They're not the fanciest pair of shoes in the world, but they're super comfortable and they fit my foot with the stocking and toe cap on.
I'm planning on breaking them in at a wedding (Butch Bobby and Kayla) we're going to tonight. Hopefully they'll be worth the money.
A wild mix of beer, pepperoncinis, chili garlic sauce, Italian parsley and whatever else he could find in the fridge. But somehow it always works out. As is our tradition, we enjoyed a big plate of ham, mashed potatoes, green beans and rolls while watching Jesus movies. At dinner time it was all about The Greatest Story Ever Told.
Good thing the ham was so tasty because 8 lbs between two people is going to last us half a lifetime!
The Canadian's response? "Oh, you shouldn't have, but you should have yesterday!" Oh snap.
After rolling the dough into balls I rolled them around in a fabulous orange sugar. It's literally just granulated sugar mixed with orange zest.
After a quick smush with a beer glass, they went into the oven for 10 minutes. 
I've already eaten more than I'd like to admit, but they were worth every tasty bite. Hopefully there'll still be some left of the four dozen to take to work on Monday.
A nice change from my usual chocolate fare.
It's smells magically delicious.
Left foot is normal, right foot is fat foot. It's the area around the base of my toes that's holding fluid, and in my toes themselves, but as you can see there's some veins in there trying to push their way through. It would appear that the stocking and toe cap together are the magic combo for progress. If only that combo would fit into more of my shoes!
The store manager helped me pick out pale ales, which surprisingly there weren't a lot of, and then I grabbed a couple of new brews that I thought the Canadian would like. I remembered not to buy any Flying Dog which have been banned from our house forever so hopefully the rest will pass muster.
My piece of the crispy marshmallow brownies I made last Sunday. They were a big hit at work and quickly gobbled up.
A strawberry mousse pie that I first attempted as a dessert for bible study, but got the hot/cold water ratio wrong for the jello base. So I bought another packet of sugar-free strawberry jello and tried it again later in the week for the Canadian and I. You blend in cool whip to the partially set jello and pour it into a graham cracker crust to finish setting up. So easy (when you actually read the directions) and so tasty.
For dinner tonight we made chicken and olives baked in parchment paper packets. The seasoned chicken fillets were placed over a bed of sliced fennel bulb, basil, sliced shallot, and olive oil then topped with a mix of kalamata olives and sliced cherry tomatoes. You wrap the packets up and then bake them off at 450 for about 20 minutes. It was a recipe out of one of my Weight Watcher magazines. We'll definitely be making it again.
With some of the leftover rice from dinner I made some wickedly delicious rice pudding for dessert. Rice simmered in a mix of vanilla almond milk and nonfat milk, cinnamon, cardamon, vanilla, Splenda, and sweetened dried cranberries. I literally burned my tongue on it because I couldn't wait long enough for it to cool down. It was that good. I love it when recipes turn out without a lot of drama.
While the marshmallows baked, I melted a menage a trois of creamy peanut butter, milk chocolate chips, and butter in a sauce pan.
Once melted, a cup and a half of rice crispies joined in the party sauce. After cooling off the heat for a couple of minutes, the crunchy chocolate mixture is spread (carefully and slowly) over the cooling marshmallow brownie.
I think I may have added a wee bit too many marshmallows, hence why that layer is like 3" tall. It's currently cooling down on the counter before I tuck it in the fridge to finish hardening up before cutting a piece (or two) for the Canadian and I to enjoy after our evening constitutional.
Our neighbor Doug brought a sample for the group to try too. It was over carbonated so he wasn't going to enter it into the competition.
After our meeting was over, we high tailed it to the restaurant for dinner. On the daily special menu was a rock shrimp and hot link pizza so we ordered one of those to share.
Delicious! Even though, by that hour, anything would have been promptly devoured.
Peanut butter and bacon cookies. It's literally just chunky peanut butter, sugar, one egg, some baking soda and bacon. I used them for medicinal purposes to help combat the Canadian's cold. Nothing soothes a stuffy nose like freshly baked cookies. It's science.
Good, but a little heavy on the pie crust dough. Maybe I'll try one of the chorizo ones next time. The lady said that Spanish chorizo is not the same as Mexican chorizo. It's leaner and not as spicy. That sounds perfect to me. Maybe by then they'll have some damn vegetables (shaking fist)!!!!
