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Last night DH and I had a meaningful conversation. These are always a bit heavy, sometimes happy, but more often than not somewhat depressing. But they allow us to get things out and off our chests, so I know that it's a necessary part of the relationship. I like to think progress is being made when these happen.

I had an AWESOME experience at a new hair salon on Wed and got a snappy new haircut. I love it! ...

I am back in my hometown, visiting my family. Naturally, I had to visit some of my old haunts(code word for thrift shop). What joy it was to see there was one right around the corner from my son's apartment. Another joy I experinced was my children have visited thrift shops and have become somewhat frugal. These are the same children who would step foot into a thrift shop. My daughter recently found a table on the street. I wa shocked and the fact that she told of her find on her facebook ...

So last night I actually rowed for half an hour on DH's rowing machine. It's not my cup of tea, but being able to listen to a podcast during the time helped a lot. I'm going to try and do it again tonight. I've also eaten pretty healthfully today.

Got into a pair of pre-Oliver jeans, and I'm excited about that. Most of everything else is still too small, though.

Had a couple of good long chats with DH over the past few days. I feel like we're making progress in ...

I think my strategy (while very simple) will be the following:

Purge, purge and purge some more by continuing to micro examine things that I have. I plan to sell most of my extras, but I would also love to give some away too.

Never buy anything that is not an absolute necessity. I so often see something that I think is a good deal and just buy it ... it could be something small like a lip balm or similar, only to arrive home and realize that I have enough already. ...

Well, I'm having issues with my weight again. Of course, I'm only 4 weeks post-partum so that makes it harder. I was originally 105-110. After Owen was born in 2006 I never got back down there again - I was around 120 and it crept up to 125. Now, 4 weeks after Oliver I'm at 134 and NONE of my pre-Oliver clothes fit. It's really frustrating to be close to pre-pregnancy weight, but not there. I'm also struggling with some major hurdles to working on weight loss - I'm breastfeeding, so I can't ...