million dollar mud
The mud bath.
Definitely interesting - something to try once in your life.
It was weird to sit in a vat full of hot mud which was very very thick. It was cool that’s for sure - but after about 12 minutes you sweat your ass off and you want OUT. Then a quick shower and onto a bathtub full of natural mineral waters where you soak for about 10 minutes. Believe me - after one hot dunk - you want to sit in there with arms, back and knees out of the tub. Then you’re offered a sweat in the wet steam room which was wonderfully scented with eucalpytus. That was wonderful to have that aroma in the air. Next you’re wrapped in some dry blankets to cool down and you can feel your heart racing from all that heat. I would have preferred some aromatherapy type of mud (lavender or sage) and at the end - a very gently tepid wrap in lightly scented (if you choose) blankets. Now you could do it for a wee bit cheaper but honestly, the other place didn’t look very hygienic 
I treated Shopaholic to that and an hour deep tissue massage. She’s bought me concert tickets before so I thought it would be a good way to treat her back.
Dinner, lovely. Bouchon in Yountville - THE place for award winning restaurants. French Laundry is there! It was an exquisite pumpkin soup - beautiful. The Maine lobster salad with brioche was AMAZING. Now the mussels with fries and her german trio of sausages were ok. She picked the prixe fix menu which was only 55.00! So it was a lovely evening and then she dropped me off at home. She paid for dinner.
Today I had my brows done by my little sweet pixie at Benefit… she’s so damned cute. A little half Chinese girl who is absolutely GORGEOUS. I’ve been going to her for years. I always give her a big tip because she is such a sweetheart. Then Shopaholic and I went by the shoe store to see if I could get those MBT shoes that I’ve been wanting - YIKES - didn’t have my size :(.
Oh well, can’t have everything I guess.
Then off for a 5 mile walk around the lake - THANK GOODNESS she made me do it. Honestly, I didn’t think I could it’s been so damned long. So that was fabulous. It was a nice way to ease into a routine again. I did laundry while she hung out before heading off to Happy Hour with some of her friends. I didn’t want to go - shit. I’m worried about weigh in tomorrow!
Who knew Peet’s 16 oz sugar free mocha’s were made with full fat milk 
Yikes. Learned my lesson for shizzle to ask for non fat! I had this twice this week - what happens you are OUT and ABOUT.
Trouble.
Oh well.
So we’ll see. I hope I make the 5 pounds tomorrow! 
If it doesn’t work out - I’m not worried. I hope I still maintained my 4 pound weight loss for this month.
Geez. I’ve spent a lot of money this past few days. I’m not used to that - damn, gas, tips (I am a big tipper unless it’s absolute shit) etc. That day foray cost me a day worth of work plus a little more. GEEZ. Time to go back to being frugal again.
It doesn’t feel like I’ve been on vacation this week. Honestly, running around to the doctor’s does not make me happy - yesterday it finally felt like I was on vacation. Even if it was only for one day and it cost me a million bucks
Have to say that I am nervous about weigh in tomorrow morn….
Sounds like a great day. I’ve never done anything like that.
Good luck tomorrow.
Hmmmmm. I’d probably be overcome by all that heat and drop dead (Sounds awfully humid, and humidity and I don’t get along very well) but I’m glad you enjoyed it, darlin’. The walk was VERY GOOD - five miles. Yowza! I’ve just been walking my mile with big mouthed Leslie Sansone every morning, but in my own defense, we are so snow-and-iced in in these parts, that even if I were to become ambitious enough to want to do five miles, there’s no place outside where I can get much more than a few feet before sliding on my arse. Congrats on the four pounds, too. I know how hard it is to drop one damned pound. Four is lovely!
Hugs,
Z
I remember having a seaweed wrap once. It was lovely, I feel asleep
Of course I just had an hour of deep tissue massage and then the wrap, so my old bod was ready for a nap.
I am with ella on the humidity thou, I don’t handle it well either
You are doing so well girl…I am proud of us
It’s great sometimes to just spend your days on yourself. Although I would not be too keen on the mudbath, I think, I like the overall idea of being pampered in a new way…lol. I think you are being wise about the house - having bought homes thinking I could overcome their deficiencies I now think that unless you have lots of money and a really handy partner, buy a house that is as close to your perfect choice as you can manage. And neighbours make all the difference.