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Nov 28
Workin' out
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Bloggest Loser Update

We are about half way in our Bloggest Loser challenge. Mr Jarod is doing very well for himself, putting us all to shame..Go Jarod! Tho I am sure his daily weighing in is confusing the calculations…yes, that must be it ;)

Must admit, I am a little disappointed in how I have done so far. I think I haven lost about 3kg since we started nearly a month ago? 5.5kg all up since I started back at the gym 2mths ago. I was quite pissed off this week to be honest, pretty crappy results. I have be doing pretty good at the gym, always room for change in the diet (I’d rather be fat than give up the noms all together :) ) So I had hoped for a bit more.

And the news that they haved ditched on of my spin classes. Totes not happy about that, how can I survive on just 2?! (No Jarod, I cannot ride outside) Have booked my first personal training session this week to make up for it. Did extra weights this week to prepare, and OMG the DOMS were SO bad. This isn’t going to end well.

I did remember that I took some measurements 2mths ago, and on checking back it seems I have lost a total of 25cm all over. So that helps a little to restore my confidence. But I want to FINALLY crack that 80′s. Hopefully before the New Year.

I have lost this 6-7kg a few times before, and then lost heart that it didn’t happen fast enough and given up. Really determined not to let that happen again.

So come on girls, we can’t let a BOY beat us..now can we? Still have a few weeks to go, and I know they would have to be the worst weeks of the year..with Christmas parties and all the noms. But we can do it! And if all else fails, we’ll get Liz to spike his meals with extra fat!

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Nov 27
Photog
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26 Things update

So we have 3 and a bit days to go, how is everyone going so far? I have seen a couple more pictures coming through this week.

I have now done 10 so far, only 16 to go. Here are more pics from this week…

Curved
My lunch, with the white balance accidentally left on the wrong setting on my phone..opps.
Curved

Strange/Weathered
Now, I am going to cheat and use this pic for 2 items..unless I find something better. It contains a weathered fence that is in desperate need of being replaced…we’ll get around to it one day. What concerns me is what the neighbours will attach to my expensive new colourbond fence when it goes up.
The strange element in all the tin. It seems every time you look out there, there is a new piece, the latest being the big bit attached to the palm trees. I am quite sure that it is not legal. It is getting up well over 10ft high now and its a bloody eye sore. OK so the original fence that is there isn’t much better…it’s..rustic :P

Strange/Weathered?

Inside
Checking out the inside of their new church reno.
Inside

Upside down
upside down

Now seem to be left with the hardest ones. Can see Tuesday being a mad panic of snapping. I must get them all, I fail at every other challenge LOL.

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Nov 23
Home Sweet Home
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Bah Humbug

I am not the most Christmasy person. I hate Christmas lights (makes my eyes twitch to see people have their displays up already o.O)  I HATE all the snow at Christmas and well..pretty much everything else about Christmas…except the ham..Mmmm Christmas ham. Anyway…came across some Christmasy stuff just perfect for me.

Lolmart Bah humbug shirt, a wonderful alternative to the usual bright ugly red and green Christmas shirts with bloody snow on them! Will take great pleasure wearing this at Christmas (shame it is white tho, I may well have to throw it out afterwards)

Then we have these Christmas balls from Selfridges that will go perfectly on my cupcake tree.

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Nov 21
Shopping
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In the mail this week

I like to buy stuff…don’t we all.  Online shopping oh how I <3 you.

Manpet says I may have a bit of a problem…pfft. Maybe that one time I tried to see how many days in a row I could get a parcel (I got a run of 7 days BTW) Waiting for parcels to arrive at work is the only reason I go :P

So thought I would show off some of the stuffs…weekly-ish ;)

First item isn’t an online purchase..but exciting none the less. New phone! Have been eyeing off and waiting for the new HTC Desire HD since it was announced a few months ago. Was getting a bit over the iPhone 3GS, and the iPhone 4 just wasn’t an upgrade enough for me. The timing was perfect, with a noice payrise at work the day after they were released. How could he say no :P (after a tweet out, some emails of begging were also very helpful ;) )

We have always had matching phones, took him a week, but he caved and upgraded his so we have matching phones again :D

Next is a new bag, purchased from Brands Exclusive. It’s from Melb designer b.sirius. Perfect size for work, cute design and it was a total bargain! Think I only ended up paying $30.

Then some totes delish body sprays. I have a thing for fruity and vanilla scents, can be hard to find these in commercial fragrances, and most make me sneeze me head off anyway. Rah recently bought me some Urban Rituelle for my birthday and it was heaven. But gone in a few weeks of over use, and none of the online shops stocked the collection I wanted (but have just discovered they have online shopping now, one moment while I make a purchase!) So I thought I would check out Etsy for some handmade options.

My fav is the Pink Cupcake body spray from SpaTherapy..love it!

Wonder what will be in the mail this week :)

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