Just tidbits about money and finance.
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I’m packing my lunch. A LOT. For long time readers, this is shocking. I don’t pack my lunch. I dine out during the workday.
But the thing is, I’d been doing this a lot even before getting the car. It just took me buying a car to figure this out. I don’t know how long this [...]
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Menu:
Turkey (16.5lb that I told Boyfriend would be too small and I was right!)
Cornbread stuffing with Sausages, Green Beans, Apples and Chestnuts
Glazed Carrots
Cranberry Fruit Compote (Boyfriend’s recipe, keep reading for an explanation)
Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes (Boyfriend’s doing)
Sweet Potatoes w/Mini-Marshmallows (My mom asked for them. It’s crazy but she loves them.)
Asian Pears (My parents brought an [...]
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Dear readers,
I just wanted to wish everyone heartfelt Thanksgiving joy. It’s not an easy holiday, combining travel, logistics, catering and whatnot. Just remember that next year it doesn’t have to be this way.
For me, I am playing hostess to my parents, 3 cousins who have moved to America from Korea in the past 2 years [...]
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Damned easy. Like 1950’s-cut-open-two-cans easy. Anyone can do this.
The western supermarket surprisingly did not have red thai curry paste in the International Foods section, only coconut milk, so I had to run out to Arlington to Bangkok54’s market for the good stuff. (Link is to the restaurant, which is next door to the grocery & [...]
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I realized this week that I ‘Just posted my grocery list!?’ That is a shameful realization. But it was to foreshadow today’s post about what I ate during the week. As many long-time readers know, I usually do not pack my lunch, but dine out to get away from my desk.
Last week I dined out [...]
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Wow. What can I say? Where else can you go and get self-service wines ranging from a dry white to a f*cking Chateau d’Yquem Sauterne? You’re buying the Yquem for $18 an ounce, but HOLY CRAP is that affordable compared to the $200 bottle price!
Ok, so I didn’t actually try the Sauterne. I wasn’t in [...]
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I had a great time at dinner. Mercer Kitchen was delicious. As mentioned in the comments, this dinner was sponsored by Intuit’s TurboTax. (Not particularly a product I enjoy, but I do love my Quicken, which is an Intuit product.) I had the butternut squash soup for appetizer and the seared scallop with pea green [...]
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On my way back from Sears this weekend, boyfriend and I stopped by the DC Fish Market. It was was pretty easy to park this time. It was a sunny day and we bought three things, shrimp, red snapper, and oysters.
I poached the snapper for dinner on Saturday night. It was not the best preparation [...]
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Tuesday: No Spend Day #2 this week. Not too shabby.
I packed up some sausage bread pudding for lunch and orange bell pepper sticks. It was a pretty heavy lunch despite the veg so all I had for dinner last night was a little snack. (Triscuits and cheese leftover from camping) I am trying to mind [...]
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Friday night: Boyfriend spent about $50 on dinner groceries. There was a shrimp appetizer with a spicy mayo. Main course was breaded chicken topped with a sweet salsa (made by some guy he met while traveling for work), asparagus with lemon butter, spicy roasted potatoes with a 2005(?) Placido Chianti. (The first, expensive bottle was [...]
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