my apologies

for not posting on friday. it was a really busy day. i was helping my mom (as usual) at the office and there were way too many closings (real estate law) so i didn't have time to post.

halloween was good and bad. we went to this party that we bought tickets for, but the ticket holders had to stand in this giant line outside for more than an hour, and people who bought their tickets at the door got in right away. the line up was hundreds of people long. just a really poorly organized event. we ended up just going home after waiting for way too long. on saturday night we went to a house halloween party which was much more fun. we won third place in the costume contest. :) pics to come after i upload them.

i did weigh in on friday and was up 2.4 pounds and out of my maintenance range again. i don't even get it and i am not going to try to. today is another day and i'm moving on.

this morning i went for a 40 minute swim which was nice. i didn't exercise all weekend, although i did walk about 3 miles yesterday. today my big plans are 1) reading pride and prejudice 2) walking to the library 3) seeing if i can get a refund for that halloween party 4) going to the bookstore to see if they have any helpful writing books and 5) possibly going to the olympium pool - it is a pool double the length of standard community centre pools (50 metres instead of 25). i want to go there because they have a swim shop and sell a wide variety of polyester swimsuits. polyester is less comfortable to swim in, but doesn't stretch and become see through and flimsy like your regular speedo lycra swimsuit would. i have had the same one since high school (long time!) and it's time for a new one.

here i am, rocking like a hurricane

i mean, happy halloween!

this morning i tried day three, week five of the running podcasts and failed miserably. it is five minutes warm up walk, 20 minutes running, and five minutes cool down walk. i could only run for about 12 minutes before my knees felt like they were going to snap in half. what a BUMMER! this could be because i only got about 6 hours of sleep last night. or it could be too much for my body to handle. whatever it is, i am not impressed. i will try again on friday morning after a good night's sleep.

in other news, my cookies are a great success. i brought some to a party last night and people liked them. my bf picked some up before school today and hopefully the kids like them! and i brought some to work today and my coworkers are gobbling them down like thanksgiving turkeys. gobble gobble. i should have brought more. i can, because there are still about 30-40 left. that isn't too bad at all.

here is today's menu:
breakfast:
chocolate chip banana bran muffin (1)
tea (0)
coffee (0)
oatmeal (2)
3/19

snack:
yogurt (1)
4/19

lunch:
chef boyardee mac and cheese (3)
2 slices sprouted grains toast (2)
9/19

snack:
fruit (1)
toast with peanut butter (3)
13/19

dinner:
i don't know yet.

here are some pics from halloween. i am courtney love although it was difficult not to look like gwen. grrrr.

getting ready:


kurt and courtney. maybe i should ask people before i post their costumed selves on the world wide web. maybe.


playing guitar hero... my new favourite game!

happy friday

hello everyone. i am in the best mood today! why? because it's friday! and because my office is going out for lunch today (and paying) to this place called "the sultan's tent." i have never been there but always wanted to try it out.

last night after work i rode my bike to kensington market and bought courtney love and kurt cobain wigs from exile. then i went home, made eggs and toast for dinner, did laundry including my stinky new value village purchases, went to the gym, came home and baked those delicious chocolate chip banana bran muffins, sewed a collar onto my costume, watched the biggest loser that i taped from tuesday, and went to bed. i love halloween!

here are some of my costumes from previous years:

last year, i was raggedy anne:


the year before that, i was this scary corpse bride:


and the year before that, this enchanted princess:


this morning was weigh-in and i gained 1.2 this week, which is fine by me, because 122.8 is a very comfortable number between 120-125 (my comfort zone.) this morning i also did day one of week five of the couch to 5k running podcasts. alright!