Project March: Part 3

This post will only be for six days because I'm going to pick up tomorrow in the next post.
I know I'm being slightly inconsistent, but you probably wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't told you.

I'm also way more quote-y in this post. So, there's that.

And now here's this:

March 14

This is me sitting at a lake (pond?) in our neighborhood. Mike and I got to take a walk after work and before dinner.

These plans are picturesque, like mountains in the midwest.
-Designer Skyline; Owl City

March  15

I got an Amazon gift card for doing some things and some stuff (I'm a very descriptive writer, I know), and I was like I AM FINALLY GOING TO GET TO BUY A LAWN CHAIR.

And today, my Ostrich beach chaise came in the mail. It's like a lower-sitting elongated lawn chair made out of fabric and metal and not biodegradable plastic.

Anyone who's ever had to restring lawn chairs (Mum) knows what I'm talking about.

kitty face.

What's cool about this one- and was its primary selling feature to me- was the face hole.

So that you can lay on your stomach and read a book. How cool is that?!?

And then I found some pretty weeds in my yard.

I should probably go mow.

March 16

Today I'm going to showcase a little bad-assity.

Below is a photo of our taxes that I did by hand (pretty much) because the "free e-file" software is no longer "free". I used the "free forms" which calculates some things, but I still had to do the goofy choreography of the qualified dividends and capital gains tax worksheet by myself, which is a lot like trying to swing dance with a robot.

Since this is our first time married filing joint, it's a blessing and kind of a downer to have income that exceeds the thresholds for these easy one-stop-shop tax softwares.

I don't know why I felt like a badass after I completed them. I mean, that's what I did in my career for 3 years, and that's how my dad always had to do them.

I just really felt like I stuck it to the man today.

And it felt good.

Another thing I did was fix my $10 Wal-Mart watch. The wristband was about to break off because it is made with the biodegradable plastic I mentioned earlier.

Since the watch still keeps perfectly good time, I did not want to have to buy a new watch just for the band, so I just sewed it back together.

With purple thread to match of course.

"Allie, omg. This day is just about how cheap you are."
-You

No, my dear. Cheap vs. frugal. Miserly vs. economical. There be a difference.

"Waste not."
-Barbossa

what a badass.

March 17

Also with my Amazon gift card, I was able to purchase an exercise ball, which came in the mail today.

They're like challenging hippity-hops for grown-ups.

oh no, does that mean I'm a grown-up now?

This is me making fun of people who think it's an appropriate chair to use at work:

Forget everything you knew about ab workouts.

March 18

Guys. Did you know that the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants was on Netflix?

I didn't either until last night, and then I stayed up late to watch it.

It's such a good movie, too, and much better than I remember. It epitomizes the angst of being a teenage girl and I love love love it because you can see a part of you in all four of them.

Some of you may not know this, but back in high school, I kind of had my own sisterhood, in a way.

*BONUS PICTURE*

Throwback Thursday er- Friday

Bridget - Me, the flirty athletic blonde
Tibby - Sara, the thoughtful movie-nut
Lena - Emma, the well-read romantic
Carmen - Kristen, the self-doubting sweetheart

No, we never had a magical pair of pants that fit us all, but we were really good friends for a couple years.

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants was a great story, though.
It made me want to go the beach again.

March 19

So then I went to the beach.

I called up a friend and we spontaneously drove to Tybee. It was a little cloudy for my liking and the water was very cold, but I still walked along the surf while we talked about things like God and life and shampoo and marriage.

It's always ourselves we find in the sea.
-e.e. cummings

TWS