Seriously? Next Sunday?

Wow...Christmas really snuck up on me this year!  Thankfully, I am finished with shopping and now I just have to wrap the few gifts that I will be taking on the plane on Wednesday.  I've shipped some gifts directly to my sisters house for my daughter Jordan whose birthday is also on Wednesday so at least they will be waiting for me to wrap while I am there.

I had to go out and buy a new winter jacket for me to wear while in NY as my old one is really just too big.  Thankfully I hit a nice sale at Macy's and had a 25% off coupon!  Yea!  The jacket was originally $199 and had been marked down quite a few times to $89 and I got it for $66 or something.  Very plain, Michael Kors.  Perfect!  

We went to a few Christmas parties, one last Saturday and than one last night.  The following are a few pictures from those parties.  Please excuse me for wearing the same tank top as I just fell in love with it and had to get my monies worth.  I was the only one who knew it was the same as there were different people at each party!  Also, the second picture shows my new haircut.  Its much shorter than what it was and I love it!

Actually, let me clarify last nights 'party'.   We never actually made it to the party but we did make it to the hospital!  The plan was to go to our friends house to meet up than we were going to a restaurant for an early dinner and then we'd be stopping by a party at our friends Golf Club.  Well, we made it to their house and the restaurant but never made it to the party.  

As many of my friends know, I am not much of a drinker.  Steve always says "one drink, I can feel it; two drinks anyone can".  Well, at their house I had a glass of very good tasting Champagne.  I was also drinking it on a tummy that hadn't eaten anything but a hard boiled egg at 10 that morning!  Ok, so it went right to my head.  We proceeded to the restaurant where it was Happy Hour and I ordered a Merlot which came in a carafe as it was  2 for 1 drinks.  I was obligated to drink most of it, right?  Next thing I know, I was munching on some Chipotle' Grilled Shrimp.  Delish!  Next thing I knew, my feet were itching like crazy and my shoes were suddenly too tight.  Yep....you guessed.  I was having an allergic reaction to the combo of the shrimp and the RED wine!  This happened to me about 15 years ago and I've never mixed red wine with any type of seafood.  My doctor told me some people are allergic to the combo of some enzyme in the seafood and the red wine.   I've had seafood numerous times since and red wine but never together.  Oops!

Anyway, we went to the hospital and after waiting about 45 minutes and not being seen I wanted to leave and just go to CVS for some Benedryl.  Luckily, the reaction was not as bad as the first time.  I actually had trouble breathing and had to have a shot of Adrenylin that time.  This time it really was mostly my feet and my hands had started to tingle.  Steve and my friends agreed to take me to CVS but I promised them that if I felt it was getting worse we'd go back to the hospital.  I took two giant swigs of liquid Benedryl, we dropped our friends off at their home and went home.  I was in bed by 7:30 and slept until 7 a.m. today!

Do I know how to party or what?

My weight has been holding steady at 142, some days dipping to 141 and occasionally to 143 but it always settles at 142.  I am very happy to be maintaining, especially during the holiday season.  

This will probably be the last time I post before Christmas.  We will be spending the holiday with our family on Long Island and are leaving bright and early this Wednesday.  I wish you all a wonderful Holiday and will check back in as soon as I can!