Yesterday I cleaned the bathroom. Now there is nothing unusual in that really, I mean I do it every day, but yesterday I got rid of some of the extra clutter that seems to gather around the bath and the toilet and the difference was noticeable. When the children got home from School they both commented on the bathroom looking different and smelling like the Swimming Pool as I use a mild watered down bleach solution because I love the smell!
When I was younger the family bathroom always smelt of Pine Trees, my Dad (honestly there was no airing him out of the bathroom, even a lorry load of matches wouldn't get rid of the stink!) and a bit of minty toothpaste. When Flyfour and I were first married the bathroom had an electric air vent and so normally smelt of outside or mouthwash and now of course it smells like the Swimming pool.
Today I was cleaning up in the kitchen when I suddenly realised that the Kitchen doesn't smell of anything, unless I am cooking. So what should a kitchen smell of? What does your kitchen smell of? Come to think of it what does your bathroom smell of?
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It's Not Vanity, It's Pride
This morning Flyfour had to go to work early and so I was taking the Children to School (normally he does it so he gets some alone time with them each day). I had about five minutes to get dressed, and I was going to put on my shapeless too big jeans and a top, but then I stopped and thought for a moment.
Did I want to wear that? Why didn't I want to make myself look nice for a change?
So I grabbed my black trousers (too big but they flare out nicely) and the black top I wore to the MADs last week. It's what I call posh, it's a going out type top it has sparkles and sheer bits and it feels silky smooth so it is nice to wear. It's not really school run wear but why the heck not?! Teamed with my red shoes so that I wasn't completely in black I thought to myself "Today I look good". Even without any make up done or my hair brushed into anything more stylish than a ponytail. It's amazing what putting on "nice" clothes can do for you.
What really made me happy though was bumping into Neighbour Mum in the playground who had a rather large infectious grin on her face.
"Neighbour Dad saw you the other day" she started "He said WOW! Pippa has lost a lot of weight!".
It thrilled me. I mean I know last week at the MADs I had people telling me I looked great and that they could see I had lost weight, but this is someone who sees me almost every day and they had noticed the loss. I'm pretty sure the Wow wasn't because I was looking fabulous, but because the current weight loss of 35lbs is a huge amount of weight and I have changed shape, a bit anyway.
I think I may go grin at myself in the mirror for a bit. It's not vanity, it's me being proud.
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Did I want to wear that? Why didn't I want to make myself look nice for a change?
So I grabbed my black trousers (too big but they flare out nicely) and the black top I wore to the MADs last week. It's what I call posh, it's a going out type top it has sparkles and sheer bits and it feels silky smooth so it is nice to wear. It's not really school run wear but why the heck not?! Teamed with my red shoes so that I wasn't completely in black I thought to myself "Today I look good". Even without any make up done or my hair brushed into anything more stylish than a ponytail. It's amazing what putting on "nice" clothes can do for you.
What really made me happy though was bumping into Neighbour Mum in the playground who had a rather large infectious grin on her face.
"Neighbour Dad saw you the other day" she started "He said WOW! Pippa has lost a lot of weight!".
It thrilled me. I mean I know last week at the MADs I had people telling me I looked great and that they could see I had lost weight, but this is someone who sees me almost every day and they had noticed the loss. I'm pretty sure the Wow wasn't because I was looking fabulous, but because the current weight loss of 35lbs is a huge amount of weight and I have changed shape, a bit anyway.
I think I may go grin at myself in the mirror for a bit. It's not vanity, it's me being proud.
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