– Whew. I hope you had some nice holidays, if you chose to celebrate any of them. Along with lots of presents, I also came home with a pineapple and other leftover produce from the Christmas Eve gathering my parents hosted. The above might have been the last ‘creative’ breakfast I’ll have for a while, because my mom gave me two boxes of Kashi GoLean for Christmas, and its siren song is too hard to resist.
– Is Boxing Day the new Black Friday? (Or, rather, is it ANOTHER Black Friday?) Rob (Rob’s in town, by the way) and I thought it would be fun to check out REI on Monday, and trying to drive in the vicinity of shops was a nightmare. I finally had a moment to look at the Sunday paper afterward, and it seems like everywhere was having massive sales. I ran a few more errands today, though, and the stores seemed relatively sane.
– One of the desserts my mom made for Christmas Eve was this flan cake. I thought it was really good, and I brought home two pieces. When I asked my mom if she had frozen the rest today, it turned out that she instead threw it away, because she thought it was gross. Noooo! (That’s actually what I said to her.) Poor flan cake.
– I went to Sam’s Club today to get some vegetables, a jug of soy sauce (ridiculous, but cheap), ice cream, and a tub of organic lettuce. When I got it home, I followed the same steps as last time, putting portions of the lettuce into plastic bags with most of the air removed, which seemed to help keep it fresh. I also separated the spinach leaves from the lettuce and put them in their own bag again, so I can use them for smoothies. As I was picking out the spinach, I had the thought that, although I don’t know what exactly it says about me, there was something very defining about it. I am the kind of person who stands at the counter, picking out the spinach, because… why not?