Addicted to Special K Chocolatey Deeelight

Kashi Go-Fart

Damn, I forgot to take a snapshot of yesterday's breakfast. I was doing so well about remembering. Now I don't even remember what I had. Oh well, let's hit today's breakfast while it is still fresh in my mind: a bowl of Kashi Go-Lean cereal which generally does unspeakable things to my stomach and therefore is only ingested on days off, an "Egg" McFauxfin, and some hazelnut coffee. Today is technically my weigh-in day, and the scale reports I'm down somewhere between 5 and 7lbs, because I didn't quite look/record my weight the day I started. So hooray!

I saw Cloverfield on Saturday and absolutely loved it. I thought it was clever and well-done and just an enormous amount of fun. This, judging from message boards and reviews, is not everyone's opinion of the movie, and that's fine. I had a great time, and I was very glad to have went before I had chance to become spoiled or jaded by reading too many things about it. (Case in point, Roger Ebert gives away part of the end of the movie in the very first paragraph of his review. I call "Jackassery!") The Milk Duds tasted freaking awesome too, by the way.

Big Breakfast

Why do my soysage patties look like dog turds?

Had kind of a big breakfast this morning, but I was hungry after the gym. Three Nutri-Grain Low-Fat Whole-Wheat Eggos, two soysage patties, and some Better'N Eggs with sugar free syrup. I really didn't need that 3rd waffle, but it was the last one in the box, and the new box was accidentally the wrong kind, so I would have trouble figuring out the Points if I mixed an old one with a new(wrong) one. I meant to grab the Low-Fat Nutri-Grain Whole Wheat Eggos, and instead grabbed a box of regular ones of the non-low-fat variety. Oh well. I'll make my husband eat them.

Meeting a friend in midtown today to go see Cloverfield. So excited! No one here in NJ would go see it with me, could you believe that? Not even my husband. Not really his cup of movie tea. Well, my one friend definitely would've been in to it, but she's on bed rest for the remaining weeks of her pregnancy. Seriously, you think she would've timed that better.

Not sure if I'm more excited for the movie this afternoon, or the box of Milk Duds I am allowing myself to have there. I'm down about 5lbs or so after two weeks, so I must be doing this right for once!

Some Quick K

We had to take the dog to the vet (just an annual booster shot checkup, no need to worry) so I just had a quick bowl of cereal. Special K Chocolatey Delight is fast becoming my favorite cereal. I like the Special K Red Berries too, but I notice after eating it that my gums feel kind of stingy. Weird.

Egg McFauxfin

Better'N Eggs, Thomas' 100 Calorie English Muffin, a slice of 2% American Cheese. I was going to bring it to work wrapped in tin foil, but it started falling apart. Lest I miss any of this eggy-like goodness, I just ate it at home and was late for work. It was worth it. Plus, 3 Points on Weight Watchers! Booyah!!

Berry Yummy

Sorry about my lame Strawberry Shortcake-esq title. Breakfast this morning: Yogurt Burst Cheerios, with an assortment of fresh berries that happened to be in the 'fridge, and light whole wheat toast with blackberry jam. Yum!

Au Chocolat

Special K Chocolately Delight, fat-free milk, and Rain Forest Nut coffee.

I guess I had this cereal in honor of the fact that we were confirmed as attendees for the 2008 AllCandy Expo in Chicago! Yay!I wish I wasn't as excited about this as I really am, but as a life-long candy-lover (yeah, obvs!) I can't wait to live out my real-life Willy Wonka fantasies. (Note: This has nothing to do with Gene Wilder in purple top hat with matching velvet undies. ) It has to do with candy! Wall-to-wall blaring convention center glitz with enough free candy samples to put me in a diabetic coma. Gooooooo insulin!!

All the big name players will be representin': Mars, Hershey, Nestle, Cadbury Adams, NECCO (I freaking hate NECCO wafers though), Pez, Lindt & Sprungli (what's a Sprungli?), Wrigley's, Jelly Belly, and the Ferrara Pan Co. (Don't know Ferrara Pan Co.? You only think you don't. Hello Lemonheads, Atomic Fireballs, Boston Baked Beans, and Red Hots! I defy you to tell me you aren't familiar with any one of those.) It's not *just* candy though, salty snacks and granola bars will also be in the house (Jerky Snack Food, Utz). Hotlix will be there, and I'm not 100% certain but I think they make the tequila flavored lollipops with a worm in them. I don't even want to begin that discussion-- tequila does not have worms!! But I digress. I also want to see what is up with Oral Fixation Mints. (Oh, that was easy. I'm intrigued now.)

Naturally, I'm going wearing my Marketing Assistant/Buyer hat for Giovanni's Deli in beautiful Fair Lawn, NJ. The deli is thinking about branching out into the direction of gourmet chocolate and fine candy gifts, and we are going to check out what's innovative and available in the niche market of fine and unique candies. (That sounds pretty good acutally.)