Today I am wearing some new clothes in smaller sizes. After losing about 25 pounds this summer, I am delighted to be wearing a size 10 pants for the first time in about seven years. My ensemble today consists of black dress pants, black heels, and a pink v-neck short-sleeved shirt with an wide elastic band around the waist. I’m also wearing my usual watch and some bold oval earrings. As a teacher, I had been saving some of these newer, skinnier clothes for the start of the school year, so it has been fun wearing them for the first time. I’m getting compliments from teachers and students alike.