Blue Valentine + An Outfit

We saw Blue Valentine a few weeks ago. It was an incredible movie, incredibly acted and the camera work was superb. At one point in the movie Dustin turned to me and asked if it was time to go. There's a scene in the film that tore at my heart-if you've seen it, you know which one I'm talking about. It made me feel sick inside. It was TOO real. I stayed until the very end and while the credits rolled, I couldn't help but feel sad for the couple in the movie. We see movies in the afternoon when all of the elderly folks go to the theatre, so while they're all leaving, I'm curled in a ball in my husbands arms trying not to cry so loudly. I collected myself and we got up and left. While we were walking out of the theatre, I couldn't get the movie out of my head and began to cry again.

We stopped and stood against the wall and Dustin hugged me, hiding my face to minimize the embarrassment as much as possible. (I was down right balling. It was mortifying really. Those of you who know me know that I cry a lot, so JUST imagine me now being pregnant! Poor, poor Dustin.) We got home and I kept wanting to talk about the movie. I began to obsess over the movie even. The days that followed, I continued to obsess. I talked to everyone I could about it (sorry for annoying you and spoiling the movie-friends that I ruined the movie for!) It was just SO real and so relevant to the reality couples face as you live your love story out in a life time together. If your marriage is YOU centered, it's going to drift off in the opposite direction and it's easy to drift far apart as the years pass. It was such a beautifully raw and realistic picture of marriage-the good and the bad days all mixed together.

It made us talk about what we love about our relationship and what we want to change. My favorite thing, the thing I can't do without is the fun. It's what made me fall for Dustin the most-aside from his faithfulness as my friend when we dated & his unconditional love. I love the fun we have. The laughter. I told him that if we get to a place where we stop making fun of each other, and stop laughing, that will be a sad day.

The movie definitely rattled my heart in a way that felt too real, painful even, but good. Good because it made me reflect and look at what I want our future relationship to look like. I say if you haven't already, please go see it. It's worth it. It convicted me in many ways & made me want to love my husband better.

On a lighter, less depressing note, Here's what I wore today to go do my taxes, run to the store and get a Krispy Kreme (Yes, I've been going weekly, don't judge me!) Black polka-dot Dress & cardigan: Buffalo Exchange, Belt: old navy, Boots: Nordstorm Rack, Headband: H&M. My fav. part of the dress is the collar. I got this dress a few months back when we were trying for a baby because i thought it would make for a pretty maternity dress.

{Thirteen Weeks! Grow baby, Grow!}

{He was trying to find the baby....}


Have you seen the movie? What did you think?
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