Yo, Girly Bitches:

I found a place that sells goose-down powder puffs. Swoon. [link] The place carries lots of other awesome stuff, including Gal violet-flavored lip balm. [link]

I'm taking the boy out while it's still sunny.

I'm tempted to sprawl on the floor in a big patch of sunshine and soak it in. I may be part cat. meow

I've decided to go back on WeightWatchers, starting Monday. DH has been on it since the beginning of the year, and he's lost over 10 lbs. He still weighs over 50 lbs. more than I do, but he's been taunting me about catching up with me, weighing less than me in a few months, etc. So I finally decided the only way to shut him up was to join him on the diet, and besides, if he's going to get all slim and attractive, I want to be that way, too.

I asked him this morning if he'd been taunting me on purpose to get me finally motivated to take better care of myself. He said, "Of course."

He knows me well. The simple knowledge that I need to lower my cholesterol and blood pressure, and that I'd look and feel better, isn't enough to motivate me. But make it a competition, and I'm on fire to go.

I just went back myself, Susan, last week. And I totally get how the competition is way more motivating than the other things. The thing is, the competition can be something that motivates on a day to day level. The other things are all good, far more important really, but they're long-term so they don't necessarily work on the one-more-cookie? level.

violet-flavored lip balm

I have that lip balm! It's a little weird to me but the packaging sure is purty.

I really need it to not start snowing here until Sunday evening. We have a Lush trip planned for Sunday! Plus, i have a b'day party to go to Sat. night and I'm supposed to pick up my friend at the airport late sat. night. Stupid winter weather worries!

But make it a competition, and I'm on fire to go.

I was visiting my brother and SiL this past weekend and they both just went on WW at the start of the year. They are ALL ABOUT the competitive aspect of it. So far it's all funny competitive. Not cutthroat.

The university I work at has a "get fit" competition program, where you have teams, and each team member tracks how many minutes of exercise he or she does, and then the teams are ranked by overall amount of time exercised. It's pretty cool, and the medical department (who is sponsoring it) is trying to create opportunities to exercise, which are actually a lot of fun and kind of social too.

Today we went on a half hour brisk walk through the basement corridors, or "tunnels" of campus. I had a great time and am now all pumped up and wired. I've been doing solo exercise for so long, I forgot how much fun it can be to do it in groups. I mean, I wouldn't want to do it every day, that would drive me nuts, but once or twice a week is fun.

Whoooooooooooooo!

And, Susan, heh. It's funny when Tom and I get on weight loss kicks. He SO doesn't need to lose any weight- but he used to be a Fat Kid (till college, I think), and is kind of mentally scarred by that. So he is ultra supportive of when I want to eat healthier or whatever. But I definitely outweigh him, which is kind of weird to think about, I guess.

Deb, I have had several dreams that Tom (or Dream Tom, as we like to refer to him- Dream Tom's a jerk) has cheated on me (a holdover from insecurities occuring from my previous relationship) but it's been probably almost a year since I had one, and I thought I was finally letting go of some stuff. The one last night was even worse- there was some sleeping with other people involved, but it didn't have to do with a lack of sexual desirability on my part, it was because Dream Tom plain didn't love me even a little bit and never had. Argh.

Nora, it's okay. I dreamed that Topic!Cindy changed her name to Lightbulbs.

I thought that was relevant in some way, but I might be wrong.

How long have you been collecting teacups, sj? Why did you start?

I have been collecting teacups for a while, since just before I went to England for the first time in 1998. I started collecting them when I became totally obsessed with tea and afternoon tea traditions. I was packing some of them last night, and I have way too many.

I was packing some of them last night, and I have way too many.

You have too many minus one.