I'm not dead, I promise!

I've been MIA, and I promise it isn't because I've gone off the weight loss rails.

It's pretty much all work related. Holiday season has arrived in the retail world and that has me busier than I like to be normally.

I'm trying my best to lose, but so far am only managing to maintain. Up a couple, down a couple. Y'all know the drill. Its frustrating but I am keeping my eyes on the prize.

I will write more later, I swear! The best news of the day is that it looks like I will be getting my new car tomorrow! Yay!!!! She is a 2012 VW Beetle and her name is Tallulah :)

Free Shoes for Life!!!

I got an email this morning from Famous Footwear and in tiny print at the bottom they had a contest/drawing thing listed and the title is Free Shoes for Life.

Well, with all the shoe love going on in the sisterhood, I HAD to share!!!

Good luck :)
http://www.famousfootwear.com/shoesforlife

Busy Beeeeee

Goodness, I feel like I've been gone for ages!

Last Friday and Saturday I went with my BFF to a knitting workshop to learn how to do a knitting technique called Entrelac. It was a lot of fun and I indeed did learn how to do Entrelac ;)  I also - and my knitting b0obs will appreciate this - learned how to knit/purl in both directions (i.e. no turning your work!). Man is that convenient!

Sunday, James and I went up to work and moved his computer and stuff to his new cube for him to start his new position on Monday. That was cool, there aren't a lot of people at our office on Sunday's so it sort of felt like being at school during the summer, ha! Then we went to yoga and back home to chill. The Walking Dead started back up with an amazing episode, if you like zombies you should check it out on AMC.

Yesterday I had work and then yoga. It was a great class! I have officially moved up to the intermediate level and am really enjoying it. And I'm not scared of the all levels classes anymore. I'm still getting acclimated to the heat in that room, but otherwise I feel like it is a good challenge when I want to kick it up a notch (BAM!).

Today was more work - which is a whole other drama situation I don't want to think about right now - and was supposed to be more yoga. But James and I were just exhausted. We intended to go, so after work we went to PetSmart to get some kitty food and then to eat some dinner at Baker Brothers (I had a wonderful Texas Cobb salad, yum) and then to Target to pick up a few things. We still had about an hour before class started so we went over to the VW dealership that is nearby to see about test driving one of the new Beetles. I've been thinking about getting one ever since they announced. I have a 2005 New Beetle right now and I love it, but the new 2012's have the option for a lot more bells and whistles that I really want. Anyhoo, after that we decided we were tuckered out and just went home.

So here I sit, getting caught up on reading and commenting on blogs from the past 5 days and then posting to all you wonderful peeps out there in blogland! I'm probably going to hit the hay early-ish tonight ... y'all sleep tight!

Texas mini-Bo0bs!

Hellooo!!!

As Beth said, I will be taking over the coordination of this outing for Saturday Nov 12th. We are planning on meeting in Waco for an extended lunch and who knows what!

Let me know if you are interested in coming so we can get all the deets figured out!

Yay!!

A thru Z of Me!

This has been done by several peeps .. and since I love these kinds of things, I am joining in!

1. Age - 40
2. Bed size - King
3. Chore you dislike - Cleaning the bathroom
4. Dogs - Currently we have 3 cats, but I have owned several Cocker Spaniels in my life. The next time I get a dog, I want a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel :)
5. Essential start to your day - Uhm … waking up? Other than that, I play it by ear.
6. Favorite color - Blue
7. Gold or silver - Silver
8. Height - 5' 7"
9. Instruments you play(ed) - Piano and Flute
10. Job title - Web Production Designer
11. Kids - Nope. On purpose thankyouverymuch.
12. Live - Fort Worth, Texas
13. Mom's name - Julie
14. Nicknames - deb, debbles, debidoodle, debster
15. Overnight hospital stays - Never had one, WLS was in and out home by 9:30am!
16. Pet peeves - when people interrupt me while I'm talking
17. Quote from a movie - "I feel like I'm taking CRAZY PILLS!" - Mugatu, from Zoolander
18. Righty or Lefty - Lefty all the way. And I'm quite offended that this is the "R" question and not the "L" question.
19. Siblings - 1 older brother, Scott. Then also 3 older step-sisters from my step-mother and 1 older step-brother, 1 older step-sister and 1 younger step-brother from my step-father.
20. Time you wake up - As late as possible in order to get where I have to be. OR whenever my cats wake me up.
21. Underwear - Yes.
22. Vegetables you don't like - Tomato. Although I like ketchup and salsa … go figure. Also mushrooms, olives and all kinds of peppers.
23. What makes you run late - Being awake
24. X-rays you've had - teeth and boobies!
25. Yummy food you make - Buttermilk Pie
26. Zoo animal favorites - Lions are my favorite, but I also like the Flamingos, Giraffes, Elephants and Monkeys. (Click the links to see pictures I've taken of those animals at the Fort Worth Zoo!)