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The Xmas party was a ton of fun. We met up with good friends and were able to snag a table. (There's no assigned seating, so you pretty much have to gather your potential tablemates and just grab a table. It's kinda nutty.) One of the senior managers whom we both like (and his wife is so cool) got his award for 20 years of service, so we cheered for him pretty good.

Everyone liked my dress. Hee!

And by coincidence, Lisa -- the extra-cool lady who runs the medical office at my office -- was at an event down the hall from us, so she stopped by to say hi to me! I have confided in her re my weight travails, so I'm glad she got to see me looking hawt!

The food was pretty good, and the wine was decent. Hubby actually was in the mood to dance. We must have danced almost the whole last hour. My feet were killing me, but we had so much fun! It was the first party where Hubby and I stayed till the very end.

Then the smoke alarms wouldn't stop going off every couple of hours (no, nothing was burning), and the cats barfed on the rec room carpet and my warming blanket. Back to reality!

I was feeling porky after last night, so I decided to go back to counting points, for the structure. It was actually kind of fun to realize, "Hey, I can eat this!" Yes, yes, you can eat whatever you want on Core as long as you count points for non-Core list foods, but after last night, I have noooooo Weekly points left. I was going to go back to points when the kitchen went offline anyway, so what the hey? Might as well start now if I'm up for it. It's good to have two systems to switch back and forth whenever you get tired or bored. It makes you interested in what you're doing again. (For the record, at my weight, I'm on 23 points a day to lose weight.)

I feel kind of sad that the party is over. I had looked forward to it for weeks, especially when I realized I could wear my pretty dress after all. But I don't want to lose focus. I still have a few items of clothing I want to fit into again. I can make it happen!

Okay, off to bed. Then to get up in the morning and work out. Real life beckons, sadly!