Friday started out pretty BLAH. Just worked, then walked 3.5 miles during lunch with Stacy/Sue, then worked, walked 3 miles after work, then went to Trader Joe’s – woo! I love my trips to Trader Joe’s – each time I go my total is higher and Kroger’s total is lower – I just save so much money there and get the yummiest stuff! Here’s what I got!
The spread!
New Items!
Barb’s Peanutbutter Puffins (heard they’re amazing!)
Organic Garbanzo beans (never had them; got them for a recipe!)
Basmati Rice & Jasmine Rice (for Cooking Light and Aggie’s Kitchen recipes; I’ve never had either one!)
Can of green chilies (for a Chimichanga recipe!)
Tepenade with artichokes & red pepper (for a Burp & Slurp recipe!)
Slivered Almonds (for a Thai recipe on Cooking Light)
Smart Dogs (never had a smart dog!! Going to make ‘chili dogs’ one night this week)
Fage Greek Yogurt 0% (for some new Mediterranean recipes I’m dying to try)
Rice Vinegar (new Asian inspired Cooking Light recipes)
Amy’s Blackbean Chili (for the smartdogs!)
Yay! Other than the new items I got some standard usuals, frozen strawberry bars, Morningstar Farms sausage patties, fat-free feta, fire roasted red peppers, bag of large/tailless shrimp, light coconut milk, pesto sauce, artichoke hearts, veggies: peppers/mushrooms/tomatoes/romaine/onions/spinach, sun dried tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, 2 kinds of hummus, pizza dough, turkey (93/7), babybel minis, pitas, 2 kinds of chicken sausage, cilantro, oregano and tortillas. WOO! I love a successful shopping trip. And all of that for $107 – not bad for 2 peeps!
I raced home STARVING. Like, I don’t get it – I had a egg/MS sausage/ff cheese muffin for breakfast and my fried rice for lunch. I’d snacked on yogurt, kashi crackers (cheddar- good!) and 2 snickers. I thought I’d had plenty of food but by the second mile after work I didn’t know if I’d get through it! Then at the store I was going to buy a bar or something but they were meal bars and I knew 
then was still hungry so I had 2/3 of a pita and some Tj’s garlic flavored hummus. Then I hopped in the shower and we headed over to Linc/Shana’s for a night of games/drinking/good times! Good times we had – they got me the sweetest birthday prezzy combining 3 of my passions: cooking, reading and getting shitfaced playing games.
We cracked open the ‘drinking games’ box and went to town! 9 o’clock quickly turned into 3 o’clock as it always does when the 4 of us get together – eek! We had some pizza and passed out! I ended up at 2,260 calories, 231 carbs, 44 fat grams and 114 protein grams. Not too bad, especially with the 6.5 miles factored in, right?! I counted the pizza as ‘breakfast’ for the next day (Saturday) as I ate it SO late or early depending on how you look at it. :) Here’s what I ate and drank.
