The good thing about not seeing the one you love very often?
When you finally do get to see them it’s extra special. Once you’re with someone for a while you can start to lose sight of the small things that matter. Little things go unnoticed, unappreciated. And it’s not because you don’t care about those things anymore, I believe you just get use to them. Since it can sometimes be a rare thing for me to see AJ, I’ve really come to recognize the littlest things again.
Anyways, yesterday I showed him how to shop FOR REAL for his first time. And boy was he in for a treat. I won’t lie, he had pretty good style to begin with, but there’s always room for improvement no matter who you are. We ended up shopping for almost 8 hours, I was on a total retail therapy high. And, he may not admit it to anyone else, but he LOVED me using him as a real life Ken doll to dress up. (So much in fact that he dropped enough money to almost cover my rent this month)
I got him into some Polo Ralph Lauren, in actual colors, not just black like he prefers. I even showed him that he could layer them to have that extra pop of color. I’m pretty sure he fell in love. Then we found this super sleek charcoal button down and layered it with a light blue v-neck. No lies, he looked pretty fly… so much in fact that I told him he wasn’t allowed to wear it when he went out last night since we were going to different places! (granted, I would never tell him what he can/can’t wear)
He’s obsessed with watches so we checked out G Shock and fell in love with a red one. It had orange detailing on the frame and the face of the watch. It was perfect. And last, but not least, the shoe section came up. Last time we went shoe shopping we looked at countless Jordans and Nike street shoes. But this time would be different for him. We got away from the black and white comfort zone he has and looked into these fabulous Ralph Lauren Faxon sneakers. Navy can be worn with just about anything and since orange is the complementary color his insignia really pops.
Needless to say, this was the first of many shopping trips to come. Plus, what better way to bond than to shop?!
