it's the little things

two weekends ago, i ran in a 4 mile trail race. i had been training for it for awhile and was planning to get a new pair of running shoes after the race. since i wear a size 11 in regular women's shoes and need to go up a size in running shoes, i always end up buying men's running shoes. as long as my husband wears bigger shoes than i do, i can deal with it. i don't know why i set that as my standard, but it works in my head. anyhow, this time, i decided to take a friend's advice and look online for some asics that were on sale. not only were they on sale, but they went up to a size 13 in women's! i quickly placed my order for a size 12, and impatiently waited. last week, my shoes arrived and boy do they feel amazing. i don't know if it's because i'm so excited to be wearing women's running shoes, or because they're actually really good shoes, or both. i don't care which one it is, because they make me feel great when i run.


the other night, LH and i had to run over to lowe's to get a new toilet seat for the master bathroom. after several minutes debating the attributes of various lids, we settled on one with chrome fasteners (to match the sink faucet. not because i love chrome). as we were exiting the bathroom fixtures section of the store, LH dreamily said, "one day, we're going to live in a house longer than three years and then we're going to have a monster-sized toilet in our bathroom." i just laughed and thought to myself, "whatever makes you happy, baby. whatever makes you happy."


i guess there is merit to finding happiness in the little things in life.