Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Good Things About Weight Loss, Part II

One of my co-workers went to Baltimore last week, and brought back little gifts for all of us. Mine was this cute, tiny bracelet - honestly, when she handed it to me, I thought she had bought a child's size by mistake. But I put my game face on, smiled, thanked her and tried it on - and what do you know? It fit! Color me shocked!
The tiny bracelet in question

Please ignore the vein-y hands and focus on the tiny bracelet

I am so used to not being able to just buy an "off-the-rack" necklace - most of them come with a 16" chain, which was too small for my neck. Same for bracelets - like this, the stretchy ones might fit on my wrist, but there would be a lot of elastic showing. I guess my jewelry-wearing body parts have shrunk down to normal size. Funny how those NSV's pop up in the strangest places! Can't wait to pair this bracelet with my orange cardigan - yes, I will be stylin'!

By at

6 comments:

  1. new*meMarch 31, 2009 at 7:42:00 PM CDT

    cute! Yes .....a lot of us forget to measure wrists and necks....but those places shrink a lot too. My neck is pretty tiny these days.....just wish the tummy overhang would follow ;)

    Are those flowers on your blog new?

    ReplyDelete
  2. GigiMarch 31, 2009 at 10:27:00 PM CDT

    Love your observation about the elastic showing...that hit close to home and gave me a good laugh. Style on!!

    ReplyDelete
  3. carlaApril 1, 2009 at 5:08:00 AM CDT

    chills.

    I LOVE THAT.

    and that is truly a powerful NSV so many people whove never struggled with weight NEVER CONSIDER.

    ReplyDelete
  4. ShelleyApril 1, 2009 at 5:33:00 AM CDT

    Annette - I hear ya on the tummy overhang...something tells me it will be the last thing to go! And the flowers have been here for a while now.

    Gigi - Glad to hear that I'm not the only one who has seen the elastic show!

    Carla - Yep...so many seemingly insignificant things that normal-sized people have never "fretted" over!

    ReplyDelete
  5. TinaApril 1, 2009 at 8:41:00 AM CDT

    That's great Shelley! It looks really good on you too! I can't wait to be able to wear my wedding ring again.

    ReplyDelete
  6. H.K.April 1, 2009 at 9:28:00 AM CDT

    That is a cute bracelet! It seems this is the first of many things that you'll be able to wear that is small!

    ReplyDelete

Comments are now moderated to prevent spammers from leaving, well, spam - but rest assured that as soon as I read a real comment, I will publish it. So please, comment away, even though the blog is officially closed. Thanks!

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)