Dress Code

Well I finally got the opportunity to visit Dress Code today. There is a nice mix of beautiful clothing in there---some cool vintage looks, great jeans, hip boots and shoes, and dresses fit for the Oscars (like a teal green gown with jeweled shoulders in the window display right now). There was a gorgeous dress in hues of pink that caught my eye the most---it was just so pretty (and a style that I wouldn't have considered ever trying on "pre-EM"!)

I really enjoy just walking around in downtown Andover (especially without both kiddos in tow). There are some great stores and with the nice weather today, everyone was out and about.

On my way out of town, I flew into FT to do a quick mile on the treadmill before Billy closed up. Brian had me doing 1/2 mile fast runs on the treadmill yesterday and got me thinking about trying to improve my time. I'm a slow-poke runner, and it never really occured to me to try to run faster, only to try to run long enough to get through a 5K. But I'm going to switch around my thinking for these last 4 weeks and run for distance and not for time. So, for example, I ran 1 mile in 9:56 today. Instead of doing a 10 minute run before a training session, I'll now run a mile as fast as I can (or 2 mile, 3 mile, etc) and try to always beat the best time. I think I'm going to need to get new sneakers---my treads are wearing out like the tires on my car are :)

Back to Dress Code for a second. Amy, the owner, wasn't in this morning, but I think she has some clothing in mind for Cherish and I already. I'm curious to talk with her about what styles she feels would work best for our new body shapes. I don't even know for sure what size I am anymore, let alone what cuts and lengths I should be looking for! I'm really looking forward to going out after the holidays are over (hopefully with a few nice gift cards from Santa!) to buy some "small clothes". Although I've had this weight loss plateau over the last couple weeks, I can tell that my body is changing and inches are dropping/shifting by the way clothes fit. Most of the jeans I'm wearing now can be taken off without unbuttoning them!

I hope everyone is having a nice weekend!