Things making me happy today are...

... my cheery red flats (on sale at H&M for $9.99) I had been wanting red shoes foreeeever and was very excited to find these. I had some weird shiny red ones I bought right around when my mother passed away but I think those were "just because" shoes and they have definitely not found their way into my shoe rotation (and I think they might be a size too big).

Also making me smile today, my mustard hair bow from Anthropologie that makes me think of summer and (for some reason) old time carnivals:
Not as well pictured here are some awesome new earrings I picked up last night at the Style Fixx Boston Girls Night Out event on Tremont. I wasn't very excited about the variety there in general but I was happy about my $15 GroupOn ticket getting me into the event, as well as 4 Stella Artois +1 glass champagne.

This weekend we are having a huge yard sale at my aunt's house to raise money for my mom's headstone. When someone dies money should be the last thing to consider, which is why I had no idea how incredibly expensive it is to die. If I've learned anything it is that life insurance (or, a giant piggy bank with about $20,000) is completely necessary. Invest my dears because it makes a difference. On the other hand, if I didn't have to worry about money so much over the last few months I would have been even sadder left to just think about my mom being gone.

Other things that made me happy today
+ man running down the street in a suit with a big sloppy grin on his face
+ guy in CVS filling a shopping cart with every available magazine off the rack (good thing I got mine first!)
+ the big dipper constellation in the freckles on my arm
+ wonderful weather and a reprieve from the rain that plagued us earlier this week
+ boots in the mail, en route to my apartment!

I am very anxious to leave work because one of my favorite treats will be next! Even when my mother was very ill at my aunt's house my favorite part of any week was Friday afternoon on the commuter rail to NH. I would treat myself to a coffee and a new magazine and loved settling in for the hourish ride. Something about the commuter rail is so much better than regular public transportation. Maybe it's because everyone gets a seat, or the wifi, or the guys that wear those cute boxy little hats that punch my ticket.

xoxo