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The BBQ chicken quesadillas and this Brunswick stew are my only, what I would call, pinterest successes.  Both had delicious flavoring. Of course I didn't follow everything to a T, but this time, it actually worked (I stayed pretty close). And Eric actually ate both. Do you know how hard it is to 1. get a recipe that is cheap (the ingredients I have or could easily get for cheap), 2. doesn't contain anything that Eric won't eat, and 3. is easy to make & delicious?? I swear I love cooking, but it's all about timing, price, will power, space, etc etc... I especially loved the stew because we had plenty left over and clean up was a breeze.


You want to hear about our awesome weekend plans? We both decided to take a "nap" on Friday night around 8 PM but we never got up. So that was great. Then on Saturday we ran errands and spent 9 hours watching TV episodes and playing with Rubber Cement.


Okay, we didn't play. Eric had his big final paper/presentation
so we brought out the 8th grade Science Fair kids within us.

Did you know you need to show ID when you purchase that stuff? Yep, it's that serious.
And it's a good thing Eric insisted on two.

(ah the site of moving boxes make my heart thump)



Eric was having so much fun. Oh the life of the newlyweds.
he loves this picture

I swear I had a story for you, but I can't seem to remember. I did get sad that Eric bought a $30 ipod cord, one that I already had, but because I had someone over he went ahead and opened it in his room. So once he showed it to me I proved that I had the same thing (that I never use). Eric would never try to return things he already opened just for personal regret/dissastisfaction. He's better than me. It's Georgetown for goodness sake. Blah. I hate when someone tries to teach me a sunk cost lesson.

I am the girl who goes back for $3.50 in grocery coupons. Yep, that happened too. I let Eric get dinner at Cafe Rio while I went back in to get my coupon money I forgot to use. I used the big one we had, but forgot all the little item ones in my rush. I was so frustrated when Eric read off the differences. If I didn't buy items solely because I had coupons, I wouldn't have gone back. But look, there I was. And yes, because we went back we spent more money but Eric got Cafe Rio. Whatever win/win/annoyance

Life is awesome!! I don't know why my mind can't let things go. Only the really important things, right?
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