My Journey

This journey has given me so many 'firsts' as I have been going along and today I clocked up a few more. There is a walk near my house that encompasses about 200 stairs. It starts off as a slow gentle descent, a lovely stretch across the water and then it is all uphill from there. When I went out to do a bit of shopping I put all my gear in the car then stopped and thought about when I would be able to fit the walk in. I had a lot of stuff to do today and there is always a rush at the business end when I pick the boys up, so I locked the car and set off for the walk before I went shopping. I have never ever done this before. When I last did this walk I went with my Mum and it took me about 30 minutes. If Mum was here it meant I had lost about 4kgs I think. Well, the walk only took me 15 minutes. I was puffing and panting and sweating by the time I got to the car but next time, I think I'll do 2 laps!

Then came the 2nd first. I went to Chatswood Chase and knew I only needed to shop on the ground level. So I parked on the roof. At the furthest corner away from the doors. I went through the shopping centre and used the escalators on the way down , doing a bit of window shopping on the way, but on the return journey I used the car park ramps. 12 levels of them. Whoooo Hooooo. That was hard work.

The third first, for this journey, is I went shopping and bought some size 14 clothes. Yaaaaaa. It was not my aim to shop for me, but when I went through the ladies clothes section I spied some trackies and t-shirts and as my current gear is just about starting the workouts without me I thought it was about time I got a 2nd set. Well as I stood there and looked at the choices I started to laugh. Because I remembered a post Mary had made about this perfectly co-ordinated pink runner that was stalking her (not really but you have to read it to get the whole story). Anyway I decided there and then to get a fully co-ordinated outfit. Trackpants, singlet, little t-shirt, jacket - the works. How funny. And did I get it in a crowd blending black, or pale colours that don't draw any attention. NO. It is bright, it is bold, it is teal & white & grey. And it looks HOT!!! Well to me it does anyway because it fits. As soon as I got home I stripped off and put on my new duds. LOL I am such a dag. Then when I picked up the boys I parked on the roof (as I always do at this centre) but I ran down all the ramps to get something for my dinner then ran up them again to get the boys. Gotta put the new duds through their paces. :)

But, on a slightly serious note, it reminded me about how clothes can change your mood. For so long I wore clothes to cover, to hide, to get me through an event. Now I wear clothes that make me feel sporty - so I exercise more, I wear clothes that make me feel attractive - so I go out more, and am more outgoing. It is a very different feeling when I try on and wear fitted clothes that fit. It is a good feeling. I don't want this feeling to go away.

Points FTD: 20

Posted by Margaret on Friday, August 05, 2005 at 8:29:00 pm | Permalink