a feeling of success

Today was a long day, but a good one. Cay and I went out to try to find a bike for her to get to and from work on. That didn't work out too well, but at the thrift shop I did get their prom dresses and got myself three pair of jeans (something that's often very hard for me to find for myself) Then we had a bit of a splurge tonight, and I ordered pizza and a movie. More than half the food is still left (something that NEVER would have happened 4 years ago!) even though we ordered less food than we used to.

I knew this month was going to be tight financially, but I've got a lot done on our very limited budget, and have a little left over that I didn't expect... and of course Cay's pay hasn't come in yet, nor has my t-shirt money ($26 from CafePress, my final CafePress check) and I'm hoping for ad money this month, so I'm pretty sure we'll be able to make it this month... the question being whether or not we'll be able to get to Las Cruces next week.

Today I was trying on clothes and I caught a glimpse of me out of the corner of my eye as I was hanging up clothes, and for this one instant when I had this surprise look of me in the mirror, I thought "Damn, I look hot!" which was a nice way to feel. I don't often see myself as "hot" or "beautiful", my focus having been "distinguished" or "polished" in recent days. It was nice to just think that way, even if only for a few moments.