Snack Happy

I won't lie...I love food. If you know me--heck, if you've just ever SEEN me, you know this! :0)

My love of food runs the gamut. I'd be perfectly comfortable ordering in a French black-tie restaurant (thanks, UNT, for that minor in French!), and I'd totally love the food, but I'd also be content with a Happy Meal from McD*nald's (aren't my girls lucky?!).

Probably my favorite of all foods is the "snacky" variety. Think party food, shower food, junk food. I could seriously live on snack foods for every meal. I don't need three hot meals a day to be happy!

Want to know a secret? I have a deep, abiding love for convenience store food and drinks.

OK. Now it's out there. I feel so much better! Just please don't judge me or think less of me!

Since I've had children, popping in to 7-11 for a fountain Diet Coke or the like is a bit less, well, convenient (no pun intended) than it once was, so I seldom get to treat myself to that little pleasure.

That's where my man comes in.

My sweet J knows me too well. He calls me every evening on his way home to ask if he needs to make any stops for me, including picking up a treat (or dinner, depending on how late it is) for me. Last night he had some big fancy fundraiser to attend, I was starving by the time he was on his way home, so he picked up my favorite snack du jour...

the 7-11 Roller Grill taquito and a cherry Slurpee.

We've been married for 7 years now, and I don't think that up until this year I've ever touched hot food from a convenience store. I love the fountain drinks and pre-packaged snacks, but I've always turned my nose up at the stuff rolling around on those grotesque metal grills. Shudder.

Until Baby Boy came along.

Could it be because he's a boy and his daddy too has a fondness for such delicacies? Who knows.

What'll be interesting to see is if I still love the taquitos after Baby Boy arrives!

Last night, J brought me new treats to go along with my "dinner".
The new Sour Punch cherry Slurpee straw! (Excuse the sugar "dust" on the desk...I didn't bother to wipe it off before I took the photo!)

Review: initially it was great. I normally love this candy! But after the first few sips, the straw loses its sugar coating and gets sticky. And when I tried to bite it to eat it, I found that it had "frozen" from the Slurpee and was really hard to chew. I probably won't get it again.

And because I've been craving Cheeto puffs lately, he gave these a whirl for me:


Giant Cheetos! They're a funny size--maybe the size of a standard marshmallow? Not quite as big as a golf ball, but a little bigger than a gum ball.

The review: they're divine, but are they kidding with this package of FOUR? I'll cut them some slack...maybe this was just a sample size. :0)

Here's wishing you giant fun in giant quantities this weekend! We have a crazy-busy weekend in store for us, so things may be a little quiet around here. We'll see!