Big Deal = Small Waist

I could not be more pleased with myself lately. Even tho I have not been losing weight at the pace I had been, at least I am not gaining. Most importantly, even tho the number on the scale has not changed, the size of my pants have! This week was the easiest time I have ever had finding clothes. Almost too easy, and bordering on problematic if I continue to get excited about everything I can fit into now. I bought my first pair of skinny jeans, but the more important "first" was that I liked how I felt and looked in them! Im now thankful for the clearance rack at JCPenny and Goodwill for practically doubling my wardrobe in the past 3 days.
I have two major tests this tuesday so, although its a struggle- I will remain positive. I guess that just means I'll have to wear those sassy skinny jeans everyday until then!

and November 10th, 2011 will go down in history as...

The First Time I Tried Starbucks! That alone is very exciting to me, even though it didn't live up to what I had imagined. I ordered a soy latte, gave a cool fake name, and got one of those cute green stirr-sticks that doubles as a stopper! The dissapointing part was the $3 dollars and change I spent on it- only to find out I don't like soy lattes! I'm much happier with my instant coffee and my flavored non-dairy creamer. I still would really like to try a plain coffee and experiement with the different flavored syrups, but it might be a while before I can convince myself it is worth the money. This leads me to what I'm thankful for today!
I'm thankful that I'm not one of those people who NEEDS a Starbucks in their hand inorder to feel important. (Could you imagine how expensive that character flaw would end up costing you!) This, I feel, has a lot to do with how I was raised, therefore I'm thankful I was raised the way I was!
I'm also thankful for Laura, the girl who sits next to me in class who always offers me a couple of her pretzels when she takes them out of her backpack for a snack. Many food headaches have been avoided because of her kindness, especially today since I completely forgot to eat lunch before class. Did I mention they are the butter braided type of pretzels? I guess Im also thankful that she has good taste in salty snacks!

Can I Get An Amen

For some reason, this always happens(I have countless unfinished journals to prove it!) I start a journal/diary/and in this case-a blog with the best of intentions; planning to frequent them often with my thoughts, feelings, and epic moments (because I have so many of them...) but I never seem to follow through. It probably says something about my character and I can only imagine what that is, yet here I am again- willing to give it another shot! I've been bummed/blue/down-in-the-dumps lately so I decided that perhaps I should start recognizing everything thats going right in my life and everything I have to be thankful for. (Original, I know.) I'll do my best to be thankful for something each and everyday and this is where I will keep track of it all. It may be something small, fairly basic, or it may even be materialistic, but at least I'll be recognizing the positivity it brings to my days. No judging! Deal? Deal.

Some quick things off the top of my head I was thankful for/made me smile recently:
-The mormons that came knocking on my door the other day. Now I'm not mormon, but to see two handsome, young, virgins giving up their time and risking embarrassment and not to mention the cold rain- just to see if I wanted to talk about "how wonderful Jesus Christ is" to quote them exactly was sweet.
-Coffee. enough said.
-Day light savings time this past Sunday. Im not sure that I got the full benefit of that extra hour (simply becacuse I didn't get to spend it sleeping) but I'm happy it was there!