It’s mid day Wednesday and I needed a quick break from my transcribing some stories for this awesome author I’m helping out. I will have to share her stuff soon.
Anyway, I needed some food and quick. I was up all night with my dogs during some really bad storms that rolled through the St. Louis area. My wife really messed them up by making them “Momma’s Boys.” They freak out at the smallest things. Needless to say I didn’t get much sleep since I had to have a death grip on both of them all night so they would settle down. I’ve tried everything for them; Thunder shirt, calming treats, loving embrace and nothing works.
OK so I didn’t want to cook anything or warm up my chicken burgers I made last night. I wanted out of the house for a bit to clear my head. So I rounded up the dogs and we headed out the door. First stop was for some food. What to eat and not gain 100 lbs? Arbys!!!! Yes! I have a weakness for most foods but a Roast Beast sammich from Arbys always gets me. I rolled up to the drive thru and at first glance I wanted it all. But I knew I couldn’t since I need to watch my figure…ya know what I mean? I ordered the biggest super gimongus roast beast sammich they had and an iced tea. “Would you like to make that a combo so you can get fries with dat?” said the voice through the little box outside. NO I would not, thank you very much, I said.
See, look at that, self-control. I’m trying to lead by example here folks……. Although my sammich was probably 1000 cals itself, I refused to pile more garbage on top of that. So I pull away to park and eat in the near by Target parking lot. A bite for me and a bite for my little buddies. There was no way I was going to eat this whole sammich myself. It was 1000 cals! So I shared the love. Not like I had a choice. My one dog that was sitting in the front seat already had his face buried in the bag licking the sammich. So it didn’t take long for the three of us to destroy that sammich. On to the second reason I wanted out of the house, clear my head. What better to do that but by spending some cash!
I’m worrying myself a bit cause I’m sounding like a girl here but spending some money and getting yourself a little something makes some people a little happier and chipper for the rest of the day.
So right beside Target is this store I wandered in one day and was extremely surprised at how awesome it was, World Market. I thought it was a grocery store before I ever went in but…..not so much when I looked in. It was like a Michael’s but with cool stuff in it. What store with beer in it is not cool, right? Well, last night I was going through some junk mail I got and saw a flyer for the place and saw they had some really neat items on sale. Why not go check them out in person to see how cool they really are?
Well, they didn’t have everything from the flyer….big disappointment. I guess they were out. Oh well, there is still beer to look at!
The best part about their beer selection is that I’ve never seen most of these. And…And you can buy just one of each and make your own 6-pack. I know! So here is what I picked out: Magic Hat’s Hex Ourtoberfest, O’Fallon Brewery Pumpkin Beer(made right across the Mississippi in O’Fallon MO), Buffalo Bill’s Brewery America’s Original Pumpkin Ale, Blue Moon’s Harvest Pumpkin Ale, Angry Orchard Hard Cider Apple Ginger (naturally gluten-free!), and last but not least angry Orchard Hard Cider Crisp Apple (also gluten-free). Like my Fall-ish Halloweeny October selection? I can’t wait to try them.
Oh and I can’t forget my prize selection:
Mmmmmmmmm Scones! Well, scone mix. But it will eventually be turned into scones. I can’t wait to sit back and enjoy some with a cup of tea. And NO, I don’t hold my pinky out when I drink my tea.
OK back to work for me. I will probably take another break to workout and make some dinner with a new toy I bought yesterday.
Stay tuned!
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