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18. Spend more time with my nephews - invite them over or take them somewhere at least ten times
60. Make seasonal cakes/desserts
I killed two birds with one stone tonight! I invited the boys over to make Halloween cupcakes with me. They were surprisingly creative and enjoyed eating all that sugar. :-) I love hanging out with them.

I'll put more pictures on xanga. I can't figure it out on this site.

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30. Talk to a doctor/therapist about my anxiety

I went to the school counselor at Cornerstone yesterday, and will go nine more times to try to conquer this ridiculous anxiety. My first session went really well and I'm seeing the Cornerstone doctor on Tuesday to get prescribed some anxiety medication! Yes! My life is about to get a whole lot better . . .

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I've done a lot, lately!

13. Take more pictures

I'm taking this off the list. I've been taking lots of pictures.

50. Buy “Moulin Rouge”

Justin bought me this for my birthday! Woohoo!

55. Travel a little bit

We went to Traverse City this weekend (check out my xanga for the recap). That counts as traveling for me.

83. Buy a baseball cap

Another birthday gift from Justin. Look how cute it is!

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54. Buy flowers once in a while (six times in two years, at least)

I had a really bad day at school today (see www.xanga.com/sizzlinsade), so I stopped at Meijer and bought myself some flowers. Aren't they gorgeous?

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8. Give up fast food for one month

I did it! Here are my reflections . . .

1. I thought that making meals every day might give me a new appreciation for cooking. It didn't. I'm still not a big fan.

2. I didn't actually lose any weight (my last entry is wrong - my scale was lying to me).

3. It's amazing what a convenience eating out is. Justin and I have very strange schedules and we eat at weird times. It was such a pain. And of course there were those times I forgot to bring dinner to Cornerstone when I'm there from 1:00 to 8:30.

4. We did save money. I gave myself an extra ten dollars a week for groceries and never went over that budget. We ALWAYS go over the alloted $10 a week for fast food.

5. It wasn't AS hard as I thought it would be to plan for meals every night of the week. I planned about five meals a week and then bought a lot of quick easy things like frozen taquitos, chicken patties, hot pockets for weekends and nights that we were really busy.

Overall, I'm really proud of myself for doing it. It wasn't thaaaat hard. I just realized that eating out is the ONE splurge I allow myself. It's so often the only date night Justin and I ever have and I felt so deprived not doing it. So basically I'm just glad it's done and I don't ever want to do it again!! :-)