YES GOOD

Brief update today, since I have decided that I need to do ALL OF MY SCHOOLWORK before I'm allowed to go to sleep tonight. (Which, as those of you who are aware of what is going on this week already know, is absolutely not going to happen -- I probably won't finish it this weekend, even, but I decided that setting this wildly irrational goal was a good idea for some reason.)

BUT! The good things: Another baked potato for lunch, brown rice and onions cooked in my veggie stock for dinner. This rice? Is AWESOME. The stock adds a lot of flavor - the bitterness I mentioned is completely gone, and it's all just delicious vegetable flavors. I'm going to add beans tomorrow, since I didn't think far enough in advance to soak them, but for now this is great.

Picked up the onion, four big potatoes, an avocado, and some peppermint white chocolate coffee creamer (I'm not out yet, I just like to try to have at least two in my fridge at all times because running out makes me so unbearably cranky) for a total of $8.05. The potatoes and the avocado were both on sale, so that was nice. And I'd like to point out that I am always super happy when I notice how much produce I'm buying with full intention of eating it immediately. Yay! I win at healthy food!

Addendum: If you can afford a sieve, buy a sieve. Don't pull this "I'll improvise and make do without one" nonsense. It saves like *all* of the time for rinsing things.