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I’ll be treating myself to a shopping spree soon

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I think I’m going to have to treat myself to either a shopping spree in the mall or an online shopping spree soon.

Why? Well … I’ve been losing weight over the last month thanks to a medication that I’ve been taking for my migraines AND I also just quit smoking on Tuesday (so far so good).

So … not only do I need new clothes because I’m starting to swim in what I have, but I now have a little bit of extra money to spend on new clothes. Perfect! Oh and I found some dereon jeans online that I think will look great on me too … hmmm maybe I should just order them now?

Actually I may hold off my shopping for a couple of weeks (even though I do need clothes). I’m still losing weight so there’s no point in buying new clothes that might end up being too big in a month or two. I really don’t need to lose much more weight … I hope it slows down soon!

Our home finances just got a little better

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Earlier this week I finally got a much needed financial break. A bill came in on Monday and it’s a new bill that we’re just getting used to paying … it was over $100 less than I’d estimated that it would be. Yah!

It’s actually our car payment. We took the money out of our line of credit to pay for our used car, so that’s one of the reasons why I wasn’t exactly sure how much the monthly bill would be as it has a variable interest rate and this is the first month that we’re paying the full amount.

My husband and I are also in the midst of quitting smoking! My husband isn’t a very heavy smoker and he’s been able to just stop, but I’m doing it a little more slowly with medication. Anyway … I think by the end of the month this will be a smoke free house. So that means that we’ll have LOTS of extra money.

Well not really. We should put that extra money down on things like the car payment I was talking about above, or the mortgage etc. Of course … it would be nice to take a winter vacation for once. I haven’t done that for years! Naturally, if we did take a winter vacation we’d have to be on the look out for cheap life insurance as I never travel abroad without getting insurance. Health insurance too.

Anyway, it’s very nice that one bill that I thought was going be quite large is less than I had expected, and if my husband and I stick to our guns we’ll be non-smokers by the end of the month as well … so both our health and financial picture will look a lot better by November.

Knocking on wood now … hoping nothing else in our house suddenly breaks down ….

I’m going to have to buy new clothes soon

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I was just saying on my main blog that I’ve steadily been losing weight over the last month and a half.

It’s all because of a new migraine medication that I started taking in mid-August.

The migraine medication is the strangest medication I’ve ever been on. It’s an anticonvulsant, and it has tons of strange side effects … some pretty odd ones that I’ve had to deal with over the last 6 weeks. However, it’s been worth it, because, while my migraines aren’t totally gone (they were at first), they are a lot better than they were, and the one odd side effect that I’m sure almost everyone that gets prescribed this medication hopes for happened – weight loss!

I’ve lost about 15 pounds in the last month or so. I really haven’t changed my eating habits all that much, but I guess I do have some appetite suppression and I’m eating a bit less than I used to, plus some things like the Coca Cola that I used to drink each night (1 can only) tastes horrid. If this medication didn’t have so many weird side effects it would be one of the best diet pills ever.

If this keeps up I’m going to have to go on a big shopping spree in a couple of months. Almost none of my clothes fit right anymore. Everything is lose. I’ve already gone down two pant sizes and my bras are well .. hanging off me. LOL

I think my dog has an allergy or something

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I was just playing with my dog. She’s a Labrador Retriever and play each day is pretty much a necessity.

As we were playing she rolled over on her back for a belly rub and I noticed a spot on the inside of her leg that I’m sure wasn’t there a few days ago. It kind of looks like eczema.

I’m not sure if dogs can get eczema or not, but that’s what it looks like. I know they can develop allergies and skin problems so I guess I’d better figure out what this is and see if it needs to be treated. Maybe it’s just a bug bite that she scratched, that got irritated so it looks funny?

Anyone familiar with skin problems on dogs?

My migraine medicine is making me lose weight

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I can’t believe it – I think I’ve lost another couple of pounds in the last day or two.

I had a little bit of weight to lose, but now I’m losing weight way too fast.

It’s all thanks to a medication that I’m taking for my migraines. One of the side effects is loss of appetite and weight loss. I guess I’ve found a great way to reduce body fat – just take two of these wacky pills a day and ta da … lose several pants sizes in a few weeks. Or that’s the way it is with me on Topamax.

If this keeps up I’m going to start having to make myself eat a bowl of ice cream each day or something.

It’s really weird since most medications, if they’re going to do anything to you weight wise, make you gain weight, but this one, seems to make you drop it fast. I’m just happy that it’s helping my migraines.

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