Oh the twists and turns of life

I’ve been slacking on updates lately, but I have a good excuse I promise. We’re buying a house! We are officially under contract and have an inspection today and a meeting with our loan officer as well. Things at home have been a little crazy and have taken many twists that we weren’t expecting. We’re super excited, but I’m totally fretting over the financing. Carl is totally cool and calm, while I’m the ball of nerves, up wide awake at 2:30 this morning.

Weight Watchers: This week I weighed in at 145.2lbs. I’m pretty happy with only losing a pound this week. I have definitely fallen off the past week. Eating Chick Fila, Wendy’s, cupcakes, ribs and queso at the Super Bowl Party, and Dr Peppers didn’t help the weight loss plan. I’ve been a little stressed with the house buying and my go to foods when stressed are high fat and high salt. Even though they taste amazing and I needed a little taste of the goodness that these foods provide, I didn’t need them all in one week. Next week is going to be a non-Weight Watchers Week for my Birthday/Bachelorette weekend to New Orleans!

Wedding: My dress came in!!!!!!! I have my first fitting tomorrow. All of my bridesmaids and my mom will be there. No one has seen the dress except for my mom. The rehearsal dinner is in the final stages of being planned. Thank goodness! More decorative items are being completed including our reserved seating signs, bar menu, aisle décor, and menu board. The invitations are nearing the final stages and should be out the door on March 15, which is also our closing day. Things are finally starting to come together and I’m getting really excited for the wedding in 92 days! Holy cow it’s coming fast!


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WWT

It’s WW Tuesday already! I’m pleased to report that my weight for the week is 146.0 lbs, down 9lbs in 5 weeks! I have met my first WW goal of losing 5% of my body weight. Now we’re onto 10%. The weight to hit is now 139.5 lbs. The mid-130s is where I would ideally like to land at the end of the weight loss. The sad news in all of this is that I lost a food-point for reaching this goal. Boo…

But some more good news, I’m officially down a jean size from a 10 to an 8. The 8s are even getting loose on me. I tried on some of my jeans in a size 6 hidden in the back of my closet. Surprisingly I can fit in them. They don’t look great yet, but they would work if I was slacking on laundry duty.

Here’s to loosing more weight, being healthy, and praying my dress arrives before Feb 17 so I can get a fitting in before my girls-only trip to the Big Easy! There’s no WW in New Orleans.


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Life update

Last week there really wasn’t much to update everyone on. Things were calm, cool, and collected around our house two weeks ago. We very much enjoyed it. So much so that I put off doing any house work or laundry, which is what consumed my precious weekend. This past week was a total change from the previous week. I made steady head-way on the wedding front (details coming Wednesday), cleaned the house-ish (I got everything picked up and put in its place. The house just needs to be vacuumed and moped, which shouldn’t take too long.), and attempted to drive myself nuts.

Here’s how to make Kristin crazy:

Add the following ingredients and you’re bound to make any person crazy.
1 part wedding nearing the 100 day mark
1 part interviewing for a new position at work
1 part second interview for new position
1 part financial review and budgeting overhaul
1 part deciding to buy a new home (this lead to the financial part)

There you have it, the perfect concoction to make anyone loose it for a little while. To say the least I am attempting to change just about everything to do with my life. We are getting everything together and will hopefully be putting in an offer on a house this week. Exciting! We’re super excited but still really nervous and trying hard not to get our hopes up. The same with the job position at work, which I’m pretty sure I won’t be getting. It’s a little bit of a bummer, but I had to make it known that I am interested in moving up in the company and want bigger things.

The next few weeks and months are going to be a little crazy and definitely hectic, but I’m ready for it. I’m ready for the change (normally I would be fairly against) and want it.


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Wedding Wednesday

I can't believe Wednesday is already here and about to be over with. Time is flying by and this wedding is going to be here before we know it.
Updates for the week:
•finished registry for BB&B
•reserved signs for chairs and tables
•organizing everything. This is still a work in progress that is all over our garage.
•candy buffet/favor bags stickered
•sparkler send off bucket filled with styrafoam and topped with moss
•more work on the invitations. They are starting to come together, just a few more steps and they will be done. Definitely a labor of love

I had a question about utensil bags. We are having Eco-friendly disposable plasticware. To jazz them up I purchased some tall and thin white paper bags. I then stamped them a pic of a fork, spoon, and knife. Like the bags that Chuy's puts their silverware in.

Everything is starting to come together and I'm starting to see my vision come to life. Very exciting.
Maybe next week I'll have a photo update of everything.

Weight watchers

Time for another weekly update of my weight. This week's weight is 148.0. Only a 1 pound difference from last week. I was really good about using minimal flex points all week but I still made some so-so decissions. Saturday I went downtown with the girls for drinks and a few. I really haven't had much, if any alcohol while on WW so I think I may have shocked the system a little bit.
This week we are starting up the cardio and light weights at the gym. Then starting in March I'll be going to some of the classes twice a week to increase the cardio and toning.

So there's the plan, we'll see how well it all works. So far I'm pretty darn happy with the results. I'm down a pants size and I feel better about the way I look.

Wedding Wednesdays

Another weekly thing to add to my list. You all are going to know all about life with all of these updates.

I'll make this one short and sweet with bullets.
*finalized car service to and from the venue on wedding day.
*stamped all of my utensil bags
*embossed all of the invitations
*gathered supplies for all remaining DIY items. I'm hoping to have these completed by mid February
*bachlorette/birthday adventure to New Orleans planned and booked!
*purchased dresses for mothers
*sent shoes in for dying

More to come next week!


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Weight watchers

I decided at Christmas with 5 months to go till the wedding it was time to get serious about weight loss. I had tried to watch my food choices and excerising 4 times a week, but with little results. So I decided to give WW a try and so far I couldn't be happier with the results. To keep myself accountable I'm going to be completely honest and post my actual weight and weight loss on here every Tuesday.

Week 1: December 28
Starting weight 155lbs
This week probably wasn't the smartest week to start with New Years and all. I made it work into my points glass of bubbly and all. I may have used all of my flex points but whatevs

Week 2: January 4
Weight 152.2 lbs very exciting loss of 2.8 lbs

Week 3: January 11
Weight 150.2 lbs. Loss of 2 lbs

Week 4: January 18
Weight 149.0 lbs. Loss of 1.2 lbs
This weight is super exciting in that I reached my first goal of being under 150 lbs and losing over 5 lbs!

I'm trying to take this in small goals of 5 lbs at a time. This way I can reach my goals quicker and not feel as easily defeated. Now, my ultimate goal is be around 137 by the wedding in just under 4 months. I think I can do this! I haven't added any exercising to the mix just yet. I don't do early mornings and until recently I didn't get out of work till 6ish. So hopefully this will get me through to my next goal of 145!