thanks...i think.

You know what I love? Compliments that...maybe aren't? You know what I mean? Like when someone says "you look like you feel better today!" You're like...ummm, thanks...apparently I looked like crap yesterday? That. I have three excellent compliment-maybes from the last three days. One of which is actually super awesome.

1. At church on Sunday I (was wearing a super cute outfit and) had on my favorite platform sandals. People who felt like commenting on my outfit/shoes had one of two "compliments": #1- (an ACTUAL compliment) 'You look cute!'/'Love those shoes!'...you know, something along those lines. Thanks! Thanks! #2- 'You're tall!' Ummm....yes? Thank you? I'm sorry? How is one supposed to respond to that! With an estimate of.my newly enhanced height? (guessing 5'10ish?) To be sure, I think that the 'you're tall!' thing is a totally normal reaction because it probably IS the most notable thing, and maybe they never even looked down to see that the new height is due to SHOES and not, say, a 30-year-old GROWTH SPURT, but still. It makes me laugh every time. What if it hadn't been shoes? What if I actually had GROWN THAT MUCH IN A WEEK? I mean...I would probably be pretty self-conscious about it, so thanks for pointing it out!! Haha. Okay.

2. This morning in the kitchen I noticed Matt's outfit clothes (he always hates if I call his clothes an outfit. Weird boy.) and said 'You look nice, I like your clothes today.' It was a shirt and pants he doesn't normally wear together and it looked nice, so, there ya have it. He thanked me and then returned the compliment by saying "You look really comfy!" and I just had to die laughing. I mean, I was wearing my work clothes...so indicating that they look comfy makes me feel like I just threw on some sweats or something. And let's be honest-- today's clothes involve actual waistbands and zippers, so I feel like that should count for something! Yesterday's Duggar-esque maxi skirt was a lot comfier. But anyway. I was dying laughing while Matt re-evaluated his words and redelivered the compliment in a way that sounded a little more complimentary.

3. Yesterday I was wearing this necklace. And please note that the picture is not from yesterday, but from Fashion Week, which is why I am looking so ridiculously faux-dramatic. It was just the best picture of the necklace I could find. Don't judge me.

Anyway, this is far from the first time I've worn this necklace (it's in regular rotation), but for some reason TWO different people made the same bizarre-to-me comment about it. "Have you read/seen Harry Potter?", they started. This is always a terrible question for me because I have to admit that I have not (well, I watched the first few movies when they first came out but I fell asleep halfway through and don't remember anything, so I'm not sure it counts) YET read/seen them. And that's just embarrassing because like, duh. Who doesn't love HP? Especially someone who likes to read as much as me? And I really have no good excuses for my delinquency and I keep saying that someday I will get around to it, but whatever. Hasn't happened yet. SO when these co-workers ask that and I say 'no,' then they're slightly disappointed but went on to explain that there's something (with some long made up name that I don't remember) in the HP books that apparently looks like my necklace and they like STEAL PEOPLE'S SOULS or something. A soul-stealing necklace? That's pretty awesome. So apparently every time I've worn this necklace, people are reminded of this HP thing. And not having read the book, I'm not sure whether this soul-stealing necklace is a bad thing or a good thing, but for my personal, everyday life, I'm calling it a win. Wearing a necklace full of stolen souls sounds pretty badass and since I didn't do the triathlon, I'm still looking for something to qualify me as a badass...so maybe this will be it. Erika: She didn't run a triathlon, but she will wear your soul in her necklace. That should get me some fresh respect, right? Exactly.

On a completely unrelated note, I would like to give a big shout-out to my new friend 2DogNight over at The Grand Science Experiment. Homegirl took the bull by the horns and MAILED me a book that she absolutely knew I would love to take to the beach!!

It totally made my day to arrive home to such a fun surprise yesterday afternoon!! In addition to Rules of Civility, which I am pumped to read, there was a sweet hand-written note. Doesn't she have beautiful handwriting? It's nice to see someone else who prefers to write in cursive. Sometimes I feel like I'm all alone in the world, doing my thing in cursive...but alas, I am not! Anyway-- many thanks to her for braving the post office and making my day!!  

'Aight. Any particularly awesome 'compliment-but-not' stories? My first two were pretty lame...I feel like you can do better (although you probably can't beat having a soul-stealing necklace). Pregnancy-related ones are welcomed...I feel like pregnant people are ripe picking for pseudo-compliments, and today I feel like I can hear these stories without crying, so let 'em rip!