210. post-thanksgiving wrap-up
November 30th, 2009 § 4 Comments
I don’t have any good outfit photos of my Thanksgiving break, but doesn’t Chris look spiffy in his ensembles? I meant to take some outfit photos of him, but these will have to do. The coat that he’s wearing has giant pockets; one day we were walking around and he was carrying four books in them. The vest is from the suit he had tailored from Bookster for our wedding. He didn’t wear it then (it was a sweltering day in July), but he’s getting a lot of wear out of it now. My favorite part of it is the bright yellow satin back, which you can see a little bit of in the top photo.
All of this is me just warming up to say that I miss Chris a whole lot, and having him around was nicer than nice. Having a week to ourselves meant watching An Education and Still Walking, the former being OK and full of eye candy and the later being totally beautiful both emotionally and aesthetically. I told Chris, on our way out of the theater, that I’d like to write a novel like that someday. Not necessarily in subject matter, but something with that same, intimate, gorgeous touch that is particular to Hirokazu.
Chris and I made his mother’s sweet potato casserole recipe at Hanna’s family’s Thanksgiving. Look! Pecans! (It wouldn’t have been Southern without them.) The piece of paper next to the cutting board is from Chris’s Gmail. The subject heading, from his mom, is “Potato!”, which I loved, and constantly referred to all day.
We also had Friendsgiving on Sunday (endless food!) at Katie and Grant’s, which was an absorbing distraction after Chris left for the airport that day. The hat on the left is new to me, and has ear flaps. (Don’t you love that Jumbo plate?)
Finally, I got a haircut. It was supposed to keep the curl in, but so far I don’t see any curl; it just reminds me of the haircut that Joanne gave me all those years ago in her bathroom while we listened to Edith Piaf (one of the happiest days of my life)! I miss my curls, but I do feel a little bit more mischievous and brave with super-short hair.
Other things that I did over the break included getting lots of hugs, finishing Anna Karenina, not thinking about school at all (okay, well, hardly thinking about school), turning in one of my pie-in-the-sky fellowship applications (gulp?), working on my D.H. Lawrence paper (I lied about not thinking about school), eating lots of brunch with Chris, trying on that pink sequined dress featured in my article about the Get Up (it’s a bit too bit in the bust, plus the zipper’s broken — but I might still get it), and being mostly so happy that I could’ve burst.
A great big thank you to all of our readers, commenters, and pals.
xo, mw
Happy Thanksgiving! I love the new haircut and the yellow frock!
Finishing up a big, lovely book is a fine way to spend a long weekend, isn’t it?
I finished Lady Chatterly’s Lover on the plane ride back from family-fun in San Francisco–we’ll have to compare notes on that naughty rogue D.H.!
xoxo,
Gina
Hi Gina! I’m going to read Women in Love one of these days — and maybe Lady Chatterley, too. Lawrence was probably not someone I would have wanted to hang out with, but I love his obsession with writing about soul-love.
xomw
Your hair is gorgeous! We so need Chris to do a guest post on men’s fashion (or maybe you & Chris.)
xo Jenny
Yes, Chris and I were supposed to “get on that” while he was here, but instead we lounged around and watched movies. Maybe over winter break?