Older, Wiser, and Wearing a Wig

It's official. I'm 35.
And because birthdays are a time to reflect (and because it's possible that I like to inflict self torture and indulge myself in a good old pity party once in a while), I went digging through old photos. I found this one that you see above. That's taken on a road trip to Colorado that Mr. C and I went on when our relationship was just a little newborn baby. In my mind, it doesn't seem like 8 years have passed, but when I look at that picture, I don't even know who that girl is.

She has no children, no responsibility to anyone but herself. She sleeps in on the weekends. She has no qualms about resting her bare feet on the dash board because she goes to get them pedicured every two weeks. Her tanned arms and legs are fairly toned and she's not thinking about being judged buy any other mommies because the concert T-shirt she's wearing has the words "Jedi-Sex Trick" on the back. Sure, her sunglasses are a little goofy, but overall she's young, she's fit, and she's pretty enough to make her boyfriend want to impress her by driving bare-chested. (Mr. C- you had me at Circle K when you bought the family pack box of Cheez-Its. It was like destiny brought us together. Or the Snack Fairy.)

Anyway, right when I start to feel really wistful and old and wrinkly, I remember. That girl didn't have this:

Or this:>

Or this either:


And none of it would be fun at all if I didn't have this:


So I guess I'm pretty lucky after all.
I do miss those bi-monthly pedis though.

By the way, I was Mrs. Roper. I know it's not that good of a costume if it needs 'splaining, but that's what it was anyway. We had a nice little party and celebrated Baby Roo's 1st Birthday. I'll post those pictures on Thursday, when she really truly becomes an official one year old. In the meantime, there's just two more pics I want to share of me and my sis. I don't know what we're laughing at, but it must have been good.




I don't know. I just love pictures that capture people in a moment of hilarity.
Hope you all had as good of a weekend as I did.
Happy November!