peaceful, easy feeling

every time i head down to my creepy basement it seems like it's christmas and my birthday all over again! on tonight's trip down the rickety stairs, the intention was to find my box of checks in one of the myriad of boxes since i wrote my last one to my boss today (you know how it goes - you pay your boss, you keep your job!)... while i was down there, i found not only the checks but all of this:


that's paris-themed coasters, brand spankin new burt's bees beeswax lip balm, loose change, prescription meds (the good kind), hair ties, sephora lip balm, burt's bees carrot day creme, extra sugarfree gum, and more hair ties.
this was just awesome because a) i'm constantly at a loss for hair ties; b) i'm still using the 2 snowmen coasters my grandma gave me for christmas; c) BURTS!; d) minty freshness is key; e) the pills are codeine, which is great because even though they're basically baby-strength prescription painkillers, i can actually take a whole codeine without getting sick whereas i can take a half a vicodin and still puke; and f) i'm broke so any change is good change. the jackpot bunny has obviously stopped at wilkins twp.

dinner tonight was awesome and almost vegetarian (for those of you who know my weakness for protein). i had half a can of healthy choice split pea with ham soup (hence almost vegetarian), a spinach salad with goat cheese and tj's tuscan italian balsamic vinaigrette, and a serving of the alexis sweet potato fries i bought at the co-op last week. mmmm, it was all delicious, and the sweet potato fries were fantabulous (and much better than the ones i've made on my own)! i wasn't quite full, so i had a tj's whole wheat tortilla with the tuscan white bean hummus from yesterday.

i cleaned up the kitchen, washed dishes, got lunch and dinner ready for tomorrow (3 meals at work tomorrow since it's a vb night!), did a little dancing while cleaning, and got a shower. i'm currently eating half the tonymisu from moio's... i like it (of course), but i think i've had better. there's some weird aftertaste to it... then again, maybe that's because it's been sitting in my fridge since saturday afternoon?

time to do a little reading before bed! g'night!