Update

I haven't posted in awhile.  So far I have lost 81.2 pounds.  Soon I will be reaching a very important milestone, and when I do, everyone will hear about it.  But in the meantime, I want to talk about two things...

The other day we were talking about buying clothes.  Somebody thought it wasn't a good idea to spend a lot of money buying a winter coat.  I am not mad at that person, I know exactly where they are coming from.  It is hard to spend a lot of money on anything when you know your size is constantly changing.  But there are many reasons why I did this.

First, I am either buying all of my regular clothes at Salvation Army, or spending $15 or less per piece at a regular store.  I also gladly accept any hand-me-over clothes that people are willing to give me.  I have not bought any new undergarments, and I only bought one pair of new pajamas.  So needless to say, I have been very frugal. 

I love buying at thrift stores, but my own quirk is that I don't like to buy coats at thrift stores.  If I don't know how they've been stored at the previous owner's home, it could have been stored still damp from the wash or in a musty basement.  This could also be true for clothes, but clothes are thin and mold cannot be "buried deep" inside it.  So I just personally choose not to buy a winter coat there.

The coat that I got is FABULOUS.  It is either suede or faux suede (I never checked, but I'm guessing faux with the price it was) with a fur collar.  It is a beautiful color.  I purposely bought it small so that it could last this whole winter.  It is both casual and dressy, so I only needed to buy one, so it is very versatile.  I would just not go sledding in it.  If I go sledding, I'll wear one of Glen's coats.  So I put a lot of thought into buying it.  It was regularly $110, and with 40% off and a $10 coupon, I got it for just over $60. 

Most importantly that people need to know and understand, is the coat I had before was the ugliest, pukiest brown 3x plain most disgusting coat you ever saw.  I don't even want to donate it because I don't want to place that coat into anyone's hands.  I would really like to ceremoniously  burn it, except for the fact that the coat could warm a homeless person's body and that could give it its one redeeming quality.  I wore it year after year for maybe even ten years (I'm not sure), always hoping to lose weight before the next winter, never wanting to spend the money on another big ugly coat.  And year after year, I walked around with that sad looking coat on.  So you see, I NEEDED to buy a fabulous coat.  It needed to be the one splurge in all of this. 


Okay, here's the other thing I want and need to talk about.   People regularly say boneheaded insensitive things.  I am okay with it.  I have said my share of boneheaded insensitive things, thinking I was being helpful or because I didn't have anything to say, or perhaps out of jealousy or lack of understanding for a person's situation.  And, one thing that I think is boneheaded, somebody else might think is helpful or funny or poignant.  Well... this person said "Look, you lost all this weight and you gave it to Glen."  Ugh.  Men are thick-skinned, but still... ouch.  As soon as the person said it, I think they realized it was insensitive, but we just all kind of moved on, and I wish I could go back and say something, not to yell at them or anything, but something.  So let me say something here.  Glen just visited the doctor, and while it's true that he needs to lose weight, guess what?  His BMI is still lower than mine is right now.  And it's never a good idea to compliment someone at someone else's expense.  As Forrest Gump would say, "That's all I have to say about that."