Feb 17th POD – Personal Training with Jackie – Abs workout

In about 90 days I go for my first fitting of my wedding dress. If that isn’t inspiration to work out and eat right, I don’t know what is.

Yesterday my date with Jackie involved my (non-existent) abs. Well, I am thoroughly convinced of their existence now, let me tell you. Keepin’ my eye on the prize as I struggle through the workout, telling myself it will be so rewarding when I can actually do the full set with good form!

Feb 18th POD – Same DVD, this time the Upper Body Workout.

Not quite the same struggle as with the abs.

Despite feeling the muscle soreness (Hello muscles! Ah yes, I remember you now…), it does feel really good to be working out again.

Why do I stop from time to time? And why do I have to keep relearning this lesson? I AM worth the time to do this, no matter how busy life gets.

Well, knock me over with a feather. I have a dress.

First dress shop, first dress I tried on.

The consultant pulled this one for me, after she quizzed me about what I was looking for and sized up my personality and body type. (Man, she IS good.)

Of course I tried on many dresses after that, but none could compare to that first dress. Mizz J was with me and knew it was THE DRESS when I had it on.

I tried it on again, after all of the other dresses. Mizz J clinched it for me when she said “Mom, I would get married in that dress!”

The dress does wonders for my current (abundance of) figure. I ordered it in my current size, knowing that even if I didn’t lose another ounce, I would look and feel as good as can be in that dress.

And the consultant assured me it could be taken down 2 more sizes if need be. What more can anyone ask for? Plus it was within the “budget”, coming in at well under a thousand bucks.

Three months from now, the dress will come in, and I will go for my first fitting. Now I have a goal to work towards.

The dress is white.

Some people say that second-time brides should not wear white, but some people say that anything goes anymore and women can wear whatever colour they like, even white for a subsequent wedding.

I chose white because my husband-to-be asked me to.

Here is the dress (Feb 16 POD):

Feb 15th POD – Menu from Princess Cafe

The Princess is an independent movie house (now with cafe!) in a City Near the Village. JD and I do love to go to the show, but aren’t always quick enough. Hence the movies we want to see sometimes have cleared out of the mainstream theatres by the time we’re able to go. This is what happened with Up in the Air.

After a quick search on the Net, we found it is was still “around”, playing at the Princess. We decided it would be fun to ask good friends of ours (plus we had an ulterior motive – mwahahaha!) and they said yes to Dinner and a Movie at the Princess.

Mizzus J also said yes to my ulterior motive: asking her to stand up with me at my wedding! She has been a very close and “stand-up” friend of mine for over 25 years now. Been through all my trials (lots) and triumphs (few) with me, always had my back. Our kids grew up together and our sons are still close friends. It is only fitting she stand up with me yet again on this special day.