Saturday Morning Snowfall

Yes, Dear Readers, it snowed here in Maine.  After being 50 degrees or warmer the day before (the greenhouse roof vents opened it was so warm inside).  Yesterday was the day I should have been wearing my new red and white stripe thermal shirt from Old Navy with my green work tee over the top.  But, no.  I was bundled up.  Dressed too cool on Thursday and too warm on Friday.

G took me out to dinner last night, Beale Street Memphis BBQ, and he had Mr T's sweet BBQ spareribs and I had my usual brisket and coleslaw plate.  I also had a margarita.  Really.  Friday had been a truly trying day emotionally for me.  G shared one of his pile of ribs with me.  Delicious.  I was seriously sorry I hadn't ordered them myself.  I did wear my red and white stripe thermal under a cherry red quarter zip sweatshirt.  I thought I looked very seasonal.

My list of household chores today is very long.  Christmas Tree lights and decorations.  G's work shirts to be ironed.  Dog Walk.  Cheesy Monkey Bread Baking (even though I got the actual date of G's potluck wrong--it's Monday)  I'm baking them today.  Two for my work tomorrow and two for his on Monday.

I made an effort to dress well today.  Meaning, I am not sitting here in pajamas.  Green cord pants, green chenille sweater and one of the three V-neck Gap tees G had in the Goodwill pile.  Nice and thick and warm under my cotton sweater.  It was probably snugger than he likes.  Or is used to.  We are trying to limit the XL things in his closet and get him to wear L.  Hoping closer fitting clothes will limit his eating of cookies, chips and pasta.

My closet is looking fresh and interesting these days.  New striped items, older items that were too small, but now fit and a new pencil skirt and black tights from Coldwater Creek.  I even have new shoes to wear with the tights.  I have all the "new" stuff right where I can see it when opening the closet doors.  And if I create a good outfit, I stage it all together on a hanger so I can wear it again, without having to think about what goes with what.  Actually, a woman only really needs three daily outfits, one skirt outfit and one special occasion outfit.  If things are well selected, everything can mix and match.  I, personally, have more outfits for work than anything else.

On that topic, I can now wear the camo cargo pants I purchased in the early summer of 2008.  Buttoned, zipped and I have the requisite one finger space of room at the waist.  This was what I wore to work that first summer (after the diet), before I started eating Bacon Pizza for dinner and ham and cheese Yumbos for lunch everyday (because I thought the weight was gone forever).  What a fool I was!!!!

 I have a hint for all of you out there with pants that are a squidge too tight.  Stop drying them in the dryer.  I now hang all my pants to dry on skirt hangers or over a towel bar.  Everything fits much better.  And it doesn't matter if you always dried them in the dryer before.  Give it a try.  My daughter never puts her clothes in the dryer and everything fits like it did the day she purchased it.  And the clothes don't lose color.

That's about all I have to say this afternoon.  Riley is ringing the bell on the back door so we'll be bundling up for our one hour walk.  Then I'll start on my house work.