Ups and downs

What a weekend!  Wow.  We headed out Saturday to Philly to meet our friend from NY for the Philly Craft Beer Festival.  It was soooo fun!  I had high hopes and it exceeded my expectations.  I was worried there would be too many people to get to the tables, lines would be long, and it would just be conjested.  I was worried for nothing.  The lines at the first couple of tables were long, but as you moved along it was fine.  The beer was good, the people nice, and the other attendees were fun!  So would do it again next year.  And if you've never been to one, go! 

But, beer festivals do not help the diet.  LOL!  And it really killed the weekend.  I had a yummy humus and pita appetizer and a delicious vegetable sandwich for dinner.  I did have some sweet potato fries later, but not many.  Then Sunday, we stopped at the diner and had breakfast.  Diners make the best breakfast.  Had the best corn muffin and Belgium waffles.  It was awesome!!  We headed home and napped.  LOL!  Then we just ordered pizza and fries.  Just did not feel up to making dinner.  Ah well...

Today, back on track.  Tomorrow I start a new temp job, so I went out for a couple things.  I tried on all my work clothes last week and since I haven't really worn them since the spring, I had no idea what would fit and what wouldn't.  So, I headed out for a suit jacket.  I got that, a dress, a dress with a jacket, and a sheath dress and since they were from Ross and Burlington Coat Factory, they were affordable.  And I am really excited about the clothes.  :-)  And the best part is, they are two sizes smaller than I would have worn this time last year.  Yea!  I'm happy about that.

I start the new temporary job tomorrow.  Eh.  Not happy about it, but whatever.  I have to do something.  Supposedly it's four weeks.  We shall see.  I have a friend who works out that way, so hopefully we can meet for lunch once or twice.  I'll let you know how it goes.

Small Things

It has not been the best of weeks diet and exercise wise. I had high hopes on Sunday that I would get back on track, but I didn't. I wasn't as off the mark as last week, but I definintely wasn't doing what I should have been doing this week. Frustrating. The end of Lent and my Lenton resolution is KILLING me! Now that I know God won't kill me for not eating sweets or meat, it's like I never knew these items existed before. I need to get back to eating cereal and dried fruit for dessert rather than Easter candy. I need to stop snacking on the foods in the office kitchenette.

But, with all that negativity, there was some good this week. B and I went on vacation last June to Natural Bridge, VA. A very scenic and fun little vacation trip. The extremely large gift shop for the natural wonder had a beautiful synthetic opal ring and since I'm an opal suckor, I bought. Well, once I removed it from it's lovely plastic backing, I realized it was too small for ANY of my fingers. I was sooo disappointed. It's a very pretty ring and in silver, which I do not own much of. Well, I had an event last night for work that I had to dress very business formal for. I saw the ring and really wanted to wear it. So, expecting disappointment, I tried it on my right pinky finger. And much my surprise and delight, it fit! I was able to put it on! Which I could NOT do last summer. And the even better aspect of this was I could REMOVE the ring as well. :-) I wore my pretty opal ring with pride last night, even if I was the only person who knew.

And a second good this week, which should turn my negative week into a positive one, since two positives are double the negatives and should out-weigh the negative. Anyway...today in South Central PA the temperature is to be in the 70s. Which is glorious, and would be even more so if I had the day off, but I digress. I wanted to wear a short sleeve shirt to work. Since I haven't switched my winter clothes for summer clothes yet, I had very slim pickings this morning. I did find a cute pink/white/red shirt I bought last summer. The problem was it was tight about the chest. I have a large chest and button down shirts are the bane of my existance. No matter what size I am, in a button-down shirt, I'm one size bigger. Grrrr. Well, I was short on time, so I grabbed in with fingers crossed it might fit. I ironed it and threw it on and low and behold, IT FIT! It is the perfect size now.

I hadn't expected my 15 pound loss to make a big difference yet, but obviously, 15 pounds means something. I'm very excited my shirt and ring fit. I'm thinking of grabbing some other clothes and seeing if they fit. I have my 10-year college reunion tomorrow and I might not have to worry about buying something, I might have something new just by fitting into some old clothes!