Randoms

When we last "spoke" I said I was postponing Weigh In Wednesday. I meant for like a day but one thing led to another & here we are on Sunday night so I'm just skipping it & will be back on track Wednesday.

I did lots of working out last week. Yoglates Sunday, Monday & Wednesday; Running Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday. Saturday I started Week 9 of C25K. Week 9 is the last week!! I honestly didn't think I would ever make it this far. Saturday my pace was 11:05 per mile so in the 30 mins. I'm running about 2.7 mi.  My first 5K is November 5th so I have time to improve.

Thursday evening we went downtown. The United Way chapter in our area has a jambalaya cook off every year. This is the second year it's been in the evening & this year there were bands too. My friends that work with me, Aaron & Stan, were cooking. We ate jambalaya & had drinks. There are lots of restaurants & bars downtown & several of them had specialty drinks they were giving out when you had a ticket for both food & drinks. Some of them were good, some not so much but it was a lot of fun.

Friday I took the day off. Dean had to work. Normally, we take off together or he's off without me because he gets a week more vacation than I do plus he has one Friday a month off. However, since he went to Alaska in August I now have more days left. I had such good intentions. I had a couple of returns to make, I needed some pants, the oil needed to be changed in my truck & my nails needed to be done. Well, one thing led to another & I forgot the stuff I needed to return.  I ended up getting the oil changed & my truck washed, I found 1 lousy pair of pants. When you lose 25 pounds aren't you supposed to be able to walk in any store & find stuff??? Loft was having a good sale & I got some tops there & I managed to find a pair of jeans at Dillard's. Other than that my shopping day was a bust.

I did have a delicious lunch. I walked right past Chick Fil A, Raising Canes, Izzo's & VooDoo BBQ at the food court & went to Jimmy Johns. I don't know if they're just in the south but I love it. I had a turkey sandwich on wheat bread & it was DELISH!! I even had a Dr Pepper. I hadn't had one in 2 weeks & since I had such a lousy shopping trip I needed something to cheer me up.

Next stop was the nail salon. I should've known better. 2:30 on a Friday afternoon the day before a home LSU football game?? What was I thinking?? There were like 30 people ahead of me. Needless to say I didn't wait. I went home & took a little nap!

Friday night we went with our neighbors to our Church Fundraiser. It was a silent & live auction along with dinner. Those of you that know me in real life will get a kick out of this. I ATE NESE!!! For those of you that  don't know me in real life, Nese is Chinese, Japanese, Lebanese & any other type of food ending in Nese. I don't eat Nese. Like ever. Well, the meal at Church was catered by Serops, a Lebanese joint in town. There was rice, chicken schwarma, pita's, hummus & those grape leaf stuffed things which Dean described as Lebanese boudin. The only thing I didn't care for were the grape leaves. The stuff inside was ok but it really wasn't my thing. The salad was really good. Before anyone gets carried away I'm not going out & eating Lebanese. I can make chicken & rice at home. This is just another example of how aliens must be invading my body - exercise, running, cooking  & now eating nese.....

There was also a desert martini bar. There was something called the Liontini that I tried & it was DELISH!!! Chambord, pineapple juice & vanilla vodka. Really good!

Saturday, LSU played at 2:30. I went for my run Saturday morning & then high tailed it into the shower so I could be at the nail salon as close to 9:00 as possible so I wouldn't have to wait too long. There was no need to rush. Nobody was there the entire time I was. I guess everyone was going to the game. Once I got home from the nail salon we didn't leave the house. I took a little nap before the game came on & then we watched football the rest of the night. By bedtime I was pretty much done with football.

Today we went to Mass at 7:00 & then grocery shopping. The rest of my day was spent on the sofa. Another nap, I read, watched the Saints & read some more. 

Speaking of reading, I read 2.5 books this weekend. The Pretty Little Liar series is really good! My friend Wendy told me about them. They're young adult but they're really good.

So basically that's my long weekend in a nutshell. Nothing exciting but at least I wasn't at work right??

Toodles!

Weigh In Wednesday

I've lost a pound. It's not as much as I'd like but it's something & I'm happy about that. Especially since I indulged Friday in Lafayette & then again Saturday at our "cruise planning party". When I say indulged that means I ate a piece of bread with my crawfish stew & had a cookie for dessert. Since I've been sick I wasn't as strict as I've been. I just didn't feel like having to fix stuff so I ate what was available.  I also haven't been to Yogalates in a week. I don't think it's a good idea to sweat profusely & risk a relapse when I'm just starting to feel better. I plan to go back Monday. I know it's going to be incredibly hard after skipping a week but I'll deal. So, for those of you keeping track, that's a total of 22.6 lbs. lost. WOO HOO!!! My goal is 30 & that will have me back at my wedding day weight.

Since I haven't been going to Yoglates I've been making the most of going straight home after work. I took Amelia-Ann to get froyo. I did get sugar free chocolate which was DELISH!!! But I admit that I did get some regular cheesecake mixed in. Next time I'll stick with chocolate. I went through my closet & I have a pile of clothes that are now too big that I'm donating.  I got some laundry done & all of the ironing is done as well. I even managed to watch this weeks RHONJ & the Kardashians. That's the only good thing about ironing, I can catch up on the DVR.

Yesterday, I got an email from Loft that they were having a sale. Being that I got rid of a pile of clothes I thought I needed to replace them. I went & lunch & found some stuff.  Excuse the pictures. They were taken in my closet with my phone because I was being lazy.

 This top is a khaki color. It was $35 on sale for $15.

This one is a slate blue color. It was $30 on sale for $15. Wow these pics are really bad, but you get the idea. 

I got this picture from Loft's website. The picture doesn't show but these have a little shimmer to them. Very cute. They were $60 & I got them for $24. I also got a cute pair of Bermuda's. I forgot to take a pic & can't find them on the website. They're white with blue pinstripes. Very cute. They were $45 & I got them for $18. Everything that was already marked down was an additional 40% off. I also got a shimmery tank. Nothing special, just a regular tank top & it was $20 on sale for $10. Anybody else been shopping lately?

Toodles!