Wouuld wearing a summer dress with pantyhose that look like... well... are exactly these, look crazy? (As in : Why are you wearing pantyhose on such a hot summer day?) I'm thinking - A below the knee lenght summer dress with a 3/4 sleeves very light cardigan over, for work.
This could be life changing...
PS - If you don't already know, going without compression therapy is not an option at all.
1. What is your shoe size?
*** 9 (I used to wear size 10 shoes when I was 80lbs heavier, so most of my shoe 'collection' doesn't fit! And I don't feel like buying many shoes in size 9 either, because if I lost a foot size now and have SO much more to lose... So yeah, that's my excuse for not investing in quality shoes at the moment lol)
2. How tall are you?
*** 5'6"
3. How much do you weigh and/or what are your clothing sizes (please skip this q if you don't wish to share)?
*** 270lbs, Size 3x/24 ish... but I have stuff (that fits) from XL/18 to 3x/24. Today my top is size 20 and my skirt size 2x.
4. Describe your current hairstyle:
*** Blonde/Caramel, a little past shoulder length, long side swept bangs.
5. What is your bra size? (agan, skip if too personal)
*** XL! LOL I'm constantly in sports bras, because I can never find bras that fit me! Really I would be a 42/44 A, but they don't sell A cup plus sized bras here. I found some on justmysize.com but they don't ship to Canada. I'm planning to find a place to find some the next time I go to NYC, but I don't want to spend a chunk of vacation time bra shopping or anything. (I wear racer back sports bras all the time, and I don't care what some people think about it. Really, I have some 42/44B's that I have to stuff the cups to be able to wear, and I don't feel sexy because of the stuffing AND just having two relatively small rounded breasts on top of my round body just doesn't add to my overall appearance, IMO. (Not that they're pancakes with the sports bra, just 'water balloon' shaped instead of 'baseball' shaped. Wow, what a long answer to a simple question. You can tell I've got boob issues can't you?
6. What is your skin color/complexion?
*** Pale and rosy
7. How long are your fingernails?
*** Very short. Longer nails impede my typing and texting and I can't stand it, no matter how pretty it looks.
8. Do you wear glasses? Contacts?
*** I have reading glasses but I never wear them.
9. How are your feet shaped (flat, arched, long toes, etc.)?
*** I have ogre feet. They're not green, but they're big and flat with short little pudgy toes.
10. What are your hands like?
*** Like adult sized short pudgy baby hands. (with dimples over my knuckles and everything.)
11. What's your body shape (pear, hour glass, etc.)?
*** Definitely apple!
12. Where on your body do you gain weight most easily?
*** Most definitely belly. It's ridiculous really.
13. What is the easiest body part to keep toned/in shape?
*** None :P hehe. I guess I would have to say collar bone area. I can be a size 16 and still have a defined collar bone area, and yes, it's the only visible bones in my body hehe.
14. What are you legs like (long, short, thin, stout, etc.)?
*** Very short. The lady who measures my legs for my compression stockings comments on it every time. She has to order me extra short socks. (I'm 5'6/5'7 depending on who measures me.. but it probably has to do with my posture, and I have a 27"/28" inseam.)
15. What about your arms?
*** Normal lenght, but I call them my baloney arms (upper arms.) But I say this jokingly, I've never known my arms to be any other way than this and I accept them. (Even when I lost 140lbs - 60lbs less than I weigh now, they had horrible 'bat wings')
16. What's your most unusual feature?
*** I don't know that I have anything unusual, except that apparently I'm the only size 22 woman in my whole country who needs A cups? hehe.
17. How would you describe your lips?
*** Full, plump. I really like my lips. TMI - I really love how they look after I give a BJ. I'm serious, they're a little darker and a little swollen and they look sexy.
18. What color are your eyes? What shape?
*** Brown eyes, almond shape. My eyes are small. I can't really laugh and see at the same time :P
19. How are your teeth (straight, crooked, very white, yellowish, etc.)?
*** Not really straight, not really 'crooked'... just.. I don't know... my brother and I have distinctive canines. Maybe we were vampires in another life. But when I was a teen I was referred to an orthodontist and he wanted to set me up with braces and a HEAD GEAR! (biting alignment issues) but my parents couldn't afford it.Oh and I'd like whiter teeth.
20. Which physical characteristic have you struggled with the most in your life?
*** Weight. Always the weight. And boobs. But mostly weight.
21. What are you least favorite phyiscal features?
*** Weight excess and freakishly small boobs.
22. What are your most favorite?
*** Eyes, smile, nose, collar bone area. And I really do like my one dimple in my cheek.
23. How is your posture?
*** Not terrible, but I definitely slouch at teh computer.
24. What colors look best on you?
*** Black, blue, purple, green - most jewel tones. The worst for me are the ones I feel self conscious in - pastels, lavender, etc.
25. Do you like your butt?
*** Relatively speaking, yes. I know many women my size who seem to suffer from Flat Butt Syndrome (FBS). My butt is not overly JLo, but it's not that flat either. I like that.
26. Do you struggle with cellulite?
*** I have tons of cellulite. But I don't struggle with it. It's the least of my worries hehe.
27. Do you have any signs of aging?
*** Oh yeah, fine lines and wrinkles, hair thinning, spider veins, freaking irregularity issues!
28. Will you medically alter your appearance in any way in the future (plastic surgery, botox, etc.)?
*** I've always said and still maintain that if I ever reach and maintain goal weight, I'm getting myself a new pair of boobs. Not because I want attention from others, but because I want to be able to wear bras like normal women and have tops fit properly and not sag in the chest area.
29. Do you feel sexy?
*** At the moment, even though I am 60lbs heavier than my lowest weight, I feel really sexy.
30. Have you grown more comfortable with your body/appearance as you've gotten older? Less comfortable?
*** OMG it's not even comparable. In fact, yes I will never give up trying to lose weight. But honestly, I am OK with myself now. I would like to lose weight, but if I don't, I don't have a problem with it. Oddly, it's other people who have a problem with it and who don't feel the need to keep that to themselves. People in general seem to think that I can't not lose weight. That it's unacceptable. And for the first time in my life, I really don't get why they have a say in this. I have been eating excellent foods/portions for the past 3 weeks and I've indulged a little since the weekend... I just came back from a curry & chips date with my husband, and I really couldn't care less if I gain a couple of pounds from that.
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(Come on…)
Didn't I make you feel like you were the only man, well yeah,
An' didn't I give you nearly everything that a woman possibly can ?
Honey, you know I did!
And each time I tell myself that I, well I think I've had enough,
But I'm gonna show you, baby, that a woman can be tough.
I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it,
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby, (break a..)
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah. (have a..)
Hey! Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, yeah.
You know you got it if it makes you feel good,
Oh yes indeed.
You're out on the streets looking good, and baby,
Deep down in your heart I guess you know that it ain't right,
Never never never never never never never hear me when I cry at night.
Baby, I cry all the time!
And each time I tell myself that I, well I can't stand the pain,
But when you hold me in your arms, I'll sing it once again.
I'll say come on, come on, come on, come on, yeah take it!
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby. (break a..)
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah, (come on…)
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, yeah.
Well, You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good
Guitar
I need you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it,
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby. (break a…)
Break another little bit of my heart, darling, yeah. (have a)
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,
You know you got it (waaaaahhh)
Take a…Take another little piece of my heart now, baby. (break a…)
Break another little bit of my heart, and darling, yeah yeah (have a)
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,
You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good
It was past 5pm on Friday afternoon, and I was still at work, trying to update the photo album on our website. This photo, specifically. The photo wouldn't show up on the live site, and it took me a long while to realize that the reason was because the server wouldn't accept the "#" that was in the photo's file name. GAH!
So you can imagine how annoying that little fruit fly was to me, when it appeared out of nowhere and starting to pester me. I was swatting at it, I tried to smash it on my desk, that effing little fruit fly. Then all of a sudden, I realized that the little fruit had flown away. Yesss. "And don't come back!"
Music was blasting in my ears, my head was bobbing, I was chewing my gum to the rhythm, concentrating on trying to find the effing html problem. I dismissed the thought as crazy at first. It seemed to me, like my gum had started tasting like mold! How can my gum taste like mold? It must be because I'm tired. But the strange mold taste only intensified. I spit my gum in my hand and there it was. That fucking little fruit fly, dead in my gum!!
1. EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!
2. Huh. Who knew that fruit flies taste like mold?
So I was going to document a week of my life in pictures. I saw this idea somewhere recently. Here is my pathetic attempt to do so :
Where are my green Smarties? (Which are clearly depicted on the box)
Lunch at Pink Sushi with Guylaine and Sophie
Submitting a news release to the media and uploading it on the website. (And an empty bowl of home made soup)
Guess it wasn't good enough? This was near the entrance at work.
This entrance. See ? Library in same building!!
Building of the new court house behind the parking lot at work.
Taken during the (glass) elevator ride up to my floor.
What? How do you cut massive amounts of onions?
Plus it's a good look to go with the Jazz music.
I was doing all this for a work potluck. Terrible 'surprise' picture hehe. Can you see the glowing pregnant lady in the back? Krista, this was sort of a "Have a good maternity leave, see you in 18 MONTHS!" (I can't believe it, 18 months! wow.)
Friday afternoon, wearing jeans and my comfy $5.00 Wal-Mart shoes.
I'm pretty sure I'm going to try this again sometime, and try to do better at remembering to take pictures of routine things that I wouldn't normally think to take pictures of!
As I was updating the links on top of this page, I wasn't expecting to have anything to bold in my list of 101 Things in 1001 Days. I was surprised once again, as every other time that I've updated this link. I was not expecting to have accomplished anything off the list, because I keep forgetting about the list. As with every other update, I am surprised that I can bold some things off the list, even though I wasn't consciously trying to cross things off the list. I just bolded:
31. Get to work on time every day for 30 days
*** I finally did this!! Wow, this getting to work on time everyday is exhausting!! ;) I think that I'm adjusting well though. And I'm armed with caffeine.
66. Pay my library fine and use library
*** I did this! Having a nice library right in the building where I work is the bees knees!! I am saving SO much money, not buying all my books brand new at Chapters and Amazon! I paid my ancient outstanding $13.80 fine, and I'm taking full advantage of the library.
76. Write a letter to an author or other artist whose work has moved/inspired me
*** I recently wrote a blog entry about an author who inspires me, and I know that she reads my blog. That counts, in my book! (And it's more meaningful, I think.)
96. Buy nice plates and glasses, to fully appreciate smaller meals
*** Well, relatively nice. They are not what I would have bought if money wasn't a limitation, but it doesn't matter anyway; we are both so clumsy that we break stuff all the time.
Snow has melted, temperatures are slowly rising, and trees are burgeoning. Winter 2010 has finally been given the boot! Do you ever read the stuff at the top of this page? This is my list of ideas/goals to enjoy whichever season we're in. This is the archive for Winter 2009/2010.
The Wonderful Winter of 2010!
You know me, I love making lists! I thought that I would think of fun things to do in the winter, post it here, and cross them out and blog about them as I go. The goal is not to cross off every single item on the list, but rather to really live this winter, rather than spend my monday-fridays waiting for the weekend, and then being too tired to do anything over the weekend. Here's to living life everyday, instead of existing. Here's to the wonderful winter of 2010!
PS - I've decided to write a much less ambitious, more realistic list for this season. No matter how fun doing... well, fun activities is, I have to be a responsible adult. I'll always be held back by time and money, but that's okay. As long as I remember to live rather than just exist. Winter is especially hard for me. I'm making a very conscious effort to NOT get dragged down this winter!
**** The things that have been done are BOLD!
* Scrapbook. (I haven't scrapbooked in like 2 years!)
*** (I did my jewelry frames with scrapbooking materials, I say it counts, do you?)
* Try 3 new recipes
*** (Although I can't remember 3 specific ones, I'm sure we did this.)
* Play cards and drink hot cocoa
*** (I don't think that we played cards, but I drank hot cocoa once at the office.)
* Have a girls night in
***(Nope, didn't do this)
* Escape winter, in Mexico!
*** (Definitely did this!)
* Play checkers
*** (Nope, didn't do this.)
I'll try to think of more.. but I really really am not an outdoorsy girl in winter!