A little update

The wall in the livingroom is painted ~ I am very sorry that there are no before photos ~ but it was basically magnolia and it is now soft truffle ~ the other walls are still magnolia for the moment ~ they are getting painted in a lighter colour ~ at the moment I am trying to decide between Muted stone and Just Walnut (I just love paint names ~ I want that job ~ naming the paints, I could spend hours coming up with names tee hee!!)

Anyway ~ here is 'the wall!!' ~ the other wall in this photo still has the old border around the top ~ that will be gone soon!! I decided that I hated that border about 2 seconds after I had put it up (bit late then I know!!)

The view from the other direction!! you can see the difference between the soft truffle wall and what it used to look like (have I lost anyone yet???????)
The colour is actually quite alot darker than in these photos ~ but for some reason the flash is making it look lighter and if I take the flash off it doesn't come out at all!!!!
And the day would not be complete without a picture of my two gorgeous little stars who are now safely back after their weekend with their Dad ~ they are happy to be back ~ and I am happy to have them home!! I have missed them more than I EVER thought possible.
I love these two little people more than life itself XXXXX

No more sagging (tee hee!!)

You will be very glad to hear that there is no more sagging in the bust department!! (see yesterdays post). I would not like to vouch for the lack of sagging minus bra (tee hee) ~ but I have treated myself to not one, not two, but three wonderful brilliant (correctly fitted) new bras (yippeeeeee!!!!!!).

This diet has definitly left my bust an alarming amount smaller and I was still wearing the same bra ~ how silly am I? I sort of forgot about the under wear part ~ too busy having to buy new clothes I suppose ~ BUT it has been rectified and I am now very well supported (no, sorry there will be no photographic evidence ~ incase I should scare the elderly, very young or infirm ~ !!).
I intend to parade around the house in my new bra when Lauren comes home ~ to show off said VERY WELL SUPPORTED BUST ~ and have vowed that I will never take it off when she is around again (yes, I may have to wear it all the time ~ even in the bath .......just kidding!!).

I have been quite a busy thing today ~ what with bra fitting and shopping for new jeans (that don't fall down). My friend Jane and I went off this morning on a girly shopping outing ~ it was wonderful!! Just us girlies ~ we even stopped for coffee (and one of us had cake ~ I will give you a clue ~ it wasn't me ha ha !!). We tried on loads of clothes ~ some of which were just amazing and some of which were hilarious ~ we tried on boots, shoes, hats, and sunglasses. All I bought in the end was a new pair of jeans ~ but if I had an open ended bank account (or had been very stupid and taken the credit card with me!!) ~ I would have spent an absolutely obscene amount. Dieting has cured my addiction to chocolate ~ but it has now been replaced with a total love of clothes ~ especially now that I have gone down quite a few sizes ~ the choice is amazing!! I may have to win the lottery soon or invent something fabulous and become very rich (tee hee).

Once we had done the whole shopping thing ~ we stopped for a light lunch ~ Then we moved on to the DIY superstore ~ to buy the paint for the living room!!

I had decided on a paint called Soft Truffle (sounds good enough to eat!) ~ so we went and found that ~ as well as some paint pads and paint brushes and then we looked at the furniture! There was a gorgeous chocolate brown leather sofa there ~ which I have totally fallen in love with ~and which was on sale ~ but is still quite alot of money ~ we sat on it and talked about how great it would look in the living room with the newly painted wall and the new curtains and the new furniture ~ infact we sat there soooooo long that a very nice sales man came over and asked us if he could help!! We then decided that we should move on ~ so we wandered around the lighting section and the section that had all the dining tables and chairs (something else that is on my never ending wish list!!). I think that we must have been in there for at least an hour ~ probably the longest that I have ever spent in a DIY store!!

The livingroom wall is half painted ~ I decided to stop after I fell off the step ladder (twice) ~ which is quite normal for me ~ I get so carried away painiting that I forget that I am actually not standing on the floor and fall off (yes ~ I am very silly!!). I would treat you to a photo of the half painted wall ~ but as usual the camera has not been charged up ~ so there is no photo! I should have it finished tomorrow morning ~ and the bit that still needs painting doesn't require me and the step ladder to have contact ~ so it should be accident free!!

I am off now to bed with my book ~ hope you have had a wonderful Saturday too! Night Night!!! XXXX

It's all downhill from here!!!!!

I was getting dressed this morning ~ My sweet little Lauren was lying in my bed watching me.....

"Mummy" She sweetly said
"Yes Darling" I answered
"I don't think that you should lose any more weight"
"why's that sweetheart?" I answered (thinking that maybe I looked so marvelously slim that she thought I should stop!!)
"Because your boobies are going all saggy now!!"
"Oh!" I left the room rather quickly!!

Actually she may be right ~ I think that I need to go and get measured for a new Bra! This weight loss lark is great ~ new, smaller clothes ~ but my chest is slowly deflating and I haven't invested in a new smaller bra ~ hence the chest is obviously looking a bit on the saggy side (tee hee!!).......tomorrow I will brave the lingerie (or however you spell it!!) store ~ to be measured for a new bra ~ for my now saggy boobs!!

I love my sweet gorgeous daughter for pointing this out to me!!! XXXX

I am a little bit addicted!!

I do not usually have an addictive personality......well, unless you count the small addiction that I used to have for cadburys fruit and nut chocolate!! (I am now weaned off it for good ha ha !!)

My latest addiction ~ is to the Twilight books!!

I read Twilight and totally loved it ~ now I am nearly finished New Moon ~ which I am enjoying just as much ~ so much actually that I was still reading it at 1 am this morning ~ I got so engrossed in it that I completely lost track of time! I will more than likely get it finished tonight ~ and then I can start on the next one ~ Eclipse. I am enjoying them so much that I don't want to be reading them so fast (I can't help it!!), as it means that I will be at the end of the story too soon! I would never have thought that a story which included vampires and werewolves would ever be my cup of tea! BUT ~ in this case it is.

The children are spending the weekend with their dad this weekend ~ so the week has been a bit stressed ~ I have to pack their stuff tonight and get it all ready as he is picking them up tomorrow morning and bringing them back on Sunday. Although they are both a little bit apprehensive about the whole thing ~ I am sure that once they get there, they will be ok and have a nice time.

2 items of the new furniture that I ordered arrived today ~ which was a bit of a shock ~ as I have not sorted the old unit out yet ~ I suppose that I will at least get the time to do that this weekend ~ I really can't win ~ the bed I ordered took FOREVER to come and now this arrives in super fast time ~ I know, I really shouldn't complain!!

Those of you who have read my blog often will already be aware that in times of stress ~ I tend to shop (judging by my bank balance this week ~ I must lead a very stressful life ha ha !!!!) Today I bought 2 CDs ~ Awake by Josh Groban and the Gabriella Cilmi album. Both are excellent ~ I have listened to them both and love them. There is a song on the Josh Groban CD called You are loved (don't give up) ~ which I totally love ~ I must have listened to it a thousand times (tee hee!!!).

I have also managed to slim down yet another dress size this last month ~ so the latest pair of new jeans that I have basically been living in (I do wash them ~ I promise!!) ~ no longer fit and have annoyed the hell out of me today by falling down !! I think that another visit to the clothes shop will be in order this weekend too. I remember when I first started dieting ~ a friend of mine who had lost 6 stone said to me that I shouldn't pay out on too many new clothes as she had done that and promptly slimmed out of them ~ I should have listened to her ~ because this is what is happening ~ each time I go down a size I get so excited that I splurge a bit on new clothes, only for them to be much too big 4 weeks later!! The problem is that you end up having absolutely NOTHING to wear ~ at all ~ I am fed up of wearing the same things ~ because they are all that fit (and don't fall down).....I will be glad when I am where I want to be and at the size I want to be ~ then I can just go and buy everything new (in my dreams.......that reminds me ~ I must do the lottery!!).

Weigh in day again!!

Wednesday is weigh in day and it has almost slowed to a big STOP this week ~ with only a pound lost this week (yes ~ I know ~ better a pound off than on!!). I have now reached a loss of 50 pounds ( 3 stone and 8 pounds), so I suppose that I should expect a bit of a slow down!! It was actually recommended to me today that I should maybe eat more calories ???? as this may give my metabolism a boost and kick start the weight loss again!! Interesting concept ~ not sure how that works ~ but I can sure give it a try!!! (I don't think that these extra calories are meant to be carbs or chocolate tee hee !!!).

It has been totally mad today ~ with 4 children running around the place ~ we went to my friends house and as she is also a childminder ~ that added another 2 children to the madness ~ it will seem so quiet when they go back to school next week!!

I have an ironing pile that is almost reaching the ceiling ~ so I had better go and make a start on that!! I still haven't managed to watch the DVD I was sent (the other boleyn girl )~ maybe I will get a chance this weekend while the children are with their dad. We sat and watched Nims Island this evening which the children loved ~ it was good ~ but it would be nice to watch a grown up film for a change (ha ha !!). I just never seem to have the time these days ~ I could do with an extra few hours in the day ~ but then I would probably find they were filled aswell!!

Off for a steamy hour .......with the iron (don't get excited ~ Brad Pitt hasn't moved in!!!) ~ See you all later XXX