What a Great Deal!

Top 5 reasons why I love the Commissary:

1. You can get food for cheap. Well, cheaper than at the 'regular' grocery store. Since they don't mark up the food to make their money, you pretty much pay cost. That's why they have a surcharge.
   
2. You can get SUPER HUGE GREAT DEALS!!! Like the time I got some yummy kind of cereal ( I can't remember the brand) for an amazingly great price like 35 cents per box. Boy o boy did I have my year's supply for that year. Who needs dried beans and whole wheat? We had cereal. It was great until it started to go stale. Then I couldn't make my kids eat that crap. Whose great idea was getting all that stuff anyway?
3. Three words: Case lot sale. I actually think it's more hype than it's really worth. I mean, after you spend an hour in line just to get into that big tent, and at least another hour waiting for a stupid shopping cart, and AT LEAST another hour waiting in line to pay for the case of brownie mixes and pop tarts that end up sitting around for a year because you just didn't feel like eating them after 6 months of eating the same flavor pop tart, you'd be better off just going into the store and buying just one or two packages at a time. Seriously, is it really that great of a deal?
   
4. You can get bags and bags of candy for a dollar. I love to go to the commissary after the holidays. I mean, 2 pounds of peanut M&M's for $1? I don't really even like M&M's, and I buy them. I just bought several bags of Reese's Pieces eggs. Heaven, pure heaven I tell you. I love them. The extra thick candy shell and all that peanut butter!!! I ate 2/3 of a bag the other night for dinner (I never claimed to be a healthy eater). I can't resist a good deal. Especially if it's candy.
   
5. Unless it's cookies. Tonight, I went for the emergency gallon of milk and fresh fruit because I don't have anymore and my kids need something healthy for breakfast and I am putting off grocery shopping so I'll just get these couple of things to tide me over for a few more days until I just break down and get a full load. Well, the last time I went to the commissary to get the candy (see #4 above), I noticed that the Pillsbury ready to bake bunny shaped Easter cookies were selling for 95 cents. I knew that was a good price, but there were stacks and stacks of them in the refrigerator. So, I decided to take a gamble and play the waiting game. I knew a better price was still yet to come. So, tonight when I went through I noticed a coupon: save $1 when you buy 2. HA! I knew it! So, I paid $1.90 for four packages of sugar cookies. I know I am all into making baked goods from scratch, but there's just something kinda wonderful about those little bunny cookies. I just love them. That's why I downed 10 of them before I realized what I had done. That happens whenever there are cookies involved.

So there you have it! What do you all love about the commissary? Harmony, I bet you love that milk only costs $5 per gallon instead of $7.

Happy food shopping!

I need a vacation

I know I just got back from one last week, but hear me out first...

1. I don't really have anything great to write about now. When I was on vacation, there were fun things and good pictures to go along with it. Now, it's just normal life. I mean, woo hoo! I did another load of laundry. Whoopee! Vivian didn't throw another major temper tantrum for the first day in a row. I am so thrilled.

2. I don't really have any more reasons. I am actualy glad to be home. I just want to have good stuff to write about.

Oh, by the way, I did end up making cookies. (big surprise there) They tasted great. I ate at least half of them. Maybe I should blog about how I survive on Diet Coke and chocolate chip cookies.

It's late. I should be sleeping. I am getting over a cold. I need to get better so I can workout again so I can feel less guilty about eating cookies all day. Or, I could just stop eating the cookies.... Naaaaah! I'll just exercise more. Maybe I'll try whole wheat cookies next time. I do have 48 more ounces of chocolate chips left!!

Any ideas?

I was in Costco yesterday and it called my name. It actually said, " Yo! Marianne! What up girl? Where you been at? You know I need you to mix it up fo' me. Put a little heat to it and make thangs do what they do." Seriously! That's what they said. And since I can't resist sweet talking like that, I had to bring them home. Now what should I tell my husband? Stay tuned...

the cookie monster strikes again

I am such a nice mommy. Last night while I was vacation clothes shopping, I got a call from Patricia. She was in crisis mode. She hadn't made any Valentine's for her teachers. She needed cards and candy for her three teachers. My first instinct was to say too bad you should have mentioned this during the day, not at 9:30 at night. But I held my tongue. I smelled an opportunity brewing. I had extra cards for her to use and offered to do what any normal chocolate chip cookie fiend would do. I, ever so unselfishly, decided that the best thing do would be to send her to school with yummy baked goods. So, guess what I did? I whipped up ANOTHER batch of my delicious chocolate chip cookies.

I wanted to rush home to bake cookies, but I needed two very important ingredients; butter and of course the chocolate chips. Wal-mart had the butter, but they were devoid of chocolate chips. Can you believe that? So, I improvised. I used two giant Hershey's bars. I had a Symphony bar and a dark chocolate bar. I am good at improvising when it comes to missing ingredients. It usually turns out well.

So, I made the cookies when I got home. I stayed up until 12:30 baking. I only ate about five cookies last night. I won't be eating more because I bagged up all of them in cute little Valentine's Day bags to give away. If you are lucky, you or your kids will get some. I mean, you might not because there are only so many to give away. So, don't get all offended if you don't get cookies, ok? I still love you.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hello People!!

So, now I am totally excited by the idea that I have a blog now. Intimidated too. Especially because some of you already have them, and I am so sure mine won't be nearly as cute or witty or have great pictures, BUT I figure that I spend enough time on the internet, I might as well do something semi-creative and constructive.

I decided on the title 'Cookies 4 Breakfast', because I can justify anything for breakfast, even cookies. Want to know how? Anything is better for you than a donut. Even cookies. At least they're not deep fried. I am finally over my temporary chocolate chip cookie obsession (thank goodness). For two weeks, I ate those yummy things like crazy. I will get the recipe and post it for all of you as soon as I learn how to do that. I guess that's my homework for tonight! Have a great day.