FOOD LUGGAGE

So my plastic Target bag is not hip and stylish enough to carry my lunch to work in? No!



I remember having at least 3 lunch boxes growing up prior to graduating to a brown paper bag.  

1. I had this huge purple box which resemble in a way, an igloo cooler that people take on picnics and to amusement parks like Great America!  That was way too big for a little petite 5th grader like me.
2. There there was my red Mickey Mouse steel or tin lunch box.  Looking back it could probably be considered some vintage type piece.  I should have kept it, shoot!
3. Lastly, had this green polyester-ish material lunch bag, and since lunch bags weren't as sophisticated as they are now, this bag allowed seepage of condensation and things just soaked through the bag sometimes - yeah I don't know what that was about.  

Now the brown paper bag, I liked.  Not cost effective, but cool in my opinion.   Once I was done, I threw it away, no extra baggage to carry around.  Some lunch boxes/bags were so bulky that it was impossible to fit it into my backpack!  I don't like to lug around too much stuff, I didn't then and I don't now.  Now, if you ask my mom how cool it was to buy brown paper lunch bags each month, and she may tell disspell my cool theory. 

What I do now - I always end up with a random plastic bag, or better yet, I just throw my food in my over sized purse!  Which means I risk having a smashed sandwich.

Take a look at the latest styles in food luggage, thanks to MSN's feature titled "Happy Meals"! 

http://glo.msn.com/living/happy-meals-2413.gallery?GT1=49001#stackState=0__%2Fliving%2Fhappy-meals-2413.gallery%3FphotoId%3D3009

There's cake in the breakroom!

Happy New Year Everyone!

Each year people make New Year's resolutions to get fit and eat healthier. While I'm not setting a resolution to work out more or stop eating red meat, I am going to make a conscience effort to stay away from "workplace birthday cake"!

One must learn that when you enter Corporate America your sweet tooth will be tempted almost everyday. Only the strongest will power will stop you from falling victim to the "newbie nine" (the number of pounds you will gain when you start your first corporate job), similar to the infamous "freshman fifteen" (number of pounds one might gain as a freshman in college).

It seems that there is always a birthday cake with lots of sugary frosting, to celebrate a colleague's birthday, double fudge brownies and macadamia nut chocolate chip cookies to bid one "Farewell or Bon Voyage" as they resign, a cupcake tower to congratulate a retirement, some creative apple fritter and/or caramel coconut bar made by that employee who just likes to bake and wants to show off their skills by bringing in their so-called "overflow" because they made too much, or lastly the decadent Harry and David chocolate truffles a vendor sent to say thanks for the business.

I have to admit - I've been caught up in this free for all munchfest: eating these goodies for breakfast and helping myself to another serving around 3:00pm to help me make it through the rest of the day.

So, instead of resolving that I join a gym that I will end up not going to and wasting my money or cutting out carbs (I love bread and potatoes too much) , I figure I should really resolve to not fall prey to the celebration peer pressures of the office and say "NO" to workplace birthday cake in 08!"