Victory!

So, I completely forgot yesterday to write about a few NSV I had this past weekend!
On Friday afternoon my friend Julie and I went and did a little shopping. It's getting up to 100 degrees here now so she wanted to get a couple pairs of shorts for summer. I figured I might buy a pair or 2 but not much because I'm trying not to spend too much on clothes until I lose another 25lbs or so. I have been wearing about a size 18 or 20 depending on who makes the clothes but normally it's an 18 that are pretty tight. We went to Fashion Bug because they have plus size that's not quite as expensive as Lane Bryant and they usually have good sales. First off, they were almost completely out of shorts! They had one rack that was about half full of a couple different styles. She grabbed a couple and I decided to try a pair. I thought I would try a 16 because most of my pants are getting really loose. Well, THEY FIT!!! Yay! I was so EXCITED because I really wasn't sure if they would or not. And they fit comfortably too! So, I bought them! We also went to Gordmans and they had some good sales so I bought a couple other pairs of size 16 shorts. These were a little snug but I bought them anyways because I WILL be able to fit in them soon, more motivation, right! It's still a big size but it made me feel so good to fit in them and I wore them on Saturday to the reunion. I felt really good all weekend (except for swimsuit time on Sunday, still not too comfy with that yet) and I haven't felt that good in sooo long. Also, all weekend family just kept gushing about how great I looked. I'm not really someone that likes a lot of attention so it was weird but it also made me feel really good. My husband even keeps commenting that he can tell I'm losing weight. :)

Last night I was doing some cleaning cuz I'm having people over on Wed night. I went through our dresser to take some of the winter clothes and get them put away to have more room for summer clothes. I have 2 pairs of jeans that have been just sitting in one drawer because before I started losing weight they didn't fit well. One pair I had for a long while then I went to wear them one day and I couldn't even come close to zipping them up. The other pair I bought around Nov or Dec of last year. I ordered them online which makes it hard to get the right size but I didn't want to go try any on. They ended up being pretty tight. I wore them once then after I washed them I couldn't zip them up either. Which sucked because they are one of my favorite pairs that I do have. Well, I decided to try them on last night and they fit too! I am actually wearing them today and they are really comfy! I tried the other pair on and they fit too! So, now I have 2 more pairs of pants that I can add to wear to work. Yay!

One other thing is that since I am wearing these pants today I am wearing a blue shirt with it because it has little blue pretties on the back pockets. I wanted to wear a ring that has blue too. One of the few I have is my High School ring. I originally bought it to wear on my right middle finger. Well, over the years I have had to wear it on my ring finger because my middle finger has apparantly gotten fat too. Well, then it started getting tight on my ring finger! I am wearing it today and it's starting to get loose on my ring finger again. I can almost get it on my middle finger! Woohoo! Anyways, I just wanted to post all this 1) because I am SOO EXCITED about it! 2) Just to track it and if I ever fell discouraged I can come back and read this post to show how far I have come so far.