-0.8 and counting

I had my first weigh-in today at the WW meeting. I was down nearly a whole pound! This excites me, really, because I assumed I had gained weight. Maybe, just maybe, this whole thing will pay off. I'm trying to think of ways to reward myself at certain goals. For instance, every five pounds lost, I get to buy a CD or something else I want. I need some kind of token reward system for my poor materialistic brain to not get burned out just getting little yellow stickers from the meeting leaders. Albeit, stickers are pretty sweet. I'm feeling a little more positive about this venture, but I'm still hungry. This weekend, I will not be.

This weekend, the husband and I are going to visit my Daddy and my Granny. We are having a cookout over a fire at the farm! Those extra points that I am allotted to use every week will get used this weekend, and I'm all for it. Really. If you've had my dad's burgers, then you know. Yeah. You know. *insert waggly eyebrow* You. Know. I'm gonna eat one. And I'm gonna love it. It's also hubby's birthday. He wants a pumpkin pie, and I would love to make him one. However, there is NO pumpkin to be found in any of the grocery stores here. I mean, literally. No pumpkin. There are real carving pumpkins, which I could make pie out of, but that is a tedious chore. While I love my husband that much, I don't have all day to make a pie. I'm hoping I can find a can or two in the town where Daddy and Granny are.

This post is upbeat and happy thus far. I shall not ruin my decent mood by thinking of the trials of financial aid and all their burdens of unorganized idiocy. Yay, burgers!