I have a beautiful smile

Today I was paid, quite possibly the most unexpected, yet the sweetest compliment ever in my entire life. This morning was the first day of ceramics class. The prof is a sweet little middle-aged woman who's voice couldn't compete with the chairs in the room moving around. There's about 12 of us in the class and she asked us to tell her how much art experience we've had and then something that we really like, so that she can begin to put names with faces. As is always the case, mine was one of the last couple of names called and I responded that I didn't really have much of any art experience and that I like baseball and enjoy coffee. She looked at me and said that I had a beautiful smile. I didn't know what to say and everyone looked at me. She then informed me that my eyes sparkle when I smile. I let out an awkward laugh and that was that.... So there you have it. What a sweet lady. I almost went up and thanked her after class, but then i figured I'd probably say something more awkward.