Wednesday, July 29, 2009

ME

Yesterday, I went and bought some more beauty products, including a new, expensive perfume, Lancome's Magnifique, at $65 for a 1.7 oz spray. Yes, I do own perfume, which I love to wear, but the two that I have are Joy and some bluebell body spray, both of which are rather sweet. Magnifique is more woodsy, not floral. I love it. So now I have some choices.

So far I've spent almost $200 on Products, but I figure I haven't done so for, truthfully, years. And I do think prices now might be at their lowest, hopefully. This stuff will last me for years too. And today, I intend to go out and try and get a few more, and then come home and internet shop the rest.
And after that, write down some sort of beauty routine, one I can stick to. All this by way of just making me feel better about myself, thus an incentive to stick to the diet and exercise.

Also, this morning, I made out a huge grocery list, to shop for on Friday, and start this whole thing on Saturday. Even plan to take my lunch to Arlington when we go next Wednesday. Think of the money I'll save that I can then end up losing at the track. I made copious notes in Rempe's book in 2002, and see where most of the recipes were delicious. That's good. Diets always cost me a fortune in the beginning, but then level off, as I build up a supply of the food I need. And wonder of wonders, Caputo's actually has a sale on what is normally very expensive beef tenderloin, So cheap I wonder if it's the real thing.
And I did think that, if I'm bored with the Rempe book after 40 days, and I WILL last that far, I can go on to another diet book. I have plenty. I don't believe the diet so much matters, as the sticking to it does.

So I'm getting there. Sorted my CDs that I want to use to dance with in the basement. Took the breast exercise book upstairs. And laid down the two nice bottles of red wine, that now I will save for Thanksgiving. Now I have to search for the weights. It's mostly upper body work and stretching, something a 67-year-old does need. And the 20-Minute-Exercise video.

Tomorrow I'm going out with some old friends to a small art show in Evanston and DiPescara's restaurant in Northbrook to get some real crab legs. I don't know if I've ever even had those before. And when I say old friends, I mean of 46 years duration. And those are the best. They know me inside out, backwards and forwards, from before I was married. They know my OCD, my quirks, my personality, as not even my husband does, I suspect. I am truly myself with them as with no others. All this by way of saying - if you've got some good friends, keep them. In later years, they will be a treasure like no other. And they know, too, all my diet woes. They even remember me when I was slim. Last year, when I lost almost twenty pounds, one of them asked (the skinny one) didn't I feel so much better? And I had to say no, I felt no different at all. Diet-wise, it's a curse to be so healthy.


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