Year in Review – 2017 Edition

Easily the highlight of my year was my California trip. Newbies can check it out here. But the rest of 2017 was not without its moments:

I got to try on a Super Bowl ring (not one of the many thousands the Steelers have, unfortunately, but still):

 

Put 1,395 miles on my car. And I thought the 1,662 I put on last year was sad. This lower number is a direct result of the car troubles I had in the summer and have not been able to afford to fix. And yes, here are actual swear-on-Sammy’s-life pictures of my before and after mileage:

 

 

Lost 5.6 pounds. I really need to do something about my weight. I am going to give Meatless Mondays a try and have vowed to give up paying for red meat and pizza. Originally it was to give up eating those two things but I got a free birthday burger from some place that sends me emails and there’s going to be pizza at work next week, so being the natural lawyer I am (and a cheap ass) the loophole is that I am not going to PURCHASE red meat or pizza. This isn’t going to be that much of a hardship, my red meat consumption is maybe once a week and pizza once a month but baby steps.

But perhaps it is my mental health issues that I should work upon. I truly think I might be getting early onset dementia. Exhibit one:

Went to a concert (Billy Idol). What makes this even more noteworthy, it was at Mandalay Bay not three weeks after the shooting. Yep, still not over - and frankly don't know if I ever will be - all that ensued in my life after that massacre.

Got six pedicures.

Saw no movies in the theater. I think this is the first time in a while I have had a zero movie year. Driving issues, of course.

Spent $223.30 at the post office, $275.72 at Target and $187.94 at the dollar store.

And in a rarity, finally got a picture taken of me that I like and am willing to share: