We are back in Seattle this week with both the dog and the cat, who do surprisingly well in the car for the ~6.5 hour or so journey that it takes to get here from Bend. It’s amazing how quickly they resume their “Seattle routine” and forget their “Bend routine.”
Driving let us bring the groceries we had left over from last week, so the damage really wasn’t too bad! 2Chili did stock up on his “staples” – cereal, Joe Joe’s (TJ’s Oreos) and Wheat Thins, but I tried to balance that out with fruits and veggies!
My latest find that is just too good for words is the Trader Joe’s “Soy Creamy” soy ice cream. Okay, so it’s not terribly “healthy,” but it is really tasty (and no worse for you than ice cream). I am back in Ironman training, and have been craving ice cream lately, so this is my splurge.
Total spent: $74.26
Menu For the Week
We had a couple of “make your own” dinners this week, which means peanut butter sandwiches for 2Chili and an assortment of random grains and veggies for me. Also:
- Veggie Stirfry
- Pasta with Broccoli
- Flatbread Pizzas
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Any end in site to the commuting?
And yay for being under budget. I love those weeks.
How’s the training going? And when is the Ironman??
Training just started back up again on Monday. Ironman is not until June, so it seems like a long ways out. But, I dove back in with gusto! Missed the “planned” aspect of my training for sure.
We took the Seattle house off the market after about 2 months to re-finance it. We realized it could take a while to sell and decided to lower our holding costs while we could. Hoping to put it back on the market in mid-January once the re-fi closes, which should be any day now. So yeah, it’s still a little complicated. But, there are worse things in the world than commuting between the two places for sure!
wow, you are soo soo soo good. Look at how much you have left for the month! And you lowered your budget this month, didn’t you? Keep up the great work, Angela!