10% and Lipstick Pink

On Tuesday (my birthday) I got weighed and am super proud to say - I am now at my 10% goal for a total loss of 18.5lbs in total. :) To celebrate I went shopping this evening after work with Erin and some really cute stuff. Yay!

Lipstick Pink you ask? On Saturday my bridesmaids and I went dress shopping at Sinders Bridal House in CP. We went at 10:30 thinking it wouldn't be too busy as they opened at 10am, wow...were we wrong! The place was packed and we had an hour and a half. Erin, Shannon, Melissa and Meegan (Christy was sick with the flu) went and started picking dresses off the racks that they liked and ended up with probably about 10 each. The change rooms were all full, but somehow the girls wound up in a change room for brides. They started trying on dresses and when one found one that was a possible yes she would rip it off, throw it to the next one and she would do the same. In the end (1.5 hours!!!) the girls picked a dress and a color that they all liked - woohoo! Super fun, super easy and I love, love, love both the color and the dress. I went into this telling the girls that I didn't care if the dresses were all the same or what the color was, as long as it was one color and the same shade. Mom also came with us and tried on some MOB dresses and there were two that I loved on her, but they were also almost $700...are you freaking kidding me?!?! Yikes! No way she will be spending that much on a dress.

Needless to say, I have an awesome group of girls by my side.

Thanks ladies for being so fantastic and making everything to date easy and not stressful.

What a week...

We finally had a 'quiet' weekend at home and were able to get some things done around the house. There is always more to be done, but it was a start. Wedding season is finally all done for this year and now we are working our way into Christmas parties. The weekends are already starting to book up with caterings (Dad), Christmas parties, etc. Hopefully it won't get too crazy...

Apparently my dear, sweet, angelic son is deeply emerged in the 'terrible twos'. How so you ask? He is hitting, kicking, hair pulling, head butting, screaming, throwing things, yelling 'no' over and over again. I must be overtired as this week has been the absolute worst for me. I don't seem to have any patience left and I keep breaking down and crying, super frustrating. I definitely need to figure out a way to deal with his anger and am definitely open to any suggestions on how to do this.

On a great note...this week I weighed in and was down 4.5lbs!!!! That makes a total of 17.5lbs since the last week of August. Hopefully I am able to continue this and get down further. It's motivating to see a difference in how my clothes fit for sure.

This weekend my bridesmaids will be dress shopping, hopefully everyone can find something that they like and decide on a color so that I can meet with Eileen and discuss decorating ideas. Super exciting! :)

Gobble, Gobble & Chicken Fried?!

What a great Thanksgiving weekend! We started Friday night out by having a 'date' night while the little on was at Nanny and Grandpa's. We went for supper at Mongolian Village and then went to watch 'The Hangover'. It was hilarious, Rye and I laughed out loud the entire time. Saturday we went to a wedding for our friends, Matt & Jamie. What a great time! The weather was great, the wedding was fun and the party was fantastic! The OWFC crew knows how to party, no question about it. There was a fire call around 1pm which put a damper on the party and left all of us ladies stranded at the reception. Rather comical actually and it really would only happen at a firefighter's wedding reception. The poor boys had a really long night. Sunday we headed up to my parents' place to see our wee man, have a delicious supper and spend some quality time with the family. All in all it was a great long weekend, but it ended way too quickly as always!

Back to work today...good news, I weighed in and was down 2 more pounds for a total of 13. Wooohooo! I also tried on my dress this weekend, it's fitting better and I still absolutely love it! I can't wait to try it on again. My next goal is to hit 20lbs and I would like to accomplish this by the end of October. Seeing as this was the last of our 11 weddings and the next two weekends are looking fairly quiet with little to no alcohol or eating out I think I might be able to do it with a little help from my dear friend Jillian...whom I have been avoiding since last week. I promise to see her soon...I bet I will pay dearly for avoiding her. All worth it in the end...

Mmmmm Tea

In preparation for our 'big day' and of course for the healthy lifestyle that I need and want, I joined Weight Watchers 6 weeks ago and to date have lost 11lbs...wooohooo! It's actually been pretty simple. I follow WWs idea of portion sizes and their point system and combine it with some activity. I have started to religiously do Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred (she's the mean personal trainer from 'The Biggest Loser' and I have been out walking often, plus - my fantastic neighbours gave us a treadmill. Here I come winter nights. Even better, I can still have a few drinks here and there :] I am losing the weight slowly and am going to keep it off. The best part, I can eat/drink what I want, I just need to keep it within my daily points.

Now to try on my dress again :)

Just wanted everyone to know - yummy tea giveaway @ http://maintenancewithashley.blogspot.com/2009/09/gluten-free-goodness-tea-and-awesome.html

Speaking of tea, I'm going to make one!