Three Nice Things

1. I skipped swimming yesterday because I was tired and just wanted to go home. I felt like I got a nice break, like when your boss sends you home an hour early just because you work hard and she wants to thank you for that. You know and she knows you'll be back tomorrow, but you enjoy and appreciate the extra bit of time to yourself.

In other words, yesterday was nice but it's a pool day today. And I'm looking forward to it.

2. I'm only 5 pounds down but my pants are starting to fall off my hips. I'm blaming the stretch material of the Gap straight legs, but I do think some of it is the swimming already paying off. It's a nice problem to have.

3. My friend Jessie passed down some of her old clothes (some of which were mine to start with, we pass clothes back and forth as we go down -- or up, in my case -- the scale). She included a cute striped Gap sweater she got from Twice.com, and as an XL it fits nicely already. Yay!

P.S. I am prepping the recipe post for the blackeyed peas salad and Babchi's sauce. Should be up in a couple of days!