Scavenger Hunts

Each week since my sister has discovered the coupon sites, I've set out to several stores with a list and a handful of coupons.  I take the stack of coupons, the list and head into the store with the feeling of a child on a scavenger hunt.  The list comes with cryptic clues of what I should be buying, "this should cost 25 cents", "this should be free, or almost free", while also eyeballing the corresponding coupons to find the specific item in question.  I'll admit, sometimes I don't get the right item.  Sometimes I swear she imagined such an item exists.  Other times I stand in an aisle gazing at the myriad of possibilities, "is it the big one or the little one?", "red, black, or yellow?", "what is she talking about?".  It's become a little personal challenge.  The side benefit that hadn't even occurred to me during my wandering is in fact, the wandering.  From one side of the store to the other I go.  Around and around a specific department until I find that in which I've been searching.  I think I need to start wearing a pedometer on these store trips.  It would be interesting to see how many steps I take.

This week passed and I didn't get the weekly list.   Oh, wait, I did make one trip to CVS for one item, then a fruitless trip to Target for another, but I didn't get my scavenger hunt list. I'm blaming the fact that I didn't get a list this week for not losing any weight.  (I had to find something to blame)

The positive note is that I didn't gain any weight either.  Unfortunately, the goal is not to maintain at this point.  I need to stick to my 1lb a week loss goal.  *sigh*  My YMCA friend said something that stuck in my head the other day.  She said that once you begin making excuses for NOT exercising it becomes that much easier to KEEP making excuses.  She has a point.  I think I've made my wacked hormonal episode my standby excuse.  I'm not saying it's not a valid one because it does drain me of energy, but I know I've let days pass by with no effort when I should have gotten myself up and moving.  So, I resolve to make an effort on those days when I know I can do it and stop using this crutch.