February 2010 - Page 3 of 3 - Trinkets of Thought

Resolution Rehash

Here’s my FAIL PROOF EXERCISE PLAN that worked wonders for me last month!!!

My mom was my accountability partner.
We set a goal to exercise every day with 3 skips.
If one of us missed after our allotted skips, we had to drop $5 bucks in the mail to the other person, no questions asked. Being EL CHEAPO, I wasn’t about to have to give up my moolah!!!

It worked perfectly! We’re modifying it again for the month of February, though this time we’re adding some eating goals, too. It’s discouraging to exercise all month and not see results… cough…cough…because one eats as if all food on earth is expected to suddenly vanish. Been there. Done that.

Resolutions Revisited:	How Am I Doing?
1. Set monthly goals (and reach them)	See below.
2. Be a more organized person (by making lots and lots of lists).	I make great lists, but I’m working on follow-through.
3. Love on my family (through words and demonstration).	Work in Progress.
4. Be grateful for the blessings I’ve been given (write notes & express gratitude).	In January, I didn’t fail completely, but lots of work to go.
5. Be grateful for the blessings I’ve been given (write notes & express gratitude)	Work in Progress.

January’s Goals Revisited:	How Am I Doing?
1. Exercise every day (only 3 skips allowed).	I made it!!
2. Journal/blog at least twice each week..	Check!
3. LKeep a cleaner cubicle (at work).	Check!
4. PURGE more clutter!.	Check! One donation run & another is in the works.
5. Make smarter food choices.	Need to do better. I’ll be tweaking my February goals to reflect this.
Make one craft-y/decorative item.	Work in progress. I’ll be working towards its completion this month.

About a month and a half ago, I embarked on an adventure. One I thought just may be the most brilliant thing anyone has ever done. I wanted to prove all the naysayers in my life wrong. Bottom line: It was ME who was wrong.

I hate to clothes shop. Partially because I’m never satisfied how I look. I could collect buckets (GALLON BUCKETS) of the tears I’ve cried in dressing rooms over the years. Really. I HATE TRYING ON CLOTHES. It’s depressing. My life story of trying to find clothes goes like this:

#1 I go into the dressing room thinking I’m going to look like an ad in VOGUE.
#2 I come out feeling more like a hippo trying to cram all its fat rolls into a size zero.

So, right before Christmas, I had saved up a month+ of clothing budget money, and decided I was going to do something brilliant–something non-traditional in the clothes buying realm. I bought a huge (40 piece) CUSTOM lot of ‘trendy’ clothes on Ebay. I sent the seller all my sizes and she went to town getting my custom lot together. I was so excited. Again, the false sense of VOGUE illusionment crept into my mind.

The package arrived in the mail; HOUSTON, was there ever a problem. Many of the clothes were so tight that if I posted them, I’d get reported to human decency gurus. Really. I tried to get the courage to post one…but settled on this one (this was one outfit that the seller put together): One modest enough to post, but one that I could hardly envision someone seriously wearing out in public!!!

Now, to the seller’s credit, it wasn’t a total wash. Of the 40 items I bought, 10 were doable & wearable. I really like about 5 pieces of clothes and 2 of the necklaces. As I type this, I have on an Ann Taylor Loft sweater from the lot. I also wear a pair of Tommy Hilfiger jeans often. There are a few items I really do enjoy.

Mom, you were right. I won’t be doing that again. That was the Smartest, Dumbest idea I’ve had in a while. But at the same time, I don’t regret it. I had the money in my budget to spend, and if I hadn’t gone on my little shopping spree adventure, I’d have always wondered if ebay was the solution to all my dressing room woes. I’ll cross that off my ‘great idea’ list and settle, once again, for the more traditional approach. Anyone have any gallon buckets I could borrow?

Archives for February 2010

Resolution Rehash

The Smartest, Dumbest Idea