5 on a Friday: messy house, the right order, clothing conundrums, million dollar questions, book of the summer

Last night, we forgot to run the dishwasher before bed.

This meant that it had to run this morning, so it is 1pm now and I have not managed to unload the dishwasher yet

Which means the kitchen is full of breakfast dishes

Which means when the grocery delivery arrived it went on the dining room table.

It's interesting to feel the impacts of being on the wrong size of some Lazy Genius principals.

I did not do things yesterday that would have made today easier.

I went to bed too late and now I am tired

I forgot to run the dishwasher and now I'm sitting next to chaos

It's not a big deal, because at some point soon I will get off this couch and stop blogging and start tidying up.

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My Taper week of running has been very taper.  As in, I haven't' run since my 11 miles last weekend.  Oops! I did do two strength workouts and one sprint interval training workout and some yoga.  I also slept a lot this week, with a rolling average of over 8 hours.  

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I am on the hunt for new clothes again.  Last year around this time I feel I achieved my "only clothes. I wear and love" wardrobe, and then I wore the same 5 sweaters for 6 months straight and now that it's sweater season again all my clothes feel worn and baggy.

Also, how am I supposed to pair sweaters with not-skinny jeans?  How do I look chic and not frumpy in sweater-legging combos?  Inquiring minds want to know.

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I've been thinking about things I would spend money on if I had a million dollars (or whatever amount is enough to just spend money without thinking.)  I feel I would spend a lot more on my house and I would hire an interior decorator and organizer to make it pretty and functional.  Right now it's pretty functional and fine, but I would love to live in a space that brought me more visual joy rather than operational joy.  

I realized as I racked my brain on what I would do with a million dollars (yes, I sang the Barenaked Ladies song by the same title!) it was mostly material stuff - I would pay someone to cook and prep food.  I would pay a housekeeper to tidy up.  Maybe I would move to a bigger house.

I didn't immediately think of any massive holidays I would do.  I would not buy a nicer car (although I definitely would buy a electric family cargo bike!).  I would like to give a bunch of money to the kids school.  It would be cool to have someone come and tell me what clothes to wear and how to wear makeup and make me look put together but not uncomfortable.

I wondered, does this mean I don't value travel? Is this showing that inside I am apparently super materialistic?  

Perhaps it's because I know if I wanted to do a trip somewhere I will probably do it, whether or not I have a million dollars.  I don't need to have a windfall to spend money on the things I value doing, because that's how I'm spending my money already.  Maybe "what would you do with windfall money" is more of a question of "What don't you value enough to want right now?"

I'm not really sure what that exercise is supposed to teach me.

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I am going to officially announce that my favourite book this summer was The Other Side Of Now by Paige Harbison.  On a scale from 0 to Wedding People it was close enough to Wedding People that I really really enjoyed it.  It would also make a good Fall/Christmas read!

Now it's time to tidy up this messy house!

What was your favourite book of the summer?  What would you spend money on if you have a millionbillion dollars?  Do you have a fall wardrobe or do you feel like you're constantly topping up your clothing?