Pink and Burritos

What a lovely Saturday! We got up and did some laundry. Had some McDonald's for lunch and then proceeded to play a boardgame. Chris won the game...the smarty-pants. He only beat me by a little though. I will catch him next time!

Our dinner was wonderful. We had burritos! But not just burritos, we had burritos with refried beans! Yum! The beans added so much to the burrito. It's crazy. God bless that import store we found. It's certainly been great to eat real Mayo, refried beans, and barbecue sauce (not all together! don't be gross.).

In other news, hooray for pink! I don't know if you know this about me, but I have become really into pink since I left. Not the singer, but the color. I find it cute and tend to react girly to it. I don't know why. I used to always hate pink, especially on me, but since coming to Japan...I dunno. My Nintendo DS is pink (and now has stickers on it that say Princess and some little red hearts). My cell phone is pink. I have some pink shirts. Chris taunts me with the pink PSP (but it's way too expensive to justify). Now...my shoes are pink! Look it!



Aren't they just too too? ... Ok, I've been getting my hip lingo from cartoons on Nickelodeon...maybe I should avoid that from now on. Let's try again!



Aren't they really cute? It's even better when you realize they aren't Adidas. They are Adimouse! Hah! Off brand! They have little mice on them. So cute. The tongue also reads: "Adimouse. The best shoe for all conditions original brand." Nice! I changed the shoelaces for the pink polka dotted ones. I just had way too much fun in the shoe store. I think it made Chris smile because he knows I have been hard up to buy new shoes here (my size is 24.5 which is the absolute top size in Japan for women and they are really hard find so I haven't been able to buy shoes). They have these awesome Purple converse (in my size!!) that I hope to get when they come down in price.

Anyways, I'm really excited about my news shoes. Too cute!

In other news, I have found this picture that was taken when I first got to Japan. It's a purikura (print club) picture that was taken on our first trip to Yonago with everyone. It was really the first time I got to hang out with the other ALTs and stuff. It was a good trip (can't remember what we watched, though). It's bent because it was in my wallet for the longest time.


(Angharad, Chris, Me, Jason, Mark)

Anyways, I find myself just staring at this picture all the time. Seriously, I think it weirded Chris out until I explained my motivations behind the staring. You know how when people decide to go on a diet, they put up a picture of them that makes them look really fat? That's never really helped me. It's always just depressed me (and when I'm depressed, I tend to comfort eat). Well, turns out, the opposite helps me much much more. This picture was taken not long after I went on my diet in America. I lost a lot of weight and had finally reached a weight that was in the recommended range for my height. Anyways...I like to look at this picture to give me determination not to snack during the day. Or to stop eating when I'm full (which is dumb, but Japan doesn't do doggy bags so it seems like you HAVE to eat it all or it's a waste).

I now keep it by my computer. I still stare at it. It's probalby unhealthy or something. But it's my hope that it motivates me to not be such a lump-lump for my last few months here. To stop sitting and watching TV and just get out and do something. Even if it's just to bike around. We shall see how it goes!

Now, American Idol is coming on in 30 minutes! How exciting! It's a new one for us (about 2 or 3 weeks behind you guys). Hope you have a happy Saturday as well.