In the past year, I've lost a little over 25 pounds. Part of me looks at that number and says, "YES!" and the other is like, "In a year? That's it?" But to be honest, my efforts are very come and go. I have, however, become a master calorie counter.

Our office provides coffee and creamer, which I enjoy and appreciate. However, when Pal came back from Hawaii, he brought with him super amazing Vanilla Macadamia Nut coffee. I fell in love. It was the most fantastic coffee I'd ever put in my mouth. It was heaven, in a cup, every morning.

And then we ran out.

And really - after you've been spoiled with something like Vanilla Macadamia Nut coffee - who wants to go back to plain old Folgers with plain creamer? Not me, that's for sure. In my pantry, I found a thing of Cinnamon Vanilla Creme which is, by far, my favorite flavored creamer. We devoured it quickly, so this week at the store, I chose Sugar Free Hazelnut. Now - I'm one of those "a little coffee with my creme" sort of people, so the less calories creamer has, the better.

But that's not my point.

My point is: my boss gains and loses weight very easily, and currently, he's in one of his "Let's lose weight" phases. This morning, he came into the break room while we were having our morning meeting and poured himself a cup of coffee, dumped in a packet of sweetener and after some label reading, decided against creamer. So I said, "Hey, J - there's some sugar free, lower calorie hazelnut creamer in my desk if you want it." And do you know what he said?

"E, you're so tight."

Me. Tight. That's just comical.