Today, I took my son to church since he loves to play with his friends in the kids classes. I went to service, but left after 10 minutes, unable to handle the feeling of jumping out of my skin -- mainly because everybody I knew was nowhere to be seen. I sat in my car until the service ended and picked up my son, which is when everybody I knew came out of the woodwork of course - inviting me to lunch, etc.
I then dropped off my son to my W who was very pleasant today (up, down, up, down, up, down). We discussed our child care schedule including upcoming vacations that she already booked and one that I am working on. For some reason, she felt compelled to tell me that she was traveling with one of her girlfriends. It was either a change of traveling companions, or a flat lie, not sure ---- and not sure I even care anymore.
I left and had lunch with one of my new Meetup.com social groups.
A couple days earlier, I had bought a new linen shirt and jeans - dressing up my normal shorts and t-shirt look. I wore this to church today, intending to show others at church and then my W that I was buying new clothes on my own and that I could look better dressed. However, throughout the day that followed I realized that I felt much better about myself being dressed up a bit better. It compelled me to shop some more, hence the following:
I went shopping this afternoon and bought myself four new pairs of shoes, four shirts, and new boxers - all designed to upgrade my casual look. My W ALWAYS helped me pick out clothes before, because she had the 'fashion sense'. So I consulted the store personnel at Banana Republic, Dilliards, Nordstrom Rack, et cetera to find an updated style that worked for me and to understand WHY such a style works for me so that I can shop on my own moving forward. Granted, I don't recommend blowing a bunch of money at once, but I sure feel and look good today. :-)
