Mini Rewards

How do you reward yourself? While on my weight loss journey I tried to think of ways to reward myself for losing weight. It is like when you were little and your mom would wrap her arms around you and give you a kiss and tell you how proud she is of you.

Even though losing the weight in and if itself is rewarding. My roommate said I should reward myself. Normally a person would go out and eat to celebrate, but as Jason my group leader says, "that's what got us where we are in the first place." So what I'm about to tell you may sound a little silly and frivolous to some, it really cheers me up and makes me happy.

Fresh Flowers always make me happy. Especially Gerbera Daisies (my personal favorite), but any flower makes me happy. Spring is my favorite season and part of that is because I grew up in Utah we always had about 4-5 mos of brown drabness. Then about March everything started to turn green and most of all the flowers started to bloom.

Now here comes the frivolity... I have been known to buy flowers for myself quite often. In fact I have bought them for myself more than I have received them from significant others. Well how have I been rewarding myself you might guess?? See for yourself... My reward for losing 20.6 lbs

Birthday Madness

Birthdays can either be lots of fun or they can be a real drag . . . I have to admit I was a little afraid of this birthday because it is the last before the dreaded 30. Saturday I got a call from my good friend and visiting teacher Emily, and she announced that she and her fiance had decided that they wanted to throw me a Birthday part. I was so excited. I like parties . . . I just don't like throwing them. We talked out a few of the details everything was set.
Tuesday came along and I was overwhelmed with Birthday messages on facebook, Birthday phone calls, and Birthday texts. I truly felt loved. I went to work and everyone wished me a Happy Birthday. My cute friend got me a fun present that is still sitting on my desk today. I went to lunch with a co-worker at this greek restaurant which was super yummy. My co workers got me my favorite cake (carrot cake) and even put frosting all of over my face. Pictures are included with this post.The party was amazing!! I had so much fun and felt so loved by all of my friends. Thank you Emily and David for such an amazing party. I don't have any pictures of the party. I forgot my camera in the car.
The next day was even more interesting. I went early in the day on a sales trip with one of my sales people. When I got back I got a phone call from my foreman. He asked if I could come over to the warehouse because they had something for me for my birthday. I got caught up on a few things and went over. I got there and my foreman and my other warehouse guy told me to sit down. My foreman came out of his office with this beautiful bouquet of lilies. I was thinking that was nice of them for the both of them to get these for me . . . he said there was a card. They weren't from the both of them. They were from another warehouse guy whom I think may have a little crush on me . . . and the card is in Spanish. I don't know Spanish so I have no idea what it says. They call Juanito over and I kindly thank him and give him a hug . . . but at this point I am feeling super awkward. I took the flowers back to my office and of course everyone is asking questions. I had my co-worker translate the card. It wasn't anything particular but it could be interpreted as more. My co-workers were all giving me grief because they were like . . . my warehouse guys never give me flowers. ha ha ha. Anyway so needless to say I wound up calling my foreman and told him that he and the other guy need to stop joking around about him liking me because I really don't want to encourage anything. The beautiful flowers are now gone, but I have attached a picture for your enjoyment.