I have an emotional attachment to reading people’s “week in review” posts. They get me. I don’t know if it’s because I’m inherently nosy or, well, yeah, I think that’s just it. I’m nosy. I love to know how other people spend their time. In fact, I think most people love to know it. It’s fascinating because we all have 24 hours in a day. We all have 7 days a week. We all have 4 weeks in a month. Ok, you get it. But it’s interesting because, most of us, spend every second of our days doing something different from one another.
I think one of the other main reasons it’s so fascinating is because I feel like people are the most honest when they’re writing these types of posts. So often, when we post on the internet, we filter our filtered selves. We choose that one picture from the thousands we took (ok, I’m being dramatic, but you know what I mean) and then put a filter on the one “perfect” picture. It’s not real. It’s the highlights of the highlights. But sometimes the most juicy and interesting stuff is found deep within the depths of our camera rolls. Have you ever scrolled through someone else’s camera roll before? It’s wild and untamed and not curated and I absolutely love it.
I’ve been inspired by Leandra from Man Repeller to share my camera roll as a week in review. She posts hers on Instagram but I’ve decided that only my readers are to be honored with such power to know the depths of my camera roll. I’m hopeful that no judgment shall be cast from you. But, since I know at least one of you will judge me, as long as you keep those judgements in your heads and out of the comments, you can stick around.
Here we go, friends. These are the pictures from my camera roll from Friday, November 2nd, 2019 to Saturday, November 9th, 2019. I kept Friday in because I make the rules around here, but from now on it’ll just be Saturday to Saturday so don’t get used to that. Enjoy!
I hoped on a plane Friday morning to meet my parents in Miami for my cousin’s wedding. I flew Southwest. Nothing interesting happened in the airport or on my flight. I don’t even know why I took this picture. It’s not very interesting unless you’ve never been on an airplane before. In fact, even if you never have, I’m not so sure it’s interesting.
My mom and I took a bathroom mirror selfie. We were in the bathroom because I had to fix my Spanx. They started to roll down and it was wildly uncomfortable. This is before we started drinking so the smiles are a little forced.
My dad and I woke up early on Saturday morning to take a walk on the beach. It’s something we used to do together when we lived in Florida and I didn’t realize how much I missed those walks. We walk and we talk and we rant and we gossip and I love it.
The water was so crystal clear and the moss was so vibrantly green. Gorge!
After my dad and I did our beach walk, we decided to take a tour of our hotel. This was the most beautiful spot… the rooftop pool. If I ever threw a party in Miami, it would be here! There was a bar up here too, but I didn’t take a picture. Huge regret.
Another view from the rooftop pool.
We found a mirror so we desperately had to take a mirror selfie to commemorate our magical find. Note the hanging orchids in the background. I die!
My mom was hungover in bed so my dad and I ventured out to Joe’s Stone Crab restaurant. My bread was glowing so I captured this picture to appreciate the beauty of my carbo-loaded timing.
The! Crab! Amazing!
We also got key lime pie, because lunch with my dad is always 15 courses. This being course 15, of course.
Saturday night was the actual wedding. It was black tie so my mom and I went "black gown” with it. My dad said something funny while taking pictures so I laughed.
My brother is missing from the family picture, but he’s in Paris studying abroad so it’s fine. I think a hair and makeup lady took this pic and I was thoroughly disappointed with her taking it horizontally. I guess you win some and you lose some.
My grandma, dad, and uncle. This picture was taken by my aunt at the party and I know I’ll treasure it forever. I have very few pictures with my grandma these days so this one’s a keeper for sure.
I’m not sure which day this was taken but I thought the light on the trees was gorgeous. This one was taken in the morning when I was walking my doggo, Izzy.
I’ve been reading this book by Logic. It’s good. Not great, but good. If you like the movie Fight Club you might like this book. Although, I loved the movie and only like the book so don’t say I didn’t warn you.
I came out of the bathroom the other morning to find Izzy snuggled up in my spot on the bed. He looked so cozy and cute I couldn’t help but snap a picture.
So there you have it, friends, a week in review based solely on the contents of my camera roll. Nothing crazy this week because I just decided to start this little series. Starting tomorrow I’ll really try to update the quality and quantity of pictures, but I’m not going to try too hard because I want these posts to be as raw and real as possible.
Thanks for being nosy with me.
xox,
Chloe