Vietnamese food, grocery shopping adventures, next baking project

Before, homework would come first and then blogging. Tonight is a different story, and I am crazy to put off homework til after midnight. I guess I don't learn my lesson when I wake up wishing I had slept earlier that night. You live and sometimes never learn.

Tonight I met with my lovely friends whom I've known way back from elementry and middle school. We decided to eat at a local vietnamese restuarant.

I'll leave you with lots of pictures and a few words.

Annnnnnd my awesome dish which I will for sure get next time, beats my usual order of pho (beef noodle soup)

#90: Shrimp, Beef, & Chicken with flat pan fried noodles, bak choy, brocolli, onions, celery, and carrots.

Andrew (btw you should totally check out his youtube channel) was totally making fun of me because I was smiling as I was snapping a photo of my food. Which I am positive I always do?!

Afterwards we had met up with Sandy (another childhood friend) and chatted while Sandy and I ate frozen yogurt. SERIOUSLY THE WORST FROZEN YOGURT EVER. Yuck, it tasted like sour cream. Needless to say I didn't finish it.

Of course we head over to a taco shop (this night is just full of eats no?) to meet Randys (middle school buddy) brother and friend.

I decided now was a good time to go shopping for ingredients since I had already eatten, the grocery store took only several minutes to walk to.

Photo Credit: Andrew A.

I needed ingredients to bake up a good recipe, can you take any guesses? This is my typical wanderings around the grocery store.

My "try to make it look challenging face", uh fail?

Whole wheat pastry flour

Very artistic Andrew, consecutive rows of grains.

Writing down the code so my items can be scanned out. The first time I bought from bulk, I didn't know I had to write down the code. Lets just say I got yelled at by the lady behind me in line.

coffee

I am trying to eat less meat, not because of any diet changes, but because meat is quite expensive.

Egglands Eggs on sale. wahoo!

Andrew explained how the pink stamps make the eggs look artificial, I thought it looked cuuuute.

Squash heaven

Ring! My spending was a little over $9

 I bought the following:

- Tofu

- A dozen eggs

- Butternut squash (I accidently typed butterbut squash, boy am I tired!)

- Two garnet yams

 Bulk:

- Brown sugar

- WW pastry flour

- Golden brown sugar

- Cocoa powder

Any guesses to what I am making???

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Tis the season for pumpkin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  I am fortunate to have friends who will stop over voluntarily and bring me food (see below) and Pumpkin beer. What? PUMPKIN BEER?! How lucky am I? Unfortunately I can't drink tonight because I have lotsa studying to get done. Gotta be coherent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Last week, I had a sudden urge to keep myself organized. I think it's so fun to make To-Do lists, I just like the sense of accomplishment when I can cross off my agenda. I went to an awesome Japanese store the other day and found these cute note cards for $1.89, score.

  It's such a perfect size to study on the go without having to fumble around with loose index cards. Along with that, I bought a pen that is .39 in thickness so that it would be easier to fit my writing in such a small card. I am happy with that purchase. I'm thinking of buying more for future use.

I love writing with this pen

Also I downloaded a cool app, the Google Calendar organizer. It's so fun to type out and color coordinate everything. Pros: You can add voice memos, pictures, smiley face, and doodle symbols.

The Con: When my professor gives us homework, I think it'd be hard for them to distinguish texting on my phone vs. typing the homework lessons on my phone. I wish it had more smiley face options! "Invite someone to porn debate?" saaayyy what?!

  No, it wasn't anything crazy. My church opened its home to host a debate on porn, it was a packed house full of a lot of young people. It was a pretty interesting experience. Did you know that before Ron Jeremy's porn career, he held a Bachelors in art and theatre and a Masters degree in Special Education? who knew. If you don't know who Ron Jeremy is, look him up.  Craig Gross was also part of the debate. He and Ron argued out why they were for and against pornography. If you want to know about the story behind XXX Ministry, click here.That was my Saturday.

  After church yesterday, two friends and I ventured out to Tender Greens. I ordered Roasted Chicken and it came with yukon mashed potatoes, bread, and an arugula salad with tomatoes and vinegrette. The tomatoes were amazing, and I saved the best for last: mashed potatoes and some skin. mmmm                                                                          

 

 

 

                                                         Tonight, I was starvin' marvin. hangryyyy! But my friends saved the day when they texted and asked if I wanted food they didn't finish from a resturant. I obliged. Along with Pumpkin Beeeeer. I am lucky blessed.                                                              I love pumpkin.

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Home to the blog at last

 

It's been a while since I've popped up to say hello. So hello.

 

 

 

C

urrently I am blogging from Starbucks, and reading a bit of blogs here and there. I can't get enough my regular Soy Cafe Misto w/ Pumpkin Spice. I always opt for Venti, but I realize that I never finish it and that it was best to just get a size smaller (grande). Now that I am almost finished with it, I want more. Am I not satisfied with anything? gah.

 

 

Back soon to edit. I am currently testing out Windows Live Writer because I've heard good things, so lets see how I like it.

 

PUBLISH

 

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