redwinelover's Journal, 17 November 2010

Today it was four weeks since my surgery. Well, it's nearly midnight so I'm sure this will post as the 18th, instead. But I'm feeling SO good. Almost feel "normal"! Today I didn't even get that energy drain I've gotten every day so far. I had a bit of a backache, but not that bad. As I mentioned previously, it's harder and harder to NOT do stuff. I had to stop myself from lifting heavy bags today... totally forgot I'm still restricted to under 5 lbs.

I wanted to get out and get moving, so I hit my favorite thrift store again. It's amazing how many calories I burn when I go shopping... I end up burning almost as many calories doing that as I would working out and then spending the day on the sofa. Today I burned almost 2500 calories, with no workouts. Hmmm... maybe I've been doing this all wrong! lol.. I am actually kidding. Shopping does nothing for muscle building! Or cardio.

But... I did pick up a ton of cute sweaters and tops today. Since I did the Kohl's massive shopping the other day and bought so many pairs of jeans... or most of them are "jeggings" I knew not to even look at the jeans. Apparently it was "black" day there as I ended up with lots of black sweaters and tops. But so cheap and cute with the jeggings I've bought - a few black ones and a couple of gray ones and a pair of denim ones. I even picked up a pair of oh-so-sexy shoes that have not been worn. And got everything with an additional 20% off. :D So another successful shopping trip at the local thrift store. I really need to STOP, though. I don't need any more clothes and don't even really go anywhere to justify more clothes! I also picked up a couple of Christmas decorations. I LOVE decorating for Christmas and have a soft spot for Santas. Well, teddy bears, too! I usually put my Santa collection on my stairs. We have several steps and a landing, and then the rest of the steps, so I usually line up the Santa's going up the stairs and along the railing on the landing, and then have the teddy bears on the rest of the steps to the upstairs. Oh, I'm looking forward to decorating for Christmas. I'm going to need a LOT of help this year, though. I'm hoping to get my husband to take a day off (he's going to start losing his vacation time) and help me out. We could get a lot done in a day if we worked together. I'll probably post some pictures once the place is decorated. I love my house at Christmas!