A for effort

Today was a very unexpected, lovely day.
I set off alone with a flask of tea, a jar of pickles and some ketchup- hoping to have fish and chips for lunch in mornington, followed by the botanical gardens at cranbourne, all by myself. I text a friend to see if they wanted to come along for the ride- turns out, they were already down there and invited me to join her and her mum.
We had a lovely time and a nice lunch together, followed by some shops, I bought a dress for Friday nights great gatsby party and I stayed for dinner. I've only just got home and the photo I've uploaded is a 5 minute detour into a pub with a gambling room - full of white hair and solitary people. They weren't interacting with another soul - just a machine. Not my idea of fun but they were obviously happy otherwise they wouldn't be there. It made me appreciate my strength to find my own fun, when I could have quite easily have stayed in bed and felt sorry for myself.
A truly lovely day today and I made it happen.