Wow. That’s all I can say about the responses I got to my last post. I was touched by every single word you guys shared with me and I’m seriously blown away by just how many views it got. It reminds me that being open and honest really pays off, so thanks for every comment, tweet and repost!
Now onto something a little more fun. I haven’t done a ‘Currently’ post very much in the last few months so I thought it was time for an insight into my life at the moment.
Current Book: Does People StyleWatch count? I’m not much of a book reader, but I can pore over fashion magazines. This one’s especially fun because it features celebs and is a little more reasonable than, say, Vogue.
I’m excited to read the latest issue.
Current Music: I’ve been loving this brand new song by a new-to-me group, The Griswolds. It’s a fun, summer-y tune.
Current Guilty Pleasure: Spending so much damn $$$ on groceries. Gah. I thought I was getting good at budgeting. The past three weeks, I’ve spent around $100 for a week of groceries. Even this week, when I thought I didn’t have any big purchases (like protein powder) I still spent a ton. I guess those organic figs, stevia chocolate chips and raw cashew clusters add up! I’d like to keep my bill around $80 next week though.
I’m not giving up my produce to save some $$$.
Current Nail Color: Still Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear in Hot Tamale. I did just score a fun blue sparkly polish from Target for under $2…I live by the cheap-o Sally Hansen polishes because they work just as well as OPI but for a fraction of the price.
Current Needs: I need to find a restaurant for my birthday dinner. It’s a week from this coming Sunday (!!!) and I just happened to stumble upon some menus for some very veg-friendly places here, but for whatever reason, none of them are open on Sundays for dinner. And I’m not sure I can convince my family to make an almost 2 hour drive to OKC for some vegan Mexican food (there’s apparently a very good all-veg Mexican place there).
Current Drink: Other than the usual ice cold water, I finally caved and invested in Chameleon cold brew concentrate. Holy yum, this stuff is good and it should actually save me money on Starbucks trips. I only ever get iced coffees, so this stuff is perfect.
Sorry Starbies, you’ve been replaced!
Current Food: I finally got my fix of the Whole Foods salad bar after going at least a month without it. I went to the WF a little farther from home and they had the most killer selection of stuff. It was one of my favorite salad bar boxes to date. And actually cheap — only $6!
The key to having a cheap WF salad bar box is using lettuce from home and loading the box with only the best.
Current Obsession: My love for running (outside) is still going strong. I generally run 2 miles three to five days per week, but on Sunday, I managed to run 3 full miles! I still take walk breaks at the halfway point, but it really helps keep up my stamina on these days when it feels like 100 degrees out.
How can you not love running when you have this view? These colors are all-natural!
Current Triumph: Just having a much better body image. I guess writing my last post was really therapeutic for me, because I’m really seeing my body in a very different light than I used to…which is a good thing!
Current Bane of my Existence: This fly that’s been in my apartment for several days and somehow refuses to die. It’s also too quick to swat, so I’ve been just waiting for it to give up.
Current Indulgence: This amazing strawberry snow cone I picked up from Whole Foods on Friday. I haven’t had a snow cone in years, but when I heard WF was making some with locally-made syrups (also free of any processed crap) I knew I had to get one. And it was $2 and perfect for a super hot afternoon.
This was incredible!
Current Excitement: My family is driving out to visit me for my birthday weekend! I haven’t seen them since April, which is the longest I’ve ever gone without being with my fam. It hasn’t been as hard of a transition as I thought it would be, but I still miss them, and my birthday would be weird without them. So thankfully, I have four days off around the big day in which to show them around my new city, drag them to all the veg-friendly restaurants I’ve been dying to try, go to a concert I’m extremely pumped for and just enjoy their presence. But…that also means getting my apartment ready for their arrival in just over a week. Not sure when that’s gonna happen!
Current Mood: So ready for my birthday!
Current Outfit: I’ve also been buying a lot of clothes lately (but trying to stay within my budget) and my outfit on Saturday incorporated a skirt I just bought from VS Pink. Yes, they have actual clothes there that are pretty cute!
I love mint and tribal, but they’re even better together!
Current Link: What is Femme Anyway? This post actually ties in quite well with my last one — basically it’s how I personally define myself as a woman. Some might describe me as high-maintenance, but part of my personality is about caring very much about my appearance and I’m proud of that. And it really spoke to me when it talks about loving yourself, because that’s something I’m always working towards.
What are some of your currentlies?
almostveggirlie 
Since it is going to be your birthday dinner, hopefully your family won’t mind driving 2hrs to OKC if that’s your only option. You could even make a daycation out of it 😀 !
And I agree, the key to the WF salad bar is stocking up on only the best salad bar ingredients in order to keep the cost low…and also only getting the lighter-weight stuff 😉 !
I love the idea of a daycation! They’re so much less stressful but just as fun as a longer vacation.
OMG this song…I LOVE!!! Thank you for sharing. 🙂 I’ve spend wayyy too much at WF the last week, but that’s because I don’t live near one so I took full advantage of $15 salad bar meals and $5 bakery treats! HA.
I don’t blame you — Whole Foods is heaven on earth! I live near 2 of them and I still manage to spend way too much money…whoops 😉
Birthdays!!! So exciting. I get super excited for my birthday even though I never do anything exciting or special.
Currently: dreading having to pick up the Actor from work because it’s so hot outside!
I hope your weather is cooling down a bit!
To be honest?
I’m a single gal, too and I spend more than 100 bux on food a week. It has to stop. (Because I have new bills) but so you know, for people with out tastes it is not that abnormal.
Here’s what my tip is.
We just need to realize that … no matter if we can “afford it” we really can’t afford a $12 jar of nut butter – basically, think about it as a “commoner” …it’s a 12 jar of MF Skippy! LOL. You and i know why it costs more or may be worth the 12 bucks but at the end of the day? It’s just not a wise desicion when you make xx,xxx dollars a year. You know what I mean? The $6 bag of organic no preservative stevia sweetened chocolate chips is not overpriced, it’s just not something I can afford.
Those are “splurge” items. When I think of it like that… it’s like… well.. $12 is like halfway to a fun little outfit at Target or something. Do I really want to splurge on Nuttzo? Sometimes the answer is yes. But I shifted from having those types of things as staples to very VERY rare things. Or… erm… am trying to.
ALso the more I stay out of the store the better.