Sep 18
Eric, Kitteh, Sookie
7

Happy Sundog

It was  a super beautiful day in Sydney today…helping ever so slightly to lift a gloomy mood after a shit of a week.

A few nights ago, we had a blackout. Recorded message said it could be 4-5hrs before power was restored. Tried the family bonding conversation, but after 5mins they were doing my head in and my phone was going flat so we decided to go to bed early.

The puppies where put to bed a couple of hours earlier that usual. Any other night, they would be lazing about in bed anyway. But seems this night they decided they didn’t want an early night and went in search of some entertainment.

Fast forward to the morning, and this is what I found.. among other messes. Guilty faces all round.

Someone went to bed and left the pantry open. Lets just blame a child, because nothing is ever my fault.

Filed Under: Eric, Kitteh, Sookie
Sep 04
Workin' out
12

Bloggest Loser Challenge….AGAIN!

Spring is here, and most of us are looking to shed the…ahh…insulating layers we put on over winter ;)  So it is Bloggest Loser Challenge time again.

You should join us!! Now, I’m not saying you need to lose weight..you look awesome just the way you are. But it will be fun.

Quick run down. Challenge runs for 12 weeks. We have a Daily Burn Challenge where all the number business happens, as well as a private facebook group for motivation and support. Weighins on Sunday (you don’t have to tell people how much you weigh if you don’t want to…just weight lost every week) We should have a prize this time guys?!

You don’t have to be a blogger to join…it’s just a fancy name :P

That’s it! If you want to join, leave a comment or tweet me…or something. And I will send you the invites. GO ON….DO IT!!!!

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I have lost count how many times we have done these. I think we did the first one 3yrs ago, which I won. But has been a bit of a piss poor effort in the challenges since then. They clearly aren’t working for me. In fact DailyBurn says I am the biggest I have ever been since we started all this..awesome!

MsFifikins I must say has done a great job, actually losing weight when we aren’t on a challenge and not putting it back on like..me. Have seen your daily pics on flickr..you are looking fabulous woman!

So, this week in preparation for the challenge, I have canceled my gym membership. Well, it was before I knew we were doing it. It’s a complete waste on money since they cancelled all the good spin classes :(

Besides, we pretty much have full gym at home anyway.

Treadmill, Smiths machine and other weights stuff, spin bike (tho I now know why it was so cheap. A little dangerous for your shins on the hills) Not to mention access to a whole range of weight loss supplements from work. And 2 crazy bulldogs that need walking.

Even bought myself a fancy new heart rate monitor for extra motivation.

So, really..I should have no excuse, right?. Everything is right there. Just get into it. I KNOW what needs to be done. JUST.DO.IT!

It seems the more times I try and fail at this thing, the harder it gets. I think the motivation has run dry.

Sometimes I wonder if it would just be easier to give up and resign myself to the fact that I am fat and there is nothing I can do about it. But then you have the days when you don’t want to leave the house. You don’t want to go out for because you know you will be the biggest there, and you think everyone will be judging the fat chick.

It gets you down, really down. Every.single.day.

But why can’t I just fix it? If I hate it so much.

I’m a sucker for the before and after pic, I love them. Surely if these people can, I can. What is their secret. They tell you about their diet and exercise, but why do they never share that secret thing that starts it all. That  one thing that drives you through to get the job done. I haven’t found it yet…I don’t even know if I have it. Am I just too lazy?

So, we’ll try…again. Try a little harder than the last few times and see how we go..I guess. I sound convincing, right?

You going to join? We start tomorrow…but you can jump in at anytime.

Filed Under: Workin' out
Aug 16
Shopping
7

Welcome to Costco, I Love You

I’ve been hanging out for Costco to open in Sydney..well…forever it seems!

When it finally did open a few weeks ago, I lived vicariously through tweets, twitter pics and a workmate who has teasingly visited a few times, waiting for the crazy to die down a little do I could make my first visit.

Finally decided Saturday was the day, I was braving the crazy on probably the busiest day.

So we got there before it opened, found a park easily enough. Made our way to the door, only to find a 1km queue of people with trolleys snaking its way through the car park. For a spilt second I was ready to admit defeat and go home, thinking we were going to be waiting hours.

But surprisingly the line moved pretty quickly, once the doors opened at 9:30am. We would have been in and out by 10:30 I’d say, if I didn’t have to stuff arse around with their membership people for over an hour. Long story short, membership I signed up for at home online, they couldn’t find it. So either I was going home with no Costco to sort it out when headoffice opened on Monday :( OR sign up again. So $120 later just to get in the door…we were in!

It was packed, but not too bad to move around (says me who just wandered around leaving the boy child to try to manoeuvre the huge, doesn’t steer too well trolley through the masses)

I am going back for this Cupcake cookie jar, I don’t know why I didn’t buy it on the spot. I guess I was a bit flustered having to spend $120 to get in the door, I was being choosy with what I bought.

They have an awesome bakery section there. We bought a 12 pack of muffins for $12, they were a mix of chocolate, banana walnut and blueberry. They were huge muffins, and really nice! They also have a big range of bread and rolls, danish and cakes.  They even had cupcakes and birthday cakes (shame they are a bit far away ;) ) The cupcakes were the same size as the muffins and piled high with frosting

Post it note pic for Rah, 24 post its for $18.89!

They had HUGE 16in pizzas. They look really good, and you could even watch them being freshly made. But I’m not sure it would fit in my oven? Or anyones oven for that matter..how the hell would you cook that?

After you had you ginormous pizza, you could top it off with 2kg of Apple pie. The boy begged me to buy it, what the hell am I going to do with 2kg of Apple Pie?? Or maybe a $90 Toblerone.

I didn’t think I’d bought that much, but somehow managed to spend $180. Definitely some great bargains to be had, especially if you have the room and money to buy in bulk.

Looking forward to my next visit, I am sure there is some stuff I missed and I need some more muffins, paper towel and that cookie jar!

Have you visited Costco yet?

Welcome to Costco, I Love you ref, thnx to Ryan ;)
Filed Under: Shopping
Aug 13
General, Shopping
14

Dear City Chic, Why So Blue?

I have loved City Chic for many years. Before there were so many great plus sized shopping options online, it was pretty much your only choice.  I can’t say I am overly keen on their prices, though their sales are always awesome. But they do often have some good stuff.

Jeans are basically the only kind of pants I wear. To work, after work, weekends…always jeans. I do like the fit of the City Chic jeans, despite the price, compared to my other jeans.

I have these 3 jeans pictured below (well the one of the right is very similar to the ones that I have that are now no longer for sale) but you get the idea.

But I have a small gripe, my City Chic jeans are trying to turn me into a smurf.

Plus sized jeans

So, I’m not sure if I am alone in this? Bored, nervous and especially when I am cold. I rub my hands on my legs. It’s not a lot, but obviously enough. Sometimes I might just rest one hand in between my knees or under a leg. This is something I have to try very hard to avoid when wearing my City Chic jeans.

This is what happens to my hands!

Excuse the terrible pic (ever tried taking a phone pic with no hands!) The one on the left is colour my hands go when wearing the darker pairs. The right is the regular pink colour, to prove I am not in fact an actual smurf. It happens with every pair to some extent.

I’ve had issues with denim that has that terrible chemical smell. I will smell every pair of jeans before I buy them, yes..I am fun to shop with. Deciding on purchases by smell. But I thought these would be OK, as they don’t have any smell.

They have been washed many many times, and still they do it. What am I doing wrong? My cheapy ones from Target never do this.

Has anyone else had this issue with City Chic Denim?

Filed Under: General, Shopping