary to do something I’ve never done before. But I’m also quite confident. I’ve heard that success is where opportunity and preparedness meet. Well, my opportunity is Wednesday, and I’ve definitely been prepared – pretty extensive training I’ve had. 

I’ve also enjoyed meeting lots of new people at my new job. Asheville is forever filled with the most interesting human beings. 

I’ll end this post with a few pics. 

 

Marinated chicken with melted mozzarella, seasoned mashed potatoes, salad with homemade dressing

It’s from dinner earlier. David and I had ‘date night’ tonight. (We have one every week.) And our date was going to the grocery store together, getting food, cooking it, eating it, and cleaning up after it all together! It’s true the kitchen is the heart of the home, because tonight’s date night was pretty romantic!

Here’s another. 

 

my dad and his RV

We spent a little time with my parents this weekends while they camped in Seneca, SC. It’s their new RV, and my parents love living that life – traveling from place to place taking in the sights. 

And just one more.

Shannon and I

My friend and I went to a ladies mentoring meeting yesterday in Greensboro. She’s my friend with the beautiful (next week) one year old. She teaches me a lot about being a young mother… And I cut my bangs recently. Yesterday, at this event a lovely girl approached me randomly to tell me she thought I was really pretty. That made me feel wonderful, of course, so I took this shot of me and Shannon just after that girl said that. I think that must be what I look like when I’m confident. I want to be that so much more. I’m glad I’m improved a bit.