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!

Check, check, check!

Whew! Hair cut: check. Groceries: check. Yoga: check. Exam: check. Just need to study and do a write-up and tonight is smooth sailing.

Grocery shopping was wonderful, as usual. Here are the goods:

• Almonds
• Cocoa almonds
• Annie's Cheddar Shells*
• Amy's Vegetable Barley Soup*
• Amy's Tomato Bisque*
• Lite Soy Sauce*
• Maple Syrup
• Tuna*
• Bumblebee Salmon*
• Smart Balance
• Amy's Burrito*
• (4) Oikos Yogurt*
• Butter*
• Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia FroYo*
• Frozen broccoli*
• Van's Waffles
• VitaMuffins
• (2) Cherry Pie Lara Bars*
• Cinnamon raisin mini bagels
• Frozen shrimp
• (3) bananas
• Cucumber*
• Zucchini
• Potato
• Sweet potato
• (4) Gala apples*
• Avocado
• Asparagus
• Brussels sprouts
• Tomato*
• Sliced mushrooms*
• Baby carrots*
• Reduced fat feta cheese
• Smoked turkey breast

*on sale at Safeway!

Lunch was a good incorporation or old and new ingredients:

Panini on whole grain with turkey, mozzarella, avocado, tomato, and a little olive oil. With carrots.

Just got done 60 minutes of Power Vinyasa Flow #1. Ouch. Good ouch, though :) I feel the burn.

Onwards and upwards for the rest of the day!!