Weigh ins and money differences in Life as a Mom of 2 boys.....and a girl!!

I had weigh in number 5 today from my 2nd weight loss challenge and I weighed in at 174! That’s some kind of miracle (lost 2.8lbs since last week) since on Saturday my family had Thanksgiving dinner and I had 2nds plus chocolate cake and yesterday I had a chocolate bar and a mini reese cup blizzard. But I guess since I walk tons and don’t really go over my calorie allotment hardly ever and since I’m nursing it all works out. Hooray! My goal is 165 and then I will see how I feel at that point. I already feel like I look pretty good in my clothes these days but I obviously still have some chub I’d like to get rid of. In this round of the weight loss challenge I’ve gone from 186.4 to 174 so I’m doing well but there’s a bunch of ladies doing pretty well this round. Ah well, what can you do?

I’ve been making more money selling stuff lately which is cool. Every little bit helps right now. My parents are leaving for Florida in a week and yesterday my Dad said if they give me some money for my birthday do I promise to spend it on myself and not just on groceries? lol. I get what he means…they want me to spoil myself but it also annoys me that he said that because the way I see it is, it’s my birthday money. I should be able to spend it on anything I want. And if I choose to spend most of it on bills or whatever then that’s my choice. My driver’s license renewal sticker is obviously due on my birthday too and that’s $120 right there. Right now the things I need are winter boots, a new and bigger purse that I can use as a purse/diaper bag combo and some pants (I have like 2 or 3 pairs that fit right now). Mike usually lets me pick out whatever I want for my birthday, his grandma gives me $50 in a card every year, his mom will buy me something I ask for and my parents are giving me money. So between all of that I should be able to get those things I need. And yes, I probably will spend some of the money from my parents on bills because I don’t need a lot. They won’t know the difference though…

It can be hard hanging out with my parents sometimes because they are loaded and we are not. For an example, yesterday Mike took the boys to a hockey game so I went to the mall with Summer because it was the only time I can ever go without a toddler running around like crazy. I was debating whether to spend $10 on myself getting some David’s tea or whether I should save that money for stuff we need (cat food/gas/whatever). Meanwhile my mom was browsing a store where all the clothes items were $200 each or more LOL. And even though I’ve told them that money is tight my parents just don’t get it. I said I needed winter boots so my mom took me into Sears to look for some. I stopped looking for ones I liked after seeing the 3rd price tag that was $200-$300. And she was like “what?” I didn’t want to tell her that I usually get a $20-$30 pair at Walmart and I’m fine with that. Oh to live their life.....

Anyways, baby is crying and I barely had enough time to write this and have breakfast. No more break for this Mommy :(