eating out

so last week we were really good about eating at home every night. this week, not so much.

mondays are awkward because i visit the puppies from 7 - 8 p.m., so we tend to eat a really late dinner, and i usually opt for something easy like pasta. having said that, we weren't very organized on sunday so i ended up buying a frozen lasagna for dinner. of course, i should have looked at the cooking time on that sucker........didn't realize it would take 90-100 minutes to cook. needless to say we didn't actually eat dinner until after 9:30 :P

tuesday night was the canucks state of the franchise event at gm place. the event itself was pretty boring......dave nonis managed to dodge around most of the questions. i was further disappointed that our new head coach alain whatever-his-name-is wasn't at the event. every year in the past it's always been the gm and the coach at the event to meet-and-greet the season ticket holders. they've even had a few canucks players attend in the past - no one super popular, but still the effort was there. whatever. so after the event, we headed to honjin w/mike and sandra. of all the things to eat on a super-hot day, i chose the tempura udon. i had a craving!

wednesday night i headed out to cactus club w/vanessa. a delish meal as always! we even splurged and had dessert.....i had the key lime pie - it was more on the tart side, but i LOVE sour things!

thursday night i was supposed to go out w/my former co-workers, but at 3:30 things started to fall apart. sort of. my friend bal is/was pregnant and her due date is/was july 4. well, her son decided to arrive 8 days early! so needless to say, she wasn't up for dinner. so i trudged home, and contemplated what to do for dinner, since chris was working late. i really, really wanted sushi garden......after talking to ang earlier this week it's all i can think about.....btw, ang, if you're reading this, we DEFINITELY have to go next week! mmmmm, spicy tuna roll, alaska roll and gyoza! but then once i got home, i didn't feel like leaving. so i dug through my kitchen and heated up some tator tots (w/frank's red hot sauce, of course), 2 eggs (benedict style, without the ham or english muffin), and sweet corn soup. a stupid dinner, but it didn't cost me anything.

because i haven't been cooking, i don't have anything to take for lunch, but i did plan ahead, and bought michelina's frozen pastas and a few chicken buns from new-town bakery. only $3 for my lunch! it's still cheaper than going out and buying something from the foodcourt :P

tonight, i'm meeting up w/lea squared (hee-hee!) and we're heading out somewhere nearby my home, i think.