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5 on Friday

I hope everyone has some big plans this weekend. This is the first weekend in 3 week we're actually staying in town, so there is some lazy time scheduled, but also some cleaning and a hefty to-do list for L. Here are are some thoughts before signing off for the weekend!

1. I am going to start selling Stella & Dot!

 I'm so excited about getting started with this. A friend from home looped me into it, and we all know I'm up for a challenge, so wish me luck! (And let me know if you see anything you want to purchase!)

2. Super Bowl Snacks

We're going to a party on Sunday with a bunch of other Army friends and I've decided to make some meat and cheese crescent pinwheels (if I can get 32 pinwheels out of it, and use turkey instead of ham, they should be 1 WW P+ each) and some avocado, salsa, and cream cheese puff pastries (I think these will be 4 WW P+ each, but totally worth it).

3. Homemade Creamer

As a TGIF gift to myself, I decided to try home making some coffee creamer this morning. I had gotten away from drinking coffee since I take it with cream and sugar, and it's too many points (and have been drinking black tea plain instead). But this morning, my 5 o'clock wake up needed extra incentive.  I didn't need such a big batch, so I used equal parts milk and sweetened condensed milk (1/2 c. each for this morning) with a splash of vanilla extract. I shook it up in an old jelly jar, and because it foamed a little from the shaking, it gave my coffee a latte-y taste. Yum yum yum!

4. Honey-Do List

I mentioned our honey-do list for this weekend - I wanted to give you a peek at what I have in mind for our apartment. I think we decided last night just to stay put when our lease is up, which means I'm 100% ready to make this place look even more like home. 

We used window panes as our seating chart at the wedding and saved the two smaller ones and I'd love to use them as a headboard! So this weekend, they're getting hung! (As soon as I get that paint marker off of them!!!)

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I'm also ready to take on our laundry room! It's a laundry room/pantry right now, so it has to multi-task, but is in dire need of organizing. There is some great shelving above it, so I'm thinking something like this:

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Between these two things and a deep cleaning of the bathroom and the search for new blankets for the bedroom, it'll be a full weekend!

5. New Friends!

Since L has gone down to his unit, he's been working closer with some new guys, which means more new friends! I think we're going to double date tomorrow night, and I'm so excited to make (more) new friends!

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Weigh-in #4

This morning I was actually really excited to weigh in. I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that I finally had the time to stay for a meeting. (I know that attending meetings helps with weight loss and it's best to just drink the kool aid.) I missed the last two meetings because of work commitments, and even though I'm easily the youngest person in my group, it's nice to share advice and tricks.

That being said, I wasn't optimistic about how much I'd lose. I was loosy-goosy about tracking and only worked out twice. But, I did lose!  I'm down 1.38% from last week. Which means I have lost a total of 4.15% of my body weight, am 45.33% of the way to my Romper goal, 22.67% of my Maxi goal, and 20% of my overall goal (which gets me the Elsa top!) 

I kept dinners simple this week. Tacos Sunday, bagel pizzas on Monday (on bagel thins and with turkey pepperoni), breakfast for dinner Tuesday (scrambled eggs with cheese and avocado), and skinny tuna cakes last night. I have chicken taquitos, chili, and honey lime tilapia on deck for this weekend and am already game-planning with my sister about how to handle the Super Bowl. (No crock pots of dip in our laps, right, B?)

Thanks to everyone for the motivation and advice last week - it meant so much! If it keep up at this pace, I should be at my goal weight by mid-May!

Wish List Wednesday

I don't know what is it, but I have had the serious urge to do some retail therapy recently. It could be the cold weather, the cabin fever, or spending time in great cities with no time to shop - but I'm ready to do some damage. $100's worth, that is.

I'm really wanting to spruce up the apartment some, so this week will be themed around home goods.

These Trellis napkins are $9.99 at Target and would be a great addition to the kitchen table.

I'm not sure where I'd put this Monogrammed glass plate from C Wonder, but it's only $12. If only they had it in "S"!

Target does it again with this Nate Berkus Wood Tray. Only $20 and would be great for my vanity (or our dresser, when we get one...)

This Bygel cart is $25 from Ikea and could make the perfect starter bar cart for me while we found the perfect one for our apartment. Plus, the drawer makes great storage for bottle openers and koozies!

This scalloped shelf set would be the perfect addition for over the cart, to store items that don't fit on the cart. Only $25 at Khols.

What do you think? It's lots of white, but I might think about spray painting the shelves a different color (that isn't black or brown). What would you buy with your allowance?