Last week Kristin from Run Runner Girl Run and Kayla from FitLifeForward tagged me with the Very Inspiring Blogger Award.
I don’t know if I’m inspiring or just plain perspiring, but the rules are to list 7 things about yourself so I’ll play along…
1. I’m guilty of not always (read: never) washing my fruits and vegetables especially my dozen apples from Costco, but the other day I chopped up a head of romaine for a salad and saw this:
And I found a third bug after that! Thanks, Trader Joes, thanks so much; good thing I didn’t go vegetarian with all that bug meat going on.
But honestly, this probably won’t scare me into washing my greens anymore. I’m gross.
2. We eat all our meals on Kate Spade china; I don’t know why since we’re pretty much dirty hobo bums around here. But we don’t even own other plates or bowls. When I was picking out our wedding registry I thought, Why not use the good stuff more than once a year?
So we do.
The way I figure, if it breaks, buy another one. If you can’t, don’t buy it in the first place. Life’s too short to let the good stuff gather dust.
3. Granted, I wasn’t so chillax when the husband broke two of my Tiffany champagne flutes, the only two pieces of kitchenware that we’ve (read: HE) broke in the past six years.
4. Granted, he wasn’t so chill when I dropped two (read: TWO) brand new Costco-sized jars of marinara on our white marble floor. yep, that happened. yep, there were tears. and screaming.
5. Speaking of champagne, I’ve always liked the Costco Connection magazine because I love all things Costco, but when I saw the newest issue with an article on bubbly, I knew it was time for me to put a ring on it with the big C. (The ring will be bought from Costco, obviously.)
Just a little light night reading on the nightstand.
6. I LOVE COSTCO.
Our 6 carts full last summer…
7. Speaking of magazines, if people were magazines this would be my dad and I hanging out on the couch watching TV:
I have no idea why I get National Fisherman delivered to my house.
I pass the award and 7 random things to the first person who comments whose name starts with a “Q”. Or anyone with a name. Hey, it’s Monday morning, I’m only on my second cup of coffee and that’s the best I got. deal.
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There is no bad mood that Costco samples can’t cure.
True life: I’ve never been to Costco.
i will pray for you during this very difficult time in your life.
I second that…never been to Costco…we go to Sam’s.
(and the only fruit/veggie I wash are grapes…not sure why that is???)
I DO NOT WASH MY FRUIT EITHER!!!
I’m 24 and still get yelled at regularly because of this issue when I’m home. I’m SURE I heard Dr.Oz say it’s not totally a bad thing.
And can I get a moment to add that you ARE very inspiring. I can’t even remember when, but I found your blog before I even began running or discovered other footwear existed other than high heels. You’ve definitely inspired me to get running!
I don’t always wash my fruits and veggies either. But I think if I saw three bugs in my lettuce, it would make me wash them for a little while at least!
Costco needs to come to France!
I totally agree with using the nice plates instead of letting them gather dust
That is some serious Costco love.
We did the opposite with our dishes. When we registered, we didn’t get any “fine china,” but instead got everyday dishes that we could dress up for nice occasions if we wanted to.
I love Costco, I just don’t like going when the Snow Birds are here. Which is now, until April. I rinse my fruits and veggies and it probably does nothing to help. I dropped a Crystal hot sauce once. It stained my cabinets!!
OK I really want them to get their running tanks back in stock, I’m OBSESSED with them.
me too. i actually bought one in a too big size off ebay bc i wanted another one.
Hahaha…I’m guilty of the not washing fruit thing either. I’ll wash it for my daughter and then eat a dirty piece of fruit myself. I have Kate Spade china from my wedding too, but mine hasn’t seen the light of day in years (maybe since the year we got married). You’ve inspired me to break some of it out tonight. Maybe for a glass of bubbly with dinner.
Cheers!!!
I’m not too into washing my fruit or veggies either…I guess if I see visible dirt on them I might but usually not.
SR,
You are SO INSPIRING and down to earth! Thanks for being you! I am so happy I found your blog!
Now…more importantly, I have never been to Costco…what the??!
Sheesh. We didn’t get *any* china for our wedding. But we didn’t register, either, so there you go.
So when do you find out your Ragnar results?
they’re actually out now! you gotta check twitter….
Oooh! Congrats!
Haha, I’m guilty of not always washing my fruits and veggies either. I am just too impatient!
1: I make my own hair gel b/c I’m a secret barefoot mountain hippie. No, I’m not ashamed. No, I don’t smell like a pickle…most of the time.
2: I get weepy when I walk past dorms at a big university and think about how I didn’t go to college, live in a dorm with strangers, make poor relationship choices, and wear too much make-up. I pretty sure that is how it would have gone for me.
3: I also get weepy when I realize that I will never get a chance to try out for the US Gymnastics team and go to the Olympics. Not that I ever took gymnastics.
4: I like that the oil from jalapenos gets under my nails and burns a little. And I like to chew on said nails, which then burns my tongue.
5: I think it is ok to put garlic in everything.
6: I can’t spend money on parking, ever. I will walk 10 miles before I will pay to park my car.
7: The hubs and I have never argued about directions or getting lost. We pretend we are on amazing race, in the lead, by a lot, and don’t have to get all upset.
you most definitely win the random award.
Yes you’re inspiring. I wouldn’t have signed up and ran in a 10 miler (first race ever), in MinneSNOWta, last month without your inspiring self.
Boom. Keep on Keepin’ on girl.
I love Costco and hate it sometimes… I can’t walk out of there keeping to my list, especially with so much room in those giant carts.
I usually buy the big bags that say it’s been washed or something. For fruit, I only wash it when I feel like it.
We got a scorpion in our Costco apples last week… :/
please tell me that is a very sad joke and also that you buy red delicious apples and not gala or fuji otherwise ill start crying.
I’m scared of Costco. Don’t you go in to grab a rotisserie chicken, black out, and leave with 200 bucks of groceries?
Also, Melissa of the scorpion apples ^, are you serious???? Now I’m VERY scared of Costco…
Love costco! We buy the kurig cups for our coffee maker there in bulk. I never wash my fruit, unless someone is watching me, then i wash it just because i don’t want to hear someone give me the “always wash your fruit lecture”
I didn’t even know people read those Costco magazines! My parents LOVE Costco too. Instead of putting something like National Geographic or a nice art book on their coffee table, it’s ALL Costco reading, all the time.
Costco is the bomb. Dang I miss getting US Weekly. Happy Monday morning!!!!!
Awe man. Bugs. Eww. Sorry you had to go through that. lol I don’t wash my veggies either.
Costco. They have everything there! I love that place.
Bugs in the lettuce, scorpion in the apples, black widow in runeatrepeats’s grapes. It’s enough to swear someone off health food. Scary.
Has anyone else had bad luck with bugs in Trader Joe’s produce exclusively? I had never found any bugs/creepy crawlies in produce until I started shopping at Trader Joe’s a few years ago, and now it’s happened to me a few times! I love trader joe’s, so I’m really really hoping that it’s been a crazy coincidence, not some sort of buggy problem they have going on :/
Haha I LOVE SAM’S CLUB! I end up with gargantuan sized things that I don’t need, I love it! #hoardersunite
I do not wash my romaine hearts but I do rinse and wipe my apples.
I love LOVE Cotsco too!! My fam loves that place.
That magazine as people pic made me laugh. HARD.
While I do love me some Trader Joe’s….there are ALWAYS bugs in their lettuce. To be fair, they don’t advertise it as pre-washed. But I still with the Organic Girl brand triple pre-washed. I can’t be held responsible for washing my own!
I love it when people don’t hang on to material things…lets use out pretty things and enjoy them!
I don’t wash my fruit. But after seeing the black widow in Monica’s grapes, I might have to start.
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TWO jars of marinara sauce! That is butterfingers and THEN some. I admire your commitment to making a big mess there.
This is why I don’t buy vegetables that I have to prepare myself
Grit and bugs…too lazy to wash. As for fruit, I tell myself that if it’s organic then it’s already super clean. A lie, I know, but much like Santa and the Tooth Fairy, one that’s worth believing 
Congrats on the Ragnar LV victory!
I’m with you on using nice plates for everyday. I’m trying to convince my husband we need to get rid of all of our dishes and buy fancy square ones. Not going well so far.
Love the idea of using the good stuff on a daily basis!!!
So…is Costco way better than Sam’s Club? I’ve never been – big ‘ol loser!
Yes! I live near sams club and every time I go, I wish it was Costco.
I also don’t wash my fruits or veggies (short of visible dirt). I figure it will give me a stronger gut flora.
Although the pesticides might be cancelling that.
I haven’t lived near a Costco in the atleast 15 years but used to when I was younger and have very good memories of their birthday cake! My parents just moved (from a town with no Costco to another town also with no Costco) and they have decided they liked Costco so much that they bought a bunch of furniture on Costco online.
haha….was this post sponsored by Costco??
jk. i luv that place!
i randomly sorted my beans before soaking + cooking them a few weeks ago (i never sort), and i found two pebbles and a stick. have i sorted them since then? haven’t even thought about it.
I have a colleague who goes to the extent of not only washing the grapes but peeling the skin off them!
Get ready for your mind to be blown. I was in a musical last year with a hit song: “Costco Queen.” My kids sing it when we pull in the parking lot…
i’m so glad to hear someone else in the world does not wash her produce. ever. neither do i, and i’ve certainly removed bugs and/or dirt simply with my fingers and continued to eat the produce. fiber, right?
Even if you didn’t pick the bug out of your lettuce I don’t think it would hurt you. I can’t tell you how many times I have accidentally swallowed bugs while running. (And I’m not a mouth breather usually!) Those times I just thought of the bug as a bit of extra protein.
You might want to start buying precut/washed lettuce..then no need for the bug watching