An Alaskan Panda's Life

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Anchorage escape

Two outfits from a recent trip into Anchorage to visit with some friends that came up to Alaska from South Dakota. I'm in love with these new boots if you didn't guess.

Day 1

Day 2

In the words of my friend Rex, "I say yes."

I've been thinking about this on and off for a while. About insomnia and dreams. And silly explanations that fail to make sense. Sometimes I feel like I can't sleep at night because I don't have anything to dream. I've never had dreams. Never had that goal or job or dream to work for. Never wanted anything. I mean I want happiness. Ultimately. But, who doesn't? For someone (and I hate to sound like a pompous ass or anything) with considerable smarts and skills, why don't I have a dream? Why don't I want something? Why don't I have this life goal? How can I just be floating by looking for something that will make me happy for a little while till I find something else? What's wrong with me? What did I miss? What part of me is missing?

In my world I have insomnia because I've used up all my dreams. On the nights that I can sleep, it's because a dream, even if it's just a day dream, has found me and enveloped me in tryptophan or sleep kisses. On the nights I can't sleep, it's because nothing in me wants to dream or can dream. Such a juvenile thought.

Friday, September 9, 2011

All smiles

And I don't know how it gets better than this, you take my hand and drag me headfirst, fearless.

I'm not looking to shabby... :) This makes me happy.

New boots. Yup, I'm in love.

I'm slimmer than I've been in a good bit of time. I'm not entirely sure how it happened. I started out running and that definitely helped. I haven't been running for a few weeks now and I'm still managing to lose a few pounds here and there. Although lately I've been out and about more and the weight has been melting off of me. It's incredible.
I've had the opportunity to go out into the country with friends more than I've had in any other year before of being home. And I've jumped at every opportunity. Maybe that's helped. Not having access to munchies all the time, and being out and active. I'm not sure, but I'm gonna go with it and keep smiling.
I feel silly saying it, but I don't look too bad these days.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

The pink and black dress

I have a clothing addiction and for the first time I have a really good fundage situation going on for it. I'm not sure how good of a thing this necessarily is. I recently got this dress. I saw my friend Colleen wearing something similar once upon a fantastic time when I ended up crashing at her place after getting thoroughly intoxicated on a Friday evening at the Diva Variety Show. Hers of course was classier and prettier and probably a bit more expensive and fancy, but that just ain't my style. This is:

And I adore it.

And surprisingly enough to me, it works on my body type. Not fantastically. Nothing ever seems to fit me fantastically but this is close enough for me. I think I've worn it out two or three times already. Which considering I only dress up in Anchorage and then when I'm not doing bush shopping is considered often. Lol.... Ah well, I hope to be going to Anchorage sometime soon. Boots and dresses and heels..... *sigh*

New boots

Payday is both a blessing and a curse. I get paid and I feel the instant need to buy a little treat for myself. :) I don't think I'm the only human being that has this little urge. However, I probably succumb to it more than most. I've been wanting boots for a while. And I love boots with a defined heel, but these wedge type boots just jumped out at me. They were on sale for $14.99 and for a clumsy panda the wedge is probably better than a heel. Needless to say, I can't wait till my next trip to Anchorage when I get to rock this puppies out.