Girl Time

About the closest thing I will ever have to a sister is a good friend. Even my sister-in-law can't be a stand in for a real sister since she's only 13. Do THAT math!!
When I get to spend quality time with one of my good friends I always imagine that this must be how it is to have a sister with whom you are close. Shopping, lunching, laughing, sharing, busting on each other's stretch marks and granny panties in the dressing room.
I had a day like that today with a friend who's been my best friend for 22 years. Through pregnancies, raising subsequent products of said pregnancies, eyebrow piercings, divorce (mine, not hers), weight loss surgeries and boob reductions. Even moving across the state didn't change our friendship much. Before the internet, instant messages and email, we used to fax each other all day long since neither of us could really afford long distance phone calls. Obviously this was also the time before free long distance with your cell phone.
Today we have the luxury of just picking up the phone and making plans to get together. It never matters what we are doing, we always make it a good time. Today, we lunched at Panera and shopped for a few spring things. Most of all though, we got to laugh. We know how to make each other bust a gut and we also know how to really listen to one another, to hear each others hearts; not just the words coming out of our mouths. Surely that must be what it's like to have a sister.
And in these tough economical times, I have had to learn to shop frugally. Quality does come with a price tag but quality can also come from the clearance rack. And also in size 10 walking shorts. Internets, are you tired of reading about how it blows my mind that I am not still a 30/32? I'm sorry for your loss of happiness but I am going to write about it again. I just can't help it. Today, I started out with a size 14 short but my friend made me take the 10's, even though the thought of trying to get a size 10 anything past my hips made me feel slightly ill. The only things I've ever worn in a size 10 my friends, are my shoes. Never an article of clothes. And I got to share this with my friend.
So today was a lovely day full of positives and good things. And 10s.