No, I am not devastated over my meeting. It hasn’t happened yet. I am devastated because I worked really hard to look nice this morning (for my meeting) and I ended up getting yogurt on my pants 2 seconds after I got to work. Gah!

I quickly dove into my stash of wet wipes to correct the situation. I think I am good. But now it has started to rain. Its like I am destined to not look remotely put together today.

Regardless of the pants situation my breakfast was fantastic. The star of the show was the new Oikos Caramel flavored Greek yogurt.

It was a little on the sweet side, but I am looking forward to chowing down on more. And the I get to try the chocolate. Mmmmm.

I topped my yogurt with some Nature’s Path Agave Plus granola. Great combo, and I already have plans for my next. Do you think I could replicate Somoas Girl Scout cookies with some shredded coconut and dark chocolate chips added to this mix? I am gonna try.  What’s in the white bowl you ask?

Strawberries, blueberries, and kiwi. I promise, there really are blueberries in there.

All together now.

After finishing all of this I was stuffed with a capital S-T-U-F-F-E-D. However I did start feeling a little hungry by 10:30. To snack or not to snack that is the question.

I decided to snack because I do not want to me starving by the time I get to my lunch meeting. Inhaling my salad would probably not be a model of professional behavior. Alas, neither will taking pictures of my food. Sorry folks.

I tried to keep my snack light again today.

More mini pickles and an apple. Unfortunately these guys are not holding me over too well. I guess I am going to have to start chugging water to hold me over for the next hour.

No lunch pictures today so I will catch you all for dinner! Please keep your fingers crossed that my meeting goes well.

I just got done watching Food Inc. OMG. I felt really bad when I saw the little chickies.This movie was really educational for me. I have never really thought much about the production of the meats I eat. In fact, I have just recently understood the value and importance of whole foods in my diet, and I am still working on reducing the amount of processed foods I eat. This movie is definitely going to make me reevaluate the amount and quality of meat that I eat in the future.

Now to today’s eats.

I snacked on some nuts before my morning conference calls.

Lunch was leftover from yesterday.

Brown rice, salmon, cheese, and salsa. Plus…

Tiny pickles, pita chips, and Sabra hummus.

This lunch held me over most of the afternoon, and good thing because things were busy. I ate this apple around 4.

It was so juicy that juice kept running down my hand. Yum!

So today was my first delivery from a local organic produce delivery service, Absolute Organics. I got the idea from Meg and Sarah who live in the Durham area and get produce delivered by Bella Bean Organics. All the produce is organic and they buy local produce whenever possible. Look at what I got!

From their website:

How it Works

We purchase 6-7 different vegetables and 4-5 different fruits each week based on season, availability and price.  Your variety produce box is based on your likes and dislikes.  For example, if on your likes and dislikes list you marked that you do not like cucumbers, you will not receive cucumbers, instead you will receive more of another item that we purchase that week.  Then simply tell us what size variety produce box you would like and how often you want it delivered.  You will receive a well balanced selection of your favorite vegetables and fruits at your door step, tailored to your tastes!  Our aim is the best variety at the best price.  All items are guaranteed.

2 eggplant, 8 red potatoes, 4  pears, 3 tomatoes, a bunch of spinach, 1 yellow onion, 8 clementines, and a big bag of carrots.

I could have gotten some lettuce and apples but I already had some of each and opted to get more of some of the other goodies instead.

I put some of my new produce to use right away.

I sliced one of the potatoes tossed it in olive oils, S&P, and dried rosemary and then roasted at 400* until fork tender.

Plus a wrap with Sabra roasted pine nut hummus, spinach, slice tomato, and a sautéed chicken breast. The are the same tortillas that Heather mentioned in a post earlier today.

I was still a little hungry after dinner so I fixed myself a huge plate of dessert.

1/2 sliced pear, 2 clementines, a piece of Nature’s Pride multigrain toast with PB.

Watching that moving really ate up my evening so now it is time to unplug. I have to try to get in bed earlier tonight so I will get up to workout.

The evening has really gotten away from me!

I got home snacked and goofed off a bit and before I knew it it was 6:30 and almost time for me to head to get a haircut.

I forgot my camera at home at lunch so I have to show you my lunch too.

Salmon taco with brown rice, shredded cheese, and salsa. It was so good that I had this one and half of another!

The only snack I had this afternoon at work was a handful of peanut M&M’s, but since I left my camera at home at lunch I couldn’t take a pic.

Once I got home I munched on some pickles.

I also munched on some salami and cheese while I cooked.

Before cooking dinner I started dismantling my Christmas tree. So far I have gotten the garland off, which was a lot. I had 2 different kinds of beads, 1 foil, and 1 wire garland. That is a lot of trips around the tree!

I really didn’t have any plan for dinner other than that it would involve chicken so I decided to keep it simple.

Chicken breast seasoned with S&P topped with a little light ranch dressing, shoepeg corn, and a slice tomato drizzled with olive oil vinaigrette.

After dinner I had to rush out the door to a hair appointment that I almost forgot about. I made it just in the nick of time, and good thing because I was due.

Dessert was some good ole chocolate chip cookies and milk.

Its getting late and I need to try to get a bath and finish setting up the internet on the Wii. I am hoping to do some yoga tomorrow morning.

Staying at my Pawpaw’s for the weekend definitely throws me off on my blogging. I feel like I have so many pictures. I will try to let them speak for me.

So it looks like things left off on Friday evening. I was definitely feeling snacky after dinner. My snacks included…

Popcorn. This was try #2. I burned the 1st bag so bad that the dogs didn’t even want it. Oops!

After snack time I got a quick shower and tested out a new face product that I bought.

 Sarah inspired me to add better skin care to my list of goals for 2010 and I won’t do it unless I make it super easy on myself. I have only used these the 1 time so far but I really liked them. They have a smooth side for cleansing and a rough side for exfoliation and they took of my eye makeup really easily.

Saturday morning started with homemade biscuits and gravy made by my Mom.

I wasn’t really feeling them so I only ate half and then grabbed some fruit.

Morning snack.

Before we picked up lunch we stopped in at Bath and Body Works. I wanted to exchange a lip balm that I got for Christmas. I had this…

And I got this. I have been dying to try it but I rarely make a stop into Bath and Body Work. I thought this was a great opportunity.

So far, I love it.

Next up was lunch.

A fresh pizza from the Harris Teeter at the Arboretum. Love it!

We got the deluxe for the guys, but I would have rather had the veggie. That didn’t stop me from eating one gigantic piece though!

The afternoon included more shopping. I was on a mission to find a silver wire shelf at Target because they were on sale. I also got lucky and found the laptop stand I was looking for!

Next up was dinner.

Steak, shrimp, limas, and potatoes and onions.

And some chocolate I got for Christmas.

A New Moon chocolate bar I got for Christmas. I ate one of the 3 squares. Milk Chocolate and caramel. It was okay. I think I am started to get spoiled by the richness of dark chocolate.

After dinner the guys went to check out a monster truck show that was in town and my Mom and I went to the mall (I don’t shop very much when my Mom isn’t around so I make the most of it while she is around. She is my favorite shopping buddy). And shopping made us hungry.

So we got a pretzel and split it on the way home. So yummy and doughy. Plus it had some garlic salt for an extra kick of flavor. Yum!

Now to today. Breakfast 1/2 pistachio Larabar.

It was only okay. My Mom had the Pecan Pie flavor and said it tasted more like fruit cake than pecan pie.

After breakfast Brian and I made our first ever trip to Costco and we loved it. It was kind of hard on the wallet though. We had so much that we needed since we didn’t do a real grocery trip in November or December. We are all stocked up now!

Lunch was chicken pot pie that my Mom had ready when we got back from Costco.

I ate 2/3 before getting full.

After lunch we packed up the dogs (yes plural dogs, Zeke came with us since my parents will be house-hunting in Fayetteville the couple of days and Pawpaw has plans) and hit the road to head home. The ride from Weddington to Huntersville can feel so long some days even though it is really only 45 minutes to an hour most days.

Once we got home I got to unpacking Christmas gifts and doing some organizing in the house.

I got my new shelf all set up.

  And I got my desk all set up.

I love the dual screens! But I definitely need a better chair. It was killing my butt so I padded it with a blanket, not too attractive. Don’t I have a nice set up for when I manage to get a job where I can work from home?

I did some organizing in the garage too. Then it was snack time.

Tiny pickles from Costco. This is a soy sauce plate if that gives you a better idea of how small they are!

Then some chips and salsa. We got a huge container of Jack Special salsa from Costco, our fave.

I also saw a big bag of Food Should Taste Good tortilla chips that I am sure will make it into the buggie next month when we got back!

Of course after getting my desk all set up I had to give it a test run, plus I needed to get caught up on my Google Reader. Before I knew it dinner time was here.

We sampled these.

Sliced italian meats.

I tried one piece each of the pepper salame and hot capocollo. I really liked the hot capocollo.

And some Kerrygold Dubliner Cheese. I am pretty sure that I have seen this on Emily’s blog so I thought I would give it a shot. And we loved it! It was really different from anything er have tried before.

Dinner was a veggie burger on Arnold’s multigrain thins with a side salad.

The veggie burgers were yet another Coscto find.

I thought they were okay. I think I would have liked it better if I would have topped with salsa instead of ketchup and mustard.

And for dessert.

Two clementines and some chocolate covered almonds.

Now it is time for a bath and hopefully an early bedtime. I have to get ready for work in the morning. No more holidays until April. Eek!