I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve been cold ALL day!
My mom and I spent the day trying to finish up our Christmas shopping. I’m proud to say that I’m finally done…all except for one thing – if I can find it. Ah, the joys of waiting to the last minute, right?
It’s been freezing here all day today though! It’s six degrees here right now. Six!! They’re expecting the high tomorrow to be about 11 with a low of -4 tomorrow night. We won’t even talk about the wind chill. Yikes! I practically ran from my car to the store and back again and while I was pumping gas tonight, I about wanted to cry. I couldn’t feel my face. The entire time I kept thinking about my good friend Riley mentioning that she actually had to turn the heat on the other day. She lives in California. My heart breaks for her. *snicker* You know I adore you, Riley! 
I think it would be hard to celebrate Christmas without the cold though.
There is one recent purchase that I’ve made that I consider to be my greatest purchase of 2008. No joke or exaggeration. I adore these things:
So tomorrow my toes stay inside and hopefully toasty warm, even if I have to layer them with two pairs of socks and several blankets.
Unfortunately (or my taste buds would say fortunately), I will also be trapping myself inside with and enjoying my mom’s haystacks. Yummmmmy.
I kind of went overboard on the meal front today. Kind of. Okay, WAY overboard. Not only did we get Baskin Robbins ice cream (yes, we’ve established that I’m actually aware that it’s cold outside), but I also splurged at Applebee’s for dinner. I’ve been wanting to try their three cheese chicken penne pasta for ages now and I decided I was going to try it tonight. Big mistake! Big, big mistake!
I think that if God could reach down and put a tiny bit of heaven in a bowl, then this would be it. Especially for any cheese lovers like myself out there. I refuse to consider the amount of calories I consumed in that one meal (I still have 2/3 of it left in the fridge to savor tomorrow), but the mere fact that it has “three cheese” in the title should give me a good indication. Hey, I’ve never hid the fact that I like to eat. It’s hard to do that when you once weighed over 300 pounds.
I did, however, have a NSV today! While we were shopping, I realized that I really needed a new pair of jeans. Ecstatically, I left the store with a new pair. A new Misses Size 12 pair!!!!!! 12! I don’t even ever remember wearing a size 12. Ever. I think I skipped right over that size on my way up.
Though I have proven that I can actually slide them over my hips and button and zip them (my mom’s seen the proof), I still have a really, really, really hard time believing that they could possibly fit. I see the size and think “no way.” I hold them up and look at them and think “no way.” And then I put them on have to admit “yes way.”
I’m a goofball. I admit that, too. I know that the brand must run rather large, but I’m going to wear them with pride.
Hope you all are staying warmer than I am!
Hi there again,
Those ear covers rock. My wife and I use them when we go running in the winter. Although I have never experienced 6 degrees in real life. I have a huge 100X100 ft. freezer where I work at -2, but that is only for a minute or two.
Doesn’t it feel great to fit into some new clothes. I just love that. I would not buy new clothes until I lost around 80 or so lbs because I did not trust it.
By the way, I also totally love cheese.
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Good morning, Jason! I just checked the outside temperature and it’s currently two degrees! I have a couple of places I’d like to go today, but I don’t think I want to venture out!
Glad to meet another fellow cheese lover!! And congratulations on your own loss again!
Hey Pam,
It’s cold here too. -2 to be exact. Sounds like you had great day yesterday. 3-cheese pasta and Baskin Robbins…mmmmm
Although I have not had pasta for quite some time I do have FF ice cream about 3 times a week(but its not near as good as Baskin Robbins) Have a great day!
As a Floridian, I get cold when the temp drops into the 40s, so I can’t even imagine how you deal with it.
Cheese and pasta – two of my absolute favorites. Yummm…. Outback does an awesome pasta dish – last time I ate it I gained 2 pounds that week so I haven’t set foot in the place since.
Last night at a party I used your advice. When someone I hadn’t seen since last Christmas asked me how much weight I had lost, I said “a lot” and changed the subject. So thanks for that.
Yay yay yay on the size 12 jeans (I always find jeans need to be a bit bigger than other clothes so you should be especially pleased and proud. And …. brrr. I’ll quit complaining about temps in the low 30s (also in CA).
Since we are having a white-hot Christmas, as usual, here in Africa, I was going to ask what those things are, but I see from previous comments that they’re earwarmers. Brrr, indeed!
WTG on the new jean size!
What an awesome NSV! Girl, you rock! I am so proud of you! I guess you really don’t want to know that we had to turn the a/c on here and were wearing shorts on Christmas. Don’t get too excited. It actually sucks! It’s really hard to get in the Christmas spirit in those conditions.