The Most Inapprop Post Ever...NSFW!!

Friday's 5:30 therapy session: Whole Foods. Mission: Cheese. I frolicked over to my 2nd favorite section to buy a cheese that Jenna and I tried last week. We literally had a cheese party with two of the workers who let us try 9 different kinds. My intention was to go back for the Cave Aged Gruyere. It is a hard cow cheese from Switzerland that has been aged for a year in underground caves. It has an intense, smooth flavor with little salt crystals throughout. I picked up a slab and then asked the cheeseman about another one we tried: Robiola. Unfortunately they were out of Robiola. Cheeseman came around the corner saying, "We might have some next week, but for now, see what you think of this. It's another soft Italian cheese." He whipped out his permanent marker, scribbled on the wheel of cheese and said, "Here ya go, enjoy!" 

In case you didn't know, "N/C" means no charge. No charge for a 1/2 pound of cheese? HAPPY FRIDAY TO ME! I didn't even have to flirt. Now, here's the stuff I paid for:

• Bananas
• Pear, for an upcoming amazing sandwich
• Apples
• Honey Wheat bread...bc I could smell it through the bag and just had to have it
• Sweet potato
• Parsnip, gosh those things are freaky looking
• Luna Bars

I sliced the sweet potato and parsnip, tossed with olive oil and cinnamon and baked it for...a long time.

I panicked when I realized I didn't have any ketchup and nervously grabbed my favorite Classico four cheese pasta sauce. I ended up grating Pecorino Romano cheese on it...It became 5 cheese!

A hot mess that tasted delish.

Saturday's breakfast was simple but oh so tasty: Sweet & Salty oat bran:

• 1/3 cup oat bran
• 1/3 cup original almond milk
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/2 sliced banana
• spoonful of cinnamon raisin swirl peanut butter
• spoonful of fluff

I mustered up the energy to go to the gym 2 hours later. I was deeply concerned about the state of my abs and/or I wanted to work up an appetite for lunch...which was out of this world. I headed over to Village Bakery for a daily special. Village Bakery is a cute little breakfast/lunch place on Pitt St. in Mt. Pleasant. It's in the same restaurant family as Mustard Seed, Sette, Boulevard Diner, Longpoint Grill, and Uno Mas. They've got great fresh sandwiches, delicious sides, and a pretty decent breakfast menu, too! They also have a selection of teas and desserts! All of their sandwiches are served on freshly baked bread that you can buy by the loaf. One of my favorite sandwiches from Village Bakery is their Turkey and Provolone sandwich: smoked turkey, provolone, and a cranberry relish. And what they mean by cranberry relish is fresh cranberries that have been simmered in orange juice and sugar. Yum. 

Saturday's special was "Balsamic roasted chicken, baby spinach, mozzarella, with a sun-dried tomato basil aioli served hot on a ciabatta roll."

Look at that ooey gooey cheese madness.

As my side I chose the Irish salad: wheat berries with bits of cabbage, potatoes, and corned beef. This was interesting and great!

I washed it all down with a Zevia Black Cherry. This flavor has some kick! Great stuff. 

And now it's time for the Not Safe For Work part of this post. Drum roll, please...

Yes, people, this is real life in the Ethnic section of Publix. I shamelessly snapped a picture of this with my Blackbaby and immediately proceeded to message this to as many BBM contacts as possible.

Reactions:
Aaron: Oh my..
Ally: LOL!!!!! Buy me some while you're at it.

Alyssa: Lol - always the most random stuff with you.

Anna: Wtf!? Bahaha. Isn't it like some sort of english pudding crap?

Brandon: What the f is that? It sounds like a disease.

Callie: hahahahah wtf!

David: Hahaha! Wtf is that sgit! Yeah, he spelled it like that.

Erin: Aaron said its an english dessert?

Frankie: That's English bread pudding and I like the name. I'm telling his wife!

Gerry: Get me 2
Heather: No way!!! Lol lol lol. (Me: Should I buy it?) Eww no thanks spotted dicks can't be a good thing.
Nancy: What the f is that!? Better be good!

Heather 2: What the hell is that??

Heera: Wtf!

Laura: Wtf bahahhahaah

Megan: Bahahaah you crack me up!

Nick: I'll take my dick withoout spots, please.

Nikki: wahaahah gross u ate it? 

Santo: That shit looks disgusting! What is that? Are you eating dick tonight? Promise me you'll blog about it. 

Sean: Stay away from that. You could end up with a spotted baby. 

Scott: They make medications for that.

Anonymous: Just call me.

Conclusions:

• Everybody says wtf. 
• A lot of people toss in a "b" when laughing
• I shouldn't buy it.

Whose reaction was your fave? Mine was Santo's. 

One, Two, Three, RUN!

How about a little weekend update? My pantry is stocked!! On Friday, I picked up a few of my favorite things from Whole Foods...

• Annie's pastas -- grew up eating these, but haven't had them since I was a young Xtina. Wait, that doesn't sound right...since I was a little Chrissy. 
• Fage -- new obsession...WF had the strawberry flavor! So exciting.
• Bananas - must.have.one.every.day.
• Cinnamon Raisin Swirl peanut butter -- no need for an explanation. Just drool with me.
• Luna Bars -- 3 new flavors that I'll soon be reviewing.
• GELATO! They let me get two 1/2 pints because I wanted two different flavors: Carrot Cake and Pistachio. 

I rushed home to make the shells & white cheddar because that was my favorite growing up. When I got home I had a big package waiting for me!! A couple weeks ago, I won a Zevia giveaway on Ashley's blog. My Zevia 6-pack prize had arrived. I ripped open the package to find these pretty cans of fizz:

I made my pasta shells, some veggies, and cracked open my first Zevia.

The shells weren't as amazing as I remembered, so I added a lot of freshly cracked pepper. The Zevia flavor I tried was lemon lime twist. It was really good! It tasted very similar to Sprite, but better. Zevia sodas are made with Stevia and have zero calories. They contain no sugar or artificial sweeteners and have no effect on blood sugar levels. Yay for no tooth decay and sudden blood sugar crashes!

Saturday morning I went to the gym for a 3-mile run and then played on the machines for a little while. When I got home I tried a new Luna Bar flavor: Iced Oatmeal Raisin.

OH MY HEAVENS.

This is definitely my new favorite bar. As soon as I opened it I could smell the cinnamon. 

There is a hint of raisin (really I didn't get that much) binded by a bunch of oats with a thick layer of creamy icing. 

This is the seventh flavor I've tried and it's definitely at the top of my list. My second favorite flavor (so far) is Blueberry Bliss, followed by Chocolate Peppermint Stick.

After I showered, my roommate and I got all pretty and got ready for St. Patrick's Day on Sullivan's Island. 

she loves Luna Bars too! :)

We drank and we drank and we drank. We had a great time and safely took a taxi back to our apartment.  "Knockout" by Lil Wayne featuring Nicki Minaj came on during our ride home which struck up a conversation/debate on who has more talent: Nicki or Trina. Our driver was such a Trina fan. Of course he is. I direct quoted Heera and said "But Nicki is the Trina of 2010!" No such luck, I didn't convince him. At least we didn't need to argue about Lil Wayne. 

I've been debating on doing the 2010 Cooper River Bridge Run for the past few weeks. I kept thinking "my gooooooosh do I need to pay MORE for exercise?" Heck no. Then I thought "Why wouldn't I do this?" Screw 40 bucks, it happens once a year and there's a reason why 2295872984295829572957 other people do it....so I signed up. As soon as I got my receipt in my inbox I realized, holy mother, this thing is in 11 days! Yipes! I've never even set foot on the bridge -- only driven over it! 

I started looking up other races and found a St. Patrick's Day 5k. What the heck, I signed up for that too. I figured it would be a good way to practice other than my usual treadmill pounding. The "Catch the Leprechaun" 5k on Wednesday evening is sponsored by Pattison's Academy in Mt. Pleasant. Pattison's Academy is a school for physicaly and mentally disabled children. The race is in Memorial Waterfront Park so it should be a really pretty run. They'll be playing Irish music at the post-race party, too! It sounded like a lot of fun, and since it's for kids...I couldn't resist. 

Speaking of kids -- check out my awesome cousin. He's into fitness too!!

Not sure what's all over his leg...I think he was playing in the dog's water bowl again. :)