The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing acts of kindness. – Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
A lovely thought from a fantastic novel. We don’t need fancy dinners or diamond rings to show someone that we love them. One the contrary, we need less tangible things like consistency, loyalty, and, hopefully, laughter. What matters is that your friends&sweethearts understand you, appreciate your quirks, and remain by your side (come what may).
In an effort to remain habitual/consistent with my rah rah rah experiments, I decorated the Minneapolis bike trail with a ‘happy fall’ banner. The simple banner was made by painting burlap and then stringing the letters together on a ribbon. Happy fall, y’all:
When the experiment ended, I met up with Lauren for thrift store shopping. We didn’t find any clothes, so we bought non-prescription glasses for fancy dinners, baby showers, and hot dates.
I got home feeling pretty optimistic about the day, but wishing my sign had ended with “y’all.” I made a pretty graphic to make up for it:
Fallababa: |
what you say when you fall out of bed
opps!! i just fallababa!
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Great sign, and the glasses are perfect for all those occassions 😉
haha, i’m definitely looking forward to trying them out. i’ve always been a little jealous of people who actually need them. jon has a pair but he always wears contacts
I totally laughed at your thrift store shopping faces! LOL! I also loved your sign! Happy Fall Y’all!!! 🙂
i thought it was kinda funny too, thanks 🙂
Glad to see you got your “glasses”!!
CLAIRE! upload a blog post asap. I’ve been missing them. and thanks, very important purchase, will wear to book club 🙂
A wonderful motto to live by … less stuff for loved ones and more quality time with loved ones. And the glasses just seem to add some extra flavor to the quality time, nice touch 😉 Enjoy those crisp, autumn days. I am jealous 😉
I just want to move to Minneapolis and cover the world with happy signs with you. Love this! I need to work up the courage to do something similar in Detroit 🙂
I’ll definitely be up for helping with something creative when I’m there 🙂
Love the sign! And I love me some Victor Hugo. Favorite novel {Les Mis} hands down. Or up. Whichever you choose. 😉
Better than Hunchback?? Questionable…
I loved Hunchback too…oh brother Victor Hugo…why is it so hard to choose?! Maybe I love Les Mis because there’s at least one character each reader can relate to….? Looks like my next graduate school essay will have to be a comparison paper… 😉
Happy fall!
Fall! Glasses! Happiness! Friends! What could be better 🙂 You are so great!!
lauren, i hope this means you are getting a blog!! also, meant to tell you, giraffes are my new favorite animal. you need to help me find a fun giraffe print 🙂