Great Weekend!

I had a great weekend. Saturday I got to sleep in (only 8:30, but I'll take it). I went running at my college track as part of my 10K training plan. I ran into a few employees who I hadn't seen in a while who were very complimentary of my new body.

I went home and took a shower, got dressed and went shopping! I went to Old Navy since they were having a big sale and a had a coupon on top of that. However, much to my disappointment, I found nothing I liked. But right next door is a Kohl's and I desperately needed a new bra.

My current bra was on the smallest clasp it could be, but it just wasn't enough. anytime I'd lift my arms or move around a bit, it would come up and over and I'd have to tug it back down. I knew I had to get a smaller bra, but I was hoping my cup size would remain the same. At my heaviest, I was a solid B+/ C- and now I've shrunk down to a B/B- and I was afraid I'd end up in an A cup. Thanksfully, the girls are hanging in there! Still a B cup, I just needed a smaller size in inches. WHEW!

Also while I was there, I noticed there was a serious sale on running wear, so I had to go check it out. I got a new pair of running capris and a shirt in a size SMALL!! Yay me!! All for 40% off + Kohl's cash.

I also invested in two cute belts which are designed to belt at the smallest part of your waist and not through your belt loops. I'm hoping to use these on my shirts that are getting too big, so I can get a little more life out of them. Buying new clothes all the time gets very expensive.

Then I got to sleep in again on Sunday and I went to a party at a colleagues house. It was a 'sample party' in that there were several vendors of various things there. A no pressure situation, but lots to look at (Mary Kay, Scentsy, Thirty-one, Silpada, etc). There were a few colleagues whom I haven't seen in about two or three years and it was really funny.

Nancy arrives at the party and comes over to where Jean and I are talking. Nancy cuts in to say hello to Jean and then turns to me and says, "Hi, I'm Nancy," and Jean and I die laughing. The three of us, plus the colleague hosting the party, all sat on a Board for a few years together. And so Jean says, "Um, Nancy, you already know Kali...."  :)  This happened a few time while I was at the party, so it was pretty entertaining.

Then I got home and hubby and I finally tackled the garage!! Oh it needed it so badly! We literally pulled everything out of the garage and into the driveway/front yard. We made sections of related items (car care, gardening, tools, infrequently used kitchen gadgets, party furniture, etc) and finally organized it into a sensible arrangment. Further, we were able to isolate the items that we are posting on Craiglist into one central location.

Once those items are gone, you'll actually be able to pull a car into the garage!I think that might be the first time since hubby bought the house that this has happened!

The only thing that didn't go so great was my weekly weigh-in. I was doing really good this week and expecting to lose about 1.5#'s but then Sunday's sample party happened and I didn't have the self control to say "no" to the brownies.... three times. Ooops. So I think they were stil hanging on this morning when I weighed in, if you know what I mean.

Update on New Year's Resolutions

1. Make 10 new friends this year, 4 of which will be close to semi-close gal-pals. Need to do better!
• Emily
2. Go on one real date before October DONE
• Justin- February
3. One social outing per month, outside of book club. Going strong!
• January-Movie with group
• January- Movie with Emily
• February-Atheist breakfast
• March-Erin's birthday party, dinner & bar with Stacey
• April- several birthday celebration dinners/ lunches with friends
• May- Artichoke Festival with Emkily & her sister; Movie Night with the Salinas Jaycees
• June- Mega Mixer @ Laguna Seca

MacWorld!

My book club gal-pal, Emily invited me to MacWorld in San Fran today. I took the day off work and had a great time! We saw all kinds of cool gadgets, new technologies and got to play with stuff. We also met up with a friend of hers from her days in NYC. He was way cool and he is a faculty member at Sacramento Community College so we had something to talk about.

Then we had an adventure in Ikea and I even bought a new chair and lamp. I was so excited that even though we got home kinda late, I stayed up to put it all together. Although I should have listened to Emily and got the matching foot rest. Oh well.

It was great to spend time with Emily. She's a lot of fun and is just as chatty and goofy as I am. I think we're going to be good friends.