It was two years ago to the day, and we were walking around downtown Roanoke. A Monday. Rob was home from Minnesota to walk at UVA's graduation, and I had taken a few days off to spend with him. It was hot, and I was wearing my favorite jeans and a light green tank top and these brown strappy sandals with little studs all over them. We had plans to get lunch at one of our favorite spots downtown, and Rob was taking some photos for my blog, and I was being uncooperative.

"Let's just go eat," I said irritably--unable to focus, distracted by the promise of Pad Thai.

He had a plan, and it was a cute one--to get me to walk away long enough to take a photo of something he had in his pocket, so that when I flipped through the shots he had taken, I'd come across it. But I was contrary and annoying in my hunger and kept pushing him toward the restaurant. "We can take pictures later! Let's eat."

We were standing near the fountain on the market when finally he stopped me, letting out an exasperated "Megan!" 

And I said "What?"

And then he got down on one knee and pulled out a ring. "Will you marry me?"

We kissed and laughed and walked down the sidewalk while family members and friends came out of hiding spots to hug us. "Wait, did you say yes?" he laughed, phone to his ear as he was telling someone the news. It all happened so fast that I think I said "Is this for real?" instead of "Of course I'll marry you!" 

And then everyone left, and it was just the two of us, and the sky cracked open and big, loud, spring rain came pouring down, splashing back up from the concrete. So we stood in the middle of the street and made out in the rain. And I finally forgot about the Pad Thai.

Sometimes I still can't believe the beautiful life we're building.

Life is short. Let's celebrate all of it.

I don't know about you, but I'm a huge fan of makeup. I wear a lot of it and I love all the stuff you can do with it, but I've always just kind of figured it out as I went along. Last week, I sat down for a HiLovely Beauty Chat, where I spent a half hour getting one-on-one makeup coaching, discussed the famous smokey eye (plus a few liquid eye liner tips), and learned how to actually make it all come together for everyday wear.

Here are a few things I took away from my session:

• You really can use all four colors in an eye shadow quad, and you can do it without ending up looking like a clown.
• Concealer is your friend when you're working on the perfect winged liner.
• Good brushes absolutely do matter (I've always suspected this but now know it to be true).

This post is brought to you in partnership with HiLovely. My session was the "All About Eyes" Beauty Chat, but they have a variety of different topics that are customizable, easy, and so fun!

Thinking about how much I've been enjoying barre this month. I wrote a little about my first month at the beginning of April, but now that I'm almost done with two months, I have so many more thoughts about the whole thing. I'm mostly surprised by 1. how much I love it; 2. how much better at it I'm becoming; and 3. how quickly I'm becoming more flexible every class. I've always been an active person but in the past year or so I've gotten really out of practice, so it's nice to have something physically challenging in my life again--and one that I actually look forward to daily!

Listening to lots of The Lively Show and quite a bit of Jack's Mannequin. I had the pleasure of meeting Jess Lively at Alt Summit this year and I'm so happy to have her podcast in my life. It's really been great for me over the past few weeks. And who doesn't love Andrew McMahon's music?

Watching the newest season of Game of Thrones. These past few episodes have been so good! I've also read that there may only be a couple more seasons, which I actually think is perfect. I'd love to read the books but I really want to treat the show and the novels like two completely different things. It's hard to stay away from them when the seasons are over, though!

Drinking coconut La Croix. It tastes like vacation!

Looking forward to Memorial Day weekend in South Carolina with some friends. We haven't been to the beach since last year (although I did go to Dewey Beach in August for a bachelorette party), and Rob and I are really looking forward to that. And it'll be so great to spend some time with my friend Tina, who I hardly ever get to see.

Loving spring in Charlotte. Rob and I have been walking Ender along the lightrail almost every night and it is so nice. We're also starting to run into people we know from our neighborhood which just makes this city feel so homey. It's been really great the past few months.

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What have you been up to these days? I want to know! Happy Monday!