New clothes, dinner... this and that

The dinner adventure continues....

Holidays were spent at relatives eating delicious home cooked items like swedish meatballs, ham, salad, cookies, cornish game hens on a rice mixture, cheesy potatoes.... It was 2 more days of gluttony.

Recipes I'm proud to have made:

Lemon Dill Green Beans from the internet
    I give it 3/5 spoons. It's easy and refreshing, but just a bit too tart. Maybe adding garlic and lessening the lemon juice would make it more appealing for me. I would also use the whole mustard instead of the ground mustard I used.

Red Velvet cake with green cream cheese frosting (Christmas cake!) from the internet
    I give it 4/5 spoons for ease of recipe and overall taste. It took about 3-6 minutes longer per cake than expected but not a bad recipe to make from scratch.

Sugar Cookies (non-roll out cookies) from my mom

Today's dinner: My go to meal of rice a roni and pork with cheese skillet meal.
I used broccoli au gratin rice a roni and browned the pork with shallots and Mrs. Dash in olive oil.
Nothing fancy, but its a great fast meal for those nights when you just don't know what to make.

Today was also spent shopping! I had christmas money burning a hole in my pocket so my friends and I, as many people did as well, headed to the mall. Things were looking bleak until I went into Ann Taylor Loft and there, I scored! I got 1 pair of jeans (normally $60); 1 pair of trousers (normally $60) and a sweater for $49! I am most excited about the jeans as I'm down to 2 pairs of jeans. Total amount saved: $81!!! I know what I'm wearing to work tomorrow. :)