After a cup of coffee...or two

Sunday, February 4, 2007

I was whonked upside the head!

With love, of course.

My friend blest whonked me over at the One Weigh or Another website. I'm trying to lose 65 pounds with OWOA's support (now down to about 60 pounds), and I don't think the freshly made donut I ate yesterday is on my diet.

Did I mention it was a Rolo donut? Caramel glaze with mini chocolate chips...mmmm...

Ahem.

Anyway.

I have this pattern with weight loss that I've never been quite able to break. I can't just diet. I have to diet AND exercise regularly. If I'm not exercising regularly then I find it really hard to eat well.

I mean, I hate to sweat, and if I do get all sweaty then I'm not going make it in vain and eat poorly, you know?

But if I'm not working out, well then I probably won't lose much anyway, so why not eat that nice hot donut? Or the ice cream and bread pudding dessert that we got at Applebees on Friday night. Or the toffee almond bar I had at Starbucks with Chloe. (Since the gooey, fattening truth about the donut is out, I might as well divulge my whole weekend's snacking.)

But now that my little secret is out, I am going to work harder this week! I will eat well and not give in to snacking! And I will exercise more than once.

And if I get snacky, I'll have a cup of coffee. Or two.

A really great idea

Head on over to Shalee's on Tuesday, Feb 6 to share (or steal) some great cheap date ideas! My mom is coming into town the weekend after Valentine's so I'm hoping to find some really good ideas since I'll have a free babysitter! Yay!

Saturday, February 3, 2007

You just might fall out of your chair

We did not go to Target today!

Are you ready to hear where we did go?

BJ's! Which is the same as Costco.

Ok, so it wasn't a never ending thrill ride that my children will be talking about for weeks to come. But in my defense, we were getting low on diapers.

And we also took a trip to The Fractured Prune and got us some freshly made donuts. I mean, any store where the donuts are practically dripping grease and has this as its mascot has got to be fun, right?

Friday, February 2, 2007

Not Target Again!

It is a sad fact of my life today that if I am not at home (and I usually am) then I am at Target.

Why there is always something to buy at Target, and how I go into the store to get one thing and come out with, oh, 17 things, I don't know.

A trip to Target has even become our source of weekend entertainment.

How sad is that?

This weekend I want to do something new and exciting.

But I don't know what!

My friend Joy and her family go letterboxing, which sounds like so much fun, and I'd love to try it sometime. But not when it is 35 degrees outside. And muddy. If you need proof of how muddy it is, see the Wordless Wednesday post below.

I'd love to go to the zoo, but it's a two-hour drive, and again, it's 35 degrees outside.

Hmm...this is going to require some major creativity from my sleep-deprived brain!