Day 23: Food Love

I worked out with my mom this morning.  We did 50 minutes of cardio.  I'm still nursing my ankle but I'm back to doing high impact; I just avoid the stuff that involves jumping side to side.  I actually got out of bed and went right to starting my workout without breakfast.  This was only because my mom and I had a day planned.  After we got showered and such, we went to Biggby and got coffee.  After that, we set out for Ann Arbor to go to Whole Foods and Trader Joe's.  I'd never been to either before but Whole Foods is the chain that they shop at on Top Chef and now I totally see why!  First, we had lunch at their salad and everything else bar.  I just picked up some of everything including some Mediterranean kale, sesame noodles, veggie stir-fry and sesame tofu.  I had a pound and a half of food (700g for Tina).  I didn't really feel guilty about it because except for a bit of noodles, it was all veggies.  It was awesome and really reminded me of Chimera in Krakow.  They have an olive bar and so we got an antipasto tray and some breads to have for dinner tonight.  There were so many amazing looking pastries and prepared salads.  We also talked to several of the people working there and they all seemed fairly happy to be there and really knowledgeable.  Trader Joe's is so bloody cheap!  It was awesome.  I bought some Yogi Ginger Tea which is normally around $5 or 6.  There, it was $2.50.  I also got a Thai Green Curry and a Masala simmer sauce and some orange flavored dried cranberries.  My big purchase today was a new water bottle.  It's a metal one this time which is better because the metal doesn't leech chemicals into my water.  It was only $12.99 on sale, marked down from 20.  It's got swirly blue designs and a guy sitting in the lotus pose with a water drop on his heart.  I like it.  It will take some getting used to since I've had my Nalgene with me at all times for almost 3 years.  Anyway, that was my day.  Tomorrow, I have to be at work at 7am!  Gulp!  I've never worked that early in my life.  It will be wicked busy so I'm going to have to sink or swim.  I'll let you know!