Life & My OCD : Eating Habits

I have a bit of OCD. There are certain things that really irritates my OCD - making sure my movies are in alphabetical order, color-coordinating sugar packets at restaurants... and oddly enough, the way I eat.

When it comes to a plate of food, I always eat one thing at a time and then move to the next in the circle - I'll either movie clockwise or counter-clockwise. And I never noticed that I did this until someone pointed it out to me. Ever since, I'll try to touch a little bit of everything, but still end up eating one at a time anyway.

One of my favorite snacks is Chex Mix. I only eat the Traditional (& occassionally Bold Party) flavor - and I follow a routine - every single time.



First, I grab the bag of Chex Mix. I try not to have this in my house too often, cause it's dangerous. (Don't you just love my new bag clips - little black cats. I got them from 5 Below!) And I pour myself a cup. I do this to limit myself on how much I can have at a time. (This is my new mug from Target. I got one for Gadget too - we both love these mugs.)

Digging in, I pick out all of the super crunchy rye bagel crisps. I don't like these. At work, I'll throw them away. At home, I'll toss them outside for the animals.

Next, I pick out the pretzels and chow down as I go. Note, that I'm not so OCD that I seperate the square and the round ones. Pretzels are pretzels. (I don't normally pull them all out onto a napkin - this is just for demonstration purposes.) Then, these little breadsticks get eaten. This batch didn't have a whole lot...

Once all the bagel crisps, pretzels and breadsticks are gone, I'm left with a large collection of Corn and Wheat Chex pieces. These are my favorites!!

People judge me for my OCD, and I don't mind it so much anymore. I'm not in denial that some of my OCD moments are really odd. But that's what makes me ME!

[Edit] I've only had this mug for a little over a week and I dropped it Tuesday night. I was heartbroken. I have to go back to Target and replace it while they're (possibly) still on clearance. >sob<

Make it Monday : Cooking Day

Happy Monday! Yesterday, I spent most of the day in the kitchen. After the last time I made Red Velvet Brownies, my coworkers have kept telling me that I needed to make some more. So I planned on making them blue this time. I made a triple batch, ran out of sugar - had to run out to the store - and then back to baking. I had neon blue food dye left from my Tron cupcakes so I used that... but oddly, the cookies turned out a greenish/teal color.

While they baked, I made myself a nice strawberry & raspberry smoothie. After they were baked, they cooled, I cut them up, iced them and put them in some containers to take to work. There were SOO many brownies. Holy moly.





The last photo is my crockpot dinner. Chicken, beans, corn, carrots, onions cooked in cilantro and... I forgot what sauce. But I put it all over some rice. I tell you what, it was pretty tasty. Tonight is homemade Chipotle burritos.

Also, the brownies were a HUGE hit today. People told me that I should sell these. That made me smile.