Eat your veggies

When making supper an I have to choose a green veg, I usually opt for the boyfriend’s favorite: broccoli, rather than my personal favorite ASPARAGUS!

However. I have a little pet  peeve with greens. I usually place the broccoli crowns chopped up nicely in a bowl with maybe 2tbsps of water, cover with saran wrap and nuke them until they’re a bit cooked but still a tiny bit crunchy. But! When I put them on the plate to serve supper they get cold within minutes. I cannot bear to eat cold broccoli and I usually pawn off my leftovers to the Boyfriends plate.

How do you keep broccoli warm longer than 2 minutes, while the mashed potatoes and carrots are still super toasty? It’s very annoying!

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About nothing in particular

Our local mall was in renovations for the last 8 months or so, and from October 15—17 they’re having a grand opening of a … “hallway” of stores(?) Hey, it’s Friday so I’m allowed to have brain-freezes. What I was most excited for was Bath & Body Works, and Victoria Secret PINK! And guess what, I drove there.

I left after supper so only (lol)  had two hours to check out all the new wonderful stores. I spent most of my time in the two mentioned, but what I was also excited to see was a Teaopia.  I’m not a huge fan of tea, mainly because I tend to sweeten it too much for myself.

I would show you the purchases that I got, but I forgot to e-mail them to myself last night. If you’re a flickr friend you can view them on there. Otherwise, you’ll have to wait til tomorrow. Sad loss, I know.

During lunch I have to take my car (HEHEHEHE!!!) to get a drive safe test done. It’s not that far away from work, and apparently it only takes 30 minutes + $35 to do it. Not bad. I mean, it’s necessary as I still only have a temp sticker on my license plates (10 days max). So I need the emissions test done before I get an “October 2010” sticker from the moto vehicle registration office.

I don’t really have much to talk about today. 

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Tighten the money belt

People tell me that I’m going to be completely broke now that I own a car. They may be right assuming this with other people, but I think I’ll be okay. I’m a tight-wad with my money and I’d like to think that I budget everything pretty well.

On the other hand, I could be absolutely 100% wrong and would need fast cash in minutes from one of those pay day loan places. I personally have never used one of those spots to take out money in advance of my pay day because of the percent rate they charge to initially take it out is just a tad too high for my personal liking. Though, I do know a few people that use them on a frequent basis and it benefits them to an extent. Sometimes I just want to take those friends aside and say: “Look! You can budget better than this! Stop eating out to lunch every day You don’t need to go to a place like this if you can manage your money.” Of course, that doesn’t work and I don’t want to be as blunt as that.

My payments have been set up but don’t come into effect until November which is great! I can now save up for winter tires so no eCash in Minutes for me!

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