New Chairs!!

Take a look at my fabulous new client office chairs!! Michael has been wanting to help me get sufficient office furniture and the other day he saw on Craigslist that a company who had relocated to Seattle was selling all of its high-quality office furniture. We were hoping for a desk, but the ones they had were simply too massive. Michael insisted that I get these chairs so my clients can sit in my office instead of at my dining room table. These are high-quality leather (they were $400/each when purchased new!) and they are soooo cushy! I think I could actually sleep in one. Do I have an awesome boyfriend or what??

I was out and about all day.... first meeting with my June clients at the church site in Amity, then getting these chairs in Tigard, then meeting with a rep from West Coast Event Productions in downtown Portland. Not only did we come up with a design for my clients' reception, but I also got to tour their entire showroom/warehouse. They have EVERYTHING... and if they don't have it, they will either buy it or make it. I was like a kid in a candy shop! Now I'm just drooling at the bit to get a bride with some outrageously high wedding budget so that I can go crazy. To top it off, I'm going to be meeting with the manager next week so she can make me one of their preferred vendors. Essentially that means I will get a discount I can pass on to my clients.... which just makes my services that much more valuable to a bride.

OK, so I'm sure you're wondering what my "new" things for yesterday & today were. Truthfully, as I was laying in bed last night I all of a sudden realized that I had completely forgotten about it. As I was wracking my brain for something I could do at the last minute, I turned to the clock and saw that it was 12:02 a.m. Too late for anything to count for yesterday.

Unless you count what I hung on my fridge... a list of 7 motivational reasons for me to lose weight. (I also emptied the house of all Easter candy -- two large bags worth! -- and gave it all to Michael; the boys won't even notice.) I have gained back a significant amount of the weight I lost last summer/fall and I am determined to apply self-discipline and get all of my weight off once and for all. I had a random Victoria's Secret bathing suit catalog arrive in the mail today. I decided I would pick out a bathing suit I like, tape the picture up to my list (better that than a picture of me!) and then treat myself to that bathing suit once I've reached my goal.

Oh yeah, back to the "one new thing a day" problem. In talking to Debbie today, I agreed that one new thing a day is simply much more than I can do. So I'm revising it.... one new thing a week. That way it will count more. And no, I'm not really counting the fridge list as one...