Well, all my baby weight is gone. Now for that other THIRTY-FIVE pounds I put on before I got pregnant.

I'm definitely making progress but my biggest problem is patience. I seem to lack it completely when it comes to weight loss and finances. I want my debts gone instantaneously and I want to magically return to my college weight in one month when there's been years of bad eating habits. Blahhhh...but I'm trying to be better about making mini-goals so that way I can celebrate a little on my way to success!

I need to hit my next mini weight goal by April 9th. I think that one's going to be (relatively) easy if I keep up at the same pace, but still, I don't want to get ahead of myself.

Financial mini-goal is to start setting aside moneys for our Florida trip in July. T wants new tires before we road trip it down there.

Here we go - wish me luck!!

Things are moving along ok for the most part. Baby girl is enjoying her time with my mom while I've been working part-time. Work seems resigned to let me continue part-time for as long as the rules allow (Should be til end of June). Money seems to be going out faster than it's coming in lately. My escrow went up by almost a hundred dollars a month for this year and then I've been paying my moms good friend to watch our girly for an hour and a half each day I work (while my mom is at her morning job), plus there's the gas to get back and forth to my parents to pick her up. So that's about 100 + 180 + 100 = 380 more a month that I never really accounted for. Eep - that's the first time I really added it up. No wonder the money doesn't seem to be flowing like it was!

Luckily we've kept our weekend money down. It seems T is on board now with the diet too. I think our mini trip to Florida in July and the fact that I've started losing has spurred him on! Yay! So yeah, eating out isn't as enjoyable when there's not so many options. And if you're only going to eat a crummy salad, I'd much rather spend a ton less and eat an awesome one I've made at home. So, yep, not dining out so much has greatly helped use some of that weekend money to the bills mentioned above. Annnnd yep, that's about it.

Life is good in general. I've always been a generally happy person but I never realized how content I'd feel becoming a mother. I never was much into material things, but becoming a mom really solidified that I don't give a sh*t about things anymore. As long as I've got T and my girly, everything is a-ok!

Oh, and I forgot. So maybe this is a little bit of a superficial indulgence, but a few years ago I had my nose pierced with a tiny diamond stud and I absolutely loved it but the job at the time didn't approve so I took it out. Well last weekend I went and got it done again. Woohoo!! I'll have to post pictures at some point. Maybe when I lose a few more pounds. Yah, that sounds good :P.