the most delightful thing

an unexpected reason for rejoicing happened today.  i never knew that ill-fitting clothes could make me smile uncontrollably.

although most of my colleagues at work are family members: my sister, brother, brother-in-law, sis-in-law-to-be, we decided that to look more professional and more credible as school adminstrators, we had to wear respectable uniforms to work.  so we surfed the net, browsed through magazines, and even copied an actual blouse to come up with un-uniformly uniforms.  the designs we came up with were so chic that we couldn't wait for them to arrive, so we could start wearing nice clothes without having to worry about not knowing what to wear every time we reported for work.

our uniforms arrived today.  we were measured just a few weeks ago and boy was i surprised to see that my set of 3 blouses and 2 pairs of pants were all too big for me.  i couldn't believe what i saw in the mirror.  and i rechecked with the dressmaker if there was a mistake somewhere.  she checked the measurements she took of me against the finished uniforms.  each piece had the correct size, in all areas.  it meant only one thing.  i lost weight!

hurrah!  i lost 2 and a half inches around the waist and an inch or two everywhere else.  i happily gave back the uniforms to the dressmaker for readjustments.  i didn't care that i would be the only one not in uniform tomorrow.  this is totally worth the wait.  i'm looking forward to losing more weight soon!