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Friday was spent shopping. We stopped by a ginormous sporting goods store to pick up ammo boxes for BPAL imps storage (and so I could scope out the price ranges of crossbows - all too expensive and covered in hunters camo). A trip to Torrid to purchase two new jean skirts since all the ones I currently own have doggie nibbles missing from them and are too big. I knew I'd lost enough weight to drop a dress size or two and the first skirt I tried on was meant to be tighter so I was happy with the fit (still a bit loose around the waist but not falling off). I found another skirt to try on and it fit ok, but there was still a lot of space around the waist so on a whim I had someone bring me the next size down, knowing full well that it wouldn't fit but would give me an idea of how close I was getting to another size drop.
Last time I purchased clothing I was at my heaviest (and that was only a year or so ago). I've officially dropped four sizes since then. I'm still overweight, but it's so... it's hard to explain but I swear that when it went on and I had room to spare I almost started to cry.
Saturday was RenFest. The Jolly Rogers were a blast to watch (we caught the end of a regular show, the All Request show and the pub sing along - as well as seeing Mr. Happy Stripy Tights in Get Shrewed). Had our picture taken by random strangers (and I do mean strangers) which is something we're used to. That and being asked where the privies are. Have a horrid sunburn.
After RenFest we snagged some Taco John and then drove back to Mr and Mrs Perky's. From there I skipped over to the Gamer and managed to get in on the last two hours of a D&D game where my half-orc Barbarian Daisy (her brothers are/were a Paladin and a Fighter named Bo and Luke) did absolutely nothing of value other than some heavy lifting for the mage. Then I followed Alex back to his house and was asleep by one something.
After much scheduling and rearranging and random WTF?age I finally ended up at Kiko's Japanese Steakhouse with eleven of my RL friends for my early birthday dinner (actual B-Day is the 5th of October but due to scheduling issues I celebrated it yesterday) on Sunday.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rewil, hrhjahi, Raben, beeform and sigma7, perkygothess and Mr. Perky, grandpoobah and her mum and dad, and alex_shultz all came out to watch me giggle deliriously at the thought of steak and shrimp and a Nagiri sampler.
Speaking of my Nagiri sampler, there was a piece of something white and purple that I was a little suspicious of but willing to try with enough wasabi (wasabi is the greatest green play-do like condiment on the planet, I swear). Or, at least, I was until I over heard Rewil, Perky and Mr. Perky discussing the likelyhood that the mystery meat was octopus. Which is how I ended up with a second piece of salmon and Rewil was blessed with my chunk of cephalapod.
Baby C (Grandpoobah) was taken aback by the first whoosh of flames as the grilling began, and then spent the rest of the meal calling for "Fire?"
Rewil gave me a pretty bracelet and two (count them, TWO) 5 ml bottles of BPAL scents - Jack and Tulzcha. And Perky gave me two books on scrapbooking which have some fun ideas I'll be trying out once I get the house unpacked and find my supplies again.
And then some of us went back to Mr and Mrs Perky's to play a card game until nearly eleven and then it was back to Alex's by just after midnight.
Got my C&S notification for my BPAL order today. Hopefully it will be waiting for me when I get home on Thursday.
Last time I purchased clothing I was at my heaviest (and that was only a year or so ago). I've officially dropped four sizes since then. I'm still overweight, but it's so... it's hard to explain but I swear that when it went on and I had room to spare I almost started to cry.
Saturday was RenFest. The Jolly Rogers were a blast to watch (we caught the end of a regular show, the All Request show and the pub sing along - as well as seeing Mr. Happy Stripy Tights in Get Shrewed). Had our picture taken by random strangers (and I do mean strangers) which is something we're used to. That and being asked where the privies are. Have a horrid sunburn.
After RenFest we snagged some Taco John and then drove back to Mr and Mrs Perky's. From there I skipped over to the Gamer and managed to get in on the last two hours of a D&D game where my half-orc Barbarian Daisy (her brothers are/were a Paladin and a Fighter named Bo and Luke) did absolutely nothing of value other than some heavy lifting for the mage. Then I followed Alex back to his house and was asleep by one something.
After much scheduling and rearranging and random WTF?age I finally ended up at Kiko's Japanese Steakhouse with eleven of my RL friends for my early birthday dinner (actual B-Day is the 5th of October but due to scheduling issues I celebrated it yesterday) on Sunday.
rewil, hrhjahi, Raben, beeform and sigma7, perkygothess and Mr. Perky, grandpoobah and her mum and dad, and alex_shultz all came out to watch me giggle deliriously at the thought of steak and shrimp and a Nagiri sampler.Speaking of my Nagiri sampler, there was a piece of something white and purple that I was a little suspicious of but willing to try with enough wasabi (wasabi is the greatest green play-do like condiment on the planet, I swear). Or, at least, I was until I over heard Rewil, Perky and Mr. Perky discussing the likelyhood that the mystery meat was octopus. Which is how I ended up with a second piece of salmon and Rewil was blessed with my chunk of cephalapod.
Baby C (Grandpoobah) was taken aback by the first whoosh of flames as the grilling began, and then spent the rest of the meal calling for "Fire?"
Rewil gave me a pretty bracelet and two (count them, TWO) 5 ml bottles of BPAL scents - Jack and Tulzcha. And Perky gave me two books on scrapbooking which have some fun ideas I'll be trying out once I get the house unpacked and find my supplies again.
And then some of us went back to Mr and Mrs Perky's to play a card game until nearly eleven and then it was back to Alex's by just after midnight.
Got my C&S notification for my BPAL order today. Hopefully it will be waiting for me when I get home on Thursday.