I’ve been all over town – and I’ve got 3+ more stores to hit!!
We’re outta the bakery today because our floors are being done, but the great news is that after tomorrow we should hopefully be able to MOVE IN!
First stop to buy a Cuisinart to make our own hummus. Failure because they didn’t have the one I wanted.
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Next Michaels to buy ribbon, paint, canvases and wheat décor
Then to Staples for the bare minimum of office supplies – plus a laminator and paper cutter
Then home for lunch!! My stomach was hungry!
I made an awesome salad with leftover cabbage + chicken from last night. Plus carrot, pepper, mixed greens, lavender salt, olive oil and balsamic.
And a slice of the ever-amazing fruity High Five! The chunks of apple + raspberry are just like eating cobbler!!
For dessert Matt deposited about 3 handfuls of chocolate chips into my hand. The bag is quite light – someone has been eating chips after meals very often!
We’re off to Sam’s, Lowes and the sign store!
That bread with fruit in it sounds SO good. It also sounds like you’ve had quite a productive Monday. I should get on that train!
I bet it feels good to get so many errands done!
Love the idea of that bread….mmmm must recreate at home 🙂 Have fun shopping away!
Those stores are frequently on my errands list, too! Bummer that BB&B didn’t have what you wanted, that happens a lot around here! Sometimes their neighboring stores will have it but they are so far away!
I’m actually going to BB&B today and I might stop at Staples which is right next door. 🙂
That bread sounds amazing. I really need to get to a GH!
I tried putting a bit of honey on my salad for the first time today. I thought it surely would not make a big difference… Boy was I wrong! So tasty! It adds a new dimension. Love adding flavor depth through small changes.
That bread looks like it would be wonderful to munch on. Good bread needs nothing added for me to eat it!
oh awesome!!
I don’t mind errands kind of days, even though they’re usually super busy. It always feels good to get things accomplished [even though it requires spending money].
Do you buy that lavendar salt [I think you’ve mentioned it before?], or do you make it yourself? I bought some lavendar last week, and hope to make something delicious with it…maybe muffins. Mmm.
Here is the link for the lavender salt. It is really easy to make.
http://gracefulfitnessblog.com/2011/02/22/a-salty-situation/
I bought mine, but Faith’s is just as good
I love doing my errands all at once – makes me feel productive.
I hope you find the food processor you are looking for.
That raspberry bread looks like nothing I’ve seen before here! PLEASE open a GH here!
Lunch looks awesome! Is it sad that Staples used to be my favourite store as a kid? The thought of stationery literally made my knees vibrate!! Now I’ve moved on to better things.. like Whole Foods, Crate and Barrel, Williams Sonoma, and Lululemon!
I love how chunky that bread looks! And a crusty crust — my favorite!
A handful of choc chips is such a great dessert.
I took my dog on a walk by your store (well up past it to see the new house I’m moving into) and the sign outside looks great! Looking forward to living so close so I can get great bread to carb-load for my races 🙂
Oh fun!! Stop in next time I’m there!
I eat chocolate chips as a “dessert” too when I have a craving! Good luck with everything 🙂 this is SO exciting!
Can’t wait to see all your crafty projects!
I love choco chips straight outta the bag!
Good luck running errands. I have never been a fan of running around all over and shopping. Definitely not my thing!
Check SAMS for the Cuisinart… I’m not sure if they carry them or not, but Costco does (which I’m a member of), for cheapies. Seriously. My 14 cup Cuisinart was $150.00, and NOW it’s on sale for $99 (!!) Holy discount.
Good luck!
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We don’t have a Costco here!! DARN because Sam’s didn’t have one!!
I wonder if you could place a Costco order online?
What a busy morning! I love eating handfuls of chocolate chips for a quick dessert! 🙂 White chocolate, peanut butter, and butterscotch chips are good too, but semi-sweet is my fav!
The PB and Butterscotch are so good! Unfortunately, my handfuls are about 5x that size!
Looks like a very productive day! Yay!
Good luck with all those errands! That’s so exciting that you guys will be able to move in so soon! WOO HOO! 🙂
Ok this is motivation to get goin’ with my errands today haha. Is the cuisineart processor the best in your opinion?
Yes, I like the brand the best. I have a 14 cup.
Hey kath,
Sorry this is off topic for this post but what kind of vitamix do you have? I’m going to buy one and need recommendations! I saw it’s not on your opensky page anymore??
Jess
I have the professional series – 5200. It was a sample from the company, so I’m not sure you can easily buy it. I think the 4500 model is the one most people have.
I need some of that bread in my life 🙂
You mention often about lavender salt. What exactly makes the difference, and where do you get it?
Thanks, Kath!
Her friend Faith has a post about the lavender salt. Here is the link:
http://gracefulfitnessblog.com/2011/02/22/a-salty-situation/
Thanks for posting the links!
SFO farmer’s market – but try Faith’s recipe!
Busy, busy. At least you have good weather to run around! There is a piece of red oak lettuce in your salad that totally looks like a fish 🙂
Please tell me that you are going to have that cobbler bread at your bakery!
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Am I going to have to come help out in the bakery in order to see you this week? 😉
YES! We’ll be there all day Tues + Wed. Only stopping for your par-tay on Thurs!
You certainly are all over town! Bummer they didn’t have the cuisnart! Maybe you can get it online and find a free shipping promo code or something! I tried making hummus in a magic bullet. It was pretty difficult!
There is a piece of lettuce in the first close-up shot of your salad that looks exactly like a fish, including an eye. When I first saw it I thought you were eating a pet!
Ha!
I was just about to type the same thing!!! at first I was thinking, man I’m all into real food but that’s a little too real for me! lol and then I saw it was lettuce : P
BB & B with a coupon is SUCH a good deal for major appliances, cheaper than you can find on internet deals, Ive found. i.e. my juicer was way cheaper that way than it would have been even with the best internet deal. 20% is huge. I hoard those coupons b/c they never expire 🙂
Staples, Michaels, Sams… <—big box retailer chaos much?
Kath, hang in there!!!!
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You all are working so hard, and the bakery looks amazing!!! As always, your salads look so delicious!!
FYI, I would imagine that your hands are feeling like they could use some pampering. Well at Lowes, they have this amazing product, you will find it in the paint thinner section of the store. It is called O’Keeffes Working Hands. It really does work.
Here is the link so you can see check it out for yourself: http://www.okeeffescompany.com/Working-Hands.aspx
Also, what was the model Cuisinart that you were looking for. Just curious.
Finally, Did GH Warrenton make that High Five cobbler bread especially for you?
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Cool! I didn’t get this in time to see it. Lately I’m loving JR Watkins Lemon lotion!
Soon comes the most fulfilling and rewarding aspect of starting a business 🙂
I love chocolate chips!
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you are a shopping maniac! okay… i SERIOUSLY need a food processor. how much was the one you were going to get? i need to find a good one to buy! so many things to make!
Cuisinart 14 cup.
hehe, on the seventh pic, one green leaf in your salad looks just like a fish staring the camera! 🙂
Haha – it does!
I love eating chocolate chips as a mini dessert after a meal, but I have way too hard of a time controlling myself! I just want to keep going back! 🙂
Sending your best thoughts that you get done what you need to get done :)!
Man, those chunks of apple look delicious!
I love getting all my errands done in one shot! But,I have to say I am pretty pooped at the end of the day.
I buy bags of chocolate chips that never get baked into cookies- they all end up in my tummy first 🙂 They’re the perfect after-meal snack!
whenever there is a bag of chocolate chips in the freezer, it’s totally to go-to dessert! I love how slowly they melt and how crunchy they are
That salad looks amazing.. where do you get lavander salt? I am definitely intregued!
You can make it – see the other links in this post!
Checking it out now 🙂 thanks!
Yikes, that’s a lot of running around! I went all over the place trying to find witch hazel with no alcohol…that was a failure. Good luck with the rest of your adventure!
being from the ‘burbs, sometimes i love days when you just jump from chain store to chain store.
I want bread!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
All those errands looks like so much fun!
oooh cant wait to see the shop when it is all done!
One of our GH had the utensils they sell stuck into a glass jar full of wheatberries..thought that was super cute!
We’ll be doing that!
I love 20% off coupons to BBB! I have to keep a stock in my car so I don’t forget to take them with me.
Phew, busy busy day! I like those kind of days. I feel so productive. 🙂
So exciting! Congrats on this milestone. And super fun to see how even a bakery owner like yours shops at BB&B, haha. 🙂
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Looks like a CRAZY day!
Just curious – how much produce do you go through in a week?
A lot!? A big tub of greens, a few peppers, a bag of carrots and 4-5 different dinner veggies.
you make the most delicious sounding food! i’m so jealous of your ability to just throw things together!
Sometimes errands are so fun to run because you feel so accomplished after 🙂
Lunch looks delish!
I love running errands because I always feel so accomplished at the end of the day!
Have fun shopping. Sounds like a yummy lunch
Sometimes, those days full of errands are the most exhausting. My, getting the store up and running is probably the most work you’ll ever have to do. 🙂
The bread looks phenomenal!! I love that you always have fresh bread on hand. And, if I’m going to be honest here, I’m (more than) slightly jealous. 😉
Love the wheat decor! That’s going to look so great. 😀
I don’t think I’ve seen any bread on any of your posts that DOESN’T look delicious! I want a piece so bad! Where did you get your square salad bowl?
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LOVE those BBB coupons! Although it always seems when I need one I can never find them!
We passed by an antiquey store the other day and I saw some chairs that my first thought was “oh my gosh those would go GREAT in Kath’s house!” Haha – weird??? I’ll just blame it on reading too much Home Neat Home 🙂
Haha – that’s hilarious! Wonder what my mom + grandma would say to that!
Thank makes us very happy.
Totally thought the piece of lettuce was a little fish!! Haha! Love this post, sounds like you had a productive time. The bread looks delicious
Haha. I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought that piece of lettuce looked like a fish. So funny! 🙂
Also, I love office supplies, and wish I had an excuse to buy some new ones!
Ha, that’s too funny about the “light bag” of chocolate chips! I think the bears did it…
Hahah, is that a handful of chocolate to you? Oh my, what different ideas of proportions we have 😛
Choc chips are the best- delicious yet addictive
The bread sounds heavenly. You might check Kohls for the food processor – and if they have it and you don’t have their cc – open an account so you can get the extra 15, 20 or 30% off and a bonus of $10. for every $50. you spend for future purchase. You can also check BBB online and use their coupons. Good luck – looking forward to your opening.
look back at the first pic of your salad and tell me if you can see the lettuce leaf that looks like a fish!! It has an eyeball!! 🙂
I love the idea of fruit in bread!