RIP Carrie

I went for a walk yesterday during my lunch and just as I was entering Golden Gate Park I saw a huge "RIP CARRIE" note spray painted on the sidewalk. This is new. My first thought was Carrie was the woman I heard screaming a month back and didnt call the police right away. But Ashley was just there for Bay to Breakers and says it wasnt there last Sunday so I guess I'm off the hook. It was really creepy though and I was tempted to leave a note asking who Carrie was. I thought they could even call my 800 # annonymously to give me the scoop but realized that I'd probably just get a bunch of prank phone calls and that wouldn't solve anything.

I, for the first time since moving here, was prepared and had pepper spray in my jacket pocket just in case. I'd run my hand over the outside of the pocket every few minutes to make sure it was still in there. Needless to say I didnt need it and I'm still here today. RIP Carrie.

The Honeymoon Is Over

This morning I decided to eat one of my trusty Jimmy Dean Low Fat breakfast sandwiches. I was unwrapping her from the package when much to my dismay there was NO CHEESE!! As in someone at the packaging plant decided that A-they wanted the frozen cheese slice for themselves or B- that they'd play a little prank on their number one fan. NOT COOL, JIMMY! This is the thanks I get after being such a loyal supporter? Buying these at full price and telling every Tom, Dick & Harry about them? I don't know...I guess I just expected more from Jimmy. Clearly he's been on vacation and not down at the plant checking off each & every package...

Updates

I weighed in tonight and I'm up 0.2. I guess I'm not surprised - I'm surprised its not more of a weight gain because I've gone over my daily points everyday since Friday. Ah well. My goal for this coming week is to get on the exercise train.

So some new goody updates...

-Top Ramen has a new Low Fat option out there and it's only 4 pts for the ENTIRE package. I've tried the chicken & beef flavors - both are tasty. They also have 25% less sodium if you're concerned.

-I think I've already drooled over the peanut butter bliss 1 pt WW bars (they sell these at meeting sites) but tonight I tried the dark chocolate & raspberry combo and OH MY GOODNESS! I've always loved these flavors together but in a 1 point candy bar form?! So great.

Just a goofy side note...I was watching Barefoot Contessa before my meeting and she was serving up a mediterranean style dish. She kept pronouncing the word hummus as HOOmus. I figured I'd been mispronouncing it this entire time but I checked with Ami - from the native country - and she said The B.C. was definitely incorrect. Why wouldnt her show people correct her? How embarassing. Now I'm going to call it HOOmus just for fun :) Please join me.

My First Adult Purchase

I bought a couch today! It's the best one I've ever seen and I couldn't stop thinking about it when it was on sale a few weeks back. Then it went up $200 and I was kicking myself. So I checked today and it was back on sale for Memorial Day and I got an additional 10% off.

http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=251414&CategoryID=35377&LinkType=SiteAd&LinkLoc=29391&AdID=46148


The link is for the entire collection but scroll down to Corona Sofa. I bought it in "hampton pear." Note the vintage looking legs too! I'm obsessed. It's on backorder, which gives me some time to get a storage unit set up down south. Hooray for me becomming an adult!

Bloody Hot

It is unruly hot here in the city. It never gets like this - it's some kind of heatwave that I didnt sign on for.

I weighed in last night and lost 0.6 so overall I'm down 2.6 lbs. I know a loss is a loss and I always tell everyone else that but it is disappointing when you were setting your sights on a bigger number. Then again...0.6 is a miracle after the weekend I'd had.

I bought these 1 pt bars at the meeting. Marilyn brought these 1 pt peanut butter bliss bars along for the Yosemite trip and they were deeeelish. So I bought those and a chocolate caramel version which remind me of those 1 pt Skippy bars I used to get from Albertsons. Both are tasty but my heart lies with the pb bliss ones.

I booked my flight the other day to AZ for 6/18-6/22. From there I'll fly to LA through the 5th or 6th of July, depending on what we plan for the 4th! Can't wait!!

Sleep

I should be asleep but I can't fall. This will be brief...I'm going to the Baham's tomorrow night and then we're leaving for Yosemite early Saturday morning. I'm really looking forward to the trip despite my leaving packing till the last minute (need I reference my excel spreadsheet packing list, Jen?)

It's Official!

As if most of you didn't already know...I'm moving back to LA! I plan to stay thru my lease term which is mid-August. I just told the roomie yesterday and she was very supportive, which I expected. I also told Ami when I had her over for drinks & catch up chat last night. Everyone is really supporting me and it feels good.

I weighed in yesterday and I'm down 2 lbs! I stayed for the meeting and my leader is hillarious...a definite match for Darlene in Torrance. She talked about how slowly her weight came off and how she always found herself hating others who'd lose 5 lbs in a week. She said something like "whatever you do, don't hate yourself. Hate others! It's so much easier." I think I'll adopt that mantra :)

Another food find...

Ami brought over hummus last night from Traders and its called White Bean. It's only 1 pt for 2 Tbs and it is DIVINE. Go out and get some today. Sooo yummy.

Food Finds

Since I'm starting up on WW again I figured I could post new foods that I come across and like. So far I'm obsessed with these goodies:

Jimmy Dean's Low Fat Turkey Sausage Breakfast sandwiches (5 pts)
*TIP* Don't heat them for 2 mins like the package says - 1 min 20 secs is more than enough. It gets rubbery otherwise...

Candy Coated 100 cal packs in chocolate chip & oreo...OMG...so delish. (2 pts)

Weight Watchers choc chip cookies - 1 pt each. They sell these by the 1 pt cakes & 3 pt muffins...they are very tasty.

Observation

Went to my WW meeting wednesday night. My leader, Alison, is in her a late 60's-early 70's and has a sleeve tattoo on her left arm. She was wearing a jacket and the sleeves were only rolled up a bit to expose the tatt but it was just a shocking sight. It wasnt anything wild, just some colorful flowers but it was a definite sleeve. I know that when my generation is that age everyone will have tattoos all over the place and it'll be normalized, but I've never seen anything like this. Plus, she was dressed in age appropriate clothing. Has anyone else out there seen anything like this yet?