Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Beautiful flowers!

So my dear Bob came home with the most GORGEOUS bouquet of flowers today - 4 perfect stems of purple orchids! It was so completely unexpected, and totally touching...yes of course I cried. I didn't deserve them at all...I should be getting him flowers!! He's quite a guy... =) Unfortunately, he had to get back to work so I couldn't properly thank him... ; ) Well, the night is young...!

Here are some pictures of them...


I have no idea...

Well, I've decided to jump on the blogging bandwagon and see what all the fuss is about. I don't know if it's something I'll actually keep up, but its worth trying.

My initial reason for starting one was to keep a journal (10 weeks too late) about my weight-loss progress with Weight Watchers. But now that I've started, I think it might even help my recent issues with writing in general. (Finishing my master's thesis was a tedious project that gave me - and still gives me - many doubts!!) We'll see...

My weight-loss efforts recently inspired me because, well, it was just so darn impressive! I lost 3.4 pounds this past week, totalling just over 15 pounds in 10 weeks. Last Friday while getting ready for work (yes, Lane Bryant), I discovered - to my dismay - that all my clothes were getting rather big on me! This was immediately discouraging beause I have put alot of effort in my enormous wardrobe - handpicked, valued pieces that can't live without. I immediately began to think about the fact that I will be needing to rebuild my wardrobe very soon. Yes, a problem for this poverty-stricken grad student, but a GOOD ONE! I've offically gone down a jeans size, and even the new pair is getting a big baggy. You have no idea how this shocks me, sets me in complete disarray! I've been rather heavy my entire life, grown up with it, dealt with it, and obviousy built an amazing wardrobe around it. ; ) But in a few months, if I can keep up with my goal, I wil be smaller than I've been in many years - since my undergrad days, for sure. And, yes, I'll have to overhaul my wardrobe...oi...that's gonna hurt...

Well, that's all for now...I've hit my limit of written introspection for the day...