I'm a big girl. I'm 5'8" and I'm curvy. I've always been on the heavy side, though now I'm more on the muscular/athletic line. I say all this not because I'm upset about it, but because it's who I am. I'm not a small girl and I'm okay with that ( Read more... )

Good thing #1: I had a half day today
Good thing #2: After work I ate a healthy lunch at Fresh City
Good thing #3: I started reading The Last Summer (of You and Me) by Ann Brashares
Good thing #4: I ran into loireag at Borders
Good thing #5: ( I went shopping )

I have so many things I could post about: the weekend (ugh), work, birthday parties, the orthopedist. But, what I really want to talk about (er...complain about) is The Supermarket. The one that's 1/2 mile from my home, specifically ( Read more... )

( The weekend )

I had another surprising dress-buying experience yesterday. I went to the Square One Mall in Saugus looking for a dress for my nephew's March wedding in Las Vegas. After a few futile attempts at Sears, Filene's Basement and a couple random stores, I headed to Filene's [Note to shoppers: don't even bother looking at the Sears here for dresses ( Read more... )

After working on Saturday I had yesterday and today off, that strange phenomenon that gives me a 2 1/2 day work week. But, I used the time well. Yesterday I did quite a bit of laundry during the day (it always surprises me how quickly two people's clothing piles up).

And I found a dress for Lisa's wedding! I went to the mall on a mission ( ( Read more... )

This running thing is going to take some getting used to. Yesterday I walked/jogged 3.5 miles on the treadmill (walked about 2.25 miles, jogged 1.25 miles in intervals). It felt great (although I was as red as a tomato for an hour afterward). Today is entirely different, though. This may sound a little dumb, but I didn't realize how many ( Read more... )