Today after school I ran errands – Kroger for the party and then in search of our Halloween costumes!  We have literally come up with 23948735987983475 million ideas, but are not satisfied.  Finally, since Brady is out of town for work all week, I put my foot down (haha) and said we need a decision by Sunday night, before he left.  We went googled things and went to a few stores before our final destination – Halloween Central (YUCK!).  We wandered the place seeing tons of slutty, stupid and gross outfits, all of which were very expensive.  When we were just about to leave, we spotted 2 plain white sailor hats.  Perfect – cheap and easy, or so I thought….

So today, when I went to just throw together our costumes, haha yeah right, I realized that being a sailor without any part of the outfit except the hat was going to be very difficult.  And while I got a sewing machine for a wedding gift, I have not used it and therefore did not feel confident in my costume design skills.  So I have an entirely new costume idea, which you will love.  I am not going to share it quite yet and secretly I want to be it in real life, and most importantly it is DONE! 🙂

Onto dinner.  A new recipe I threw together because I was starving.  Less starving though, than I was in the parking lot of JOAnn fabrics when I went into the trunk of my car to get a frozen Kashi waffle to snack on before I made it home.  🙂

It is easy to make great meals when you have lots of ingredients!

Spaghetti Squash Tofu Chili

• 1/2 spaghetti squash cooked (I microwave for 8 min.)
• 1 can red kidney beans
• 1 can diced tomatoes
• 1/2 packet of hot chili seasoning
• 1 handful of mushrooms
• 3/4 c. fat free cottage cheese
• 1/2 block of tofu (extra firm)

Make the spaghetti squash like you usually do.  🙂  In a saucepan, mix kidney beans + mushrooms + cottage cheese+ tomatoes + chili seasoning.  Heat thoroughly .  While the veggies are cooking, cut the tofu into small cubes and cook with chili seasoning and cook until they are slightly crunchy.

Mix all together and enjoy!  I also added a piece of pepper jack veggie cheese because I just got it and was excited to eat it! 🙂  I can’t believe it melts!!

Lunch tomorrow… a little of the same…more mixed up and in an uglier container.

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