It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Well - today we had the first snow fall of the season in my little city. I walked out of the lab this evening to see a fine layer of snow covering the ground, trees, and cars. It was a beautiful sight, however it frightens me just a bit - is winter here already?

It is hard to believe we are almost halfway through October! I have less than 3 months until my whole world is going to change - I will be done school, and not registering for more classes for the first time in 9 years. I am so excited about the prospect of free time. I cannot wait to cook more, bake more and entertain more, and just enjoy life more in general.

I love university - I really do ... but I am done. I need a break. For the first time since I was 17 years old (I am turning 27 next week) I am NOT craving a new semester of classes. I used to love this time of year because it meant registration date was coming soon, and I could pick my classes for the next semester. Well right now I am thankful that I don't have to pick classes. I am finally just done. And I am totally okay with that.

Just some thoughts for this cool October evening :-)

Now on to eats ...

Breakfast today was a Green Monster - obviously! I decided to switch up the pic for your sake.



And a Glo-Bar for carbs/ protein:



This held me over until lunch.
For lunch I had 1 turkey sausage and some mashed sweet potato with some margarine:



I also had a fruit cup:



And a piece of cheese:



After work today I headed straight for the lab to run some more participants through my experiment. I was there until about 7:00, so I bought a small pasta salad to hold me over until dinner. I had about 1/2 cup and then tossed it because it was gross (sorry no pic).

Dinner was something quick and easy since I got home pretty late. I made a can of mushroom soup that I split with the hubby, and some tuna salad that I ate on a few organic rice crackers:

I am going to study for a bit and then head to bed early!
G'nite peeps!

Today the hubby and I went to our favorite coffee house/ restaurant for a fresh and healthy lunch. I had a hummus and veggie wrap, with a side of Golden Dahl soup (tasted like carrot with some curry flavor):



After lunch I went to work for about 3 hours, and while I was there the hubby cleaned the whole house :-) He also went shopping for the new shower curtain, but none of the stores had what we were looking for. I stopped working for a dinner break around 6:30 ...



Dinner featured wild rice, a mango sweet chili turkey sausage, and a tomato.
I have been trying the different flavors of turkey/ chicken sausages that Costco has been bringing in. They have really good nutritional stats, and they are pre-cooked, which makes it easy when you need something quick.

I went back to work after dinner ... and got a couple things crossed off my to-do list.

I worked until 10:30 this evening, then came home and had a snack:



1 apple, 1 tsp almond butter, 1 90 cal piece of cheese

I didn't accomplish everything on my to-do list today, but I did make a pretty nice dent. Tomorrow I plan on taking it easy and relaxing a bit - and maybe I will go for a run too!

Right now I am in the process of planning some meals for next week so that grocery shopping tomorrow will be organized. Do you plan your meals each week, or do you just decide daily what you are going to have? Do you take a list grocery shopping?