Truthful Tuesday

This is a funny one... So Friday evening I had plans to meet up with some long time friends to finally exchange holiday gifts and enjoy some delicious pizza at Otto. Otto is one of those trendy pizza places, and it's right in my town. Super tasty!
Anyway, we planned to meet there at 7. I was driving my truck because my driveway is a sheet of ice and no place at all for a car that is about ready for tires and only rear wheel drive. Due to driving said truck (aka The Boat), I couldn't park on the street. It was First Friday in town so it was packed full. Every first Friday of the month, the local shops and restaurants all stay open late and offer different discounts for the night. It's a fun promotion, and attracts a lot of people. It's less fun though when trying to dock the boat. So I parked at the post office which is a pretty short walk to Otto. Due to said walk, I was a couple of minutes late, so I sent a text to the friends. I didn't get a response, but figured I'd either see them in there or grab a table. Which is what I did. I sat for a couple minutes, got a water. And then thought it was odd for them to be late and not touch base. So I checked our email with the plans. Yeah... We're meeting up Friday the 9th!

Lol! I stayed and had dinner anyway, but relocated from my table for 4 to a seat at the counter. It was still delicious. My server and I had a good laugh about the whole thing. Apparently, someone else did the same thing earlier in the evening. I said, oh that's too bad, we could have eaten together! Funny thing is, I had plans to meet a different friend at the same place last night (which happened as planned, thank you very much...) and now I'll be back again Friday. That's a lot of pizza in the course of 8 days. And the same guy has been my server each time so far... He's going to think I'm stalking him.

Have you ever shown up at the right place but wrong time? Were you embarrassed? I totally wasn't, but do think it's hilarious!

Truthful Tuesday

Heh... This is a good one. I've been trying to do most of my grocery shopping at the farmer's market since it's summer and I really should eat healthy foods. And maybe lose 10 lbs... (ha!) But the problem with that is all those healthy foods need to be consumed within about 3 days or they turn to mush. My local market is held on Sundays which is pretty perfect. But that means by Wednesday, pickings are getting slim in the kitchen. By Thursday, there's pretty much nothing left that can be considered food. Well last Thursday, by the time I was done in the barn, it was too late to get to the grocery store (they close at 10 and it was 9:45), so I figured there must be SOMETHING buried in the freezer that could pass for dinner. There was not. But you know what I did have? All the ingredients for S'MORES! Mmmmm s'mores! So today's confession my friends: I ate s'mores for dinner. And I cooked them on a candle in my living room.

Important to note: Those giant marshmallows are stupid. I had to break them into thirds to cook properly. But they were better than no marshmallows.
On a related note, I used to do this in college all the time, which was kind of a big no-no since we weren't supposed to have candles or any type of flames in the dorms. And one time I set off the smoke alarm in my room. Thankfully it didn't trip the main one for the whole building. Oops.