Trucker Hats & Trader Joe’s

Hey hey!

So glad you guys enjoyed an expense at my laughs from yesterday’s post…er, I mean, LAUGHS at my EXPENSE…yeah, that’s what I meant!

And if you missed out because…I don’t know…maybe my blog was down for HALF THE FRICKIN DAY, then I do apologize. I’ve been having some trouble with my CPU usage lately…seems like I’m a bit more loved around the blogosphere than I thought! All your little clickies are making my numbers go up, up, up, but also causing me and my web guys have to do a bit of thinking. We’ll be trying out some few things for the next few days so if I’m “not here” when you come for your daily dose of broccoli kissin’, puh-leeease check back later…or feel free to harass me on Twitter!

But seriously, check out the Apple Pie post if you’re in need of a good chuckle!

So last night, I hinted at a few other festivities from this past weekend…

sushi dinner…?

trucker hats…??

fro-yo?

and Trader Joe’s?!?

Well, allow me to explain. It seems I’ve not only found a man who knows how to cook, enjoys a good zombie-fest, and tucks me into bed my parent’s couch when I overindulge, I’ve also found a man who is addicted to sushi, loves a good laugh, over fills his fro-yo cups AND doesn’t mind being drug along grocery stores all weekend.

#win

Even though we just had a sushi date a couple of days before, we couldn’t help but both get a mad craving for it after a text from the sis got the idea in our heads.

I swear about 99.9994% of the time I get gypped on the fortune

Anyone eat the fortune cookie? I actually don’t even like them, but won’t leave a Chinese restaurant without breaking one open!

Later on that day, BB and I ran some errands, one of which was stopping by a place for some food for this little munchkin:

Oh the ponderings of a young feline mind…

Well, as it turns out, the store we happened to go to was running a special…if you pick up a bag of cat food the size of a toddler AND grab a jar of this on a whim:

You’ve officially spent enough $$ to get a FREE hat!

But not just any hat…a TRUCKER hat…

In PINK!!

You don’t have to tell me, I know I totally look badass in this! 😉

So badass in fact that while BB took to cooking up a bit of surf ‘n turf, I busted out some mad salad making skills:

One of the BEST salads I’ve ever had: spinach, carrots, red onion, honeycrisp apple, alfalfa sprouts, dried cranberries, cucumbers, and avocado

Mmm, I can still taste the amazing blend of all the flavors…can’t wait to make it again!

On Sunday morning, BB and I enjoyed a lazy breakfast before jumping in Elvira for a roadtrip to Nashvegas!

Avocado on toast with the new “Hoppin” FROG jam, which was pretty tasty (spicier than my other FROG due to the addition of jalapenos…I’m definitely seeing a FROG coated chicken dish in the future), Blood Orange Chobani (the final new flavor I had left to try…YUM) and some juicy green grapes.

Of course, before we hit full roadtrip mode, we had to make a detour…

It seems someone got a little jealous of my newest assessory:

So we went BACK to the store, bought MORE stuff, and got another “free” hat! And then proceeded to take a pic looking like total goofballs! Lol

But that was nothing compared the look on my face as I dove into this cup trough of goodness:

That would be cake batter and irish mint fro-yo topped with Oreos, yogurt chips and sprinkle-coated chocolate drops…

Oh sweetie, I think you have a little drool on your chin…maybe you should grab a tissue…hmm?

Then we rolled our fro-yo full tummies over to Whole Foods and signed over a quarter of BB’s liver (don’t worry, it grows back) and my spleen to get this:

Arctic Zero…my precccccccious, bulk goodies: whole wheat pastry flour, oats, and nooch, some unpictured red snapper and cod, and finally, an impulse buy at checkout: Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride! (I may or may not have taken all the boxes on the display!)

And then we were off to check out WF’s more attractive, budget-friendly cousin:

Trader Joe’s!

A few of my faves along with some new friends! Can’t wait to experiment with that vinegar!

Once back at the casa, I had the joy of finding a place for all my new loot…but I’ll be darned if I couldn’t find one square inch inside the fridge!

Um, so yeah, maybe BB and I picked up a couple…ok 20 Chobani yogurts over the course of the weekend, but hey, they were on sale for $1 each! 🙂

After organizing the fridge pushing everything to the side and cramming things in at all angles, I got to work on dinner:

Sauteed veggies with Mexican seasoning + red snapper fillet=

Dinner 15 minutes later!
(served on top of noochified quinoa, topped with salsa and avocado)

And that concludes the weekend’s activities. I swear I didn’t think I did that much until I just now, but I guess I was pretty busy!

One more thing, I had to share this sign I saw at our “trucker hat store”:

 Bahaha!

Do you like fortune cookies?

What is your favorite item to get at Whole Food’s, Trader Joe’s, or the like?

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Under the Influence of Apple Pie

Happy Monday peeps!

Did everyone have a good weekend?

When I last left you guys, BB and I were about to go dive head first into a big plate of my Granny’s Chicken Stuff at my parent’s. Dinner couldn’t have been better but it ended with me indulging in a bit too much apple pie and BB and I having to stay the night (whoops!)

FYI: Don’t drink and Instagram…

The following are uploads with captions over a 3 hour time period following dinner:

Homemade apple pie!

Cornbread Tetrus

Getting drunk with the parentals…so much fun!

Don’t ask me why my mom has a coffee filter on her head. 😉

Kissy Kissy

Yep, pretty sure I’m feel right now! Lol

And by “feel” I obviously meant “drunk”

Mom

What?

Gotta love my dad!

Nice Appel dipper dined caged <3

Drunkeness and auto correct don’t mix but the pineapple upside down cake was pretty darn tasty!

After that, my phone was confiscated…

Which was probably a good thing!

This gem didn’t make Instagram but I just love my dad’s face and had to share

You know what’s funny about Instagram?

You can’t delete captions!

I swear I’m not a lush!

My weekend DID include sober other festivities…complete with a sushi dinner, trucker hats, fro-yo, and Trader Joe’s, but I’ll save that for tomorrow! 😉

What was the best part about your weekend?

Any delicious eats?

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Feel Good Friday

Happy Friday punkins!

Can I still call you guys punkins if it’s not fall? Hmm, winter squashies just doesn’t have the same ring to it 😉

So since I had the day off today, I was sure to kick it off in as productive a way as possible…and you know what? It just keeps getting better and better!

The morning started with this bowl of deliciousness:
Peanut flour oats with strawberry jam, a small banana, and chia seeds

And the peanut flour had only been in my possession for oh, about 5 minutes before this bowl was made, photographed, and devoured!

I’ve been waiting ALL week to receive my order from netrition.com and it finally came in!

I love shopping with them…can’t beat $4.95 flat rate shipping!
*And no, they didn’t pay me to advertise for them…they don’t even know who I am* 

After my oats and a cup of coffee, I got into crazy lady cleaning mode! Anyone else tend to get a burst of energy right after breakfast? I always do after a bowl of whole grains and I LOVE it when it happens on the weekend ’cause I always get a crap-ton of stuff DONE!

After three hours of total house clean-down, it was time for a little snack:

But not just any snack…my old faithful PRE-RUN snack!

After all that cleaning, can you believe I still had the itch to go running? In 40 degree weather?? I know…I must be crazy!

But it was a CRAZY GOOD run!

I was only shooting for 5 miles, but when I realized that I was only about a half mile away from that, I just knew I wasn’t done yet. I went back and forth from listening to The Ting Tings station that I have on Pandora to just having silence and time with my thoughts…nothing but the sound of my breathing and the Vibrams hitting the pavement (well, that and my near-constant sniffling…gotta love the cold!)

After I got home and took a super hot shower (had to do something to get the feeling back in my hands…ugh, I’m such a pansy), I needed food and I needed food NOW!

Thank God it only takes veggies about 5 minutes to saute!

Behold my pile of veggies topped with veggie burger (yep, same ones from all week) and a perrrrrfectly drippy fried egg!

After the pic I covered it in a blanket of nooch and more red pepper flakes!
Mmm, spicy cheezy deliciousness!

While I was eating, I checked Twitter and it totally made my day when I saw this tweet from Chobani!

Yep, looks like the burgs made it to Pinterest…they are officially famous! 😉

Oh, and speaking of Twitter, I love that Missy took the time to inform me of a VERY important holiday tomorrow…

Any guesses?

Don’t worry, you didn’t forget about Mother’s day or anything…it’s more important than THAT (just kidding…hi, mom!)

Pancakes aren’t just for Sunday people! Who’s gonna celebrate with me?!

And finally, I brushed my hair!

I rarely straighten my hair these days since it takes so long, but when I curl it, I can’t get a comb through it to save my life…and well, today I just felt the urge to get out the hairbrush!

Check out how LONG it’s gotten!

Hmm, maybe I should do pig-tails? 😉

Now I’m just sitting around relaxing and waiting for BB to get off work. We’re going over to my parent’s house for dinner tonight and my mom is making one of my favorite’s for dinner…

Granny’s Chicken Stuff!

Mmm, mmm, MMM! Can’t wait!

How was your Friday? Any exciting plans for the weekend?

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