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living off the fat of the fridge

February 7th, 2009 at 04:40 am

Thursday
Saving log - $4 tip box
Spending log - $0

Friday
Saving log - $2 tip box
Spending log - $10 groceries (whole wheat bagette, olives, parmesan/pesto dip spread)

For the last couple of days I've stared at several towers of Ziploc boxes in the home refrigerator, so I've expanded out my lunch experiences and have grazed out of a couple of boxes for dinner. I discovered that: in a pinch a tablespoon of parmesan/pesto dip over microwaved pasta doubles as an alfredo sauce; a cup of fresh salsa is great without chips; pot roast and mango pickle is a wickedly good combination in a lunch box; and that using chopped onions in a salt brine as a quick condiment isn't bad.

Gained 1/2 pound this week. Considering that I had no time to do the mega weekend walk/jog last weekend, I ate and drank liquor without care (?) during Super Bowl afternoon, and I worked out only Monday this week ... I felt I dodged a bullet.

Two more recession observations - the grocery store clerks seem to be so much nicer than they have been for months. Disguising their Valentine's Day hard sell perhaps, but its better than being surly. Tonight I noticed more cars driving on the road with one headlight.

I've heard about a weird project at work. In the 1850's our little non-profit was either next to or was the Little White Church Cemetery. The cemetery was moved at the turn of the century, but apparently not everyone left - tens of people (staff, volunteers, children of volunteers) have reported a tall man in a black coat walking around. So a group of non-profit ghost busters is going to come in at night and roam around.

Posted in Gym, Workplace, Recession | 5 Comments »

5 Responses to “living off the fat of the fridge”

  1. frugaltexan75 Says:
    February 7th, 2009 at 06:03 am 1233986601
    1233986601

    Non-profit ghostbusters! LOL! Big Grin

  2. LuxLiving Says:
    February 7th, 2009 at 11:10 am 1234005034
    1234005034

    Leave him some mango pickle - that should let him know for sure that times have changed!

    ~Lux

    P.S. I've never seen nor tasted a mango pickle. I'm so behind the times myself!

  3. Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
    February 7th, 2009 at 01:55 pm 1234014921
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    Spooky! And I'm impressed that you can like mango pickle. I do not care for it at all. I figure it was just because I did not know what to do with it. A jar sat in my fridge for a long time before I soaked the salt out in fresh water and then threw the slices in the compost pile. Frown

  4. my english castle Says:
    February 7th, 2009 at 07:28 pm 1234034912
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    Oh man, my Brit husband loves mango pickle--and lime pickle and all those.
    I just dumped the leftover Super Bowl salsa in the leftover bean soup. It was really good.

  5. baselle Says:
    February 8th, 2009 at 04:18 am 1234066711
    1234066711

    Oh I love lime pickle too. But you have to love salt, and a jar of either mango or lime pickle goes a long way.

    Dunno if ghosts eat mango pickle, but if this is a ghost from the 1800's, food is food. I suspect not too many picky eaters amongst the pioneer set.

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