Cash Cow

Most people refer to investments in terms of real estate, stocks, education, retirement etc. etc. What about emotional investments? Those investments in which our emotions and our sentiments are tied up ie: friendships, relationships, work, tv shows, sports teams etc. etc. In the past I've been guilty of being way too emotionally involved in a series. Can we say Lost?! Season after season I was perplexed by the complexity of these characters and the meaning of the island.  For me the investment was totally worth it.  For six seasons Lost brought so much love, joy and anguish into my life.  I thought about things and questioned things I would not have otherwise done so.  However, I think that most of our emotional investments lie in our relationships.  I try my best at maintaining those relationships that are important to me, but sometimes I feel like the other party involved doesn't reciprocate. In that case is the investment worth it?  Is my investment paying off? If a stock isn't doing well what do we do? We sell it. If there is no reciprocation from your emotional investment whether it be a bad boyfriend or a bad friend the most logical option is to stop investing. So why is it so hard for us to break away from a bad relationship? Think of it in terms of long term longevity. Is this investment (relationship) worth it aka am I happy enough or satisfied with the return to keep investing? As with everything balance is the key. Are you giving enough to be receiving enough?  As I write this I am not sure that it seems fair, but is anything really fair in the game of life?  Relationships are hard and it's hard to think of them in terms of gambles and wages but at the end of the day isn't that what life really is? We wake up hoping for the best, hoping we make the right decisions but at the end of the day is that enough? You have to take charge of your future investments and make sure those feelings and emotions are allocated properly.  If not you have to restructure your portfolio and find your cash cows.  

Day-versary

Today was V and I's 862 Day-versary.  What's a day-versary you ask? It's a daily celebration of our marriage but it can be a celebration of any occasion.  It's celebrated in days vs. months which would be a monthiversary vs. annually which would be an anniversary.  Today we celebrated 862 days of being married.  I made it up really.  I don't think there's such a thing as a Day-versay but today I woke up and decided we would celebrate because well, why not.  We've celebrated monthiversaries and day-versaries before so V was on board.  We decided to start off by going to Georgetown.  Remember my vintage dress that I bought last week? Well it turns out the tailor called me to pick up the dress because the sensors were still attached.  Can you believe it?!? I picked it up earlier this week.  We drove into Georgetown, we went back to Annie Creamcheese and they removed the sensors.  YAY!  The cashier was so apologetic and nice, she even gave me coupons for 30% off my entire purchase.  V then decided he wanted to have lunch at Q-doba which we did.  We walked around for a while and we ended our afternoon in Gtown by indulging in a lemon cupcake at Sprinkles.  We then went to the mall because we needed to pick out my gift.  I didn't really find anything I wanted.  I'm already on the wait list for a Chanel bag at Neiman's and I've already picked out my birthday gifts.  We shopped a little then we headed to Sushi Yama for a celebratory dinner.  We came home and I was surprised with a small gift.  A t-shirt, but not just any t-shirt.  A t-shirt inspired by one of my favorite artists:Drake.  It made my entire day.  I am so grateful for the little things in life.  Days like today that make me appreciate my relationship and make me appreciate my wonderful husband.  Even if he hadn't gotten me a gift, the simple fact that he wanted to celebrate our "Day-versary" made all the difference.

Some of my favorite previous Day-versary/Monthiversary gifts

Today's Day-versary gift

OOTD

It was such nice day today. We spent it walking around Georgetown. We ate lunch and had a cupcake. Perfect Sunday. OOTD: Joie sweater, Aqua lace top, Zara leggings, Tory Burch boots, Banana Republic necklace, Swarovski earrings, Rebecca Minkoff bag.
I opted for the lace underneath vs. a regular cami because it makes the peek a boo effect a lot more interesting. Sometimes I pair the sweater whit an animal print tank top. It's super cute.