Does he walk around all day at school with his feet inside your shoes?

A way to tell that I'm slowly getting healthier and happier: I now wear clothes (other than sweatpants) almost every single day. Big improvement, I'll tell you. And I've started recognizing myself when I look in the mirror - well, even the fact that I sometimes do look in the mirror is a considerably huge step forward.

If I almost enjoy getting dressed nowadays, I can't imagine that I'll ever go back to wearing make up. Covering up my face seems unnatural and the very few times I've tried I've washed it off immediately. My skin is, without a doubt, grateful for this. I used to get terrible stress-induced rashes almost every week - they've disappeared completely. No complaints there!

Another way to tell that things are moving in the right direction is the fact that, once in a while, I make plans. For the future. Sure - whenever that happens, I panic for a minute, start thinking what if, what if, what if this is all far from over, what if I get bad news, I shouldn't plan ahead, shouldn't take things for granted, shouldn't, oh my gosh I can't breathe I can't breathe - but the feeling eventually passes, and I go back to thinking about my future with something that almost resembles excitement.

Sun-drenched memories.

Sure, I might complain a lot about the summer heat, but seeing these photos, I'm ready to take it all back. I can't even being to explain how much I miss it! I miss the long days, the sensationally beautiful light, my summer wardrobe; I miss the green, the flowers, the bare legs. Hell, I even miss the bugs! (Nope, that was a lie.)

It's no wonder I can't take any pretty outfit photos anymore - I never get dressed in anything but sweatpants except when I go somewhere for the day, and when I come back, it's already pitch black outside. Not to mention that winter is starting to creep up on us, and the heavy coats and layers of thick woollen tights don't seem to translate that well onto photos. It's hard to imagine that I actually posted new outfits every day for months!

And also... I can't help thinking that I was happier back then. I know, intellectually, that things weren't better. But I don't think I was this sad, this low. Maybe I'm just fooling myself, I can't tell. All I know is that I would love to close my eyes, mutter a spell under my breath and be back in one of those sun-drenched photographs. Mosquito bites and all.

Video Summary: What I wore in May!

One of the loveliest bloggers - and people! - in the whole wide world is surely Barbro Andersen. I've followed her for more than a year now, and somehow she manages to become more interesting and stylish with every passing day!

Today, I was so inspired by her beautiful "outfits of May"-video that I immediately decided to make one of my own. Unfortunately, I don't keep all of my photos from a session like she does, so I can't get that incredible stop motion-effect. My video is simply a collection of all of the outfits I've worn since I started this blog on the 15th of May. I'm definitely planning on making this a monthly feature - it's such a great way to sum up the month that's passed. Plus, I will then have an easy way of remembering everything I've been wearing! Not that I have any idea why I'd want to remember everything I've worn, but I'm sure I can think of something if I try really hard. Hmm... okay... let's say it's for research purposes.

(You who haven't seen my very first outfit video, you can check it out here if you'd like!)