Ooohh, I love this:



















Of course, now I'm thinking about getting the shelf with the jars (for spices) and the shelf with the hooks because I adore the hanging teacup look. They're expensive, though (as things from pottery barn tend to be). I would have to get a bunch of tazo teas and another can of McCann's (or steal one from my parents').

I do have a $50 gift card to Williams-Sonoma kicking around here that I'm pretty sure I could use at Pottery Barn seeing how they're the same company and it's hard to find thins at WS that are $50... I could wait until next Christmas and get peppermint bark mm...

Anyway, speaking of things that are fattening, I spent the hours I couldn't sleep last night fantasizing about Starbucks. It's awful, I honestly wonder what they sneak in the stuff that makes you so addicted. Like, the boxes of Chai say "formulated for Starbucks" on them, so I think they put something highly addictive in that particular formula. It tastes better than the tazo chai that's not formulated for Starbucks, also, so... anyway, once Ryan was awake enough, I asked him what he wanted. A coffee. When I asked him what size, he was still too sleepy. "Grrr...." "Grande?" "Yeah..." And when I asked him if he wanted an apple fritter, he stared at me, trying to find the word, until he nodded. After I woke him up to show him the coffee, he fell back asleep imediately with his mouth gaping open. I was a little disappointed that he woke up quickly after because I was hoping I could grab my camera and snap some pictures. It was really cute. So, for Ryan, a grrrrande coffee and an apple fritter. For me, a grande skim (excuse me, nonfat) 3 pump chai and a multigrain bagel which I toasted and put (too much) butter on. I read a post on xanga earlier where someone was pretty much saying "stop starving yourself/taking the easy way out... to lose weight you have to eat and work out" which is true enough, except Weight Watchers, a pretty easy weight loss program which I've found a lot of success with pretty much advocates eating less... Well, eating less calories (more protein and more fiber)- you can eat as much as you want as long as eat lower calorie foods with more protein and fiber- but once you get the hang of it, you're eating very few high calorie foods and you still lose weight. Maybe it's muscle, but idk, I've always found if I eat a small amount I lose weight, if I eat whatever I want, I gain weight. Once I start losing weight, I'll get motivated to work out... I'm just hoping Ryan gets motivated, too, because this is going to be a lot easier if he goes to work out with me!

Tonight we're going to Yeti tonight for Ryan's birthday with his friend's. His real birthday isn't until Monday (May 4), so we're basically celebrating his birthday all weekend. It's a big one... the big 3-0, so I don't mind making a big deal about it. I also didn't mind giving into my Starbucks temptations this morning because I'm having sushi for dinner. I *love* sushi.

Today we're going to the CBS Radio Expo at Citi Field (The Mets' new stadium). It's just $3/ticket and I'm curious to see what the stadium looks like and we may not be able to afford tickets to go there this season because they jacked the prices up SO MUCH... probably to help pay back all the money they borrowed to build it! ... At least it's not as bad as 1.5 billion dollar yankee stadium (why the fuck do they need a butcher???).