Hey blog readers!
Day 23 of 30. One more week to go. Who is excited for me besides me?!?
Last Sunday, I went to an AH-Mazing pool party, lots of alcohol, lots of beautiful people, and lots of sun. I drank lots of water, and got too much sun! I am burnt to a crisp! And tan lines GALORE! The BF was suppose to be on this 30 day mission with me but he "accidentally" drank last week. He was on day 17 which is pretty good! He actually forgot he was on this mission, so thats OK. This is a one woman mission.
O.K. I have a confession to make....I shopped...just a little...err..ok kind of a lot. BUT I have a good excuse! Here's what happened...My birthday is the first week of August. I don't have time to go shopping for the weekend because I'm a workaholic and won't take the time off to shop. SO, what I did was some ONLINE shopping. I needed "outfits" for my birthday weekend, a birthday dress, you know the usual....I got a few items from LULUS, SHOPRUCHE, and MODCLOTH... Just a few items, from each website....OK, I technically spent money in the month of July BUT here's my loophole...I'm not wearing any of these items until August. So that doesn't really count...right? I didn't think so.....
Hey I haven't gone into Miyamo for a long time...and I'm thinking of not even going there...yet.....maybe just a small peek?
Yeah...I know...I couldn't go 30 days without spending money on clothing..but I can with drinking. I guess thats a good thing?
What do you guys think? GOOD LOOPHOLE HUH? : ) Shopaholics best thinking.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
SNL. Saturday. Night. Loser.
Hello out there, I'm here!
Day 14 of 30. Just about half way there. 16 days till I'm in the 26-30 age box.
I survived another weekend, but this time I actually went out. Saturday night, I celebrated my good friend "Blair's" birthday at UVA, a restaurant with a full bar. I had water on the rocks.
I'm not going to lie, it was very awkward for me in the beginning. These friends, I've known since before high school and we've all grown up and moved on with our lives but we try to come together once in awhile and play catch up. So here I am playing catch up and with nothing new in my life....besides being the blogging freak who isn't drinking.
To make things more awkward, the bf was suppose to come but ended up leaving me for his "other half". I ended up sitting on the end of the table all by myself, with three empty seats staring at me. This is what happens when you're sober....you're exiled to the end of the table, and it was torture for me to stare at an empty champagne class so I told the waiter "No, thank you, for ruining my life"
It wasn't actually that bad because my good friend "Carrie" was sitting next to me and tried to include me in on "good" conversations that were happening at the other end of the table, where the drinking was happening. Poor "Carrie" had to listen to my sober ass all night, talking nonsense about why I'm ordering half the menu. I was compensating. I love food, a lot, especially when I'm not drinking.
During the dinner, I thought I was going to cave in and just have one glass of bubbles....what could be the harm? But then I thought, that would truly be a fat lush "Napan" thing to do and I had already come this far with my progress just to have one drink to feel comfortable around people I practically grew up with? Thats just nuts! Plus, I told myself that this night wasn't about me. It was about my friend and being there for her birthday. Birthdays are symbolic to me, because it's the one time a year to celebrate that persons life! Growing older and wiser with a friend is special, especially since we've been friends for so long.....And its the perfect time to have an excuse to eat cake! Hello fatso!
Anyways, I ended up being useful and was the designated driver. We barhopped to: Morimoto, Avia, Oneotri, and Bounty Hunter. I drank water all night long. No sodas, no juice. Just plain and simple water. I was home by midnight before I turned into a pumpkin.
The next morning I went to Bikram Yoga to sweat out allllll the water I drank from the night before.
I'm the Saturday Night loser, thats right, I will be losing my fat, and be the WINNER by my birthday.
WINNING.
*I'm leaving my friends anonymous, and using my favorite characters from my favorite TV shows and movies.
Day 14 of 30. Just about half way there. 16 days till I'm in the 26-30 age box.
I survived another weekend, but this time I actually went out. Saturday night, I celebrated my good friend "Blair's" birthday at UVA, a restaurant with a full bar. I had water on the rocks.
I'm not going to lie, it was very awkward for me in the beginning. These friends, I've known since before high school and we've all grown up and moved on with our lives but we try to come together once in awhile and play catch up. So here I am playing catch up and with nothing new in my life....besides being the blogging freak who isn't drinking.
To make things more awkward, the bf was suppose to come but ended up leaving me for his "other half". I ended up sitting on the end of the table all by myself, with three empty seats staring at me. This is what happens when you're sober....you're exiled to the end of the table, and it was torture for me to stare at an empty champagne class so I told the waiter "No, thank you, for ruining my life"
It wasn't actually that bad because my good friend "Carrie" was sitting next to me and tried to include me in on "good" conversations that were happening at the other end of the table, where the drinking was happening. Poor "Carrie" had to listen to my sober ass all night, talking nonsense about why I'm ordering half the menu. I was compensating. I love food, a lot, especially when I'm not drinking.
During the dinner, I thought I was going to cave in and just have one glass of bubbles....what could be the harm? But then I thought, that would truly be a fat lush "Napan" thing to do and I had already come this far with my progress just to have one drink to feel comfortable around people I practically grew up with? Thats just nuts! Plus, I told myself that this night wasn't about me. It was about my friend and being there for her birthday. Birthdays are symbolic to me, because it's the one time a year to celebrate that persons life! Growing older and wiser with a friend is special, especially since we've been friends for so long.....And its the perfect time to have an excuse to eat cake! Hello fatso!
Anyways, I ended up being useful and was the designated driver. We barhopped to: Morimoto, Avia, Oneotri, and Bounty Hunter. I drank water all night long. No sodas, no juice. Just plain and simple water. I was home by midnight before I turned into a pumpkin.
The next morning I went to Bikram Yoga to sweat out allllll the water I drank from the night before.
I'm the Saturday Night loser, thats right, I will be losing my fat, and be the WINNER by my birthday.
WINNING.
*I'm leaving my friends anonymous, and using my favorite characters from my favorite TV shows and movies.
Friday, July 15, 2011
TORTURE
Hello it's Orange Friday! (Let's go Giants!)
Day 11 of 30 of no drinking. I've counted to day 30 and the 30th day lands right on August 3rd. Which is the day before MY 26th Birthday! WOW! How lucky am I? My birthday this year lands on a Thursday. Which means I will be working on my birthday, which I really love to do. Yes, I'm a workaholic. No, I'm not rich......yet
This whole week: I have not spent any money, I've worked out at the gym and at the dog park, and I've stayed vegan....OK not really...technically vegans don't eat honey...but I HAVE TO! I got local honey for my allergies...it's the bees or me...I choose me!
I've finally taken control of my finances at the age of 25.
I have a problem with spending. I'm impulsive. I am trying to take my impulses to savings instead of spending. I recently cleaned out my closet and thought "WOW. Did I really buy this and wear it only once?" and "Holy Moly! I have 50 pairs of True Religion Jeans!" True Religions cost about $250 a piece, and by the way are too big for me now since I've lost 20 LBS. ugh I feel sick...sick to my wallet.
SO....for the month of July I told myself that I was not allowed to buy anything for myself. Birthday gifts for other people is allowed, and anything that has to do with my health is allowed but no clothing, shoes, handbags, or accessories. My favorite store in Napa is Miyamo...I have spent a small fortune there. Everybody who works there knows me. Not by name...by my face because I'm there every weekend. They will miss me this month...actually I'll miss them more, they will probably be relieved not to see me for a month :::sigh::: Day 11 of 30 of no shopping.
No drinking and no shopping. Why am I torturing myself?
Day 11 of 30 of no drinking. I've counted to day 30 and the 30th day lands right on August 3rd. Which is the day before MY 26th Birthday! WOW! How lucky am I? My birthday this year lands on a Thursday. Which means I will be working on my birthday, which I really love to do. Yes, I'm a workaholic. No, I'm not rich......yet
This whole week: I have not spent any money, I've worked out at the gym and at the dog park, and I've stayed vegan....OK not really...technically vegans don't eat honey...but I HAVE TO! I got local honey for my allergies...it's the bees or me...I choose me!
I've finally taken control of my finances at the age of 25.
I have a problem with spending. I'm impulsive. I am trying to take my impulses to savings instead of spending. I recently cleaned out my closet and thought "WOW. Did I really buy this and wear it only once?" and "Holy Moly! I have 50 pairs of True Religion Jeans!" True Religions cost about $250 a piece, and by the way are too big for me now since I've lost 20 LBS. ugh I feel sick...sick to my wallet.
SO....for the month of July I told myself that I was not allowed to buy anything for myself. Birthday gifts for other people is allowed, and anything that has to do with my health is allowed but no clothing, shoes, handbags, or accessories. My favorite store in Napa is Miyamo...I have spent a small fortune there. Everybody who works there knows me. Not by name...by my face because I'm there every weekend. They will miss me this month...actually I'll miss them more, they will probably be relieved not to see me for a month :::sigh::: Day 11 of 30 of no shopping.
No drinking and no shopping. Why am I torturing myself?
Monday, July 11, 2011
Progress
Hello it's monday!
I survived a weekend of no drinking! This weekend was too easy...I just hung out with the BF and we finally got to ride our bicycles around town. Every time I want to ride my bike, it's either raining or it's unbearable to be outdoors. But this weekend was perfect! It was breezy and sunny...and I forgot how to ride a bicycle.
I had a hard time getting on the bike...I forgot how to get the initial start up....when I was young I used to line up against the curb and get on...I was too embarrassed to do that as a twenty five year old so I kind of just leaned on one side of the bike on my tippy toes and pushed really hard on the pedal to go...it worked! but I scraped my leg and my toes and calves are sore and my butt is killing me! I need to come up with a new way of getting on my bicycle.
Anyways, my goals for this week (monday through friday) not spending any money not even a trip to Whole Foods for the worlds most expensive fruit in the morning or any household items that I think I "need" when I make a trip to Target. This is going to be a challenge for me when I see cute Hello Kitty stationary.
Another goal I am trying to achieve this week is going vegan. I'm already vegetarian during the week but going vegan means no delicious egg flower soup, or egg rolls, or chow mein...or a scoop of ice cream......:::sigh::::: I'm depressed thinking about not having ice cream that I really really really want it now...NO JENN! NO!
My last goal of the week is to hit the gym everyday...this one is easy because I tell myself every morning if I don't get up I will feel like crap all day....a big fat crap and so I JUMP out of bed quickly.
AM I CRAZY? no...just super hardcore and obsessive. Yup thats me :)
I'll Blog you later
I survived a weekend of no drinking! This weekend was too easy...I just hung out with the BF and we finally got to ride our bicycles around town. Every time I want to ride my bike, it's either raining or it's unbearable to be outdoors. But this weekend was perfect! It was breezy and sunny...and I forgot how to ride a bicycle.
I had a hard time getting on the bike...I forgot how to get the initial start up....when I was young I used to line up against the curb and get on...I was too embarrassed to do that as a twenty five year old so I kind of just leaned on one side of the bike on my tippy toes and pushed really hard on the pedal to go...it worked! but I scraped my leg and my toes and calves are sore and my butt is killing me! I need to come up with a new way of getting on my bicycle.
Anyways, my goals for this week (monday through friday) not spending any money not even a trip to Whole Foods for the worlds most expensive fruit in the morning or any household items that I think I "need" when I make a trip to Target. This is going to be a challenge for me when I see cute Hello Kitty stationary.
Another goal I am trying to achieve this week is going vegan. I'm already vegetarian during the week but going vegan means no delicious egg flower soup, or egg rolls, or chow mein...or a scoop of ice cream......:::sigh::::: I'm depressed thinking about not having ice cream that I really really really want it now...NO JENN! NO!
My last goal of the week is to hit the gym everyday...this one is easy because I tell myself every morning if I don't get up I will feel like crap all day....a big fat crap and so I JUMP out of bed quickly.
AM I CRAZY? no...just super hardcore and obsessive. Yup thats me :)
I'll Blog you later
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Calm before the storm
Hello Hello!
I've decided to quit drinking...for 30 days.
Living in the Napa Valley 30 days is a long time! I'm on day 3. Yesterday at work, a rep from Barefoot Winery came in and had me do a tasting of alllllllllll their wines, merlot, chardonnay, moscato, sparkling, pinot grigio......I sipped the wine...does that count as drinking?
3 days down, 27 days to go.
Why am I quitting for 30 days? Well for starters to give my liver a break, the fourth of July festivities really killed it, and also because I'm trying to lose those last 10-15lbs.
About 8 months ago, my cousin and I went on a diet together...she started chain smoking and eating less, while I ate less and exercised like crazy. I lost 10lbs. She lost 50. Hmmm.....that skinny bitch....
About 4 months ago, I read the book "skinny bitch" and I became Vegetarian/Vegan. I lost another 10lbs.
SO here we are...still a vegetarian/vegan....(sushi is my only weakness) so technically I'm a pescetarian.
And I still exercise like crazy. SO how do I lose another 10-15lbs?
For starters, I'm not drinking any alcoholic beverages for 30 days, and I'm thinking of trying the "Jayde Nicole Fitness Super Model Skinny" Pills. Am I going crazy? Yay or nay? These pills might make me feel like I'm on coffee again....Should I just start coffee again?
I sound like a freak...Oh ya did I mention my birthday is next month and thats when the REAL drinking will begin....and for the whole month of August...what? its my birthmonth and I'll drink if I want to!......Plus my liver had a 30 day vacay!
Blog ya later
Friday, July 1, 2011
Caffeine Hangover
Hey to you, who ever you are....
Now I remember why I quit caffeine a few months ago...
It makes me become a monster! I was about to drink ANOTHER cup of coffee this morning but good thing I have self control and stopped myself.
Caffeine makes very happy for the day...I literally had a caffeine high from 10AM-10PM till I passed out cold in bed.
Today, however, I am very irritated with everyone!
Venting to my little cousin about things that happened four years ago. My mind must have scanned my memory of things that really pissed me off throughout my life.
Also, getting angry with customers for the littlest things like...not knowing what they want to eat, asking me to bring them hot sauce and when I bring them the hot sauce they ask for a plate, and when I bring them the plate they ask for a NAPKIN!!!!! and then dropping half their rice and noodles all over the floor!!!!!!!!! When can't you people ask me for things all at once and keep your food in your mouth!!
NO.... it's not that time of the month.
no more coffee for me.
Being a waitress at a chinese restaurant my whole life has taught me patience, and never to work on the weekends because thats when the freaks come out, kind of like when theres a full moon..crazies everywhere driving me crazy! But thats another story for another blog.
It's not their fault, its me...but only when I have a caffeine hangover.
Blog ya when I blog ya
Now I remember why I quit caffeine a few months ago...
It makes me become a monster! I was about to drink ANOTHER cup of coffee this morning but good thing I have self control and stopped myself.
Caffeine makes very happy for the day...I literally had a caffeine high from 10AM-10PM till I passed out cold in bed.
Today, however, I am very irritated with everyone!
Venting to my little cousin about things that happened four years ago. My mind must have scanned my memory of things that really pissed me off throughout my life.
Also, getting angry with customers for the littlest things like...not knowing what they want to eat, asking me to bring them hot sauce and when I bring them the hot sauce they ask for a plate, and when I bring them the plate they ask for a NAPKIN!!!!! and then dropping half their rice and noodles all over the floor!!!!!!!!! When can't you people ask me for things all at once and keep your food in your mouth!!
NO.... it's not that time of the month.
no more coffee for me.
Being a waitress at a chinese restaurant my whole life has taught me patience, and never to work on the weekends because thats when the freaks come out, kind of like when theres a full moon..crazies everywhere driving me crazy! But thats another story for another blog.
It's not their fault, its me...but only when I have a caffeine hangover.
Blog ya when I blog ya
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