A GOOD tired
Man, am I tired. Whole-body-workout tired. And no trip to the gym, even. Fun day!
First my disclaimer - I hate shopping. I am NOT your stereotypical girl. I zoom through the changing room in 30 seconds flat, I run around and in and out and I'm done. And I rarely go clothes shopping unless I have a reason I HAVE to. I'd more happily jump on Freecycle for the casual stuff I normally wear.
But a great friend of mine is having her bridal shower in 2 weeks, and it just occurred to me a couple of days ago that I have NOTHING to wear. Gave away all my 'big' clothes and don't have much in the way of 'little' stuff..and nothing even the least bit' dressy.' So I admit I actually got excited about the clothes shopping - because I was heading to the MISSES department!
I tried on a bunch of stuff, figuring I'm a regular size 18...I had 16s and 18s both fit me (YAY!) though an equal number of 16s & 18s were way too small depending on the designer, who cares? Som fit! I ALMOST got a beautiful dark brown lace top on SALE for 9.99 (!)...but couldn't find pants to fit and I KNOW myself - if I don't buy it as an outfit, I'll never get a match and I'll never wear it. So I passed.
But it took SO long to try on adn find and whatnot with the 2 babies..I mean, DH was there, but we were chasing toddlers around at the same time. so it was a workout in itself, and we ended up leaving with no clothes for the shower.
But we DID make a purchase for me...a LAWNMOWER! Last year we had a flaky moonlighting lawn guy do it - we have a TINY little back lawn (no front lawn at all), and he did it cheap, but didn't show up most of the time, and with the tall grass I don't want the kids in there - we've got deer that cross through our lawn all the time and I'm not into INVITING the deer ticks onto them, KWIM? Basic precautions to be had. So last year they were barely in the yard at all.
HAd been asking around for a lawn guy but hadn't found one yet - grass taller than my almost-3-yo - but we walk past the mower section at Sears and lo and behold, a lawnmower for 79 bucks! Who knew you could get them that cheap? IT's a push mower, which is the kind I wanted (paranoid of gasoline and whirring blades with the little ones), and did I mention 79 bucks?? We bought it!! I mowed the lawn (takes FOREVER when it's so tall with a push mower...have to go over each section maybe 10 times to get it mostly cut LOL) for almost an hour (and DH was pulling the tallest by hand that whole time) and I felt so darned tired AND so exhilarated when we finished! WE've got about a third of the lawn to go - but hot dang, does it feel good to be mowing our own, saving money over the summer by not having to hired, and that EXERCISE and fresh air felt so danged good. Not to mention our lawn doesn't look like an abandoned lot anymore! (well, mostly - LOL)
I am so proud of us! And so tired! And so excited to go back and get it done tomorrow~! But first, I think we're checking out the beach club in town - meant to today, but took so long at Sears and wanted to mow as soon as we came home, DH took kids to the park a little while ago instead.
now, hopefully all this lawnmower-pushing takes care of my arms a little..one thing I noticed trying on the clothes in the new smaller (!!) sizes, was that my arms are a little disproportionally thick - clothes that fit fine across shoulders, bust, waist, hips, were sometimes tight on the arms. Time to tone up!