Making Me Happy This Week–1/7/2018

One thing that I’ve been doing for a couple of years in my paper notebook is making a sort-of-weekly list of things that are “Making Me Happy This Week”.  I thought I would start sharing them here on the blog, because we could all use some reminder of what makes us happy.  Maybe it will inspire you to make your own list regularly. 

Here’s what’s been making me happy this week.

• Our NYE tradition of staying in, eating homemade potato skins, and watching “Love Actually”.  This year we added playing “Sonic The Hedgehog” on PS4 together!
• Anne & Gilbert coming over on New Years Day to watch the College Football Playoffs (Oklahoma vs Georgia).
• Lunch at Point Loma Seafoods and waterfront walk afterwards.
• My new lipstick.  I’m trying out a bolder color because for the last few years all I’ve worn have been nude or barely there lipsticks.
• Going back to the office after almost two weeks at home (working 2 days from home) and not losing my mind or hating it.
• My new Ink + Volt planner.  I bought the PDF download and printed January out myself at home.  I put it in my Staples disc-bound notebook.  It is perfect!
• My new Instagram account for my outfit of the day sharing.  It is private for now, but if you want to follow, I will approve you.  Unless you’re selling me supplements or anything else, then no.  I’m @listgirlwears.
• Sunny & warm weather when the rest of the country is a frozen tundra of bomb cyclone.
• My new diffuser and essential oils Christmas gift from Peppermint.
• The breakfast scramble from Jack In The Box.  (Big enough for two breakfasts!)
• Successfully NOT eating candy this week.
• Todd’s homemade brown sugar cookies.  (I had one yesterday and one today.  Because homemade cookies are NOT candy.  Todd gave the rest away.)
• Watching Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets on HBO.  HBO has all the Harry Potter movies from now until July.
• My diet going well (I really should call it lifestyle adjustment).
• Being productive and getting things done.
• My new elastic invisible belt.  It is LIFE.CHANGING.  Because of my body shape, jeans/pants always fall down on me.  I can’t even tell you how many times per day I have to pull my pants up.  With this flat buckle elastic belt, it’s invisible and I no longer have to pull my pants up, even when I sit down and stand up multiple times!  It’s a miracle.
• My back feeling much better.  My back had been sore and I discovered it’s because of my sub-optimal ergonomic setup at work.  I’ve fixed it and now my back is recovering.
• Organized my closet for the PMT Winter Style Challenge!  Starting tomorrow for the next 5 weeks, Audrey is going to tell me what to wear every day!  Yay!