My Day as Hermione

Today was Reading for Fun Day at work and the staff and students were encouraged to dress as a favorite character from a book. I love many books, but decided to be Hermione from Harry Potter. I think I got a little too excited for this as you might see in the pictures below with my attention to details. There were several kids dressed up as Voldemort and death eaters. My boss even dressed up as Harry!

My easy way of getting wavy and crazy hair.

A close up of my braids.

My Hermione outfit.

Full costume with the robe.

My fake tie made of red fabric, gold ribbon, a pin back, and hot glue.

My badge made of a printed off photo of a Gryffindor badge, cardboard, a pin back, and hot glue.

A close up of my wavy hair.

My "crazy" hair.

I was super tired after work and my left ankle and shoulder hurt from moving the piano in and out of my classroom for a performance as part of Reading for Fun Day. I'm planning on taking it easy and resting my feet for the rest of tonight.

My eating has been pretty good again today, so here are my meals and snacks...

Breakfast of Chobani, oatmeal, and a fruit strip at 5:30

Snack of a NutriGrain bar at 7:30

Snack of baby carrots, lunchmeat, and Special K bar at 10:00

Lunch of Progresso soup and Wheat Thins at 11:30

Dinner of Smart Ones mini cheese pizzas, cheesy broccoli, and a Skinny Cow ice cream bar at 4:30

A Haircut and a Costume

This weekend was busy with trying to clean the house, get some shopping done, and doing things for work. The first thing I did on Saturday morning was get a haircut.

If you are wondering about the shirt, it is Ralph from The Simpsons. Ralph has some of the best lines!

How come my hair never looks this good when I do it myself?

After that I went grocery and other various things shopping. I was looking for a gray cardigan, black skirt, black tights, a magic wand, and a cape. Why you ask? It is to make a Hermione Granger costume for work. They are having a Reading for Fun Day and would like staff and students to dress up as a favorite character from a book. I would love to be Scarlett (from Gone With the Wind- my favorite book), but I don't think that anyone would know who I was. I made a fake tie and Gryffindor patch for my costume with some fabric, ribbon, pin backs, photo paper, and hot glue. I was getting my craft on and this is all you get to see until I put it all together tomorrow.

Another random find from this weekend was a good microwave pizza that is 200 calories a serving. It is by DiGirono and they have different kinds, but I had the supreme.

My eating and working out wasn't very good this weekend, but has been much better today. Always easier to get back on track on a Monday. I also got an e-mail about a walking challenge in the school corporation where I am working through the wellness program. I immediately signed up. It was only $40 (and that is for a really nice pedometer and USB port for it) and it looks to be fun with teams and prizes. I figured it would be good motivation to get working out again.

Here is the food for today...

Breakfast was Chobani, oatmeal, and a fruit strip around 5:30 this morning.

My first morning snack was a Nutrigrain bar at 7:30.

Later in the morning I had baby carrots, chicken lunchmeat, and a Special K bar- 10:00.

Lunch was Progresso soup and Wheat Thins at 11:30.

My afternoon snack was cinnamon almonds, a fruit strip, and a Special K bar around 2:50.

Dinner was Subway- diet Coke, ham and turkey on wheat with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, green peppers and light mayo, and a yogurt parfait at 4:30.

I'm guessing that later tonight I'll be eating one of these...

Exercise won't be much tonight- either cleaning the great room or a short walk.