Sistah Pat

Shoes, shoes, and more shoes!

It’s all about the shoes.  Right?  Nine pair of them, to be precise.  I went out yesterday afternoon to look for new shoes and found them.  Went to Shoe Carnival and they had one of those thirty minute specials where any shoe from the clearance section was $5.00.  Guess I got carried away.  Went all the way from flats to the last one on the right which is about a 5″ heel.  Who decides what to put on clearance, anyway?  I mean, how can a black patent leather heel ever go out of style?  Or a faux croc?  Or a plain little brown leather flat?

Okay, enough about shoes.  I’m back at it today.  Ready to take on the big, bad world.  Ready to weigh myself (sigh), eat healthy, and get some exercise.  Yesterday was the first day of the new trimester and I wasn’t there because I took a personal day.  Guess I get to meet my new students today.  I’m going to dress up big time.  Make them think I’m in total control of my life, my classroom, and my students.

I’ve got to take some control of my evenings.  That’s a big problem right now.  All I want to do when I get home is flop down on the couch and watch TV and eat.  For today…I won’t do that.  For today, I’ll find something other than TV to keep me occupied.

8:00 - That’s it!  I got on the scales and I weigh ONE, EFFING, SEVENTY, EFFING, NINE POUNDS.  My pants feel tight, my bra feels tight, my belt feels tight.  No more buffet breakfast, no more buffet dinners, no more potluck dinners.  I am done, done, stick a fork in me, I’m DONE!

11:19 - Why is it, as soon as you decide to be really good, you get really hungry?  Even so, I’m doing well.  Walked into the APs office and he was chowing down on a HUGE cheeseburger and offered me one.  I turned him down, even after I got the old, “No, really, have one!  I don’t know what Mary was thinking.  I asked her to pick me up a burger for lunch and she comes back with TWO of these monsters!  I can’t eat all this.  Help yourself!”  (sigh)…I came back to my desk and ate a carton of lite yogurt.