Is it Christmas yet? It seems like we've been preparing for it forever. Dave and I are spending Christmas Eve and part of Christmas day here in Virginia, and then flying to Chicago for the remainder of Christmas day and staying there through the new year.
I always end up throwing a ton of food away before we go out of town because for some reason I buy too much even though I know we can't eat it all. I hate wasting food and money, so I made an effort to not do that this time. This means that I'll be having a cheese sandwich on loaf butts for lunch. It also means that last night's dinner was an interesting medley of leftovers. I had cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, half a sweet potato, half a butternut squash, and tofu that I had to use. My husband's a lucky man, I know. I threw the tofu, tomatoes, and mushrooms on the grill.
Blurry picture, huh? The sweet potato and squash went into the oven to roast. We had all of this with some leftover brown rice. Oh- and leftover mashed potatoes and gravy because, really, something had to taste good. Not the best meal I've made but at least we're not throwing so much away this time.
Besides cleaning out the fridge (which I know is an interesting topic) I've also spent too much time wrapping presents. I finally got them all finished, but now I'm afraid to move them.
You see, every year I do this- I come up with a theme (this year's theme is... a lot of red? I guess?) spend a ridiculous amount of money on supplies, and then put the wrapped presents in a bag to take to the family's house where, inevitably, almost all of the handmade bows come off or fall apart. And then I try to put them all back on the way they were, ripping wrapping paper in the process, until I just don't care anymore and put them under the tree anyway. Seriously- this happens every year. I can't stop it.
I'll be posting some while we're on vacation, and I hope to talk more about the store in the next couple posts. I have a lot of ideas and can't wait to share them here!
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