Monday, November 04, 2024
As I lose more weight, I have been trying on more of my older clothing items. This weekend it was some of the dress coats I used to wear with business suits.
As shown in the top photo, I put on a long turtleneck dress and a pair of 9West black suede boots to shoot photos.
I miss dressing to go to the office everyday and now that things are beginning to fit again, I really miss dressing for the office. That said, I do not miss the dry cleaning bills.
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Today, I had a non-business related meeting which did not require I leave the house. I chose to wear a pair of old military pants my sister (ex Federal Officer) gave me.
Normally, I pair those pants with my brown suede jacket and my Bass heeled boots (shown below), however today I simply put on a sweater and the sandals I normally wear around the house.
Lately, I have been working a number of software projects so in addition to my normal routines I have been busy. This the reason I have not posted as much.
Some of my recent software projects include:
Monday, October 21, 2024
In July 2024, CJ, a leader in affiliate marketing announced a new partnership with Amazon. Read more about the announcement in this article.
I did not notice the original announcement, however, on October 16, 2024 I
logged into my CJ account and noticed a large banner ad for the Amazon Sellers
Affiliate program. I decided to sign up and was notified on Thursday, October
17, 2024 I was accepted into the program.
One of the program's offerings is an API resource enabling software developers a means to access product data dynamically through program calls.
I began developing a program interface (Java Servlet) on Saturday (October 19, 2024), after much thought on how I would integrate the affiliate
program's offerings. Shown below, backup copies of the time stamped Java files
showing progress I made over the weekend with the development efforts.
The screenshots of the new program interface shown below- are my efforts through this morning.
I have minor cleanup work- yet to complete on the new interface. I want to install the new program as a product demonstration interface on the main area of qisoftware.com under the products section, however this is not definite.
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Thursday, October 10, 2024 I had a few errands to run. It was a bright sunny day with a high in the 70s. I decided to wear a pair of black slacks, one of the sweaters I was thinking about offering on WiredShops (sourcing maybe an issue), and a pair of Cognac Anne Klein's.
Today, happy an old skirt (not shown) fit, so I started trying on other items. Pulled out several of my dress coats and tried on my Romeo & Juliet Couture sweater.
I love that Romeo & Juliet sweater, however it is a little bit too foo foo for my normal style so I keep trying to convince myself I can wear it. It was a little too tight around the hips when I purchased it, however it fits now. What do you think?
Recent Purchases
Sunday, October 06, 2024
I started my weekend on Friday, with the Real Estate Coffee House Zoom meeting. Yes, I am still a Maryland licensed real estate salesperson, see resume.
Maryland laws which affect areas associated with real estate recently went into effect and I wanted to sit in and listen to some of the local experts.
After the meeting, since I did my hair and makeup, I started to try on things I recently pulled from the back of my closets. Though the charcoal sweater with the detachable fur collar is something I wear normally in the Fall and Winter months, I never wear the collar.
I purchased the sweater because of the collar, however for whatever reason
I could never find a look I liked using the collar. So Friday, I looked into
one or two things I could do to use the collar with the sweater.
Today, I pulled out more of the pencil skirts I purchased as separate pieces for the corporate workplace. Some of those skirts (black & charcoal gray wool skirts) are shown above.
Other pencil skirts I purchased like the leather and lined linen skirts shown below, were worn on weekends or on other outings. The style worked with my body type and I always liked a more conservative look for most outings. I played with color a bit more, outside of the workplace. Most of the skirts are size 6 and lined.
I am still going through my closets to see what I can wear again- because of weight loss.
Other things I took care of this weekend included updating the renewal
terms for a CD that will mature later this month, some work in the
garden, and I added to the clothes donation pile.
Some of the movies, videos, and sports events I watched over the weekend.
- Silent Witness w/Dermot Mulroney
- Hypnotic w/Ben Affleck
- Madeline Argy recent vlog
- Baltimore Ravens win over the Cincinnati Bengals
My days are pretty active, and because of this I have been able to lose more weight than normal over the last year. The activities discussed in this post are in addition to my normal routine.
Wednesday, October 02, 2024
It rained today, however I decided to go out as planned. The high in my area was about 71 degrees so I wanted a light jacket to wear with my dress.
In the illustration above, I included the prices for the items I had on. The dress is available at this link. The 14K gold earrings were a gift, however, I found an exact match and noted the $500+ price tag.
In a recent post, I provided a photo of a wool lined suit I purchased in 1983 or so in Falls Church, VA.
I paid about $50.00 for the suit at a discount center. This is not a noteworthy stat, however interesting to me insofar as how my buying habits changed after leaving the corporate workplace. Okay, my weight also played a factor.
