growing up.

yes, i am technically an 'adult' and have been for a while. i can vote, join the army, smoke, drink, or buy a dirty movie if i so chose. i'm also married and living away from my family. those things, however, do not make me a 'grown up.' but today, i had an epiphany. i am, in fact, becoming one. and, i can prove it.

1. coffee choice: a year ago, i wouldn't have dreamed of ordering anything other than a big, blendy, calorie filled coffee beverage at the local coffee house. in the past few months, however, i've been drawn more and more to that ol' cup-a-joe in the morning- grown up style

2. shoes. gone are the days of comfy sneakers, light up sides and glow in the dark laces. somehow, i'm not sure how, but somehow they have been replaced by conservative and comfy high heel shoes.

3.pants. similar to the shoe quandary- someone, obviously a grown up, has replaced almost all my jeans with slacks, dresses, and skirts. curious indeed.

4. grocery shopping. last year, a trip to the store resulted in a cart full of easy mac, microwave taquitos, hungry man frozen dinners, those burritos in the purple wrapper that are always 'on sale' for like a quarter, soda, a industrial size bag of cereal, cookie dough, hot dogs, and maybe- if we felt extra special that week- hamburgers. when i went to the store this week, our cart was full of lean beef and chicken breasts, fruits, veggies, whole grain pasta and rice, multi grain breads, lowfat milk and cheese, green tea, and microwave taquitos (immature or not, those things were good!).

5. budgeting. when i was working at my first job, i remember getting a paycheck that was just over three hundred bucks and i thought i was the richest chick in all the land. i immediately bought a sink full of makeup and a juicy couture wallet. now, when i get a paycheck, three hundred bucks is mighty light, and almost all of it goes to bills and a saving account (who opened that? oh yeah. me. the grown up.)

it's kind of crazy to think how much i've matured. but when it starts to bum me out, i just pop in 'power rangers' on dvd, eat some microwave taquitos, paint my toes a hideously bright color and remind myself i still have plenty of growing left.