BLACK FRIDAY!!!!

Yes I'm one of those people who anxiously await the one shopping day of the year when all of the crazies come out. I can't help it - I love the rush of speed shopping. AS and I are the only junkies that I know of and of course everyone else thinks we're crazy. Whatevas.. you's just jealous :)
AS slept over last night so she would get about an hour more sleep (she drove today - makes it easier). We thought we would just get a game plan together and figure out who needed to go where to get what. That ended up taking about 3 hours because in between all of that was gabbing and gossiping about anything and everything. That's just the way we are. We finally got to sleep just after 11pm... knowing full well that we had to wake up at 3am! Yes - 3am!!! And be out the door by 3:30. We're brave. 4am started the orgy of greed at our favorite store and we weren't about to miss a moment of it. I think we ended up going to 7 stores before calling it quits and eating lunch at 11am. We were STARVING!!! I don't know how we fit everything in her car - I swear she has one of those clown cars that can hold an entire football team.

I'm proud to say - I'm almost finished with ALL of my Christmas shopping... and it's not even December yet. I have maybe 5% left to get and wallah... done! WOOHOO!!

Update on the weight loss... I'm down 49 pounds :) I think I'm going to keep to my original idea and lose 10 more then start my maintain stage. I'm only buying a few items of clothes at a time since I grow out of them pretty quickly. Size 6 is where I'm at now so I think when I lose the additional 10 I'll be at a 4. As funny as it sounds I don't feel like I look that much different. As terrible as it sounds, it may be a body dismorphia thing? I donno. I know that I'm smaller, but I still catch myself feeling really self conscious when I'm in public like I used to. "Is anyone staring at my big stomach?" "Are my boobs sticking out really bad today?" "Yep, I'm fattest woman in the room." "Is my shirt pulled down over my butt so no one can see it?" Those are the thoughts that used to run through my head daily and it was VERY tiring! Today I was walking into a store and caught myself sucking in like I used to when the wind pushed my shirt against my stomach... and again thought "Is anyone staring at my big stomach?" What the hell!? I thought when you lose weight you gain all the confidence in the world. I do have more confidence when people comment on my weight loss after they haven't seen me in a long time (that's always flattering), but then it just goes away and I feel like the fat girl again. I'm hopeful that I'll gain the confidence. Always optimistic! :)

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving :) Ours was great!!!!

BRING ON THE HOLIDAY SEASON!!!!