My Gift to Myself: May the Future Be Rosy

Tomorrow is my big birthday and I got this for myself from Draper James--Reese Witherspoon’s style site. I’ve eyed a lot of things there, but this is my first order.

I love pink sweatshirts, but the truth is, they don’t always love me back, not with a big belly. 

I’ve been losing weight, and this pattern was so sweet and irresistible and also, there are masks to match, but I didn’t get those. Reese, tho petite, also offers big sizes!

Here is link to the Natalie sweatshirt.

I feel much younger than my age.....and BTW, this is the first time I paid with Afterpay, which many websites offer. It is interest-free; you pay one-fourth of your balance (I used my debit card) upon ordering and the next three payments are spread out.

An ode to sweatshirts I’ve loved:

• Lavender hand-me-down? from Sis in Dumont. I was in high school, and wanted to be a professional writer. I wore it to write sometimes, emulating Oscar Madison, the sweatshirt-wearing sportswriter character on “The Odd Couple” TV show. I wore it until it was holy around the neckline.
• White with pink and gray flowers when I lived in my own apartment by the sea. I don’t remember where I bought it (probably at a mall), and IDK what happened to it. For all I know, it’s up in our attic somewhere.
• Strawberry-ice-cream-pink with white coffee logo from the Hot Chocolate Sparrow on Cape Cod. Punch traded it for Converse sneakers from her friend Kiki, who moved to Montclair from the U.K. a few years ago. I had let Punch wear it (see belly reference, above) but--then it vanished. I didn’t have the heart to ask for it back.
• Strawberry-ice-cream-pink with small North Eastham (Cape Cod) logo. I bought it at the tiny Welcome Center you pass when driving Route 6 East toward Ptown. I again didn’t like how the crew neck looked on me, and mostly, Punchy wears it, rotating it with a navy blue one; a B & W Nike logo one Mimi got her; and one the color of Nantucket Reds. I knew she would like to share the soft pink one to keep warm on breezy Cape Cod evenings.

It’s been a busy day. Good night, sweet dreams.

TCOY

1. Watched the Inauguration, with a capital I. It was everything and more. Amanda Gorman poem and her beauty, poise and delivery! Just everything....everything....new hope. I generally don’t like that P is remote schooling because it is such a struggle for her, but I did today, when we could all watch this together on TV in the living room.
2. Played board game with Figgy, Punch and Miss Desi, who was here for weekly appointment.
3. Made roast chicken ratatouille.