the training wheels are officially off

i finally did it. earlier this week, i put on my big girl pants, and cancelled my recurring bistro order. i can, of course, start again at any point if i feel like i need to, but i've lost the free shipping, so i hope i can get along without it. i had a tough time making that call. and, yeah, we've got about 3 dozen bistro meals piled up in the chest freezer, so it's not like i don't have any. i've only used one this week in total. and i'm probably making a bigger deal of this than it is...but somewhere in the back of my mind, there's the irrational thought that i lost weight on the bistro meals because they have magic skinny dust that they add just before flash freezing. dumb, i know. :)

did my shopping last night, and i've got a lot of meals to put together this weekend! we're going to try a few new things:

• taco soup
• cheese ravioli
• monkfish

and i also want to stock up on some previously-tested-and-YAY! items, like the indian meal. believe it or not, last night el nino ate most of my vindaloo chicken and was sticking his hands in the sauce so he could lick them. (gross, i know. he just turned 2 though so we cut him a little slack.) he also liked the mac and cheese (not a shocker) so we're going through the meals a little faster than i anticipated. this isn't a bad thing at all; in fact, i'm delighted that the whole family is happy to eat them. i just need to up the production a touch.

will also be roasting more potatoes and brussel sprouts, because those were really, really tasty. here's hoping i can find the energy for a major push!