View from my 4th-floor hotel room on Main Street in beautiful Lexington. It really is beautiful --- and everything is in bloom, so it's extra-beautiful. Meeting my host for dinner at 6, at a restaurant a 2-minute walk from here, because this is the kind of ideal American town where you can actually do that. I'd live here in such a heartbeat.
Nice drive up yesterday, although I-95 was congested. The drive was made slightly less nice by the fact that coming out of a Sheetz gas station in Hillsborough, North Carolina, I managed to lose my wallet --- in the car, as it turns out, but I didn't find it until this morning. I was very afraid I had dropped it or left it on the counter in the Sheetz, as I was fumbling with the Clif Bars and bottle of water I had bought. Fortunately I had cash in a separate pocket of my purse, so I could fill the tank again when I needed to, and people paid cash for books last night, so I would have been okay . . . but whew. Wallet had fallen into a door pocket somehow --- I still really don't know how. I had been turning the car inside out and praying, and then for some reason (maybe because I was praying), I thought to look there. And boom, there it was.
My drive south again to Lexington was considerably more relaxed than it might have been. And now I'm ensconced in this lovely old hotel, right downtown, where I can walk to everything. Right now I'm unwinding, and then I might shower off before I go to dinner.
Wearing today, at least for the drive down (might change for dinner):
*Secondhand Wool& Sierra, bought November 2024, last worn March 20. Wears in 2025: 8, I think. I think I've correctly counted one more time than I thought, when I wore this dress as a warm layer under my Dark Blue-Gray Smock dress (which might be what I put back on for dinner tonight, as it's quite warm here).
*Old thrifted Eddie Bauer cotton sweater, in its second decade of wear, I'm pretty sure.
*Secondhand Birk Mayaris, just entering their second year of wear.
The top photo here shows up the slight discoloration on the front of this dress, which made it cheap to buy. I really don't mind it, and often don't notice it --- but it does make this not necessarily a dress I'd wear out to dinner.
Going to unwind for a while, then rinse off and change. I'm very happy to be here.
OFF TO DINNER SOON:
Showered, a little damp, outfit repeating from yesterday because I love this. Yes, I brought too many dresses. No, I won't wear them all. But I am learning, yet again, which ones I truly love and feel good in.
Also --- this meditative looking-down business in selfies is all well and good when you're 21, but when you are 60 and your face is sliding off its bones, not so much. Note to self.