Month Nine - Back in the Workforce/Shopping Time...

May 23, 2010

Weight loss this month zero,actually I gained a couple pounds and I am up two.  My friends on facebook can attest I have been baking things that are on the sweet indulgence side for my husband and having some myself, banana split cake, pistachio delight cake, rhubarb pie, no bake cocoa cookies.  I bought a case of Chobani yesterday and this morning was Special K, almond milk and a yogurt for breakfast with  hopes of eating right again for the next dozen days.

Exercise just weekly dance class and one kettle ball session.   Sad to say I have not run since 4/28 and should do that. 

I am currently in holding pattern on a new job, after six months off from work I am signed with a contract to hire position and can start as soon as my drug test and background check return as clean.  I expect to hear something the next couple of days.  I am looking forward to a full paycheck again, the job is right up my alley too.

Now on shopping...why is it that one day I can go into a store and find a dozen things I like and a month later the same store yield zilch? I still have items in 24 that fit fine and I bought my first 14W in a suit jacket but the slacks are too tight, but same day I also bought a 16 and 18 that fit exactly the same as the 14W jacket.  SYMS on a redline sale, $600 worth of clothes for under $100.  I used to dread shopping there at 26W but the selection is much better now for the size range I currently wear and really nice stuff.

A month ago I bought a pair of size 18 black dress slacks on clearance for $11 that fit PERFECT.   Went back to the same store a week ago, same brand, same size and the brown ones looked bad.  Seven other pair went into the dressing room pile too.  The up side is that a year ago changing pants eight times would have been so exhausting that I would have sat in the room between changes and drowned my sorrows in a 48oz iced mocha latte with whipped on the way home.   I still had an iced coffee but it was a small with half and half, Splenda and no whipped.

Bras, the Victoria Secret's measuring staff in Buffalo NY STINKS.  I was there Sunday at 2pm.   She barely measured me and told me 38DD and  I said that had to be wrong she just told me to try the 38DD and if that did not work go up or down and see what fit better instead of double checking?  I know I can not fill out DD and was expecting 40 42 or 44.  If it had not been for a lost person(found later wander outside store) I would have spoke with a manager.  Went to Marshalls and got a nice 42 D.

I also ordered four suits on Roaman's, nice thing about being on the low side of plus is a healthy stock of clearance items in 14 to 20.

Dance recital is in a week

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