Let me preface this by saying, that I haven't been in the best of moods as of late. Not cranky. But feeling a bit my age.
I'm 45 and my hair is in dire need of a cut and a colour. Especially, colour, because my grays are coming out in full force. I feel more Minnie Pearl right now than JoBeth Williams in Poltergeist. And, I am so over having to use that god awful brunette coloured spray to hide it!
I take care of my skin religiously and drink copious amounts of water. I don't smoke and I never drink. However, I don't have the twenty year old skin of my youth, so my 5 minutes of slapping it all together, skincare and make up is more like 45 minutes then 5.
I have always been into fashion, but I feel at my age, I need to go that extra mile, although there are times I just put on a t -shirt, pair of jeans and leather jacket and call it a day.
Today, however was a "date day". We went antiquing and found a beautiful sterling Old Pawn coral squash blossom necklace and bracelet set that I'll be getting for my birthday this year. We also went to the swap meet (loosely translated to a car boot sale in the UK) and I was able to find a beautiful sampler from the 1800's for 6.00 USD/ 4.63 Pounds! So that was quite exciting! We had our sonora hot dogs, listened to music and enjoyed looking at the various tables and although, a little chillier than I expected, it was a nice time had by all.
As I've said, been a little down in the mouth as of late, losing my therapist recently and I feel as if I'm going through some kind of mid life crisis for the last 6 months.
Anyway, a couple things happened today which were quite unexpected from strangers. My husband always makes me feel quite beautiful, which I'm very thankful for, but sometimes it's nice to hear it from a stranger.
The first antique store we went to, the woman there complimented me on my hair which was quite nice. I used to always get complimented on my hair, but I find as I've gotten older, it isn't nearly as full as it used to be, which I've struggled to come to terms with. So that was really nice to hear. Another sweet lady complemented me on my dress and style, saying, she liked how "put together" I looked! As I said thank you, I was doing backwards somersaults on the inside, believe me! 
After we got a bite to eat, we stopped off at a charity shop where I was looking at dresses and shawls. DH and I were sitting down, and I had made my choices on what to get, so he put the skip pile away. As I was situating myself, an older lady sat beside me and we struck up a conversation. We just talked about fabric, and sewing and gardening and her little dog. It was quite pleasant and she was quite a delightful lady.We also talked about our families and her husband had sadly passed away. DH came back and I introduced him to her, and she said he was quite handsome which made him blush. Which I thought adorable!
She told me how old she was, and I said, my mother is the same age. I then told her I was 45. She then took my arm stared me square in the face and said "I thought you were in your 20's!"
Now, I don't know if she has cataracts, drunk, or is in need of glasses or maybe is just a bad judge when it comes to age, or maybe she was just being friendly, but that comment put me on cloud nine!
I hope this post doesn't come off as shallow or vain, but I just had to post it out into the void. I know beauty is only skin deep, blah, blah, blah, but it just felt so good to hear those things, especially since I've been feeling my age a little more than usual. Also, this is the first time I've been properly out in a couple of weeks and I normally just see DH, family and my best friend and a few neighbors, so it was nice to really get out.
I don't know where this is going but I just had a really good day today and I wanted to share it with my friends on MN! 
If you have anything that put you on cloud nine recently , please post below. I would love to hear your stories! Sorry about the novel! 