What a great week! Tuesday (the 18th) was my husband and my three year anniversary! Woohoo!! What a great feeling!
To celebrate, we decided to book reservations at Piccolo Sogno, and we decided to do it on a Monday, the 17th. I have the pleasure of working from home on Mondays and I felt not only less guilty as a pet parent (having to crate my dog for a few hours at dinner only instead of all day and then another few hours for dinner) but also excited because Monday nights are far easier nights to get a reservation than Friday or Saturday. And sure enough, they had a spot!
Well, on the 15th a friend and I had treated ourselves to mani/pedis, and my nails were (and still are, 4 days later!) on point! Then, I made sure to give myself plenty of time to do my hair and makeup on Monday so they would look like perfection. In addition, it was a beautiful 80 degrees so I could wear cute shoes, leggings, and a dressed up tunic for dinner. Man, by the time 5:30 rolled around and it was time for me to head out to meet him for dinner, I looked so classy.
And then I stepped outside! Apparently the Chicago wind doesn't disappoint because it was extremely gusty. What did that mean? All the effort put into my hair was semi for naught.
What did that teach me? Perfection is an illusion. Put in the effort to make yourself feel special and important, confident and secure, and the beauty will follow. But if you're working completely on making sure your exterior is infallible, well, you'll never be satisfied.
And so I went to dinner, hair windblown and all. And you know what? My husband still looked at me with doting eyes and said I looked so beautiful. ...what a good man. ;-)
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