Quite an interesting and exhausting day.

W came back from her errands and we woke D up - Stood in line for an hour and a half to take her to see Santa, and she screamed the whole time they took the picture! \:\) We wandered around some shops at the Mall, then went out to dinner together. Afterwards we went to Starbucks, came back to my house and W left with D.

Random stuff from the day

1) I didn't have time today to get a tree. W suggested that she comes over tomorrow with D and we can get one and set it up tomorrow. She said she would get 'a little plastic thing' for her house, since we are 'doing Christmas here'.

2) W arranged for her Mom to watch D next Thursday/Friday while we're out of town. I wasn't sure if she really wanted to stay overnight (we could get away with not staying away - it's just 2hrs from here).

3) W talked a lot about OM and his gf. She was particularly critical of both of them, but kept reminding me (or herself?) that she wasn't talking to him anymore. I'm very cautious to really say "Yeah, it sounds like you shouldn't talk to him", since she'll probably read too much into it. On the other hand, I have been listening and talking her through whatever she is thinking.

4) Today was our anniversary. She didn't mention it at all. Neither did I. She's processing a lot related to OM right now - I felt like she needed time to do that without pressure or reminders.

5) I've made a point of being more 'touchy' with W, and she hasn't responded negatively (although, I've not got anything super positive out of her). Stuff like touching her back when she's walking in front of me, or holding her shoulder when she is close. I told her that her hair was looking really nice, and ran my hand through it, and she told me that she appreciated the compliment because she did something different with it this morning. I dropped quite a few compliments and positive references today and she seemed really happy to hear it.

6) W wants to buy a new car next year, so she asked me if I would help her out in figuring out financing and everything. She is really into cars, so she certainly doesn't need me to tell her what to buy, but I'm usually a lot better than her at dealing with the money end of things and negotiating. I don't think she's going to have any money for a LONG time, but at least it's something.

7) When we were waiting to see Santa, she said that she wanted to get some blackheads off the side of my cheek that were bothering her. Yeah, it sounds stupid, but it's something she used to do when we were first together.

That's about it - I'm not really sure if what I'm doing right now is good, bad or indifferent. I'm just letting W set the pace of it all and occasionally pushing her a little to see what sort of response I get. As usual tonight I got a hug, kiss and ILY, although it was kind of rushed because it was cold outside.