Inspired by Caitlin, I thought I’d look back at what I was doing a year ago December…
Got a great care package from my lovely Florida blogger friends before moving there in January…
Did some blogger Christmas care package baking…
I got to play in a KC-130 Flight Simulator when I worked for the Marine Corp and received the most AWESOME BLOGGER PACKAGE from one of the best bloggers in the world…
We got a new doggy!!! Welcome home George!
Ran my longest run of the year…9 miles!
I made lots and lots of cookies for friends, bloggers and family…
And let you in on my secret to saving money via Caitlin’s Responsible Spending Challenge!
I pretend like I have no money. Yep, even though I have a pretty decent savings that I’ve been working on for years with my low paying jobs, I still pretend like I have none. The only time I really use my money is for food (duh) and travel (I can never hold back on that! Adventure and travel is in my BLOOD!).
Gee, after the beginning of this post I doubt you want to read the rest of it! Whew! I’ll make it quick:
Apple for breakfast before running out the door for errands, then home starving for this menage a duex (haha): Spicy Tribe hummus and pretzel thins
and an awesome apple with a piece of the Pumpkin Chocolate Loaf I brought with me:
I went out for a run on the Sacramento River near the bestie’s apt and got back starving! After 5.5 miles in 49 minutes, I’m not surprised! I had a PB bar and some Trail mix…
Then I went to Trader Joe’s (LOVE…) and picked up ingredients for dinner: TJ’s Marsala Burgers w/ Broccoli Slaw, some leftover hummus and an orange. yum.
Then there was dessert…dried mangoes and H2H cereal…I didn’t eat the chocolate chips. Don’t hate.
Now watching 90210, the new version…guilty pleasure. :)
Don’t forget about my Oh Nuts! Giveaway!!!
17 comments:
loved the flashbacks!
GREAT run!!! freakin awesome girl.
baby powder makes it less greasy!! but i am not sure if it only works for blondes? I think it may show in dark hair!! (ive always wanted dark hair..tried it once and it does NOT work on me!)
I love kind of posts, too! All of your baking looks ENTIRELY too good!!!
I agree, travel is the blood to survive!!!! I'm so happy i'm going to travel to a new country next week! :D
Hey Melissa, did you ever say where in FL you'll be? I hope we can get together again!
I wasn't reading your blog a year ago, so this was a good recap! I like your dog!
The pumpkin chocolate loaf looks wonderful. I admit envy at your running abilities, great job :)
I think pretending like you don't have much is a GREAT way to save. Our incomes have gone up a bit in the 5 years we've been married, but we've basically kept the same budget, so we've been able to save more and had a bit extra when we needed it. Every little bit helps!
Those baked goods look FAB.
Great post!! Im glad I got caught up! :)
ps.. I love those pretzel thins.. they are so darn addicting arent they??
please go back in time and send me a package with those delish treats. k thanks. :)
i love seeing what you were doing a year ago. i pretend like i have no money either. my husband sure hates it.
I love looking back at my older posts! It's so neat to flashback to see the weather, the activities and the food.
throwback! sounds like Dec. '08 was a nummy one for you :)
i can't even verbalize how awesome your baked creations look in this post.
so instead i will just go back and look at them one more time.
okay i gotta bake tomorrow!
xo
Wow, lots of yummy baking! I love the recap.
I'm loving the recap. Most especially the baking flashbacks. I remember I made those magic in the middle cookies at some point in the past year - SO good omg. Just the dough itself was to die for.
I definitely do the 'pretend I have no money' deal fairly often. It really does help! I try to be stingy a lot of the time. Sometimes I'm a little TOO stingy. And then sometimes I just go and blow a bunch of cash all at once. Most of the time I try to balance it out though and spend WISELY haha.
I'm already looking forward to my holiday cookie package this year. *wink *wink *nudge * nudge ;)
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