More like MONDAY, Funday…

July 14, 2009 | Filed in: Uncategorized

I walked into my office Monday morning to find:

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Seriously? Now that’s my idea of a perfect Monday! Now all other Monday’s will certainly pale in comparison!

I excitedly tore into this mystery gift (my birthday is in March, and I celebrate Catholic holidays – so there was no reason I could think of the be receiving a gift on Monday, July 13th!!!), to find:

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FABULOUS FLIP FLOPS – in 100% Green Dog Wine approved colors!!

These were a gift from one of my sales reps – a “thank you for working so hard” gift. Hmm, I can’t remember - but have I mentioned to you guys that I love my job?

THANKS CHRISTINE!

After I settled down from the gifting excitement (I’m about as excitable as a 2 year old in a candy store!) – I ate this delightful mess!

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So good, so good, so good!

Lunch was a lackluster salad (just iceberg is BO-RING!):

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Not to mention I forgot dressing – BLEH! A Costco trip is definitely needed!

To make up for my lunch boring-ness (or perhaps I lost my mind) – I decided to try this for my snack (which Mike so graciously purchased for me at the West Side Market!):

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A chocolate covered jalapeno! WOWZA!!!

Holy Mary, Mother of God! (Got my prayers in for the day!)

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Gahh! This thing was SOOOOOO hot – I could only take 2 bites! Which really was a shame because it was such a crisp/fresh jalapeno. I really haven’t had a pepper that hot in YEARS! (No worries, I picked off the chocolate before I threw it out!) To tame the FIRE that was going on in my mouth – I chowed down on everything I could find:

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Yummy treats – but still HOT HOT HOT mouth!

When I got home, there were MORE packages waiting for me….but you’ll have to wait to see those (I want to be able to do a true product review when I post them!)

Two packages in one day, make me a very happy girl!

For dinner – I made spaghetti with my newest obsession: shirataki noodles!

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You really have to try these, AT LEAST ONCE! Yes – the “authentic smell” (the bag actually says “authentic smell”!!!) when you open the bag is alarming – but once you cook them, I promise they taste like real noodles!

I pan-friend some okra while I was microwaving the noodles, added some sauce – mixed it all up on the stovetop – and voila!

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This really was fantastic! I’ve never had okra with pasta before, but I must admit – this was a great combo! I’ll definitely be doing that again! Not to mention – it was SO FREAKIN’ EASY! Honestly – ready in 5 minutes!

Mike and I ran a bunch of errands last night – and when we drove by my favorite ice cream store – I just had to stop! I’m not a big “sweets” fan, but I am a sucker for anything mint/chocolate – and Mitchell’s has the BEST MINT BROWNIE FROZEN YOGURT!!!!!!!!

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YUM YUM YUM! I’m pretty sure any “healthy advantage” I might get from this being froyo as opposed to ice cream – is completely negated by the fact that there are huge brownie chunks in the mix. Just a thought.

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what an awesome gift!

You are so very brave to eat that pepper, but I think i would too only because it had chocolate on it! haha

Do you get those noodles at a special store.. or are they everyehere?

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