I went into town this morning, really only to go to the bank but having my daughter with me we ended up trawling the shops and that always includes a trip to New Look etc so i thought i would look through the sale as i need some new jeans.
I am so chuffed as i got 2 new pairs of jeans in size 12 and only paid £19 for the two :o)
I thought i would post a pic in my new clobber 
Last weekend was manic, this weekend is quiet and boring as hubby is at work doing 12 hr shifts and i am home alone :o(
Can't win can you?
I have had a 'good' week, having a look at my tracker it seems i am averaging about 5 points over my daily allowance and the maintenance says 6 so we will see what Tuesday brings.
I had another one of those telling off moments from one of the 'older' ladies at work, she had that look my mum would have and told me in no uncertain terms i now need to eat!
In a way it's kind of funny as i think everyone assumes i don't eat anymore, or maybe i haven't been eating for the last 14 months, i give up telling them i do eat and even when i explained what i ate last weekend and still lost i just got this face full of concern.
I don't think for a minute she wants me to gain, maybe they just need time (as i do) to adjust to seeing me looking totally different to the girl they met 2 yrs ago?
This week i was trying on new uniform for work, some/most people will know i work for Evans and now have to wear their uniform which is too big, i tried on a lovely top, suffice to say it was baggy, so off i trotted onto the shop floor in said top to see if a belt would make it look any better and a random customer said 'It's looks lovely, now get back in the fitting room, you are far too skinny'
She didn't mean it in a cruel way at all but it's things like this that still shock me, i just don't see what they see, and to be honest i think i annoy people with the way i see myself still so hopefully that will change in time?
Soon hopefully!
Not up to much today other than maybe a bike ride or walk to Asda's later as i want a memory stick, other than that it will be cooking the roast and trying to get 5 minutes conversation out of hubby tonight before he falls asleep through exhaustion!
Funny how once upon a time i loved just sitting on my rear end doing nothing, now i find it so dull!
I went to WI today totally expecting a gain, anything from 2lb onwards but less than 4lbs would have been ok but i
Lost 1 lb
How?
I seemed to do nothing but eat all weekend so to say i was shocked was an understatement.
Must be good this week or it might come back to bite me on the backside.
It's 4 weeks now until we go back to Blackpool for our first anniversary and we have gigs and parties in between now and then so i am going to have to try and have as many good days as possible.
Life's strange, we do nothing on the social front for months and then everything comes along at once!
Here she is just before she left to meet the limo, we had a bit of a disaster as she went to the hairdresser's and had her hair curled but it all collapsed and fell out, with 30 minutes to go.
Poor girl was so upset and threatening not to go but luckily she calmed down and went on to thoroughly enjoy herself.
And in the limo,
Points wise the weekend has been a total wipeout, Smirnoff Ices, Chinese, Bacon Rolls, Pizza Hut and a meal in an Italian restaurant last night but it's been a once in her lifetime weekend and i'm prepared to take a gain, it'll be worth it as she's had a fab weekend.
Karl and i went to a great gig last night and i got some fab compliments, the lead singer's first words (who hasn't seen me for 3 yrs) were 'oh my god, you've lost some weight!' in his rather sexy geordie accent :o)
Apparently when he was talking to Karl he said only realised it was me by my eyes!
And someone else said i looked 'sexy as flip*', now where i think he might have had beer goggles on, i was rather chuffed as i wore the shortest skirt i possess and never thought i would dare to wear in my home town, so maybe it didn't look that bad?
The points went out the window, i knew as soon as the first Smirnoff Ice went down so easily that it was going to be a good night but i did stop at about 8 as i needed to keep a clear head but 8 is 20.5 points alone!
Well it's now 6.42 am, i have had no sleep and was making bacon sandwiches for the teens at 4am but glad to say i resisted, i did attempt to go to bed but hearing a splattering at about 3am i got up to discover one kind teen had left rather a mess, I'll leave the rest to your imagination :o(
So in reality, it's hardly surprising i resisted the bacon after clearing that lot up!
Most of them are still awake and i am kinda hoping they either get in the tents for a kip or go home as i want to blitz my living room as I'm not liking the way your feet stick to the floor.
But you know, it's only once in a lifetime for my daughter and I'd rather have the mess than have her hanging around town, at least i could keep a relative eye on them here and know she was safe.
It's going to be a long day, let's hope i can get back on plan and last until bedtime!
* same first letter, you get the rest.....
Well not such a good start, probably didn't get to sleep until gone 12am and now up again at 4am....not good because.....
Tonight is DD's prom.
So yesterday after work i spent the afternoon making my back garden look like glastonbury Part 2 (hopefully without the music) as i have 15 (ever growing) 16 yr olds sleeping over in tents.
And my god, stressy, nervous excited teenagers are mad, they were bad enough yesterday so i dread to think what they will be like tonight!
I am off to work early then when i get home i have a delivery from b&q of 50+ patio slabs and 15 bags of cement/sand to lug round to the back garden, should help the bingo wings somewhat!
Then DD is off to the hairdresser's and seeing she's already stressing they will mess her hair up, i am pretty sure we will have an afternoon worrying about whether her hair,make-up, nails, dress etc looks ok.
Once we have dropped her off we then get back home to get ready to go to a gig, the good news ww wise is i wont be able to have a few drinks (which invariably leads to something from kebab shop) as i need to be a responsible adult (for once) and stay on my toes keeping that lot in order later!
Oh dear, i am going to need super patience/willpower/energy/humour if i am going to get through the next 24 hrs with my sanity intact, wish me luck!
And how good it was to see the scales say that!
If you've read below you will know why i was relieved, I'd like to say it gives me an idea of what i can get away with but of course i can't really be sure, and seeing as we are going to another gig on Friday it will be interesting to see what this week brings.
It's 11.30am and i already have 9,000 on my pedometer as i walked into town (boy, it was hot work) and shortly i will have some lunch and as it's my day off i am going to go on a bike ride armed with a bottle of water and a book that i bought this morning and go sit in the countryside somewhere and chill, total peace and away from the temptation of the fridge.
A huge difference from this time last year when i would have hidden in the house in the shade with the curtains closed and a fan on, i love summer! :o)