My second week post-partum continued into the day after Christmas. While I anticipated having a very low key and largely uneventful day, I was feeling amazingly refreshed and was itching to go shopping. It did not even cross my mind that December Twenty-Sixth was one of the busiest shopping days of the year; I just wanted to go shopping. I picked up one of my younger sisters to accompany me and help with my son (I stilled needed to get my hands on a double stroller to keep both of my children contained and safe). The moment I saw all the cars and no parking spaces, I realized that going shopping might have been a bad idea. After buying my newborn daughter a New Years party dress at significant discount and realizing that most of the stores were picked over, we felt that the craziness and near madness was not for us. We headed home for a movie and some much needed relaxation. Some good did come from my spontaneous urge to go shopping, which was the urgent need to get back to my pre-pregnancy size as quickly as possible; I have skinny jeans to buy (and trying on jeans at two weeks post-partum is a very depressing endeavour … one which I did not undertake that day). Once my tiniest post first pregnancy pre second pregnancy jeans fit, I will be off to find the perfect skinny jeans; until then I will have to reside myself to my maternity skinny jeans (which are not very exciting to wear post-pregnancy). The rest of the week was largely uneventful. I went about my daily tasks with more energy than week one. I continued to take my vitamin supplements and I even continued to eat my three egg omelette for breakfast! While I enjoyed being about to nap at my leisure, I pined for a good workout and new skinny jeans!
