I Don't Want To Be Skinny...

...and I don't think I ever will be. But I sure as hell can wear a pair of skinny jeans now. And I'm really hoping that by next summer there will be a photo of me in a bikini on here. And yes, I might do a little careful editing in PhotoShop to make things look a smidgen better...but they do the same to movie stars and supermodels, so why should I be bothered by it?

You can't tell, I suppose, but there are skinny jeans down there straining to cover my ginormous calf muscles.

What else is there to say today? I went for a short hike with some of my Fitness Firm friends (Sleeping Beauty in Lake George- less than 4 miles round trip because we were bums and drove in to the closer parking area). And you know what was awesome about the hike? I stayed right up front with Carol, a woman who has been known to run 5 miles after teaching an hour or two of intense aerobic classes and goes for 25 mile bike rides just for fun. I think she might be my hero.

Cynthia, Marie, Carol, and me. On my little camera screen, this looked like a good picture. It wasn't until the next day when I looked a little closer that I realized Marie's mouth was wide open and Carol's eyes were closed. Ah well.

 Oh yeah- and for Halloween I dressed up like a fairy. It was a great costume because it only cost me a few dollars in new makeup. (All right- maybe $15. But I don't buy makeup very often, so I'm okay with it. Of course, I wear it so rarely...whatever. I felt pretty.)

I took this picture myself...at the end of the night...after a lot of (delicious) sangria. I think it's fuzzy because that's how I felt. And my hair looked so much better five hours earlier...

Final thoughts for the interwebs this evening:

I like to put together flower arrangements. If I could do that and earn a respectable income (ie: be able to pay off my massive student loan debt and have a home, car, etc.), I would open a flower shop tomorrow. And if it was in Ireland? All the better! 
Gulliver would be an awesome shop dog.

 
For Mum's birthday (on Halloween) I put together an arrangement. She liked it.

 

Life is crazy and there is so much to do and so many things running through my head. But I will keep the bulk of that to myself for now. 
Here are some songs to enjoy. (And for those who would mock me for some of these choices- just don't. You know you like them too.)
Bon Iver "Skinny Love" 
Bryan Adams "(Everything I do) I do it for You" 
Sarah McLachlan "Possession" 
Carlos Santana & Dave Matthews "Love of My Life"