ABC of Inspiration

It was our Staff Forum today at the Crowne Plaza followed by a delicious barbecue lunch at the poolside. I wanted to look real CCC (Chic, Classic and Cool – in that alphabetic order of course) among the crowd of more than 200 employees and most of my friends to WOW and go gaga over my look! Unfortunately, nothing of that sort happened..I am so disappointed! Due to my bulging waistline, nothing satisfied me while shopping. If I found a Classic skirt, I did not find a Chic blouse, if I found a Chic blouse, well I was not happy with the Cool trousers or Classic skirt. And I needed shoes and jewellery too to go with it! My hubby refused to be a chauffeur and be lugged around which he hated, still hates and gave up.. Imagine he left me alone to find my CCC. Lol.. for him everything is BBB (Beautiful, Best, and Branded! OMG!!). What was appalling is that he made me walk home alone … luckily.. home was just a few meters away.. before the shops pulled the shutters down for the night! Chee Chee Chee!!! Poor me, I have decided never to depend on him in future, as far as my shopping goes..I have not spoken to him yet..for he might very well leave me walk barefoot all around Bahrain when it comes to shopping!!

Now if you ask me, who is responsible? No one, it’s only me the goose! I have to blame myself. I let myself into this. Eeeeeeks, sometimes my own stupidity really frightens me!! When will I be prudent? The question always haunts me even in my sleep!

Since my son left for UK, a ten letter word “depression” (I am good at scrabble!!) catapulted my otherwise normal life into slightly a messy one. Somehow I got that running in circles feeling, which ultimately produced a BULGE!! It’s only the other day, when I received an email from one of my best friends (I am not sure whether he had an intuition as to where I was heading!!) attaching an excerpt from the book of Betty Mahalik “Living a Five Star Life”, that inspired me so much, it woke me up from my deep slumber. I have started reading, going for my regular walks, do a bit of stretching and most important of all stopped gorging myself with whatever that I found in the refrigerator or airtight containers in my little kitchen. ABCs of inspiration.. that's what I call.. A bit late I suppose.. I could have had my wow CCC look today!

Come next Forum (2010!! There is enough time folks..) You’ll find me AAA (Absolutely À la mode & Awesome). I promise to post real pictures of mine then!

Thank you Ravi and Betty, this write-up is dedicated to you both!!!