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Wow, November already.  Need to print my Nov. calendar. Need to get the rest of my vacation days scheduled!

Weekend.  Hmmm.  Oh, quiet day at the office.  In the evening, bf and I went out for dinner.  I suggested a Thai place we’d tried once before.  Not finding the food quite spicy enough last time, bf ordered it spicier (which our server called “Thai style”).  The beef salad we had for an appetizer would have been really delicious (it was more than just the usual pile of beef on some iceberg lettuce, it was a real salad w/ lovely greens and a nice flavorful dressing), but it was just too spicy.  Same for the Tom Yum soup I ordered as my main entrée.  Bf’s panang curry was just fine.  (We actually ended up sharing entrees.)  So next time, we’ll just order it Thai style, but ask them to back off the spice a couple notches.  Too funny seeing bf with his nose running and eyes watering.  I have a slightly higher tolerance for the spice, but my nose was running too.  Our lips were stinging too, LOL. 

After dinner we went to Walmart and bought our Halloween candy.  went to bed relatively early, because once again I was pooped. 

I don’t remember what I did all Saturday morning.  Just puttering I guess.  I put up some Halloween clings on the storm door (better late than never) and dug out a trick-or-treat pail to use for handing out our candy.  The candy, still unopened, was calling my name all morning and I finally succumbed and had a mini Twix.  Right around noon, I took doggy for a walk by the creek.  I took the looong leash, but soon realized I wouldn’t be letting go of it because doggy was moving pretty fast (full of P&V again) and I probably wouldn’t be able to even keep up with my end of the leash.  So I ended up putting the flexi leash back on him, which is easier to deal with. 

Lunch was soup and chicken.  In the afternoon, I did some laundry, swept the floors (a quiet alternative to the stick vacuum), drank tea, read my book, and greeted trick-or-treaters.  It was a brisk, windy day, so I didn’t want to rake leaves, nor did I feel like doing any other clean up in the backyard.  I did, however, eat (and logged) Halloween candy.  I made a point of eating one of each type we had, which was 8 pieces, and in all I had 10 pieces.  It sure adds up!  We didn’t get many trick-or-treaters, so we had a lot of candy left.  Didn’t end up giving it away to the last trick-or-treater to visit, so boo on that.  

Sat. night was ho hum.  I watched some tv, including Suze Orman, and went to bed early for some reading.  I didn’t sleep very well on Saturday night and ended up getting up in the middle of the night for a snack – some crackers and dip.   Then I read some more.  I finally went back to sleep and didn’t get up until about 8:30 the next morning. 

Sunday morning I finished reading my book, looked at the newspaper, and made a shopping list for a few items I needed for a couple recipes we might make this week.  I ate a healthy breakfast and plenty of water because I had my blood donation appointment.  Before the donation appointment I bought some fabric dye (sale at Joanne’s) for some sheets I want to dye.  After the donation, I had not one, but two bags of the tasty white cheddar popcorn they have for post-donation snacks, and I also started on a pack of Oreos (which I finished later in the day).  After that, I went to the market and picked up some groceries at Traders Joe’s and another store.  Back at home, lunch was few pieces of leftover pizza.  Bf and I took doggy for a walk after lunch.  Nice and sunny!  Dinner was fancy burgers bf’s mother had bought on sale and given to us.  Sun dried tomato and parmesan.  Nothing I’d buy or eat again.  Because we had leftover Halloween candy, I ended up eating some of that during the day.  We need to get rid of that!  I’ll have bf pick out what he wants (probably the Heath and Payday bars) and we’ll give away the rest.  Not a great eating day, but I don’t count calories on Sundays.  I still try to eat reasonably, but yesterday really got away from me with the snacks. 

Back to logging in my food today.  Today was the fundraiser’s bake/garage sale.  I bought a small brownie.  Have to work that into the day’s calories.  Brought my lunch and snacks to work.  Sandwich was on some low-calorie wheat bread bf bought for me.  Only 70 calories for 2 slices.  It’s not bad, not great.  Nice that bf’s catching on. 

No meetings today.  Tonight after work is my bone density test.  We’ll see if bf makes the pot roast for dinner.  I left the recipe on the counter, hint, hint, LOL.  I thawed the meat yesterday. 

Okay, enough rambling.  Time to publish.