Dear friends of yours truly, "la bloggeuse",

Well, as you can probably tell, it's been awfully hard for me to do a post every day or so with work in the way, eating up the majority of my time.  (Ha! "Eating up..." pun unintended but still pretty good!)

Unfortunately, some sad news to report today.  I had a rough week at work.  Translation: I stopped caring about what goes into my mouth, even though I was still exercising.  Week turned out to have a happy ending on Friday, so to celebrate I just, well, ate more this weekend.  Save today.  But still... oops?

Yeah, oops, indeed.  I packed on three pounds this week.  Hoping I can shave it off quickly, because I am approaching the end of my grocery budget and am trying hard to not eat out at all this month (which I have succeeded at doing except for an occasional ice cream).  So, after looking over what I still have at home, and the limited money I have to buy stuff, here's what I've come up with for this week and next to finish off the month:

- Endive, pear and Roquefort salad
- Avocado and grapefruit salad with olive oil and lemon juice
- Ratatouille (vegetable stew) *NEW*
- Leek, potato and zucchini vichyssoise soup (finishing up what I froze)
- Le Puy lentils *NEW*

Also in store: basic staples for dinner egg-white omelettes, French-style sourdough baguette, brie cheese and orange-infused dark chocolate squares for dessert.

LET'S DO THIS!  Nothing a bump in the road can do to set me back!