MY CHRISTMAS DRESS FITS - MADE MY GOAL !!

 me with lipstick and a big smile! as promised, I tried on my Christmas goal dress today, Dec. 15.  If it still didn't fit, I was going to go into a convent for ten days of prayer and fasting! as it turned out, that wasn't necessary.  The dress fits perfectly.  All I need to do is keep on track like I've been doing. Last night I "babysat" my mother while my sister and her husband went to a party. I was tired and thinking negatively.  I said to her, "I'm afraid the dress isn't going to fit." With the solemn wisdom of a woman soon to be 90, she replied YOU'LL HAVE TO WEAR SOMETHING ELSE THEN. That struck me SO funny.  Brilliant, mommy.  Brilliant piece of deductive reasoning.  Couldn't have figured that out for myself in a million years.