The sabbatical diaries

 
Another day of great weather - YES!

Watched the first episode of Star Trek Discovery and I do indeed think I will love it. Decided to shell out the 6 bucks/month to CBS so I can see it. I hate that I already pay for Netflix and Amazon Prime, but then again I haven't had cable for years so maybe it balances out. 

I walked to the new Oak Park River Forrest Museum. It was nice. (I don't think I'm capable of getting too excited over a museum, but it was nice). Then I took the el to Munch, the vegetarian (and vegan-friendly) restaurant in Oak Park. I had their vegan lasagna and it was excellent. I'm really jazzed about changing over to vegan, and this reinforces for me that I CAN do it. I also picked up my ring (which the jeweler was cleaning and straightening the sapphire), and walked around a bit.

I got home and my Stitch Fix had arrived. Here's what I got:

1. A nice burgundy top. It looks good and I decided to keep it

2. A big pair of earrings. They were ok but I didn't love them and they looked heavy too, so they went back. Spoiler alert, so does everything else except the above.

3. A pair of pants. They were what I'd call "skinny" fitting, almost legging-like. I am of the firm belief that if you are top-heavy/apple shaped like me, you don't wear this type of pants since they make your top look all that much bigger. I much prefer boot-cut jeans since they kinda balance you out. I mean, I got no butt and no hips so why would I want to emphasize that? My Stitch Fix profile even has that I prefer boot-cut jeans, and I've even googled to see if fashionistas agree with the above and generally they do. The pants were ok but there just was no reason to keep them.

4 and 5. Two other tops. Both were nice, both had interesting patterns. But one had cut outs on the top which would mean that in order to keep my bra from peeking out, I'd either need to wear it with a cami or a scarf. Meh. The other had great colors and a decent shape, but a horizontal pattern which doesn't look good on me. (I think I need to yell at Stitch Fix "Hide my mid-section and do NOT make it look worse please!!") So they went back too.

Two hours till I take the bus to meet Chris for dinner. I might walk to the library and/or the post office box to return my Fix. I still need to meditate today too. That's it for now.