The rumbling in my stomach started early today. By 10:30, I was already thinking about lunch. I dug into my apple and chugged some water, which sort of did the trick– well, at least for a little while.

I waited until noon to dive into my lunch. My stomach was relentless this morning! My appetite has been so weird lately! I guess, I’m just going with it!

I started with an arugula salad with grape tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion, carrots, mushrooms, chickpeas, and BBQ Honey KooLoos for some added crunch.

Lunch also included a container of pineapple Chobani mixed with Uncle Sam cereal and chopped walnuts, which was an awesome flavor and texture combination. So good!

Today’s lunch ended up being very filling. Yay!

Grocery Shopping Questions

I’m going to keep Ask Me Anything open until the end of the week, so be sure to ask your questions sooner than later. If you want to see all of my responses so far, they are categorized here. My FAQs also provide a lot of answers to your questions.

I’ve received a ton of questions about grocery shopping, saving money, etc., so here are some helpful links:

• Check out what I buy at the grocery store every week over at Trading Up Downtown: Shop, Trade, Save.
• You can also check out my money-saving tips, including my Grocery Shopping 101 series: Before You Leave the House and At the Grocery Store.

Feeling Puzzled?

Check out this fun online puzzle that the folks at OpenSky created. If you complete it, you get a coupon!

Quick tip: If you click OK, the coupon just goes away. Be sure to click on “click here” when it pops up.

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Mal and I are going to a wine tasting tonight with some friends. I’m really looking forward to it!

Hi, guys! I have a funny, little story for you this morning.

As you know, I wake up about 1.5 hours before Mal and Murphy do. Usually, I wait until they are awake to make breakfast, but this morning, my stomach was grumbling. So, I made myself some oatmeal with peanut butter.

Little did I know, my dog has super-sonic hearing when it comes to peanut butter, specifically the Teddie variety. If you’ve had Teddie, you know that the jar comes with a tin lid that makes a very distinct sound when you open it. In fact, the sound is so distinguishable, it woke Murphy out of a dead sleep. Apparently, he jumped out of bed, went running to the bedroom door, and starting whining. He has a worse peanut butter addiction that I do! It’s almost like his doggie drug. I may need to start looking into drug rehab centers for him!

Man, he’s cute!

Breakfast

I understand why Murphy loves peanut butter so much. It’s frickin’ delicious! And, this morning, it was easily the highlight of breakfast.

I made Oats in a Jar with raisins, cinnamon, ground flaxseed meal, and an extra scoop of peanut butter from a new jar.

It was SUCH a yummy breakfast!

Later in the morning, I made myself an iced soy latte with a squirt of agave nectar.

Creamy, cold, and refreshing.

Shop, Trade, Save

Be sure to check out my new feature on Trading Up Downtown called Shop, Trade, Save. You can see what I purchased at the grocery store this week as well as how I saved money and “traded-up” the nutritiousness of my selections.

Question of the Day

Complete this sentence: “I’m the kind of gal (or guy) who likes ____.”

Feel free to have fun and get creative!