Chivarly is dead

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

I must start out with a rant. If there are any men out there who read my blog, take note of this.

Perhaps I am just spoiled with a chivalrous boyfriend. He opens car doors for me, always reaches for the bill at dinner first, lets me out of the pew before him when going up for communion during mass, and always always always opens a door and holds it open for me to enter first. Now, I am definitely not saying that all men should do this. However, I do think it is incredibly rude when a man will just let a door slam shut in a woman's face. This happened to me TWICE today, just going to my one class. Two separate guys just opened the doors, let themselves in, and immediately let go of the door letting it shut without even bothering to stop and look back to see if anyone was behind him. EVERYONE should at least do that! I DO THAT! Hold the door until you see the person behind you grab it. Ugh.

I actually had a guy talking on his cell phone walking ahead of me today stop at a door and wait for me to open the door. Ridiculous. Where have all the Cary Grants of the world gone?!

Anyway, on to food.

I was feeling a little anxious after class. I'm not sure why (maybe it was my frustration with the rudeness of today's college generation) but I needed something to take my mind to a calmer place. So I swung through Starbucks and ordered a tall, nonfat pumpkin spice latte with no whip.

It was delish! Not bitter at all, as some nonfat lattes with no whip can be. I will definitely be getting another one of those before the fall season is over.

For supper I FINALLY used the shrimp that I'd defrosted in my fridge on Monday. I made a spicy Thai shrimp stir-fry. I used a bag of steamable Asian veggies (with sugar snap peas, green beans, carrots and broccoli). I added a can of bean sprouts (a staple in my cupboard, as I often use them for "sprougetti") and some chopped fresh carrots and mushrooms. The sauce was a mixture of Sweet Red Pepper Thai Sauce, Teriyaki Sauce, Honey Dijon Mustard and Wasabi Hot Sauce. Spicy, sweet and delicious!

Back to work tomorrow. I think I might try to premake my breakfast so that I can just heat it up quick tomorrow. We'll see.

When the moon hits my eye like a big pizza pie... That's amore!

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Well, shopping went really well today! (Or really bad, if you're counting the amount of money I spent!) Here's everything I bought:

* 3 pairs of shoes
* cute top to wear to work
* 2 fall jackets
* a new lunchbag that looks like an adorable black quilted purse!
* earrings
* grey & pink Nike zip-up sweatshirt
* Mexican Beer & Chipotle Barbecue Sauce
* Thai sauce
* dark chocolate covered blueberries
* roasted garlic & herb focaccia sticks
* a Halloween hanging decoration
* soy milk
* red onion
* white button mushrooms

After I was done shopping I grabbed a Light Pumpkin Cooler from Caribou Coffee to celebrate the start of fall. I was going to get a pumpkin latte, but it was 80 degrees out and I was HOT.

When I got home, I snacked a few of the focaccia sticks I'd bought.

For supper I decided to make a Hawaiian pizza with red onions, pineapple and canadian bacon. I also made some stuff white buttom mushrooms. I stuffed them with a combination of fat free cream cheese, leftover mexican-flavored shredded cheese, leftover canned diced tomatoes and some fresh parsley. YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY! I love mushrooms!

I served the pizza & mushrooms with some fresh veggies and the rest of my homemade buttermilk ranch dressing. I washed it down with a glass of pineapple juice, which I'd drained from the canned pineapple that I put on the pizza. (No use wasting that refreshing juice!)

Well, back to the daily grind tomorrow! I can't wait for my yoga class tomorrow morning.