January 5th 2020: Self-love day

It's my birthday! Which is why I chose today to be my self-love challenge day. This is going to be written in a very diary style way, sorry if that's weird for you. I had an awesome day. My husband brought me cold brew coffee before I was even out of bed. Followed that up with some delicious eggs, bacon, and toast for breakfast. The man knows the way to my heart!

My Dad (he drives a semi and lives out of state) called me and said he was in our area for the day. It was an unexpected but very welcomed surprise, so my family met up with him and my sister for lunch. He gave us lottery tickets and one of ours was actually a winner! Whaaaaat? I know, so cool!

I then decided I wanted to go to my favorite thrift store, and since it's about a 15-20 minute walk from our house I decided it would be the perfect time to listen to music and have some me time.

I stopped on the bridge above a creek for a while and watched the ducks. Then I bought myself some stuff that I feel like I manifested into being in the store. Not even joking, I had recently gotten rid of one of my favorite shirts because it was kind of falling apart, and I found not one but two in a similar style; one of them even had the same colors. I was so jazzed, yes, I'm old… Deal with it. Before I began my walk home it had already gotten dark, but I was walking with the shadows in front of me, so I wasn't scared to listen to my music.

Then I went out to dinner with my family, came home and made a cherry pie that we were all too full to actually eat. I was able to make my birthday wish and blow out a candle. So belated birthday pie for breakfast, yes please.

I'd say that today was pretty close to perfect, if not completely! I woke up with the mindset that I am worth the love that I receive, I am just as valuable as other people, and I deserve the magical happiness that birthdays are meant to bring.