Spending four hours of my Sunday doing all of the grading the I procrastinated doing during the week = total bummer. Ughh. :oops: One of these days I’ll learn!
At least I was able to break up the work with some football & a couple trick-or-treaters. And I must say, I was quite proud of the fact that I only stole one piece of candy from the candy bowl! :shock:
Then a little while later, I figured hey, a little wine never hurts either…
Oh yeah, and dinner’s a pretty good way to break up the work too. ;)
Jay and I decided a quick and simple dinner was in order, so we cooked up the package of ravioli that I got last weekend at Trader Joe’s.
I topped my ravioli off with some sautéed onions and broccoli (which were generously coated in some Garlic Gold seasoning), marinara sauce, and some fat-free Mediterranean feta crumbles.
To be perfectly honest, I wasn’t a huge fan of the ravioli. :( I didn’t really love the flavor of them…must have been the mushrooms? Luckily, I had cooked up a boat-load of broccoli, so I didn’t feel deprived.
But even though I wasn’t huge fan of the ravioli, here’s a couple things I am a fan of:
Watching Cody fall asleep in the funniest positions EVER.
AND, the fact that I have this huge bowl of candy sitting in my house…
with no more trick-or-treaters in sight.
Yeah…hubby was nervous we wouldn’t have enough candy after the 4th trick-or-treater came, so he went out to get some more.
That was about 2 hours ago, and we haven’t seen one since. Looks like it’s gonna be time to get creative in the kitchen!! ;)
Question for the Evening:
What do you do with your leftover Halloween candy?
Jen is Green says
bring it in to work! my co workers will eat anything… ha
Liz @ Blog is the New Black says
There would never be leftover candy in this house.
Katie says
Keep it hidden in a cabinet, but to make sure I enjoy a couple of pieces once in a while. :) You can’t deprive yourself of the things you love. Life is too short to not have candy (mainly chocolate)! HA! Happy Halloween!
Di @ http://thetreadmilldiaries.com/ says
We have lots of leftover candy, too. It’s all going to work with my hubby this week for the office to enjoy. P.S.Cody’s a cutie pie.
Holly at Greek Yogurt and Apple Slices says
That was the ONE piece of candy I stole too :D Skittles are the BEST, purple of course ;)
Aww Cody is too stinkin’ cute- I love how he crosses his feet & hands. What a cutie.
emilieviolet says
Cody is so cute!
I would have a secret stash somewhere for whenever you have a sweet craving and then bring some to work :) We don’t buy Halloween candy (for trick-or-treaters anyway haha) because I never have any trick-or-treaters where I live.
Bianca @ Confessions of a Chocoholic says
I love Trader Joe’s but I’m not a big fan of their ravioli either. Whenever I have extra candy or cookies, I bring it to work! My co-workers appreciate it, and I’m not tempted to eat them all by myself ;)
Amy @ Second City Randomness says
Last year I hit a major sale on Halloween candy and made a million batches of snickers/hershey blondies. Soooo good…
Lindsey says
Haha – i love watching my cat fall asleep. He is so cute when he curls up in a little ball when he sleeps. Sometimes he puts one paw over his eyes and I can’t help but squeeze him.
Darcy Pogue says
Yep, I bought Halloween candy that I don’t like, so it will not be eaten by me, but I will be bringing it into work………..
Shanna says
Put in the freezer or take it to work. Outta sight (sorta) out of mind ;)
babs says
Bowl of candy with no eating = willpower of steal!
janae jacobs says
Freeze it!! Good job on only eating one thing, I wish I had your self-control. I am a teacher too and I get so mad at myself when I have to bring work home over the weekend, but we will never learn to just finish it all during the week:)
leashieloo says
Omg, that is the cutest cat ever! I end eating all of the candy and peddling it on other people :)
CaSaundra says
I am really picky about ravioli..I usually like to make my own and then freeze it for emergencies! :-)
Gabriela @ Une Vie Saine says
Break them up and use them instead of of chocolate chips in recipes!! Or bring them as special treats for your students in a few months :) Hope you have a great Monday!!
Kristen D says
i make “kitchen sink cookies” or candy bar cookie bars!
Jen says
Saw this recipe for using up Halloween candy :)
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=10000000701071
Savannah P says
Haha I bring my leftover candy to work with me too – our lucky colleagues ;) A lot of the time though it just gets stuffed in a drawer and forgotten until its too stale to enjoy, whoops.
Cody is ADORABLE.
sweetoothrunner says
Awww Cody is so cute! Haha I just stash away my leftover candy until the next Halloween- it doesn’t go off for years! :P