There are nights I dream of Gallo Blanco’s tacos.
Just kidding about the sex. But since you’re here… (if that’s made you feel bad, then watch SEX at fulltube). This might be a good way to de-stress as well.
If you’re not so much into watching these and need help finding a way to meet your sexual needs, invest in one of those sex toys. These sex toys could include a Thrusting dildo or even a vibrator. Anyway, that’s enough information about sex.
One of my goals for 2011 was to be better about tracking expenses. I spent September intentionally using only debit, and Mint to categorize where my expenses landed.
Needless to say the dining slice of the pie was ala mode.
hi! I’m unfashionable pie. Somebody give me a scoop already.
Nothing makes me feel more disgusted than throwing food away. It’s disgraceful. In an attempt to be better about both controlling silly food related spending and reducing food waste, I requested the advice of friends on Facebook/Twitter.
There were a variety of clever ideas, with one central theme: make soup. Save what you don’t use and throw it in a pot and clean up your fridge regularly with a hodgepodge soup. Also, plan. My friend Stacey provided an ideal solution. Her two-week food planning Google doc tracks groceries and meals. It makes you sit down, look at your calendar and appropriately schedule meals, and related shopping.
mmmm… soup. Likely to use this roasted squash recipe to clean up what’s left of the gourds in the garden.
I love it.
Earlier this week I set up 2.5 weeks worth of meals, leaving ample room for eating out (with friends in town, this is a certainty), and the chance to cook one fancy new recipe that requires speciality ingredients. These will both help me stick to the plan. Then I cut coupons. For less than $150, I purchased enough food to cook 8 large dinners (to feed 4+), breakfast and lunch. I also restocked my trifecta of bad habits: Diet Coke/coffee/chardonnay. There are leftovers scheduled too. (Those who say “I don’t eat leftovers” make me crabby. There are 7 million children starving in the horn of Africa. Shut up and take the to-go box.)
The next couple of weeks include: Mexican meatloaf, arroz con pollo, BBQ, chicken enchiladas, prosciutto wrapped roasted pork loin, crock pot green chile and chicken pot pie.
So, here I am. The coupon-cutting meal planner who revels in Type A organization and budgets to the penny. In other words, I’m a raspberry beret away from becoming this woman.
The kind you buy at a second-hand store,
~K