Oh 2020, how you changed our lives…

Remember when we thought the stay home order was only going to be a week? We stayed in pajamas and didn’t put on makeup. Then a week turned into a month, into a year…. Staying in sweats and doing nothing started to take a toll and make me feel depressed. I swapped out sweats and pjs for leggings with a cute top. Added some tinted moisturizer and mascara so I felt kinda cute.

When the world started to open up I kept the leggings and minimal makeup. I traded my heels for flats and bras for bralettes. I was still working from home so there was no reason to wear heels and jeans. No thanks.

Then, I had to travel for a week and actually go into an office. Eeekkkkk

Those 4 days in the office I did things I haven’t since 2020.

I wore heels every day for over 8 hours. I used to ONLY wear shoes with some kind of a heel. Listen, I’m only 5 foot tall. That’s it. Even. So, ever since I got my first set of heels in middle school I never went back. I wore sneakers only when I was forced to take gym in school. When Covid hit I switched to flats and the only time I’ve worn heels since then was when I went to see Hamilton with my husband.

At the end of the first day I thought my feet might fall off. The second day wasn’t as bad. By the end of the week it was like I never stopped wearing heels. I definitely missed all my cute shoes. Those boots are made for walking….

I wore an actual bra. Let me tell you what, I think this was worse than the heels. Seriously, why do we have underwire bras? Who invented those? Again, I wore them all day, every day since the day I started wearing a bra until 2020. Now, I’d rather not. No thanks.

I wore actual makeup. Like I said I’ve only worn tinted moisturizer since 2020. I packed up my foundation, blush, highlighter, contouring stick, and eyeshadow palette. Honestly, it was so fun. Putting on makeup is like painting a picture. Is that weird to think? It’s just fun to play around with. Plus, I always LOVED lipstick. I’ve never been huge on dark eye makeup. I just don’t really like how it looks on me. But I love some pretty pale shimmery eye shadow with a pretty berry lip. Definitely plan on bringing it back.

I slept past 6am. I haven’t slept an entire night since our son was born. He still wakes up throughout the night so, I’m up and don’t really get a straight night sleep. Also, he’s always up by 5am. I closed the curtains, made it pitch black in the room and passed out early every night. Took some melatonin and I woke up the following day to the alarm, hit snooze and kept sleeping. It was the highlight of the trip.

What are some things you haven’t done since 2020?