Bliss
Yesterday was one of those truly great days. I had one of those rare opportunities to fall in love all over again.
I had to return some clothes and buy different ones as my job requires business attire. Matt went with me and patiently waited in line with me for the returns, gave helpful opinions on the new outfits and then went on the impossible journey to find brown dress shoes.
Why impossible? I wear a size 11. Well, I probably wear a size 10 1/2, but they don’t make that size, ever. Every store was the same. JC Penney, Nine West, Easy Spirit, Foleys and Off Broadway. They all didn’t carry an 11 in anything cute and then the “helpful” sales person would bring a black pair or a really ugly brown pair with a sort of pained look on their face.
Finally, we went to Famous Footwear where they had three pairs in a size 11 and a couple in a 10W which sometimes works. A couple of pairs fit, but just didn’t feel right. My feet hurt and I was really starting to feel beaten down. I just wanted a comfortable brown dress shoe. I made one last desparate pass around the store and happened upon a pair that were really cute and they had a 10. I sighed and thought, “what the hell” and tried them on. They actually fit and were relatively comfortable. Natt was patient through the whole ordeal, being encouraging and wonderful.
We then went Super Bowl food shopping and then went home and ordered some pizza.
Here’s the blissful part. I needed to put some laundry away and Matt volunteered to help me. We listened to some Whiskey Town and got everything put away and then sort of crashed on the bed and just listened to the music. He held me close and everything just melted away. I was in absolute heaven. Next we played Death Cab for Cutie and the bliss contined. It was like the glow of dating all over again, when just spending time with the one you adore, just listening to great music is the only thing in the world and happiness just pours out of you. I fell in love with him all over again, laying there, warm in his arms.
It truly was a great day.