salted caramel hot chocolate

so much to say...

first, i got a job, though part-time. dan and i are taking the youth leader position at church. i'm a little anxious about it, but i've come to realize something important. that's what God's calling me to right now. i never wanted to be called into it. He's finally got me there - so something great's going to happen. :)

next, i talked to the lady about the favors we decided on. she said her husband should be able to do it for us, and he'd get the jars, fill them and seal them for us. shouldn't be too expensive, either. also, their daughter has a degree in photography and has done some weddings. i'm hoping to talk to her more, though i have 2 friends willing to do pictures, too. i don't think you can have too many pictures - it only happens once!

i feel like there is so much going on right now, yet can't think of a thing that i wanted to write. i've lost 40 lbs so far. it's really showing lately (not that i haven't noticed til now). clothes that used to be tight are now somewhere between comfortable and way too loose. i used to wear an xl shirt (for most shirts) and i'm wearing m or l's now. not to mention pants... i was wearing jeans 18 or 20 and i'm down to a 14. it's crazy. i mean, it's great! i'm just still getting used to it. i intend to continue losing a little more, to get to a healthy range for my age/height. another 20 or so and i think i'd be at that range - i'll have to check. BUT, that means i'll definitely need my wedding dress altered next year! dan reminded me yesterday, i believe, we were under the 300 days mark! as of today i believe we're at 297!! it's crazy! i can't wait to marry him, he is so wonderful to me.

we've chosen a picture for save the date magnets. we're going to make them ourselves. :) i want to get them out soon, so hopefully really start doing that this week.

oh, and on a random note - i tried a salted caramel hot chocolate (with 2 shots espresso) from starbucks today. it was pretty good. i forgot to ask for no whip cream, though (bc i'm sure the drink itself had way more carbs than i should have been having anyway) so dan was kind enough to suck the whip cream off the top for me. i know, way to take one for the team, schmuv! ;) it was pretty good. dan didn't like it as much but he likes the sweet drinks better. i thought it was quite good. almost tasted like a chocolate covered pretzel or peanuts... but not real sweet at all. just a slight chocolate taste to it.... i dunno. try it. if you like salty, that is. or get a pastry and try it (if you're not diabetic, too) and have the salty-sweet combo. :) yum.

anyway, i'm going to read a bit and go to sleep.

take care of you for me.