welcome to the wonderful world of lifting

start off with learning compound movements like squats, deadlifts, bent rows, push ups, overhead press and bench press and dont waste time on the isolation stuff like bicep curls and tricep extension.

with your 8 pound weight i suggest working first on exercises and getting your form correct, then once your form in correct, lift heavier weights

but right now you can do stuff like DB swings (kinda like you would a kettlebelle), front squat push presses, turkish get ups, overhead press. but honestly for your bigger muscle groups, 8 pounds is going to be anything of a challenge since most purses weight that amount and all kinds of people are weak and flabby after toting around their 8 -10 pound purses

http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/fitness_articles.asp?id=656

Here is a basic workout you can do at home. Its only 20min long and they show modifications in case you're having difficulty. They do 15 reps i believe. If that's too much for you then do as many as you can where you feel like you're getting fatigued but can still do the rest of the exercises. Remember, you don't want to push yourself too much that you hurt yourself! Good Luck, hope this helps!

I honestly don't know the site i got mine from, it was right when i discovered the amazingness of Jamie Eason & was all over several bodybuilding sites & forums & i decided to get back into lifting - full body style (i competitive bench pressed in high school)...

this is the program i found & it works for me, i am all the time changing up how I do these (free weights, pullies, machines) and throwing in some additional stuff i see around (mini challenges & such); it's a 12 wk program:

wks 1-4 8-12 reps (if you cant do 8, it's too heavy, if you can do 12 easily it's too light...)
wks 5-8 6-8 reps (same thought process as above)
wks 9-12 4-6 reps (same thought process as above)

work out 1 of 4 (per wk)
bench press
bent over row
DB press (military press)
Lying tricep curl (French press)
DB or Barbell Curl

2 of 4
squat (weighted - i use the assisted bar for this)
stiff leg deadlift
leg extension
leg curl
standing calf raises

3 of 4
dips
pull ups (i do lateral pull downs cuz i can't do pull ups yet ;( )
DB side laterals
Tricep pull down
Cable Curl

4 of 4
Deadlift
Leg press
Lunges
Seated calf raises


I do 1 & 2 m/t cardio on Wed & 3&4 thurs/fri

I track my results on my phone (notepad app) and ea wk, review the last wks results to decide if i go up weight or stay - i usually stay until i can get all 3 sets full out, with some ease - but this is b/c i don't have a spotter with me, if i did, i'd push it a lil more...

I'm on wk 8 and you'd be amazed the results!!

if you have an iphone or android download JEFIT its a great app that shows you exercises for each body part and records your reps