Now I am just waiting for the battery to charge…
It seems to be taking forever…. of course it has been only about 20 min but time seems to stand still when you stare at something…lol
and of course today has to be rainy dark and sticky and really not a great day to take pics… But I have it and I will take them!!
wow… I am just on a spending binge here aren’t I?
I love my current Camera (Canon G9)…
but well… I have long desired more “Umph”… I just love photography and I want to do more and as great as the G9 is… it is a P&S and has its limits…
So I decided to take the plunge and sacrifice any gifts for my birthday, Xmas, Valentine’s day,Mother’s Day, Anniversary etc for as long as it takes to get my hands on a nice DSLR…
I love Canon… so for a long time I had eyed the XT… then the XTi… and then of course the Xsi… and the higher level ones of course but always knew they were not in my range (especially price wise!)…
I started looking for prices on the XTi and XSi but I kept my mind open because I wasn’t 100% sure yet…. and then I saw the Nikon d80… another great looking camera…
So I was torn for quite a while between the XTi or XSi and the d80…. and I was about to choose the d80 but kept looking and went through every online review that I could find which is when I started to see the Pentax mentioned…
not much… but just enough to get my attention..
So I started looking more into it and realized that it was the choice for me…
So the new Camera? The Pentax K20D
What made me choose… it has tons of features, it is weatherproof, has the anti-dust and has the image stabalization in the camera so that you don’t have to buy more expensive IS or AV lenses and most importantly the images look amazing…
This is not classed as an entry-level DSLR… it is a semi-pro but priced in the entry-level range….so I will have the chance to not only grow into it but stay with it for quite a while…
Of course then I needed to choose a lens… I decided to get the camera with a kit lens on special at cameracanada.com which gives me the Pentax 18-55mm lens…but for the upcoming trip to BC I wanted to have a bit more than 55mm and while searching for lenses for all the cameras I was looking at the 18-250mm Tamron kept popping up… and not only does it have amazing reviews as a great walkaround “most purpose” lens and especially good for travelling…. it also has macro which is something that I really want also…
So both the camera and the lense were ordered just a few hours ago and because it is coming from Ontario it should be here within the week…and in time for Xavier’s Birthday party on Sunday…
I am SO excited!!
ok… ok… maybe not that news worthy to some… but for me who never buys clothes… well it is something worth mentioning… honestly…
I have never spent so much in one day on clothes in my life!!! actually I have never even spent 1/3 of what I spent yesterday…
I really needed it though…
All of my clothes were too big…
I was at the mall a few days ago and I had Khéna on my back and Xavier was telling me that my shorts were falling down and when I checked they were half way down my bum… I was waiting to lose a little more weight before I bought a few things but It just hit me that there is no more delaying it…
So… I started trying out clothes and at first was looking at the sizes that I am used to…
A few months ago… I was wearing a size 22-24 so I started looking at those but then realized that I was there because it didn’t fit anymore… so I asked an employee what size she thought I was and she said 18… so I tried one on and yep!!! 18! I can’t believe that 30 pounds took that much off!!
So I bought…
-2 new bras ( and I mean real bras… not nursing… REAL…. I haven’t bought a real bra in about 7 years!… my boobs went from droopy and navel gazing to HELLO THERE!!!)
-clear straps for the bras to wear with my spaghetti strap tops…
-2 tank tops
-2 t-shirts
-denim bermudas
-Khaki bermudas
-a pair of jeans
-black shorts
-lounging pants
and a bathing suit…
you can just imagine what I spent… 😐
But… I wanted to cover all of the basics… so that I can use what I have in my closet that still fits and also everything I bought is mix and match…
It felt so weird spending all that money on clothing for me…
and I have to admit that I kind of even liked trying on new clothes that fit well and make look and feel pretty good if I may say so myself…
eta… a few pics…
Last Friday I decided to head to Montreal to see an old friend who had a photography/art exposition… I picked Simon up at work and we headed up to St-Denis and Deluth and I found a parking space right away which is always a nice thing…
We headed to the gallery to make sure that she was there and Simon and the boys stayed for a few minutes and then went out to eat together… I stayed and talked and looked for a while and then went looking for them… Since they had eaten and I hadn’t I decided to go my favourite restaurant in Montreal… ChuChai
Simon and the boys went for a walk and to check out a store and I sat down on the terrasse and ordered something to drink while I looked at the menu… I knew what I was going to eat but I was wondering about the entree so I asked for a suggestion from the waitress… so I got the breaded crispy seaweed with sweet and spicy sauce…and ordered the tofu with peanut sauce and crispy spinach and sticky rice for the main meal…
I people watched and took a few pics while I waited… Though I love to eat out with a friend or with the family, I really don’t mind dining alone.
I got my entree and started…. omg it was amazing!!!
just when I started to eat a man sat down at the table beside me… he had brought a bottle of wine and the waitress uncorked it and served him and asked if he wanted to keep the cork and he said yes and he made a joke that he couldn’t finish it without help unless someone helped and then offered me a glass… I laughed it off but he asked again and I decided to take him up on his offer… the vibe that I got off him was just a nuce guy vibe…
So we ended up talking through the whole supper… he has three grown kids and 3 grandkids… he is a teacher for adults who don’t know how to read and need basic skills to work…
There were moments of silence that were not at all awkward because we were just two strangers eating alone next to each other…
I got my main course and forgot to take a pic… next time I will try though because the food there is worth the trip to Montreal….
I finished up and then headed to the car to meet Simon and we started to head home…
It was a night like that night that I miss living in Montreal… people watching, meeting nice people, eating amazing food and walking on streets full of life…
I am on a plateau right now… still hanging around 223-224…
The pool went into Summer hours and it makes it a lot harder to go… I would have to leave the minute Simon gets home to get my hour in… which would mean that supper would have to be done completely before Simon gets here… (I often use the time Simon gets home to go into real action with supper…) and that I would not be able to eat with the family… or eat a hot dinner…
I need to get walking more… or biking or something… I need to get off of this plateau and start losing again…