Okay... off and running today...
Spent $3.55 at grocery outlet on juice, feta cheese and some fizzy water. Not too bad of a start...
Did not stop and get the other things yet because well... I still have them and maybe I don't need to buy everything all in one shopping stop.
The ads change tomorrow... (will post fridge pictures soon...) but here's the run down... today... I ate- out of my fridge... well, and counter:
1 strawberry lemonade cupcake - YUMMY!!!!
1 container strawberry/banana yogurt with about a cup of blueberries
2 slices left over pizza
1 single serve hummus with pretzels from my desk at work.
2 cheese quesadilas
1 fantastically yummy peanut butter cup cupcake.
no pictures of the cupcakes... they were way too yummy to stop and take a picture. Will try to have more resolve later and do so... in the mean time... www.pinkabellacupcakes.com is the website *swoon*
tried: peanut butter cup, strawberry lemonade, root beer float and salted caramel.
lovely, lovely...
right now - the salted caramel is better from cupcake royale, but only because the frosting is more of a caramel ganache type thick and gooey frosting. this one is a lightly caramel butter cream - still yummy but not what I'm looking for.
all and all - on the menu!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
coming soon...
New Bloggy fun!!!!
On my other blog, I'm launching a challenge to myself to track my fast food eating ... coffee eating ... etc... starting June 1. I predicted that I would/could potentially log in 50 times that this is the case for my eating.
I can cook. really.
I just don't do it that often.
1. I despise most leftovers.
2. I hate cooking for just me.
therefore, I really don't like to cook for just me. It would be totally different if there was someone else to cook for. I really can count on one hand just what I cook that I don't mind eating for leftovers - and it's really less than 5.
So... what typically happens is I will get inspired to make something... buy a whole bunch of special ingredients and then between the shopping and home, decide that fast food is better because... oh, I forgot something. I'll make it tomorrow.
tomorrow comes... stop and purchase the 1 crucial ingredient and decide again, not in to cooking.
by the time I cook... the original idea is totally skipped and the ingredients are turned into something else and then either I barely eat a serving... or... I never make anything at all and end up wasting money because I throw it away.
I really... really... need someone else to cook for.
So here's the bloggy fun.
I am going to try and make it through each week by only spending $20 on groceries. There is a separate fast food and coffee budget. Most of my grocery money is spent on lunch and breakfast stuff anyway, but I'm going to try and do a couple dinners a week too.
For instance, at the end of this week, I have tickets to the Seattle Storm game.. Saturday will be a fast food day for sure. Sunday may as well, as I have Mariner tickets. Today, is a holiday so where I have splurged on a fast food lunch, and cupcakes from a new find at the mall (pinkabella - $3 each but so far, I LOOOOVE the 2 I've eaten...) Plus - it's not June yet... the fast food thing starts on Wednesday.
But the grocery thing starts today. Well, technically tomorrow because I have not needed to shop today. So tomorrow, I will take pictures of what I have on hand to work with and then go out to limit myself to $20 of groceries. That does include the staples - milk... etc. So that grocery budget could fluctuate a bit depending on what I'm out of. Just had company so a little low on milk, but we didn't eat the bread so I have a whole loaf to work with.
I'm starting to get a bit excited by the prospect. LOL
See you soon... with some creative stuff on the menu! (I hope...)
On my other blog, I'm launching a challenge to myself to track my fast food eating ... coffee eating ... etc... starting June 1. I predicted that I would/could potentially log in 50 times that this is the case for my eating.
I can cook. really.
I just don't do it that often.
1. I despise most leftovers.
2. I hate cooking for just me.
therefore, I really don't like to cook for just me. It would be totally different if there was someone else to cook for. I really can count on one hand just what I cook that I don't mind eating for leftovers - and it's really less than 5.
So... what typically happens is I will get inspired to make something... buy a whole bunch of special ingredients and then between the shopping and home, decide that fast food is better because... oh, I forgot something. I'll make it tomorrow.
tomorrow comes... stop and purchase the 1 crucial ingredient and decide again, not in to cooking.
by the time I cook... the original idea is totally skipped and the ingredients are turned into something else and then either I barely eat a serving... or... I never make anything at all and end up wasting money because I throw it away.
I really... really... need someone else to cook for.
So here's the bloggy fun.
I am going to try and make it through each week by only spending $20 on groceries. There is a separate fast food and coffee budget. Most of my grocery money is spent on lunch and breakfast stuff anyway, but I'm going to try and do a couple dinners a week too.
For instance, at the end of this week, I have tickets to the Seattle Storm game.. Saturday will be a fast food day for sure. Sunday may as well, as I have Mariner tickets. Today, is a holiday so where I have splurged on a fast food lunch, and cupcakes from a new find at the mall (pinkabella - $3 each but so far, I LOOOOVE the 2 I've eaten...) Plus - it's not June yet... the fast food thing starts on Wednesday.
But the grocery thing starts today. Well, technically tomorrow because I have not needed to shop today. So tomorrow, I will take pictures of what I have on hand to work with and then go out to limit myself to $20 of groceries. That does include the staples - milk... etc. So that grocery budget could fluctuate a bit depending on what I'm out of. Just had company so a little low on milk, but we didn't eat the bread so I have a whole loaf to work with.
I'm starting to get a bit excited by the prospect. LOL
See you soon... with some creative stuff on the menu! (I hope...)
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