Thanks for the fish

I bought some rolos on the off chance that we might get a trick-or-treater for halloween (didn’t happen). Ok, actually I bought them because I was strolling the halloween candy aisles at Target and it was after work and I had pms and I wanted CHOCOLATE. Love those rolos. And I’m sure everyone is impressed that there are still some left on November 8. huh? Am I right?

Red wine has become a bit of a luxury for me, with all my frugality lately. After pinching pennies for a month, I dropped $168 on getting my hair done (doesn’t look all that different either) and then I skipped the gym, filled the car up with gas ($2.49 a gallon!) and then like the classy chick that I am, I picked up a bottle of Ravenswood Merlot…at the gas station.

I also bought a bottle of Smirnoff at the grocery store today. I just can’t live without my vodka. And J needed his Krill oil capsules ($30!!) so it was an expensive week. But overall, I’m spending less and totally seeing a difference.

Our hardwood pellets have arrived and we have no stove to burn them in. We also bought a big building for outside. It’s 16 feet by 8 feet, so pretty large. The plan is to put the kayaks in there, the pellets (maybe), all our gardening stuff. It was a bit of an investement ($2300) but it was made locally and sold locally and is a lot more reasonably priced than the stuff at the home depot. It will be nice to have a building, then we can clear out the basement and start focusing on finishing up a room. The plan is to get a room finished, unearth some furniture that’s been under plastic for 4 years, put the pellet stove in there, cut a vent in the ceiling/floor and organize the rest of the basement too. Good winter project, no?

Tonight’s netflix is Dr. Zhivago. I love this movie for many reasons. 1) my russian obsession 2) i love the music 3) the main character has my name 4) i’m a hopeless romantic. I have to share all these movies with J from my youth. Pollyanna, Sound of Music, Airplane, Dr. Zhivago…then tehre’s the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice. He doesn’t appreciate it at all, but it’s part of who I am. Yes, Dr. Z is 3 hours long and depresssing as all get out, but shit.. what else do we have to do on a Saturday night?

We just had haddock sandwiches (haddock was $3 per pound off at hannaford) with sweet potato fries and green giant asparagus. I do try to eat seasonally. It just seems like the thing to do. I’ve been eating a lot of bread and cheese and meat and squash. But damn, lemme tell you, when my body got a hold of that asparagus, there was some hallelujahing going on…big time. My body was like Vitamin B! Green Vegetables! party time! It’s pretty obvious when your body is missing something. It’s unnatural, but oh well.

We’ve been watching the Power of Myth with Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers. Damn if he isn’t the most brilliant mother effer on the face of the earth (dead now) I’ll be goddamned. Brilliant!