Tonight's the night

I'll finally be seeing my friend tonight. We're taking her and her boyfriend out to dinner at a lovely Thai place. Fortunately, I've been blessed with a good hair day and I'm wearing a cute little top I found at Winners on the weekend.

I feel and look good, but I'm still trying not to be nervous!

Lunch Joy

My 60 lbs lost reward came in the mail! It's an L.L. Bean tote and it's the cutest thing in the world. I had it embroidered with my middle name. It seemed fitting for a lunch bag. After all, eating food is a joyous occasion ;)

Also pictured are some of my favourite lunch snacks:

• Activia Fat-Free Peach Yogurt
• BC Gala Apple
• Baby Carrots (usually with hummus)
• Kashi Dark Chocolate Cherry bar.

I brought it to work today and it's sitting on my desk looking adorabubble. It's made out of stiff canvas so it holds its shape well. So pleased, so cute!

Tiny gets Cliniqued

I made it to the Clinique sale! I almost chickened out again. I'm such a loser, haha. But I did it. Marched right up to that counter and said "mimblewimble." Fortunately, a nice Clinique girl took pity on me. Here's my haul:



Most of what's pictured is all from the bonus gift. Two lipsticks, mascara, eye shadow, anti-aging cream, and cleanser. There's also a purple makeup bag but I couldn't fit it nicely into the picture. It's very cute though.

The middle box is what I bought to get the gift. It's called "Even Better Skin Tone Corrector" and it's supposed to break down sunspots. Exactly what I need! It was a pricey little box (over $50), so I also qualified for the orange bag pictured in the background.

So far, I've tentatively dabbled with the makeup. I tried the lipstick first and managed to get it on right the first time. Then I got brave and put on some eyeshadow. I was doing pretty good until I got to the second eye. I honest-to-goodness poked my eye out with the brush. I looked very pretty with eye shadow on one eye and tears streaming out the other. Ahahahaha, I really am lame when it comes to this!

Fortunately, help is at hand because the Clinique girl also booked me for a complimentary consultation. Because they couldn't book consultations until after the giveaway, the first day they could get me in is a Saturday in May. That day also happens to be my birthday. How perfect is that?

Pegger and PM, it was fate indeed :)

Ran the 10k :)

I did it! I ran the 10k in an hour and five minutes. I met and exceeded my New Year's goal and set my fastest time ever doing the 10k. Whoohoo!

I never thought I'd be able to run so far. A year ago I got sweaty just thinking about walking a couple of blocks. In fact, last year I did the 10k in 2 hours by walking. I'm pretty pleased with the improvement! Maybe next year I'll get in under an hour?

When the official pictures are published, I'll see if mine is nice enough to post. I was going full-tilt at the end so I imagine my "race face" might be a little embarrassing, hehe :)

Sixty-fourth Weigh-in

I'm down 1.8 lbs this week. With this loss, I've reached a major milestone. My BMI is now within the normal range. I am no longer overweight.

I am no longer overweight!!!!!!

:) :) :) :) :) :) :)

I am so freaking proud of myself right now. This day has been long in coming. Today there is no better number than my BMI. It represents a promise I made to myself not only to lose weight but to become healthy at the same time. Any other weight I lose on the way to goal is just low-point gravy.

I feel like making an appointment with my doctor just so I can dance around in the examination room and high-five her.

I am no longer overweight!!!!!

Tomatoes, grapes, and OCD

There are no words to describe my husband. This is what happens when it's his turn to wash the produce.

Coming up for air and makeup

Why does everything have to happen in one week? It's like some personal Murphy's Law that follows me around. Busy week? Let's add more!

Work is crazy. We're full out on a project with a tight deadline. There's tonnes of 10k stuff happening (training runs, shopping, dinner making, package pickups). The cat had to go to the vet yesterday and now needs to have medicine and cleaning twice daily (don't worry, he's okay). Plus, Mr. Trim and I have been trying to find time to clean and decorate between all of this so our place looks presentable to guests and the realtor coming over tonight. Was I up till 11:30 last night stuffing things in cupboards? Why yes I was!

Aggggh!

And yes, I know I ought not to be blogging. And I shouldn't have waited three years to start decorating. But it helps to whine :)

So all this is going on and I'm thinking that there's just no way I can get to this Clinique sale that Pegger and PM have told me about. I convinced myself out of it until I saw the flyer for it today. Now I totally want to drop everything and get girlified. To heck with the house! Hopefully there's enough of the bonus gifts left on Saturday morning because that's the only conceivable time I can get there.

In slightly related news...I've been cleaning my face and moisturizing every day. I missed a few here and there, but in general I've been keeping up with it. Though my pores are still huge and that silly sunspot is still taunting me, I think my face has been looking somewhat better. Or at the very least, not oily. Yay for doing girl things!