Grocery Shopping

So, one of my absolute favorite things to do is grocery shop. I just think it is so fun to push my buggy around and collect good, wholesome food to eat for the upcoming week. I usually do my grocery shopping on Sunday afternoons, which is one of the prime times for people to shop. I like it, though, because I get to be around people. Anyways while on my shopping endeavors, I've learned a few things..

1.) "Shop the Rainbow." - To keep yourself, and family, nourished you need to have a wide array of colors in your diet. Different colors have different nutritional value. You need to buy enough to fill your plate 1/2 the way full of vegetables of different colors, and 1/4 of the way of fruits. You can substitute the fruit for another vegetable, but some fruits, such as kiwi, provide 2X as much vitamin C than an orange and almost as much potassium as a banana! So, if you know your produce, you can get a lot of nutrition by taking short cuts such as the kiwi and avoid having to buy as much fruit.

2.) Frozen Vegetables are GOOD!- I always thought it was horrible to buy frozen vegetables, who knows what they put in them, right? Well, come to find out that fresh produce sometimes loses it's highest potential nutritional value due to traveling and the amount of time between being picked and eaten. Whereas, frozen vegetables are flash frozen immediately upon picking, therefore, holding much of its nutritional value until cooked. So, all you "in a hurry'' moms and college students, go ahead and get the frozen veggies, it's better for you!

3.) Buy Yourself a Treat! - I used to walk into the store with the notion of being ''healthy'' and would not buy anything that wasn't fresh or good for me. Then I would get home and feel like I had nothing to eat because I was really craving something sweet or moderately bad for me. I quickly learned to limit myself to buying one or two ''bad for me'' items when I went shopping to save the harassment of cravings, money when I gave in and went to Marble Slab and spend $4 on a milkshake, and actually bit the cravings in the butt by not depriving myself. So, go ahead and face the music, buy one or two spurge foods, and enjoy eating it!

I'm sure I'll add more as I think about it.. but these are my 3 main rules of thumb while shopping.

the dance of 20 mint green toes..

Last night I had the absolute best shower of my entire life. I am not exaggerating. Taunted by the memory of forgetting an assignment and wanting an escape, I decided to turn on a steaming hot shower and invite relaxation to overcome my mind and body. Looking down to the floor of the tub, I noticed how tenderly pinkish my feet had become set off by the cool mint green nail polish my roommate had let me borrow. I was in a trance as I watched my left foot go flat and my right toes tap in front of me to the beat of "Stop This Train" by John Mayer. I was completely content with staying in that shower for the rest of the night, watching my feet dance to the beat of a song I desired to live at that moment, stopping the ''train'' of a school work load. Come to find out when I was all dry and in comfy pajamas that my sweet roommate was in her shower freezing to death! I can just imagine her feet washed white from the frigid cold water, blending with the softness of her mint green nail polish all the while I am having a paradise in my bathroom with John Mayer and vanilla mango bodywash. It's kind of like life... we have so many similarities with people (mint green nailpolish) and assume they are living identiacal lives next to us, all the while they're stuck in a bitterly cold situation and no one even notices because they're too warm and romanced by life's lavish offerings to look into the other bathroom.

Blogging!

I've wanted to start a blog for such a long time now. I have so many things filling my head and want to share them with people. Some are very amusing (as is much of my life), some is very serious and throught provoking, and a lot is probably ridiculious and hilarious! I also want to share yummy recipies with people and get good ideas about things around the house. I guess I'll figure blogging out as I go!