I really live here
Hi friends! How are you? Thank you for all of the sweet congrat tweets on our future baby Pilot (or whatever he decides to do) ๐
[I love when one of her ears flops back like that]
After I last said hello, I enjoyed half a banana with almond butter and packed up an apple to munch on the drive back.
I tested out a new circuit workout that Iโll be posting tomorrowโฆ and it was a super schweaty one ๐
{no such thing as a non-goobery way to take an iPhone photo. Smile at the phone = goober, smile at the mirror= goober. haha}
After all of that fun, a shower, + the second half of b-fast:
it was time for a little adventure: getting a Costco membership.
Costco is a magical place.
They have amazing things like 24-oz Maranatha almond butter jars for $5.79 and a 24-pack of seaweed snacks for $9-something.
I was blown away by all of the healthy and organic optionsโฆ it was pretty much amazeballz.
Even with all of my excitement, I restrained myself from going too crazy โthe Pilot would raise his eyebrow at me if I came home with a 24-pack of seaweed snacks, a new dog bed for Bella, a 50-pack of bathroom tissue, and other random buys the week before we move- but I HAD to get these:
Zucchini pasta!!
I love making this at home, but itโs tough to pack for lunches because it gets soggy. Since these are frozen, theyโll be awesome take-to-work options ๐
Itโs funny because getting a Costco membership made me feel a little like we actually live here. Yes, Iโve been in Tucson since December, but everything has felt temporary since Iโve been here. I was staying with roomies and when the Pilot came home, we moved into a small apartment, with loaner furniture from the parentals and stuff I got at an estate sale to last us until we move into our house. Weโre staying here, but it never felt like we *live* here, if that makes sense.
We always joke that it seems like weโre here on a quick trip to see the fam.Today make me feel like Iโll be here for a while, but the big one will be next week when we get the keys to our new place ๐
Itโs dinnertime over here, but I hope youโre all having a lovely night! <3
See ya bright and early ๐
xoxo
Gina
Todayโs workout jam: โBest Thing I Never Hadโ Beyonce. Iโm on a Beyonce kick lately! This song is slower and kinda ballad-y but makes for a surprisingly awesome heavy climb song. As I was crawling up the treadmill with a high resistance, it motivated me to keep going, since I kept thinking โyou sing it, girl.โ haha ๐
Yay for all the healthy options at costco… who knew?? I’ve had the zucchini pasta before at whole foods but at the time, I didn’t realize that it wasn’t a lunch option and really needed protein added to it! I won’t make that mistake again! And love your comment about taking iphone pictures- I always feel so awkward and feel so lame smiling at the camera in the mirror!
1.) Costco also has agave! Huge bottle. Love that place.
2.) I had no idea about the seaweed snacks. Score.
3.) We have the same iphone case.
I think we would get along just great! ๐
I live at Costco. They have so much organic produce, frozen fruit for smoothies, good dog food, I could go on and on. And it’s ALL at bargain prices (per unit). You will spend a fortune there but you’ll have so much great STUFF at the end! I couldn’t live without Costco. Though mine hasn’t had almond butter in forever. Grrr.
I have a membership to Costco but haven’t been in a while b/c it’s always so busy and sometimes the size of the items are too large for a two person household. I definitely need to go and look for that zucchini pasta next time I’m there for toilet paper and paper towels. ๐
wow! we have SAMS club but they don’t have those items. it seems that tucson has a lot of great products that i would like to buy but…
i would literally live in costco if i could.. free samples for breakfast, lunch and dinner!