Our next stop was Ross.
Everyone else bought.....
(these aren't the ones they bought. They all bought modest ones of course this is just a google image result for cute dresses)
And I bought...
(not the best photo but i didn't feel like trying to change the lighting to make it better. sorry. even in bad lighting I LOVE them!!)
I fell in love with these owls as soon as I saw them. Everyone kept asking me if I love owls but I don't I just really loved these two. I just know that some day when I am decorating my own little house these owls will look perfect in it. But then I considered having to get them back to Tennessee = hassle. So I put them back. But as I kept trying on clothes I couldn't get them out of my mind. So I bought them. And now they are sitting on my dresser for a while and maybe I'll ship them home sometime or maybe they'll live here in Hawaii with me till I leave...
All of this got me thinking though. While other girls were buying cute dresses for an upcoming dance I was buying future home decorations. Maybe I am one step ahead of myself. Maybe I should buy a dress to look cute to attract a boy to marry me so I can have a future house to decorate. (I do realize that there's a lot more to the process then those three little steps and it takes a lot more than just a cute dress to attract a boy- and if it doesn't he's not the boy I want- but ya know work with me here) But the more I thought about it the more pleased I was with myself. First, I didn't find any dresses there I don't already have the same style of and don't wear often enough. Two, (this is where the "Sunday Ponderings" comes in) just because I'm not married yet doesn't mean I shouldn't be thinking about and preparing for that stage of life.
I'm still trying to find a happy balance between enjoying these singles fun (or not so fun) years and looking forward to the married/family ones (which I'm sure will be fun and not so fun too). Sometimes I forget to have fun now because I am looking forward so much to the next stage and for a split second I was worried the other girls would think I am nuts... But really who cares if I don't have a husband or a house yet. I have owls and i am having fun and appreciating this single time and I'm implementing and perfecting hopefully life-long habits like scripture study and prayer and not spending to much time watching tv while it's just me I have to worry about.
And I am happy with where I'm at.
I know this post is getting really long but I have to add this too because it's Sunday Ponderings and I have been pondering this one all last night and into the morning. At the Wal Mart I bought some new polka-dotted sheets that were on sale for my bed because my old ones were too big. Last night when I laid down I was thinking about how these sheets aren't very cute and I wish I would have gotten a different color but the other colors weren't on sale. I was even totaling how much another cuter set would cost.. And then I thought about how terribly unthankful I am sometimes. I have a bed. With sheets on it. New ones because the old ones were too big. In Hawaii. Where I got to college. Which I am able to afford because of the blessings of so many wonderful church members. and I'm worried about the color of my sheets? Pathetic. I have more things to be grateful for than there are polka-dots on my sheets. And I'm keeping these sheets to remind me of that. I'm so glad the Lord helps me to have humbling thoughts.
sweet or tart?
I googled it and most owls think peaches are yucky but some think they're sweet.
