I did not want to get out of bad (maybe that was due to the fact that it was after 2 AM that I had GONE to bed in the first place). So because of that I was not able to eat breakfast at home. So I measured out my oatmeal, chia seeds, cinnamon, and almond milk. Packed them all up in a bag. Then I put together what was intended to be my lunch and snacks. The last of my chili (big sad face that I will not have any of that tomorrow) an apple, an orange and 2 bananas.
Once I got to work, I remembered that today was the day of our company christmas party..... I made my oatmeal and ate it during my 9 am meeting (I get to be on the phone for that, so no-one saw that I was eating). Our party was not until 1 PM so I figured I would have time to eat lunch before the party and therefore not be tempted by any food they had out there. Well I ended up getting busy chasing down a minor issue with a program I had changed last month. Next thing you know it is 12:55 and everyone else in the office has already left to go to the party. Oh well, no lunch for me, hopefully they will have stuff for me to eat.
I was in luck, the snacks before lunch were veggies (broccoli, carrots, zucchini) so I ate some of those. Confession ---- I did cheat and have some ranch dressing. (promise you won't tell). They had the hot trays laid out with labels before the food was out. I saw Veggie Empanadas, and Veggie Eggrolls. So that is what I had. Probably had a few too many, but I definitely did NOT pig out by any means. The other options I that I did not choose were, sliders (pulled pork, chicken or hamburger) Beef Empanadas, and 3 different kinds of little bite sized pizzas. So given the fact that the old me would have had 2 or 3 of EACH of the above offerings, I feel good about ONLY have a few to many egg rolls. These were tiny little 2 bite sized egg rolls.
When I got home tonight and thought about what kind of salad should I make, I remembered that I had the chili and fruit that was supposed to be my lunch. So that is what I ate.
WOW that is a lot of stuff, and all I did was talk about food. Well there is more to my evening.
As I prepare these home cooked meals now, most of them make more than 1 serving, so I have been putting them in containers and either freezing them or just putting them in fridge for the next day. Well we were like most families in that we had a "tupperwear" drawer of lids and containers of various sizes. We actually had 2 drawers. Well it seemed that I could NEVER find the correct lid for the container I found. So I emptied them BOTH out onto the island and went about finding homes for all the lids. Much to my surprise I only ended up with 3 lids without a container to match and 4 bowls without a lid (but I think some of them may be the SAME as others that did find a lid). Either way I decided that I had the space to put all the lids on the containers, and store them as a set. Here are the results.
This will be SOOOOOO nice to just be able to reach in and grab a container that has a lid already attached to it!!!
A talk I had today at work about the PAIN it is to keep having to clean measuring cups in the middle of food prep, led a friend of mine to tell me that she has 3 or 4 sets of them for just that reason. So off to Bed Bath and Beyond for me!!!!
I am WEIRD about money. There are times that I can go gambling and lose $100 in 10 minutes and be like "Oh Well" then there are other times, at the race track, where I will hem and haw about whether to spend $6 on a hot dog , or would I be better off getting the $8 pizza. Mind you I may have bet (and lost) over $40 on the last race...
The reason I went on that tangent was to explain that NOTHING was purchased at BB&B, because I was not going to pay $8 for EITHER of these items.
So I just ended up walking around the store and taking pictures of the stuff I did NOT buy.
Side note, tonight Deb and I went to Target and I found a set of 8 measuring cups and spoons for $2.19, so I bought 2 of them!! Now I am about to go look online for CHEAP measuring cups!
Apparently someone put an EXTRA quarter in me, since I have MORE!!!! (I know, what else could there be???)
I have been talked DOWN from the $400 blender, the same person who advised me to get more than 1 of everything told me that she uses a set that cost her around $200. So now I am thinking in that direction.
Hopefully I have distracted you all long enough. Happy Friday!!!
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