Hello! I have a few confessions today. I obviously feel better spilling my guts on the internet over a priest, so one of you has to give me my penance in the comments. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Catholic confession it should be something like 2 Our Fathers, 6 Hail Marys and something else along those lines. Thanks.
On my run this morning I saw Toby. I was going to stop and tell him “Hello” but there were some walkers nearby and I didn’t want them to know we are friends. It’s not like I’m embarrassed of Toby, I just don’t know if he likes me like that yet so I didn’t want to make a scene.
Then, I saw him in front of a house and I was about to go give him a lil scratch when I realized he was kind of close to the front door and it was open. I think this is his house. So, now that I figured out where he lives I feel like a stalker. A cat stalker. Also known as a weirdo.
Anyway. I had a good run! I did a tempo run this morning on my favorite flat loop with 1 mile warm up, 5 tempo and a cool down walk.
Since I drove to my favorite spot I packed a lot of hydration. I drink a lot.
Yesterday I was in a rush in the morning so I made a quick green smoothie to take with me to an appointment. I’m back to loving strawberry protein powder this week. I think I’m just in a super strawberry mood with everything right now.
Post-run I hit up the Whole Foods hot bar. I joke that the Whole Foods salad bar is my favorite restaurant. I love being able to get a bite or two of different things. It’s like a buffet with super expensive organic food and instead of all-you-can-eat it’s really all-you-can-afford – but that keeps me from going too crazy with it.
Luckily Wednesdays is a sale day for the food bar and it’s $1.50 off the usual price. Boom. This is the only day I can justify going now.
One of my former co-workers pointed out that, “Whole Foods Salad Bar costs as much as a salad from the Cheesecake Factory, but you have to get it yourself and eat it from a cardboard box!”
That guy is speaking the truth.
But I still keep going back for more. Damn you WF! I love it!!
Confession # something – I once got food poisoning from the Whole Foods hot bar (it was major and horrible) and still went back to that location. Why am I the worst?
I always try to be mindful of what I’m getting so I don’t break the bank, but still end up with a pricey lunch. Well, at least I have that 600 pack of corn tortillas to fill me up when I’m out of grocery money?
With all my money going to organic kale salad sold by the pound I hope Vegas doesn’t expect me to pay him for guarding my Spark while I wrote this post…
your posts always make me wanna LOL but i have judgey (is that a word?) coworkers so i just smile. Do you know for a fact his name is Toby or did u pick it for him haha
Ha! I saw his lil collar with his name the last time I saw him. But I feel like a creeper that I know his name and where he lives.
I do love the Whole Foods hot bar, but like you said, can’t afford to spend that much on lunch every day so I try to minimize the amount of time I spend there. It’s difficult because I actually work across the street from one of the locations in my town so it’s in close proximity. Between that and the Starbucks that’s right next door, I spend a lot of money on food and coffee haha!
I LOVE it! Luckily the one closest to me is not that convenient to get to. (Very congested area) I would go broke if it was too close and convenient.
I used to go every day for lunch since it was across from my office. I called it Whole Paycheck. Eventually I grew weary. But the breakfast bar items I LOVE.
this is hilariously true—why does it have to be so delicious and expensive?!?
We went to WF for birthday dinner (I know, big time excitement) and I got food poisoning too!! The worst part is, I want to go back!
oh I wonder if my whole foods does the sale! I was there for lunch the other day. I didn’t even totally love it this time yet I continue to go back! it’s way to pricey and I always think to myself that I should have gone to cheesecake instead!
man i miss the whole foods salad bar. i also talk to animals, but as i’m in budapest, not only do they not understand my full sentences, i can barely tell them to drop the ball so i can throw it.
I’m not Catholic but I’ll do my best:
Do not worry about stalking the cat my child, it is the weakness of us all and all we want is to love them. Go in peace (NOT into his house after him.)
As for the the Whole Foods things – it’s too expensive. Jesus would be like “Do you have a $$ tree? NO, you don’t.” Make two bloody mary’s and go in peace. 🙂
We have something similar to this in Canada at a place called farm boy. It’s not near as expensive as WF but still more than salad should cost!
HOWEVER, I have tried 100000x to make my own “salad bar” in my fridge and everytime I end up throwing out food because I can’t buy 1/2 a pepper etc.
So I am okay with going to the salad bar because A) it means there is no waste B) I’m eating healthy ish C) there are jobs that have been created because of the salad bar. (Wouldn’t it be nice to be paid to try to make your cucumber slices uniform?)
I guess I’m a hater. Waaay too overpriced.
Did you get sick off of the Long Beach WF hot bar?! Haha, that one is the worst. Tustin and Newport are where it’s at!
LOOOOVVVVE WF salad bar. Best salad bar in the entire world! And I don’t think I have ever walked out with less than a $15 salad.. and that’s on a Wed. However, I am addicted.