I forgot to mention I went to the beauty salon on Friday after work. I schedualed a facial as my face has been an absolute mess lately - dry, breaking out, etc. I had never had one, and had no idea what to expect. I schedualed a hair cut afterwards.
The facial was interesting. I undressed from the waist up, and laid down on a massage table. She got out the big magnifying glass and told me my face had some black heads and some white heads, and some break outs.. classified me as oily.. and went to work. did a cleansing, a scrub, a mask, and a moisturizer. I thought they would do something about said black and white heads, but no, I brought those home with me. She recommended a product for oily skin - which I bought.
this was friday. I've been using the products since then, and this morning I had three more pimples.. actually four if you count the one INSIDE my ear - but I am choosing to ignore that one. One is on my eyelid and very annoying if not painful. I found myself picking at it in my sleep! I was speaking to the manager (more on why in a minute) and he said I should be breaking out after a facial.. so if these don't stop right quick I'll consider these products a failure and go back to the cleansing milk that I have.
So after the facial, I was charged out - despite the fact that I told them I had a hair appointment - and then handed over to the hair side of things. I got a woman who didn't speak english all that well. I explained that I wanted to shorten up the length to try to blend it all into one length. She took me for a shampoo, then started to cut the back of my hair. She then moved to the front of my head, and parted my hair in the middle. I explained I never part my hair in the middle, and the last time it was cut the stylist parted it in the middle and I ended up with some very short pieces when I style it as I wear it. She said it would work out, and I interupted her saying I was very uncomfortable with her cutting it with the part in the middle, explaining that once you flip the hair over the top of the head it would be too short - well she interupted me and asked me quite rudely if I went to beauty school. I said no, but if she didn't understand this basic concept then maybe she shouldn't be cutting my hair. Well she said maybe she shouldn't and plopped her scissors and comb on the counter and walked off.
so I was sitting there amazed with myself for standing up for myself. I always tell people they should, but I rarely do it, especially when it comes to my hair. I have had such horrid hair cuts in the past, that I often feel it is my fault that my hair looks butchered - thinking I didn't explain myself well. So half my hair was still in clips, and dripping wet, and I sat there like that for quite a few minutes. I thought about getting up and leaving, but I was half way through a hair cut, and knew I'd look absurd.
So I waited a few more moments when a guy came over with a pouch of tools. He asked me what was going on, and how I was doing. I said I was frustrated but open, and explained my issue. He made some excuses for her - as if she were trying to get it even - but to me if you part in the middle then you cut in the middle..if you part on the side, then you cut it and make it even with the part on the side.. doesn't seem like rocket science to me. Turns out he was the manager - which I didn't know till he had been there a few moments - and he cut it with the part on the side and I am happy with it. I still have some short pieces from the last cut - at least I think they are from the last cut - and the cut is actually much shorter than I would have liked (about an inch above my shoulders) *shrug* but is cute, it fits in a pony tail if I want to get it up, and I like it in general. I have gotten a couple of complements on it.
although I'm still thinking I should cut my bangs back in.. even though they frustrate me to no end, and I rarely had anything good to say about them. they are what I know, how I think of myself, and are comfortable.. this style while adorable just doesn't feel like me - do you know what I mean??
10.30.2007
more shopping
I feel compelled to buy more clothes. Technically I believe I have enough to get me through the winter, even though my closet is kinda bare. Although I do feel the need to buy a new winter coat. I still have my large winter coats, which I pretty much drown in now, but they will keep me warm. It isn't like I am outside a lot, but when I am I want a nice warm heavy coat. Can't find one that I like. 90% of the coats in my area are black. I don't want a black coat.. *sigh* and the 10% of non black coats are so light they feel like fall coats to me, and what is the point of that?
I found a few on QVC and on line that I like, but coats fit so differently from manufacturer to manufacturer. I had on one long wool coat that was a size 10 that was quite roomy, and I had on another in a 14 that felt tight. I'm scared to buy one on line. I know QVC will take it back - but I'll end up paying to ship it back, which I'm not a big fan of. (I'm too cheap for my own good)
So we went to a local salvage store. I love that place, they quite often get very high end clothes, and I pay 10-20 for them. Paid $40 for a very soft high end cashmere sweater - actually I'm wearing it right now, along with my $10 bill blass jeans. Found a whole bunch of shoes from QVC there! I was thrilled. Got two pairs of the same shoes - one in green the other in blue. They were $60 shoes for less than $15 each. Got some ryka sneakers - brown sweade - oh so comfortable - for under $20 - I don't remember off the top of my head but I actually think they were more around $15 and those also retail around $60! they had some QVC leather coats, but they weren't for me. I tried on a couple of skirts, but I wasn't thrilled with any of them. Oh I also got a pair of winter boots for $16.. again another high end comfy set for 50-75% off retail! I shouldn't feel the need to buy shoes for a long time :) Which is pretty amazing as I usually have the worst time finding shoes that fit right.
Went to TJMaxx also yesterday. They sell sugar free Torani syrups for $5.99 (can often find them on clearance for $3.00 or less) and most of the online suppliers have them for $7.99 with additional shipping. They don't have a heck of a lot of flavors, so I think I'll order some anyway and try a few new flavors for something different. My food has been tasting bland to me lately - so I find I'm reaching out for off plan food - which is also disappointing unless I really go all out - and I'm stuck at around 184ish. I need to kick my butt and get back in gear and get down to the 170s again.
Happy Halloween!
I found a few on QVC and on line that I like, but coats fit so differently from manufacturer to manufacturer. I had on one long wool coat that was a size 10 that was quite roomy, and I had on another in a 14 that felt tight. I'm scared to buy one on line. I know QVC will take it back - but I'll end up paying to ship it back, which I'm not a big fan of. (I'm too cheap for my own good)
So we went to a local salvage store. I love that place, they quite often get very high end clothes, and I pay 10-20 for them. Paid $40 for a very soft high end cashmere sweater - actually I'm wearing it right now, along with my $10 bill blass jeans. Found a whole bunch of shoes from QVC there! I was thrilled. Got two pairs of the same shoes - one in green the other in blue. They were $60 shoes for less than $15 each. Got some ryka sneakers - brown sweade - oh so comfortable - for under $20 - I don't remember off the top of my head but I actually think they were more around $15 and those also retail around $60! they had some QVC leather coats, but they weren't for me. I tried on a couple of skirts, but I wasn't thrilled with any of them. Oh I also got a pair of winter boots for $16.. again another high end comfy set for 50-75% off retail! I shouldn't feel the need to buy shoes for a long time :) Which is pretty amazing as I usually have the worst time finding shoes that fit right.
Went to TJMaxx also yesterday. They sell sugar free Torani syrups for $5.99 (can often find them on clearance for $3.00 or less) and most of the online suppliers have them for $7.99 with additional shipping. They don't have a heck of a lot of flavors, so I think I'll order some anyway and try a few new flavors for something different. My food has been tasting bland to me lately - so I find I'm reaching out for off plan food - which is also disappointing unless I really go all out - and I'm stuck at around 184ish. I need to kick my butt and get back in gear and get down to the 170s again.
Happy Halloween!
10.24.2007
Updates for October
Once again, it has been a while, hasn't it?
Well my weight fluxuated around 183ish for the first two weeks of Oct, then we went on a trip to AZ. I came back at 186. Not too shabby for not having decent food choices (can we say contential breakfast - carb overload!) More on the trip later. Watched what I ate earlier on in this week, saw 183 yesterday, but was 185 this morning! arrgh. Might have something to do with the fact I put off exercising till the night time, and didn't sleep well. We'll see how that goes. I'm trying not to stress about it, but then again, not stressing about it has slowed the weight loss dramatically!
So this trip. DH was sent to Tucson for work. Nice hotel. So I went along. And just to up my stress level (because I HATE to travel) he decides he wants to go to San Diego and go to the zoo. Yes.. DH extended our trip by several days just so he could go to yet ANOTHER zoo. *sigh* It is a nice zoo.. and I did get to get incredibly close to a polar bear (i love polar bears) but if I was able to do it all over again, and have control, i wouldn't have gone. but then again I might not have gone to AZ either - did I mention I hate to travel?) It is good to get out of the house from time to time (or so I'm told) so.. I went.. and I liked it too.. yea.. that's it! :)
anyway.. the zoo was nice.. if not a little confusing. the map is not to scale, and the trails aren't all that clearly marked.. but we got to see everything we wanted. We saw a LOT of people looking at their maps (which is why I can confidently say it was the map's issue, not ours) got pretty close to pandas and polar bears.. Got a new T-Shirt for Lizzy.. she looks stylin in her fancy new polar bear shirt.. (yes, Lizzy is my stuffed polar bear - now don't you go commenting I've had her since I was 16! *GACK! She's 20 years old!!*)
We then drove from CA to AZ. Had to go through a boarder patrol station. They took one look at our pasty white faces and didn't even make us stop.
Tucson was kinda boring. (sorry if you are from Tucson and love it) I'm a pasty white girl who HATES being outside for fear of burning and skin cancer, so once you rule out hiking and other outdoor activities, there wasn't much left. I got the skinny on a couple of shopping malls, but they held pretty much all the same shops we have. There were a few that had different names, but once you went inside them, they felt exactly like shops we have here. Ross was like Marshalls, etc. I did make it to my favorite store Stein Mart which unfortunately we don't have anywhere near me.
I first found Stein Mart in FL. Was only in it for a few minutes, but I was hooked. When I found out there was one in Tucson, I was excited. The store in Tucson was very nice, but most of the clothes in it were too dressy for my current life. Good for a fancy office, or life events, but I don't have either. I have a t-shirt and jeans office, and my biggest life event is going to the shelter :) I bought a hoodie and a light sweater (buying clothes for a winter in NE was not possible in AZ!) We then drove up to Phoenix.. found there were several more Stein Marts there.. Went to one, and found a couple of jackets and a shirt I liked. DH ended up buying more clothes there than I did.. two polo shirts, two dress shirts and a suit jacket that was on sale for $17! I doesn't quite fit him, but for that price he can deal with slightly too big - seeing as a lot of his clothes fall into that catagory anyway.
met up with a couple of people I know from an online message board. then spent thursday traveling home. slept all day friday.. slowly intergrated back into life over the weekend. Apparently we left at a very good time.. I feel for all those people out there in the fires..
And now it is the 24th.. Not much going on for the rest of the month. Friday I have an appointment to get my hair cut again, and I'm going for a facial. at some point I want to go down to MA and find a Sephora store to buy some facial products. Don't know why I think Sephora holds the key.. but I really have no idea what kinds of products to buy to keep my face moisturized with out getting acne (which I'm having a major problem with hence the facial on friday)
Oh wait.. we did go to a murder mystery theatre show the other night with friends/cousins Doug and Sara. It was a quickly thrown together, so you could see the gaping holes when they tried to 'figure it out' at the end - waiting for the audience to chime in with clues they found.. but it was cute. DH was brought up on stage at one point (thanks to another cousin that was in the show) and he got a free admission ticket to go to another preformance.
I still have to list my old car for sale. I can't believe I still have that thing. This weekend.. really.. (that is what I've said for the past few weekends though)
I think that's everything..
Oh I am pretty sure the fish oil is helping with my mood. I can tell when I don't take it. When I get bluer - I take another one. Seems to work *shrug* could be a placibo effect (don't you wish I could spell?) but honestly I don't care.. as long as I can keep the darkness at bay, that is really all I care about. Despair is a horrid thing!
Well my weight fluxuated around 183ish for the first two weeks of Oct, then we went on a trip to AZ. I came back at 186. Not too shabby for not having decent food choices (can we say contential breakfast - carb overload!) More on the trip later. Watched what I ate earlier on in this week, saw 183 yesterday, but was 185 this morning! arrgh. Might have something to do with the fact I put off exercising till the night time, and didn't sleep well. We'll see how that goes. I'm trying not to stress about it, but then again, not stressing about it has slowed the weight loss dramatically!
So this trip. DH was sent to Tucson for work. Nice hotel. So I went along. And just to up my stress level (because I HATE to travel) he decides he wants to go to San Diego and go to the zoo. Yes.. DH extended our trip by several days just so he could go to yet ANOTHER zoo. *sigh* It is a nice zoo.. and I did get to get incredibly close to a polar bear (i love polar bears) but if I was able to do it all over again, and have control, i wouldn't have gone. but then again I might not have gone to AZ either - did I mention I hate to travel?) It is good to get out of the house from time to time (or so I'm told) so.. I went.. and I liked it too.. yea.. that's it! :)
anyway.. the zoo was nice.. if not a little confusing. the map is not to scale, and the trails aren't all that clearly marked.. but we got to see everything we wanted. We saw a LOT of people looking at their maps (which is why I can confidently say it was the map's issue, not ours) got pretty close to pandas and polar bears.. Got a new T-Shirt for Lizzy.. she looks stylin in her fancy new polar bear shirt.. (yes, Lizzy is my stuffed polar bear - now don't you go commenting I've had her since I was 16! *GACK! She's 20 years old!!*)
We then drove from CA to AZ. Had to go through a boarder patrol station. They took one look at our pasty white faces and didn't even make us stop.
Tucson was kinda boring. (sorry if you are from Tucson and love it) I'm a pasty white girl who HATES being outside for fear of burning and skin cancer, so once you rule out hiking and other outdoor activities, there wasn't much left. I got the skinny on a couple of shopping malls, but they held pretty much all the same shops we have. There were a few that had different names, but once you went inside them, they felt exactly like shops we have here. Ross was like Marshalls, etc. I did make it to my favorite store Stein Mart which unfortunately we don't have anywhere near me.
I first found Stein Mart in FL. Was only in it for a few minutes, but I was hooked. When I found out there was one in Tucson, I was excited. The store in Tucson was very nice, but most of the clothes in it were too dressy for my current life. Good for a fancy office, or life events, but I don't have either. I have a t-shirt and jeans office, and my biggest life event is going to the shelter :) I bought a hoodie and a light sweater (buying clothes for a winter in NE was not possible in AZ!) We then drove up to Phoenix.. found there were several more Stein Marts there.. Went to one, and found a couple of jackets and a shirt I liked. DH ended up buying more clothes there than I did.. two polo shirts, two dress shirts and a suit jacket that was on sale for $17! I doesn't quite fit him, but for that price he can deal with slightly too big - seeing as a lot of his clothes fall into that catagory anyway.
met up with a couple of people I know from an online message board. then spent thursday traveling home. slept all day friday.. slowly intergrated back into life over the weekend. Apparently we left at a very good time.. I feel for all those people out there in the fires..
And now it is the 24th.. Not much going on for the rest of the month. Friday I have an appointment to get my hair cut again, and I'm going for a facial. at some point I want to go down to MA and find a Sephora store to buy some facial products. Don't know why I think Sephora holds the key.. but I really have no idea what kinds of products to buy to keep my face moisturized with out getting acne (which I'm having a major problem with hence the facial on friday)
Oh wait.. we did go to a murder mystery theatre show the other night with friends/cousins Doug and Sara. It was a quickly thrown together, so you could see the gaping holes when they tried to 'figure it out' at the end - waiting for the audience to chime in with clues they found.. but it was cute. DH was brought up on stage at one point (thanks to another cousin that was in the show) and he got a free admission ticket to go to another preformance.
I still have to list my old car for sale. I can't believe I still have that thing. This weekend.. really.. (that is what I've said for the past few weekends though)
I think that's everything..
Oh I am pretty sure the fish oil is helping with my mood. I can tell when I don't take it. When I get bluer - I take another one. Seems to work *shrug* could be a placibo effect (don't you wish I could spell?) but honestly I don't care.. as long as I can keep the darkness at bay, that is really all I care about. Despair is a horrid thing!
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