I have been thinking a lot about class lately. My thirtieth birthday is right around the corner and I have really been trying to hone my style. I’ve always been horrified by my mother’s butterfly bedazzled bell bottoms and the ever presence of “big gulps, tractors, and pink camo” in my sordid memory bank. But what makes someone classy? The internet has nearly convinced me that the whole of classiness is kept in the human cuticles and if they aren’t on point, I should just hang myself with a length of the Confederate flag while standing on a crate of Pabst.
Not one to believe everything the internet tells me, I thought about real life. Who was the classiest person I know?
For me, that person is my dear friend Betty. Betty is a landscaper and ironically has the most mangled cuticles I have ever seen. When she comes by…
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I’m 66 and being comfortable is most important to me. I don’t care what others think about me anymore. I care about what I think of me. I’m doing just fine in that department. I so remember being young though and these things are most important when you’re young.
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I’m 66 and being comfortable is most important to me. I don’t care what others think about me anymore. I care about what I think of me. I’m doing just fine in that department. I so remember being young though and these things are most important when you’re young.
Have a fabulous day. ♥
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