Thank you both! I am both excited and nervous. Seems like my first 'real' job even though I've had a 'real' job for some time now. But I think I might get a business card and a work cell too though.
I am actually not looking forward to shopping. Its a necessary evil for me. #1 we don't have money to really do a whole new wardrobe and I am hopefully losing more weight so why spend $$ on nice stuff that won't fit in a few months (i hope). But I want to make a good first impression. While I know some of these people I don't know all of them. I also want to dress to impress but not overdress. Sigh. Not sure what to do.
Shoes are another issue but at least my shoe size shouldn't change. Overall I am not a big shoe person. I dont understand why women love them so much.
I am just too picky. I don't like the majority of things in the stores nowadays. While I like the look of a basic pump my legs KILL when i wear heels or even wedges. I wore wedges for my interview and my legs hurt for 2 days after. But maybe that's a good thing...exercise? I don't know. I will probably just try to find some comfy flats that look okay.
Oh and the wedges I wore I could maybe wear a time or two more but not much. They were starting to come apart at the seams on one of them but I camoflauged it by using shoe polish. They were black shoes with white stitching and I black polished both of them so they just looked like black shoes and you couldn't tell where they were coming apart.
I am picky buying clothes too. I flat out don't like 75% of what most stores have. Of the 25% I find that is 'okay' or I like it, half of those either don't fit or don't look 'right' on me. I am hoping I have less of the 'don't fit' issue this time around. We shall see.
I am considering just changing my 'uniform' of jeans with polos/sweaters to dress pants and button downs if I can find some button downs that hold the girls in without puckering. I know ones from Express are supposed to be good for that assuming I can fit into those but they are pretty pricey too...
This weekend my plan is to go through all my clothes in search of things that are work appropriate and that fit. If it doesn't fit and its a BIGGER size I want to donate it. If it doesn't fit and its a smaller size and is still something I would consider wearing in public if it did fit I will keep it. If it doesn't fit and I don't think I would wear it to toss it. Most of the stuff that doesn't fit me (on the too small spectrum) is well over 5-7 years old. I had a lot of dress clothes for my internship my last year of grad school and for interviews and whatnot, so hopefully some of that will still be okay but I know there is a lot of random stuff I don't see myself wearing and I wonder why I still have that because even if it fit I wouldn't wear it.
Hopefully by the end of the weekend I will at least have a small start so i don't have quite so much to buy next weekend. AF did finally arrive yesterday so shopping this weekend probably wouldn't go well.
My 'official' start date is May 13th but I may still be doing my old job at least part time though. I hope not but I might be.
As for exercising it was a beautiful day today and we have a lovely warm forecast for the weekend. I took the dog on a longer walk today bc DH wasn't feeling well. Then I don't know if its in my head or not but I think my arms are getting thinner or at least stronger. I can feel my bicep more. The other day I scratched my arm and i thought i felt a lump and i was like 'what is that?!' thinking it was a rash or huge bug bite on my arm..but when i pulled up my shirt I saw nothing red or bumpy just my arm, but my bicep was hard! I guess I'm not used to that.
Foodwise I am trying to transition from soup nearly everyday to salads. I love salads but they just take longer to prepare than grabbing a thing of soup. Basically i take spinach, some 'real' bacon bits, a bit of shredded cheese (half serving tops), a few cherry tomatoes and then my favorite..cut up strawberries! To die for! Then I bring a little thing of light ranch (the only dressing I like) then I dip my fork into the dressing then stir it around the salad or just dip the fork lightly and then pick up the salad. i use a lot less dressing that way (when i dip the spinach i get way too much i just like a little dressing). And when i have a bite with strawberries I don't even need dressing. lol I also bring some baby carrots to nosh on too. it's very filling and very yummy. I also like to use left over chicken from the grill or taco meat and bring that on the side in another dish and then heat that up and put on the salad...OMG its so good! The only thing better is if I have both blueberries AND strawberries! lol I know some people add almond slivers too but if I have almonds I'd rather have them on the side (i keep some in my desk). I am making myself hungry so I best stop.
I am going to bed for some beauty rest. Hope you all have a good weekend!
Thanks again!
Woot! Have fun looking for some new threads. 
Sorry about your soreness today. I'm there with you. In an attempt to vaccuum the stairs today, the vaccuum came down the stairs and attacked me and I'm feeling a bit beat up. I hope you get back to normal quickly!
Keep up the good work! 
I will check out your journal too if you start one. I think I may have seen one in your signature. I will check again after I hit reply. Thanks for following along. My high weight was 240 so if I actually do get down to a 'healthy' weight that would be 140 and put me at a 100 lb loss too! Dh's high weight was 405 so he's already well past his 100# mark. I should post our true BEFORE picture. 
The ONE guy who I didn't know is the guy who is retiring and one of the open position is HIS position and HE grilled me with a ton of questions and overall was probably my least favorite person to talk to of the 6 BUT good news he is retiring and besides training with him I won't have to deal with him. Then the last guy I met with actually was my boss for a short period of time while my boss was out with cancer treatment so he knows me really well. He said he was happy to see my name on the list and while its not up to him but he definitely thinks I deserve either one of them. So that's good... Of course now I am nervous about what if I DO get it?!
I know I know...just fear of the unknown. I guess at least its with the same company but then I think I'll feel guilty for leaving my coworkers in maintenance like I'm leaving them to move 'up front'. Maintenance is way out in the plant (about 1/3 mile in...I measured it) in an old building while the other job will be in the front office right on the street in a nice building with a janitor! 
But I totally get it!
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