From Mushy to Marathon

This morning I was 144.4 lbs - which is less by 0.2 than my lowest weight before I got pregnant last year. I had just made it to 144.6 when I found out. So this is uncharted territory!!

I got some clothes off Freecycle yesterday. They were advertised as a bag full of sizes 10-12! Well, at least half of them were sizes 14 and 16 and one top was even a size 20-22!! What is the point of that? Some stuff went straight in the bin - there was a pair of pajama bottoms with a massive rip in the crotch - and not even a matching top.

But there were some things I kept which were not too bad overall. There were some white jeans which are a bit too short, but I thought I could funk them up by putting a strip of material round the hem to make them a bit longer, and also sewing some patches on in the same material. I probably never will but it’s a nice idea. Also a white velour tracksuit which is the kind of thing I NEVER wear in public, but it is extremely comfy so I could keep it for slobbing around the house.

I also went through my wardrobe and took out some stuff that’s too big so with that and the reject pile from the freecycle bag - I have a nice big bag of stuff for the charity shop. I have a beautiful lilac long silk dress but there is a nasty grease stain on the front and it’s dry-clean only. I would sell it on ebay but it would cost £15 to get it drycleaned!! It is gorgeous though. But I expect the charity shop can get it cleaned for less than that so they can have it.

Ruby has a new trick - if I hold her hands and stand her on my knee she can sit down and stand up on command!! She is so clever.

She is 8.5 months old BTW, if anyone is wondering why that is special!!