Yesterday, I went to the mall to see if I could pick up a few summer sale items before all the fall clothes start (continue) to come in. I know that I don't really need to buy more clothes, but if they are on sale, it's ok, right? (Nod your heads with me people!)

So, I went to LB and there wasn't a STITCH of clothing on sale there. Not a rack, nothing. I was sooo disappointed. This mall (Pentagon City) only has one plus size store, so if LB doesn't work, you are out of luck.

BUT, then I remembered that there was a plus size section of Macy's. I haven't been in there in forever because most department store's Women's sections only go to size 22 or 24, and I wasn't wearing that size. So, I pop into Macy's and the entire section is like a fire sale--75% off, 65% off, 50% off...there were just a few racks of clothes that WEREN'T on sale! I literally grabbed about 40 items off the racks and went into the dressing room.

Once I had everything hung up, I gave myself a quick chat. "Jem, this is not forever. You've lost FIFTY pounds. If this stuff doesn't fit, it doesn't mean that you suck. It just means that the item didn't fit. You are awesome!!" With that pep talk, I was able to begin. I'd brought in clothes from size 18 - 24, just to see what was working and what wasn't.

I walked away with a halter style sleeveless sweater (2X), two sleeveless t-shirts for working out (both 2X), a pair of Anne Klein pants (22), a pair of capris (22), and a jean skirt (20). Not everything I bought looked AMAZING on me, but I could tell with just a few more pounds (the skirt, for example), would be sooo cute. And it's fun to have something to shrink into. And, extra bonus, the whole thing only cost me $116!! Not bad, eh?

On the "Jem keeps it real" side, I succumbed to Taco Bell while at the mall. Even though I'd just (within 2 hours) eaten a healthy lunch of salad and a baked potato with cheese, I really wanted a burrito. So, I got it. And, I tried to scarf it down. And, I puked in the mall bathroom shortly thereafter. I'm really trying not to focus on this incident and stay really negative but just treat it as a good learning experience. My body does not play well with binging (and AMEN to that!!).

Also, I finally bought my minus fifty reward at the mall. I had picked out a pair of sapphire earrings online(Blue is my favorite color, so most of my jewelry is sapphire or blue topaz, or turquoise...). The were trillian cut lab created sapphire studs with white gold (I don't like yellow gold). But, when I got to the jewelry store, they were so small and lame looking. I have about 100 rings in my collection and I wasn't going to buy another ring because I wanted my reward to be usable even when I lost another 100 pounds and I figured a ring would have to be sized. Fate had other things in mind. There was a perfect ring in the display case ON SALE! It is emerald cut blue sapphire with white sapphire side stones. Well, just look:

I know, super cute, right? :)

Biking update: Still biking to work, and today was much easier--my tush didn't hurt as bad and I was riding faster than before. Biking has really increased by aerobic/cardiacal/breathing/lung capacity/heart pumping situation. You know what I mean. Biking = good for me. And on that note, have a great day, ya'll.