Friday High Five!

So glad it's Friday!  This week has positively dragged for me and while I'm a fan of this time change that gives me more daylight at the end of my work day, it sure has messed with me this year.  Looking forward to next week and feeling more settled in.

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This week's first high five is the birthday gift I bought myself!  I have Corelle dishes that I've had for years and years.  I love the pattern but it has been discontinued and I've had to bid on Ebay to find replacement pieces.  Deep down I've been wanting some fancier dishes to use for company - just a few place settings even.  One day just before my birthday I walked into Marshall's and fell in love...

Dinner Plate

Salad Plate

 Together!

I adore them.  There were no matching soup bowls but I'll find something.  Double handed high five!

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Next high five goes to Chris at A Deliberate Life.  She has been running a challenge that I've been following.  I chose not to participate because one of the rules was weighing in and ya'll know I use The Zero Scale so I don't see my actual weight.  Didn't want to start seeing it either.  She wrote a blog sort of compiling why people had not been successful and there were a couple of lines that struck a chord with me, even while making me laugh.  In talking about going "off" your designated plan and how it slows down weight she reasoned that honestly one doesn't have to do that if it keeps derailing you.  Loved how she put it:

You can still celebrate, and no one cares what you eat… I swear.

Unless you plunk a Cheerio on your plate, heave and sigh, no one will notice.

The whole "plunk a Cheerio and sigh" thing cracked me right up.  I've seen people do that and maybe have done it myself.  Perhaps to get empathy for the horrible diet I'm on?  In any case, Chris knows how to tell it like it is.  The second thought she had that struck me was this: 

…to lose [weight], you have to commit…especially the lower you are. 

So it actually takes more commitment the closer you get to goal, not less - something to think about and evaluate over the weekend.  High Five on that Chris! 

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Last high five this week goes to another incredible deal I got at Macy's on the clearance rack.  I knew I was getting a good deal when the final total was $25.60 and the salesperson ringing the sale said, "That's incredible!  Did you know the jeans alone were $60 originally?"

No, no I didn't.  I knew they were on clearance so I didn't look at the original price.  I was too excited about the bling on the pockets and the fact that they were straight leg jeans.  I haven't been able to wear straight leg anything for years! So now you know just how much I like bling.  Click on the photo and you can see the detail on the jeans pockets. 

Here I am wearing the jeans and the patterned shirt last weekend when Mr. Helen and I went out.  He actually did a pretty good job taking this picture!

OK peeps, that's it - give me 5, I'm outta here for the weekend - *slap*