I'm A Snob

Yes, I am a snob.

I discovered this at the grocery store today. I have 6 reusable grocery bags that I use on a weekly basis. The bags are nice and big and can hold a lot of stuff, unless they're packed incorrectly, which they were today. The bags are shorter than paper bags but are wider and longer. So basically a cube with handles.

I got to the Sequoia and repacked all the bags. This is not the first time I've done this, but it is the first time I equated my actions to snobbery. I just want all of the bags as full as possible and as neat as possible. How hard is it to put boxes in a square bag? Not very. Put the boxes in first - it's not that hard. But it drives me crazy when my bags aren't packed nicely. And now I know there are 2 baggers that are horrible about this. The teenagers are pretty good about it, so it's not them.

You'd think I could leave the stupid bags alone for the very long 3-minute drive home, but I have to know that everything is orderly back there. Too bad I don't feel that way about the messes around my house.

Speaking of messes, I'm getting ready for a garage sale. It's not going to be here, so that means I get to sort my stuff, then haul my stuff somewhere else and then if it doesn't sell, I get to haul it back here or to a place to donate it. I'm looking forward to having a nice clean spot in my garage where this stuff has been accumulating for over a year. Then I can deal with the kids' out-of-season clothes that need to go into storage in the shed in the backyard. Then our garage will be lovely and empty.

I ran this morning. 44 minutes. But since I ran yesterday, I could definitely feel it today. I think I'm going to start running 4 times a week, then I'll move up to 5, then 6. I don't know how long it will take me to get to 6 times a week, but that's my ultimate goal. I'm going to have to adjust my daily Weight Watchers point allocation to compensate. I don't want to shift into "too much work, too little food" mode - that would really derail my weight loss progress.

I had an interesting moment last week - I was looking online at Lands' End for a swimsuit. When I checked out their size chart, I discovered that my measurements fall within the size 14 range. Yay! Size 14 - haven't seen that number in 7 or 8 years. To celebrate, yesterday I wore my size 14 jeans that I haven't been able to wear yet. They were a bit snug around the tummy, but I made it through the whole day. I finally changed late afternoon because I was getting hot.

So that's it for today.