Reasons Why This Week Sucked.
Item: Dress Color/Fabric: Earth tones, cotton Designer: Undetermined Where Purchased: The Salvation Army Years Owned 3
Let me tell you about my week. It has been horendous, and I can’t wait for it to be over. Here are some things that I experienced this week, in no particular order: a lost cell phone, surgical related leg pain, non-surgical related leg pain, tv dinners, apathy, a rotten tomato, rain, neighborly betrayal, the dentist, night terrors, choking, numerous cancellations, a very sick doggie, mismatched socks, a headache, Nicolas Cage’s acting, anxiety, stomach bleeding, severely dry skin, repeatedly dropped phone calls, and insomnia.
Next week will be crazy busy, but it has to be better than this week, right? And then the following week I will be with my baby in Spain! So just taking everything in my stride the best that I can, even the really hard things, like Nicolas Cage.
This dress puts me in a wonderful state of mind. I’ve worn it many times; in fact, this is most likely the single item from Uncle Sal’s that I have worn the most. A floaty dress with a stretchy tube top is so easy to wear in the summer because you just throw it on.
The first time I remember wearing this dress was when we went to see Snoop Doggy Dogg and 311 play a concert on Coney Island. “Snoop Dogg?” you ask. “You?” Yep!
I like Snoop. His music makes me think about High School dances. Plus I find him attractive. I don’t know exactly why, and I’m sure that most of you do not agree, but there it is.
I was on my way to work one day, listening to the radio, and they announced that caller number 10 would win tickets to the concert. We had been wanting to go back down they, when they were saying Coney Island was not long for this world, so we wanted to see it one last time. So I called. And I won!
It was actually the most fun we have both had at a concert, ever. There have been shows where I have a blast, and he is less amused, and shows where he is having fun, and I’m having a little bit less. This one, though, was just right.
Snoop was hilarious. We just laughed and danced and had a great time! It might have been the huge cloud surrounding the crowd around us, but maybe not.
The next time I remember wearing this is here:
This is our very last Hawaiian sunset, and it was spectauclar. We were on Oahu, Land of Lost and schizophrenic Honolulu. We went to see one of my trainers who lived there for two years while his girlfriend did her teaching internship. Not a bad assignment, right? Pam and Troy were great. They had a mango tree in there back yard, and took us to their favorite beach to watch the sunset. It was a gorgeous beach, and there were turtles everywhere. Sea Turtles are to Hawaii sort of what squirrels are to everywhere else. Except, you know, slower and not as chatter-y.
It seemed inconceivable that it was our last night in Hawaii. We all just sat there in silence, enveloped in beauty and salty air, wondering if we could find a way to stay forever.
At least when I miss it I can watch reruns of Lost.
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- Tagged: Concerts, Coney Island, Hawaii, Honolulu, Lost, Nicolas Cage, Snoop Dogg, The Salvation Army, Travel
I Am What I Wore 
I think you should put this dress on whenever you have a bad day! It looks like such a happy dress! For the record…I’ll always be voting to KEEP!
don’t forget how your super awesome friend got fired from his job at the gym
Even seeing the picture just made me cry. I miss the sunsets, I miss the smell. I miss the turtles. I miss Pam and Troy. I miss Lost…and I always thought the show SUCKED. But location location location.
And the dress is fun and easy and sometimes that’s what we need in our lives, especially after weeks like this. So put it on and breathe in the sun.