One of many things on my wishlist

These boots have caught my eye for well over a year.  

The price is right, but if I were to buy these, they would be my 6th pair of knee high boots.  I understand a girl can't have too many pairs of shoes/boots, but my problem is now storage.  I very much need to go through my closet and let some of these articles of clothing find new homes.

I'm also a fan of Mary Jane style pumps.  Not the type girls would wear to school, but the type that adds some style.  Something like this. 

But then again, closet space is an issue.. and I already have 4 pairs of this style. 

Oh, so close...

Today, was supposed to be a busy day.  Skipping out early from work to handle a follow-up doctor's appointment. (Turns out I have a huge deficiency in Vitamin D... so much so that I have to take 50,000 IU pills for the next 2 months.  There is a little voice that's comparing the lack of D, which prevents calcium from being absorbed into the bones, to problems older women face.)  After the appointment, I was planning on stopping over at a local unisex hair salon chain and boldly going in and saying I want a 'real' haircut and my eyebrows trimmed up.

When I say 'real' haircut, I'm not trying to say I've gone 30+ years without someone taking a pair of shears to my head.. but a haircut where I don't say, "Number 5 in the back and 3 on the sides/top".  I guess the correct way to describe it is.. a non-trimmer cut.

So I sat in the chair, trying my best to describe to this poor woman that I want to grow out my hair (again), but it's completely unmanagable and way too curly for me to maintain any length without it looking like a mess.  She tried hard to understand, but in the end got me down to just trimming the tops/sides, making my hairline at my neck more even/clean, and 10 minutes styling it to how I wished my hair looked each day.  I'm not sure when the next time I'll visit again, but I have this thought that I'm probably only going to be able to get away with a bob-like style.  I'm not sure how I feel about that.

You may also notice, I haven't said anything about the eyebrow trim.  Well, that's because I didn't get one.  But it wasn't really for lack of asking; I did ask.. but the girl in the front of the store, either didn't hear me, or was compeltely surprised that I asked for it, that she was confused.  I had to help her out, and just say "I want a haircut".  I still need the eyebrows trimmed, but not sure when I'll get over my fear and get them done.  My backup plan at the moment is to use some of my ELMA cream, from my laser removal treatments, and then go to town with tweezers.

Update - Feb11

Without this becoming an online diary for the diet/weightloss goals..  I figured I should report that the scale was used for the first time on Monday (2 days ago).

222 lbs.  That's a quite high value to start with, but I'm very much hoping that in a month, that could be knocked down to 210 at least.

More meaningful posts to come.   I promise.

Quick update

*sigh*  We all know how the winter can throw us some curve balls.

The dieting/weight loss has hit a bit of a bump, due to being busy with work/family and also battling a cold that just wouldn't stop.  When things looked promising, Mother Nature opted to throw temperatures in the single digits at us.

All those things are just excuses.  I've picked myself back up off the couch and renewed the push to get to 16 by mid-March.

Here's hoping it works.

Threat or Promise?

Call it what you will, but here's the first (of hopfully many) posts for 2009.

I don't have much time currently, but I wanted to get this in writing.  By mid-March, I'm going to drop 1.5 dress sizes.  It's been a long standing wish, which never seems to get traction, after disapointment from the scale.  This time however, if I write it down and it's SEEN.. then maybe it might help.

Since buying a smaller dress, would be somewhat of a wrong way of going about things.. I am going to pin 'success' on being able to fit into a dress I already have in my closet.  This dress is a misses size 18, and it's a small 18 at that.  If I can fit into it....  9 weeks... from now.. then you'll have a happy girl.

I'm coming back, I swear

I had almost forgotten about this blog, until I received a comment on an older post, a few days ago.

I don't have much time now, with the holiday coming up, but I promise to anyone that still reads this, or have stumbled upon it, that I will start writing again. 

Mail Order

Due to my inability to try on things in a store, most of my purchases have been through mail-order.

Not that there's anything wrong with it, but sometimes you're just not sure if you can pull off a look. And the long return times, if you finally get the item and realize you need a size difference or the color wasn't what you were hoping for.

But what really makes me unhappy at them is the false advertising they can get away with. I'm not a skinny girl. I have to make my purchases from the Women's sections. So places like Jessica London, Avenue, and Lane Bryant get most of my dollars. If you have seen the catalogs for Jessica London or Roman's, those models are NOT larger sizes. I hate that false impression thinking that an item of clothing will fit/look a certain way.

Also, shame on VS for not selling more XL or XXL items. :P