Huge shopping spree today...

well i did it....i finally cleaned out my closet....the women's 20s, 18s, 16s and 14s i have been wearing or should i say swimming in have officially been replaced with..........drumroll please.............12s and 14s from ALL REGULAR STORES.........no women's departments shopped in today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i shopped at ny&company, ann taylor loft, macy's, jcpenneys and kohls today...

i bought 3 pair of cotton capris, 3 pair of denim capris, 4 skorts (2denim, 1 khaki, 1 RED), 2 pairs of cotton dress shorts, 7 short sleeve size L tshirts (dressier), a size 16 tankini bather and a L coverup, 3 pairs of L workout pants, 4 new XL (i like them roomier) workout tshirts....i tried on 3 very pretty dresses but just didnt feel perfect in them so i passed for now...

BUT the best part of my entire day besides my new full closet is that i now KNOW that no matter what i need clothes for: a dressy function, work, play, workout, casual - i can walk into ANY STORE on ANY CORNER and buy something....there will be a size for me....i no longer have to go to the women's department or special plus size stores....i have not been able to do this since middle school??? i called my mom tonight and asked her what size i was in high school and she said, 18-20???? i wasnt really sure and then i remembered the jeans i have from fashion bug still that i was just recently able to get into that are 20s...the are very very very straight legged with nooooo give/room so they might actually be smaller than a 20 but the label says 20 on it.....i have never in all my memory been a 12 or a 14????? i absolutely feel great....

here a few pics of my closet LOL...i'll add some more later of me in some of the outfits as i put them on...i'll take pics in the mirror each morning until i cycle thru the new loot.....

Final Goal Reward!!!!!

I have said a few times already that when I reach my goal weight I am going to consider having a tummy tuck to get the body that I feel I deserve...BUT besides the surgery I really haven't had a "FINAL GOAL REWARD" planned out.....not in my head, not on paper, not at all really....obviously, I'm going to need some new clothes lol but I don't see that as a reward so much as a necessity so I don't get arrested for indecent exposure :) so I'll get around to target or jcpenney or wherever I buy regular every day clothes....BUT this will not be my reward....

I came up with my reward this afternoon while I was on my lunch walk. I was walking around The Town of Palm Beach, specifically down Worth Avenue, the hoity toity well to do area like Beverly Hills' Rodeo Drive....as I walked by the storefronts, I realized that when I get to my goal 140-150lbs, I'll be able to wear the clothes in these stores...I'm sure it will be the "largest" size they sell at an 8 or a 10 LOL but they will have it in stock....those who know me, know I am not a "palm beach" girl...I'm not hoity or fussy, I'm simple and plain and I like it that way...BUT there were some beautiful clothes in these windows and I just never in a million years imagined that I could actually walk into a store like that and buy something off the rack and have it fit, especially since it would probably cost me like a grand for a sweater or a dress or a top LOL...back to my goal reward LOL....

I have decided that when I reach my goal weight, I will treat myself to an ENTIRE day of pampering. First I will start off on a shopping adventure either on Worth Ave or the Gardens Mall (at a fancy high end store) . I want to be treated like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman, not when they knew she was a hooker, but when Edward brought her back and made them wait on her, LOL.

I want a pretty woman day.....I want to sit on white upholstered chairs and have shop girls bring me tea and all the clothes that they can possibly find that would "suit" me and my new body and then I want to try them all on and KNOW that some of them will fit and some of them will look amazing and I will only buy ONE perfect outfit, but I will have the knowledge that I CAN WEAR THIS BEAUTIFUL STUFF and I deserve to...

Then after I am tired from shopping I want to head to a full service spa for a massage and a facial and a pedicure and a manicure and hair styling...

Then I want to dress myself in the ONE PERFECT outfit from my day and have a BIG reveal with my friends and family, ala Biggest Loser, and SHOW off the me that I finally know I can be and have worked so hard to be.....

Yup, I'm gonna start planning this day....I have to figure out who I want to go shopping with me; who I want to go to the spa with me; who I want to invite to the big party to show off the new me....I'm going to start making a plan because I WILL GET THERE....I don't know exactly when but I WILL GET THERE!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm excited just thinking about this amazing day in the future and that is what is going to help push me thru the hard times.....This image of me, MEEEEEE, being ME.....