I was invited to a Shanghai 30s theme party on Feb 28.  It's probably a once in a life time opportunity, so I signed up immediately and asked my dearest cousin, Q, to be my plus one.  The ladies are supposed to wear dresses 30s style (Chinese or Western).  I thought I'd go for Western because there's no way I can find Chinese traditional dress that can fit me.  And I'd probably look silly anyway. 

The party was so much fun from the minute I was invited.  Not only I can have a fun time with Q (it's been too long) at the party, we can also shop together for the event.  She brought be to a shop where I ended up buying a  Chinese dress that fits me...a little too tight but it looked much better than I expected. 


I knew if I want to be comfortable in this dress, I have to cut down my food consumption big time...but of course I can't do it.  So the week before the party, I tried to have just soup for dinner.  Being a very creative cook, I added lots of goodies in to my soup each night.  And I've been going to yoga at least 4 times a week for 3 weeks.  In the end, I lost ONE pound after all the effort...and the dress was still too tight.  Thank goodness the dress didn't break on me...haha