Morning everyone
Kam - sounds like you have a hectic few days!! I still need to get Sophie some school shoes - just call me 'Russiandoll.last-minute.com'!!
Cream lace over black linen sounds lovely ... very sophisticated and classy. You'll look the biz on the day!
Guess what I did yesterday wemitts? Well, I promised Sophie I'd take her to The Pyramids in Portsmouth (big swimming pool with flumes etc) and couldn't put it off any longer so we went along with my sister and her kids plus daughter number 3, Liz (19 today!) and her boyfriend.
I fretted over which swimsuit to wear but opted for the size 14 with the little sarong-like flap across the front (great for hiding belly and flabby leg-tops). Anyway, once there, I started to relax as I realised I wasn't the biggest one in the pool (as was the norm in the past) and nobody was paying the slightest bit of notice of me.
Then I started getting a bit braver and .......... I went down a flume!! Yes - ME .... a flume!!! The first ever in my entire life. It was flippin' scary as this one was pitch black inside and I was tossed this way and that but what a buzz!
Well, that was it ... I instantly reverted back to my childhood when I swam all the time: I was doing handstands in the water, somersaults, swimming under my 10 year old's legs (without knocking her over!) and had races across the pool. I said to my sister it was like I've been asleep for years and now I'm starting to wake up.
At one point, I glanced up to the spectators balcony and saw an overweight woman sitting next to a pile of coats looking hot and bothered. A short while ago, that would have been me

But things have changed!
Seeing the weight loss is great .... but experiencing the 'life gain' is even better!
