Kivey Shades

Lauren and I have been good friends since we were 8 years old and we rode Carter the pony at the Level Green Schooling Show. She is the one person who I have remained close to, from childhood through present. We went to different schools and to colleges on opposite ends of the state, but I spoke to her every single day and she has seen me through every boyfriend, every horse, and everything else. She's the one person who knows absolutely everything there is to know about me and loves me anyway - she's my Kivey and there's nothing better than that.

We have been talking a lot lately about how our tastes differ in horses, and when she showed me a picture of some sunglasses she wanted to buy I had a funny thought. Lauren and I usually agree about most things - the important things, I mean, we get into arguments like we are practicing for the debate team, but we solve them in the same way, with logic and facts - but on the really important things we always agree. Horses and men and food. That's the trifecta.

We have different tastes. We've never fallen for the same guy, ever, because we are attracted to guys on different ends of the spectrum. But I know what kind of guy is right for her and she knows what kind of guy is right for me, so that whenever I start dating someone new, meeting my Kivey is more stressful than meeting my parents. We love the same restaurants but order different things. But we can always agree on where to eat because we have the same standards. And with the horses, again, we expect the same level of quality but appreciate different aspects of a horse's actual personality. Lauren prefers something that is going to be faster on his feet and I'd rather have a slow horse that you really have to push to get moving.


When Lauren sent me the link to the sunglasses she prefaced it with - "for me, not you" - because she knew I wouldn't wear them. But for her I thought they were really cute, she likes the Oakley brand (and so do I!) but the shape of them was flattering for her and the colors were a good choice for her as well. They're attractive and practical and sporty, just like Lauren.
This morning I drove back to campus with my Coach sunglasses - that were not actually the pair I wanted - because the pair I wanted was SO big that they literally could not put my lens Rx in them due to how bad my eyesight is. So my Coach glasses are actually the understudy to the huge, movie star glasses I love. They're cute, loud and completely impractical - a lot like me.

You are what you wear.

So basically what I'm saying is that you should put a lot of thought into the sunglasses you buy because you never know who might be over-analyzing it on her blog.