Exit interview

I had my exit interview today.  It was more like an exit worksheet though, haha.  They pretty much just made me promise I wouldn’t take any of the schools stuff when I left and that I had to turn in all my keys on the last day.  It was weird.  There was a “comments” section, but I decided to hold my tongue on that.  There are a LOT of choice words I would love to share with them, but I decided it probably wouldn’t be wise.  In a week and two days I will get to leave that place and never look back.  I just wish I hadn’t wasted so much time there living in misery!

Anyhoo…

For lunch I was craving a salad (let me digress for just a second here…  just a few years and about 50 lbs ago I would NEVER have craved a SALAD!  I can’t believe how far I’ve come- it amazes me.  I probably would have been eating a big bag of McDonalds greasy-ness instead of a salad)

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In my salad..

  • romaine lettuce
  • cherry tomatoes (these were SO sweet and delish!)
  • broccoli
  • leftover grilled chicken (about 3 oz)
  • Annie’s Naturals light honey mustard (so GOOD!)

And a little fruit for dessert (cantaloupe, honeydew, and strawberries)

When I got home from school I was all hopped up on caffeine and I totally cleaned out our junk room!  Like seriously, it was really bad and now it looks awesome.  I’ve been trying to get that room cleaned out for like 5 yrs now, LOL.  I think we’re going to turn it into a guest room so that we can put out the quilt that my mom made us for our wedding (it doesn’t go with the colors in the master bedroom, but it’s so pretty I hate it to be sitting in the cabinet).

While I was cleaning I munched on a few triscuits with a little roasted red pepper tapenade.  Yum!

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Then dinner was sweet and spicy grilled cheeses with tomato soup.  The sandwiches were AWESOME, but the soup was nasty (it was the V8 tomato soup, don’t try it, it’s gross!  Plus it has corn syrup in it, which I didn’t notice until after dinner).

So here’s how you make the sammies…

2 pieces whole wheat bread(i sprayed a little olive oil from my Misto on them instead of using any butter), put a little light cheddar on, then some carmelized onions (sautee them up in a little EVOO over medium heat until they get all melty and sweet), then a slice of tomato, then some pepper jack, then grill em up in a pan!

So so so good!  The soup was not.  I just used it to dip my sammy in, then I tossed the rest.

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That’s all she wrote!  Nighty night!!

what a gorgeous day…

to bad I’ll be stuck inside for most of it.  I am SOOOOO ready for the summer and for my job to be over!

I just registered for orientation at TWU (Texas Woman’s University) on June the 4th!!  That’s the day that I will get to register for my classes and wander around the campus and whatnot- yay!!  I am so excited to get back in school and get my new career started that I literally think I’ll bust!

Breakfast this morning was oats.  My oat jar is empty now and that makes me sad!!  It’s a good thing that oats are so cheap, I need to get some more.

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In and on my oats this morning…

  • 1/3 cup oats
  • 1/3 cup almond milk
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 1/2 banana
  • 1 T walnuts
  • 1 T mymix granola
  • 1 T raspberry white chocolate PB

YUMMMM!!!!   Well, I have to get ready for work now (BOO!)  Adios!

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Dinner was stir fry obviously! But we’ll get to that later.  I woke up so late this morning!  I barely had time to get ready- let’s just say it was pony tail day!

I grabbed a quick bar and a coffee before I headed out the door to work.

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I like the PURE bars, I really do- they’re very tasty.  BUT they don’t fill me up at all.  I was hungry about an hour later, so I had 1/4 cup of dried fruit and nuts.  That huge bag of this stuff isn’t lasting us nearly as long as I thought it would.  I blame the husband- I think he munches it after I go to bed at night.  He’s such a night owl, I swear he would just stay up all night and sleep all day if he didn’t have a job.  Maybe he’s a vampire!! 😉

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Lunch was yummy pasta leftovers from last night (recipe coming soon!) and some straawbries (said in my best English accent).  Like my animal plates?  They’re leftover from a rhythm game I played with my Kinders.  I figured instead of wasting them and throwing them away I should use them!  (Don’t worry, no germy kid hands have touched them)

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When I got home I grabbed a mini clif bar (I found these the other day- they are perfect for a pre workout snack.  They are 100 calories!!)  Forgot to take a picture.

Then I hit the gym!  My gym (24 hr fitness) opened up a new location in forty worth, so I thought I would check it out.  It is sooooo nice!  It makes my gym look like it was built in the 1970’s.  I took a spin class and it was great, burned lots o calories!  Man, I loved that gym…it even had the new gym smell.  All of the machines were so shiny and new!  I can’t get over it.  I’m glad my membership includes all of their gyms- I can go to both of them!

Then I headed home and it was time for stir fry!  I wanted to put my giganto bags of veggies to good use!

In the mix…

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  • broccoli
  • asparagus
  • carrots
  • orange bell pepper
  • scallions
  • chicken (no pic…I didn’t think anyone wanted to see a pic of raw meat)

I stir fried the meat and veggies (separately) in a little sesame oil (love this stuff- it’s so flavorful!)  Then I added a little garlic, ginger, and tamari(soy sauce).  Voila!

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Served with 1/4 cup brown rice.  Yum!

And a brownie for dessert!

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Whew!  I’m tired- off to bed. Night yall!!

Death by chocolate

*hurl*

Lesson learned. I was out of control around the hershey kisses this morning and my tummy is paying for it. Blech.

Not gonna happen again. Moderation, Sarah, moderation. From now on I think I’ll take one piece and give the rest away.

There were definitely no pictures taken of my sugar coma. (I counted my calories for all of it though!) I’m chugging water and I exercised so hopefully It won’t hurt me too much.

I’ll be back to blogging like normal tomorrow. 🙂

tightening the belt…

After I knew for sure that I was going to be back in school next year, we got to looking at the budget and we’re going to have to make some major cutbacks.  Especially since I won’t be working any more (I’ll have a bit of financial aid, but nothing near what I’m currently making.  Which isn’t actually much since I’m a teacher, lol.)  We want to get as much paid off as possible before my last paycheck in August as we can.

Here are the things we’ve gotten paid off so far…

  • Two credit cards (which I’ve since put a bit more back on so they again need to be paid off)
  • my engagement + wedding ring

Things we want to get paid off before August 25th…

  • My credit cards (again, lol)
  • Our TV (which was our Christmas gift to each other)
  • Justin’s truck (he doesn’t owe too much on it)
  • my contacts (whole other story…I have an eye disease and the eye doc wanted to try some special contacts on me, but they ended up not working.  So I got financing through care credit for a $2,000 pair of contacts that I can’t wear.  Biggest waste of money ever)

If we can get all of these things paid off before I head back to school it will free up a good $800 or so a month.

We also want to build our savings a bit more because we really want to buy a house this summer.  Lofty goals huh?

Well, the first thing that we’ve cut in the budget is food.  Wah 🙁

But I seriously spend waaaay too much money on food.  Like, I’ve been spending 5-600 bucks a month in the grocery store.  Yup.

So I’ve cut the budget way back and my goal is $250/month for groceries.  The first thing I did to try and save money grocery wise is get a costco membership (I simply refuse to shop at Wal-Mart.  I hate that place!).  Wowy- wow, I love that place!  The best thing that will come out of it is the gigantic quantities of fruits and veggies that I can get so inexpensively!  I can no longer afford the organic fruits and veggies unfortunately.  And that sucks, but I’d rather buy a house honestly.  I’ll just have to get over it.

Look at these massive quantities of the veggies that I got!

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SIX, count em SIX romaine hearts for around $3!!  This would have cost well over $10 in the regular grocery store!  And this will last for about two weeks.  Can you believe that?!

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GIGANTO bag of broccoli for (I think) $3.99!!  I’m going to freeze half of it and save it for cooking/stir fry.  I can use this in so many different ways.  This three pounds of broccoli would have cost me probably $7-8 in the regular grocery store.

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Monster bag of Asparagus.  2.25 lbs!  I think I’ll freeze some of this as well.  I see lots of stir frys coming up!  In the regular store this would probably cost around $10- I paid $4.99.

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Look at these blackberries.  They are gorgeous!  This is a pound I think- around 5 bucks.  No telling what this would he been at the regular store, probably around $15 or so.  Crazy!

And look at this MONSTEROUS container of strawberries for $6!!!

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I don’t even want to think about how much this would cost in the regular store.

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Really big container of cherry tomatoes.  Justin (AKA hubby) eats these things like candy- he loves tomatoes!  I think these were around $4.  At the regular store they would have been somewhere around $15-$20.

And my splurge item!  Dried fruit/nut mix.  This was $11 BUT it will last us a really long time.  And.it.is.fabulous!  I have already munched on it a couple of times.  LOVE!!

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It has in it…

  • peanuts
  • almonds
  • walnuts
  • apples
  • kiwi
  • mangoes
  • papaya
  • pineapple
  • strawberries
  • bananas
  • cherries
  • raisins

I also found some antibiotic free all-natural boneless skinless chicken breast.  (no picture).

Wow, can you believe the deals I got?!?!  Then I had to stop at the local grocery for a few things that we needed small quantities of.  All in all, I spent $109.  I normally spend around $140 per grocery trip.  And this stuff will last at least 2 weeks (some of it will last longer).  I think I will make my budget- no problemo!

Cheers!!