I'd rather be lucky...

Current song: "I'd Rather Be Lucky" by Brad Johner [country; sooo catchy!]

eee, so it's really starting to sound like we may get extended...i can't believe this is happening!  they told us that when we were originally set for seven months, it was basically a guarantee that we 'couldn't' get extended...  Optimistically, though, this is more time to get qualified, more time in tax free, fewer opportunities to spend money...less time in San Diego...longer time away from family...

annnnnd focusing on the good again, i made it a mission to lose 6 pounds before our next port visit (in a couple of weeks - i started like on thursday or friday, i don't remember).  so far i've lost 2.6 pounds, putting me at 143.4...which means a grand total loss, since the beginning of deployment, of 14.6 pounds! yay!!  i am just shy of 5'8 so going by the age old 100 pounds @ 5 feet and 5 pounds for every inch after maxim, i should be somewhere between 135 and 140 pounds, annnnnd now it looks like i will have an extra month or two to work on getting down to goal.
i'm reading on people's blogs that stores are closing and people are losing their jobs - the people up the street from my parents literally had a Fun With Dick & Jane [the Jim Carrey movie, not the book] moment, when their lawn and the fountain they had in their front yard got repossessed...obviously didn't help the property value of the neighborhood, either.  SO i am going to make a CONSCIOUS effort not to blow my money...meaning that my dreams of owning these boots: [Stuart Weitzman Topup Boots] may be dashed for now.  unless i can convince myself that they're a wardrobe staple.  whiiiiiich i probably can.  except for the fact that i live in San Diego and own all of 3 pairs of jeans (what can I say? i'm a lilly girl!!) to tuck into them.  they're gorgeous though, aren't they?

lastly, please check out Short Southern Momma's blog for a cutie bag giveaway!

and FINALLY i wanted to give SUCH a warm thanks to these blogs for helping to spread the knowledge about my Stella + Dot Haiti Relief Fund Efforts.  For every purchase you make (until Valentine's Day...I suggest letting your hubbies + boyfriends know) via my Independent Stylist Stella + Dot Website, I will donate 20% of the profits to Save the Children's Haiti Relief Efforts.

!thank you!

Starfish and Sundresses

Preppy 50 and Loving Lilly

The Pink Washingtoniette 

P.S. Such an amazing and cute story...Melanie of The Pink Washingtoniette went to Cornell, I went to University of San Diego.  Opposite sides of the country, shouldn't know anyone in common, right?  WELL, she went to HS in the D.C. metropolitan area, where I also went to high school, so maybe we'd know someone from that, right? NO! it turns out our one mutual facebook friend is her boyfriend, who i did some military summer training with seriously maybe six years ago, and i'd just stumbled on her blog!  small world, huh?

SO, since I missed a San Diego Christmas, I leave you all with images of something I can't wait for...

 

 

SUMMER in San Diego!

Images: Coastal Living Magazine Tree and Entree, Ginger Bikini Printed Border, Stella and Dot Bloom Charm Bracelet