Oh man..
So, I was wandering around Wal-mart the other day, looking at their seasonal section and noticed they're starting to tear down 'summer' stuff. Flowers.. gardening equipment.. barbeque stuff.. That sort of thing. And I realized how close we are to a lot of things. Season-wise. We're so close to starting the shopping for holiday gifts.. We're close to Thanksgiving.. Corbin's birthday shopping.. It seems like so much is coming all at once, and I didn't even realize it! We really ought to start holiday shopping now that way when Christmas/birthday comes, we're ready.
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Shoes.. shoes and more shoes…
I swear.. Corbin has more pairs of shoes than I do, literally! He has flip-flops, sneakers, hi-tops.. All sorts. I think he even has a pair of swim shoes floating around here. No brand names though.. No Dansko or anything like that, but they do have pretty freaking adorable shoes. Their clogs look really, really comfortable. I'd kill for comfortable shoes right about now.
My sneakers are great. Comfortable and all that, but they aren't easy to put on when I'm in a rush and they're real old too so they're kind of falling apart (part of what makes them so comfortable!!). Ahh well, shoe shopping for me will come later on.
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Control
I am by no means a control freak. I do not need everything to be in precisely the right order. I even like a little bit of chaos sometimes. But I feel lately, that there's such a loss of control. Things have not been 100% okay lately and I'm working through it. We hit tough times, but everything'll be fine. I keep telling myself that. So at a time when I have no control and chaos is everywhere.. I've been trying to find ways of gaining a small amount of control, to feel safe. To feel secure. So I rearranged the living room. And I'm trying to think of how to arrange my room. I need to deep clean it. Move everything and vacuum/sweep. I've been very on top of things lately. It's been real nice. Hopefully soon things in my life will be back in order.. but until then, at least my house can be in order. Right? 
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Life insurance
I keep seeing commercials lately for insurance companies that have their life insurance quote, car insurance quote and house insurance quote all in one little package. Isn't that neat? Kind of a nice consolidation instead of having to go to three different companies? And a lot of times you can get all three of them in a package for cheaper than getting them separately. I've never really thought about life insurance in terms of me. I've always thought of it in terms of my older family members.. my parents, you know? Well, my grandparents are all dead really, so who else am I going to have to think about? :p
Putting it in terms of life insurance for myself, making sure Corbin is financially secure to handle my death.. God that's an awkward feeling. Very terrible and unsettling, but it's also a fact of life. Death is part of the life cycle. Ah speaking of Corbin.. he's getting into something so I better run.
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Spring weddings?
A few years ago, it seemed like all my friends were getting married. And the majority of them were having spring weddings. And it always made me wonder... Why? Why Spring? I always favored Fall personally. I know one of my friends who had her wedding at the end of September. I couldn't make it, but it was a beautiful fall day.. She had the most wonderful setting for it. The leaves were just starting to turn, so they were just absolutely gorgeous to offset her and her husband's outfits. It was just gorgeous.
I think I'd much prefer a fall wedding, since it's cooler but not too cold. It's got the interesting scenery. Everything's changing and it's really beautiful to watch. I guess some people would see fall as like, "death" of the birth that came with Spring. I don't see it that way at all. I see it as change. Just change. And change can be good, can't it?
I kind of have my heart set on a fall wedding, if I ever get married. Of course, I'd have to buy bridal shoes, outfits, jewelry and all that jazz. I hate shopping for clothes and jewelry. I can get away with shopping for shoes. It's not nearly as annoying. But clothes? Jewelry? Never mind that I don't even wear jewelry anymore. It'd just be weird!
Nevertheless, shopping for bridal shoes to match my imaginary pretty dress is kind of fun.. Is it bad that I'd buy the shoes first and then the dress?
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