Dimples' Divine Domain
My journey to financial empowerment.

........well kind of. LOL! My birthday is this Saturday. I will be *cough* 27. Damn I'm getting old. Anyhoo. Thanks to some very nice sales and some extra moola, I was able to splurge a lil something-something on myself. Here is what I have bought....so far: HP All-In-One Printer -> $42.74 Bought this beauty from Buy.com. It was on sale for $45 and I used a 5% off link. Free budget shipping. Definitely needed this since I plan on picking up some major side gigs in 09 will also be working on helping Sweet Pea start her very own business. Lane Bryant had a wonderful sale on bras (B2G2) and panties (5/$25). I found a $25 off $75 coupon code on the net and placed an order for 4 new bras, 5 boy shorts (my favs) and a couple of cute earrings for a grand total of $60.92 (including $7 shipping). I received a $10 birthday gift certificate from Old Navy. I also had a $10 reward certificate from a month or so back. After both were applied my total was only $10.70. Her...

YAY!!! Yours truly made the list of the Top 50 Business Plan Posts of 2008 @ EvanCarmichael.com . Here is an excerpt from the site: "Looking to write a business plan for your startup idea? Trying to revamp your current business plan to help bring you more money? Look no further than our list of the Top 50 Business Plan Posts of the Year. We've searched through millions of blogs to find the best individual posts that deal with writing a business plan over the past year. Some are by well known bloggers while others are new upstarts but, either way, you are sure to get valuable information on how to kick your business plan into high gear this year! Enjoy!" My post, Steps To Becoming My Own Boss , came in at #27. I received an email from Evan Carmichael himself letting me know the good news. I am so excited. This is definitely a sign that I am going in the right direction with my plan. For all who do not know who Evan Carmichael is, read about him here...

It's my birthday today......or my "born" day as Single Ma puts it. LOL I had a great pre-birthday weekend. I went to the R. Kelly concert on Friday (It was off da chain!). I went to Universal Studios on Saturday. Sunday was church and then I got my hair done. On Monday I cleaned all day (Yall know you ain't supposed to bring in the New Year with a dirty house; it's bad luck). I then went to Night Watch @ church (I always bring in the New Year at church). Then I hit up a friend's party afterwards and had curried duck for the first time. It was good. :-D I know my weekend doesn't seem THAT spectacular but for someone like me it was amazing. For the first time in a LONG time I focused on myself and had fun. I was care-free and wasn't worrying so much about finances, being a good mom, work, life, or anything else that has continuously troubled my mind for the last 2 years. With all that said........I have finally figured out what my theme for ...

LMBAO. On the real, my daughter is gonna be 5 in a week........that whole baby fat excuse won't fly anymore. SHE AIN"T NO BABY!! So Dimples needs put her phat rump on a diet. I have been talking about a lemon cleanse on the last couple of post. Here is the link if you are interested in reading up on it. I am pretty sure there are several variations of it but this is the one I found. I know my body pretty darn well. I need to restart my body in order for this to work and in order for me to succeed. So hence the lemon cleanse. I know one thing though, cutting off solid foods cold turkey is not gonna happen, especially chicken. I am like a crackhead when it comes to chicken. I can't keep away. Is it just me? Anyways, the cleanse calls for 10 days and Dimples may make it 2 full days. Trust me, I have tried and I have failed....many a times. With that said I decided to create my own variation of the cleanse. I have been slowly weening myself off solid foods f...

Why am I losing weight??? Well here are the top 3 reasons: 1. My health needs to improve. 2. My sister is getting married in 6 months. 3. I need to be more confident about myself and my looks. I started on my weight loss journey on March 5. I began it with a detox. Of course this detox was not easy. It basically consist of eating nothing but fruits, veggies, and some starch for 9 days. And they can only be steamed, broiled, grilled, baked, or raw. No meat! No sweets! No alcohol! No fast food! No fish! Crazy aint it.Well I have learned that I aint gonna reach my goal without some sacrifice. Now I ATTEMPTED the 9 days. I only made it to three. A sista gotta have some chicken........... The list below are foods ALLOWED during the detox period: All fruits in any quantity All vegetables in any quantity except: white potatoes avocados Good sources of protein: chickpeas beans tofu lentils Brown Rice (2 cups cooked per day) 2 cups of low-fat or skim or soy milk per day Water (as much as ...