Grapefruit Disaster

So I'm a lady, right?
And as a lady, I am concerned about what as a lady I would refer to as my "figure." Specifically I am concerned about the fact that none of my pants fit anymore, a fact which I blame almost entirely on the six feet of snow I've been forced to live under for the past three months driving me to eat for entertainment and safety. But it has to stop.

Like I mentioned, it's winter. Aside from literally thousands of feet of snow, this also brings Citrus. Don't get me wrong: I'm no fruit fan. Far from it. Most fruit is terrible. Grocery store apples? Ew. Grapes? What IS that? Pear? Peach? Berries? I could take it or leave it. A tomato? EXCEPTION. Another exception: Some citrus products, including a grapefruit.

A grapefruit is outstanding. It tastes like it is going to fix all the health problems you could ever have. When you eat it, you can actually feel your cells re-arranging your DNA to make you taller, more nordic, more charming. My favorite way to eat a grapefruit is the classic cut-in-half, cut-into-sections, sugar sprinkled on top. The astringent taste and fibrous texture of the grapefruit flesh when combined with the gritty sweetness of sugar is perfect. It's also what makes kiwi good, by the way, although with kiwi it's hardly as much work. (Maybe the kiwi is better, but that's not for this discussion. I would argue no, for the record.)

But does the inclusion of sugar negate the healthfulness of the grapefruit? Probably some. I work in an office filled with women, and that means one thing: A PREOCCUPATION WITH WEIGHT/FOOD/DIETING. This means we have the industrial-sized box of Sweet 'n Low brand artificial sweetener.

Today, as an experiment, I put Sweet n' Low brand artificial sweetener on top of my grapefruit and let me tell you: it was terrible.

eating poor

So I've been pretty broke lately, but because I work at an awesome Co-op natural market, I get lots and lots of great free food. Produce, fresh meat and seafood, pastry, even a few grocery items. So often I just need to buy a couple things to turn what I have been able to scrounge into something tasty. Sometimes it's the other way around, like today.
I got my tax refund recently, and while I have been spending too much of it, I have been trying to remain somewhat frugal (need to have the money to start the karaoke business). So the other day I went to the accursed Wal-Mart to pick up a couple of things to help me organize my room. My room is very tiny, you see, so I was going to get some hooks and whatnot to hang on my doors. While there I saw a couple of grocery items that all have been staples for me at one time or another: frozen chicken strips, frozen pizza and cup noodles. So I got some of these things.
To the point: today I made a frozen pizza and added some goat's milk mozzarella and some parmesan. I realize that might not seem exciting, and it wasn't, really. It was, however, a lot better than it would have been alone. So, that's all this post is really about. That, and maybe doing something with this blog that's just been sitting here collecting e-dust for so long.