Monday, March 23, 2009

Grocery shopping therapy.

First off, thank you thank you thank you to everyone who commented or just allowed me to vent on my last post. I really appreciate the support :) I figured out a way to cheer myself up, because today was GROCERY DAY!!!

Kara's Grocery Trip
TRADER JOE'S:
  • Canned garbonzo beans
  • (3) Lara Bars
  • Some daffodils (I decided to treat myself and liven up my desk)
  • Baby spinach
  • (3) bananas
GIANT:
  • (2) Portobella mushroom caps
  • Lite firm tofu
  • (3) Fuji apples
  • Scallions
  • Tomato
  • Brussels sprouts
  • Sweet potato
  • Avocado
  • Vanilla ice cream
  • Decaf English breakfast tea*
  • Cinnamon Raisin Swirl PB(!!!)
  • Kashi U Cereal
  • Annie's Whole wheat and white cheddar shells
  • Eggs
  • (4) Chobani
  • Kashi 7 grain rice pilaf*
  • Blueberries
*on sale

Not everything is in the photo because one of my roommates was in the kitchen so I started to put some stuff away so I didn't look like a weirdo (my roommates don't know about the blog). I was surprised that I bought so little. Usually I have much bigger shopping trips. I do have a lot of things already that I need to use up, so I guess I was just keeping those things in mind.

And look at these gorgeous daffodils!! They've already started opening up since I got them home.

In between breakfast and lunch I had an apple and a Cashew Cookie Lara Bar, which is my favorite so far. I also got a tall soy Chai because I was exhausted.

I am TRYING to stay away from caffeine as much as possible, but I really wanted some this morning.

Lunch was a salad of baby spinach, baby carrots, cukes, blueberries, feta, and balsamic vinaigrette.

AND a half sandwich of just whole grain bread and CINNAMON RAISIN PEANUT BUTTER.

I have been holding myself back from buying any more nut butter until I use some up (I now have 4 open jars...) but I can only resist for so long. And it was so worth it. I didn't get any raisins in this one, but it was delicious and had great texture. Also has less calories than regular peanut butter. Hmmmm.

Blog news:
Be sure to check out julie golean's giveaway of some of her favorite things! I love her blog and I think this giveaway is awesome!

I need to get some things together for my evening class at 4pm. It's my least favorite class, but I'll probably bring my computer with me and occupy myself. Shhhh :) Have a good rest of your day!