I bought a couple of cute long vests. You know the kind...they flow, and they are worn over a tank top or, if it's a bit chilly, over a long-sleeved t-shirt. They look so youthful and fun, and are usually pretty colorful. Well, I bought two of them, and didn't try them on at the store. She said 'one size fits all...' Turns out...they look great on people who are quite slim, but seem to make all of my 'curves' seem way too much curvier! So...tomorrow, they are going back.
I have an all-school reunion coming up in July, and I always try to wear something pretty to those events...something that doesn't make me look quite as large as I am....you know how that goes. We just don't like to admit that we are never going to be lithe and youthful looking again. So, we try to find something that 'disguises' the fact so we can at least feel nearly as skinny as we were, back in the day...
Oh well...I'll keep looking. Maybe the shop where I bought these two darling tops will have something that is more in tune with my X-sized shape (but I'm not going to hold my breath...)
This afternoon David wanted to go to Toledo to pick up some flags to designate the part of the ditch in front of our property where he has planted the wildflowers, and where he doesn't want road crews to spray. He wondered if I wanted to go to the nursery and garden center down there, and of course, I did! So, I bought pots of flowers to put into the railing planters my sister had (that I got when I bought some of her things following her death three years ago...) There are six planters, but I thought there were only five, so I may have to buy a few more plants to fill that last, forgotten one. I got some trailing verbena in a pretty medium purple color, some violet, not-too-tall flowering plants and some viney plants in a sort of gray-green sage color that hopefully will trail down the sides of the deck rails and make it all look quite handsome. I also got a single lavender blue flowering plant that trails and spills over the side of the pot to put into a hanging basket for which I have a wrought iron stand. I think I need some white or other light colored plant to make a nice contrast, but at this point, I'm going to put the ones I have into the planters tomorrow. We also got a bag of their potting soil, so I have some work cut out for me first thing in the morning.
Later, I plan to take those tops back to the store where I got them, and take another look at what they have to offer...just in case I can find something, and leave the shop not feeling like I've made the gal there feel 'cheated' out of a sale... maybe a pretty purse since the one I have for summer seems a bit worn.
And, in the afternoon, about 3:30 p.m., I'm going to hopefully be back home, and will make myself a mint julep and sit down to watch The Preakness. I'm back into 'horses' now that we've been to a real horse farm in Kentucky, and have seen some valuable horses... It can be a bit exciting...
Anyway, that's how things are on this day.... tune in again soon!
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