Tillamook Country Smoker Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper All Natural Beef Jerky

GAWD DAMMIT ALL TO HELL!!!

Sangaria Strawberry Milk

I was never a milk drinker.

Zapp's New Orleans Kettle Style Evil Eye

You remind me of the chips.
What chips?
The chips with the power.
What power?
The power of voodoo.
Who do?
You do.
Do what?
Remind of the chips

SAL de IBIZA Salt & Vinegar Chips

Today I woke up and chose self-care.

Diamond of California Hickory Smoked Bacon Walnuts

Fourth times the charm?

Diamond of California Teriyaki Wasabi Walnuts

Third times the charm? Hope I'm not disappointed.

Diamond of California Hot Honey Walnuts

Guess who's back? With more walnuts?

Diamond of California Himalayan Pink Salt Walnuts

Walnuts are my least favorite nut.

HARIBO Herzebeben & HARIBO Primavera Erdbeeren

After work one day, I decided to run some errands. I went to a couple places, but I usually like to plan my errands so everything is in one spot so I don't have to drive all crazy around town.

So the store I went to was in a shopping plaza next to a Cost Plus World Market - which I hadn't gone to in ages. Not finding anything in the store that I liked, I headed next door.

SONIC SLUSHED DROPS

I think the first time I really heard of SONIC was when I was on a "road trip," and we stopped for some grub in Oklahoma. We pulled up to a SONIC Drive-In, and from what I can recall, I had a pleasant food experience.

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Jelly Beans Mix

In all honesty, I have no idea where I picked these up, but two thoughts crossed my mind when I saw them: 1. these could be interesting, and 2. they remind me of my brother.

Chocolate Storybook Cotton Candy - Bacon

So... friends of mine tagged me on a post of theirs on Facebook of bacon cotton candy. I was ecstatic and joked about when I was getting some. Shortly after that inquiry, I received a dm to expect a package within a couple days.

Peeps Marshmallow - Hot Tamales Fierce Cinnamon

I love Peeps!

I honestly cannot remember the first time I ever had a Peep. I'm guessing it was a rather long time ago. I don't remember eating them when I was single-digit young, so I probably tried them out in my teens, but whenever I first tried them, I became a fan.

Sol Cuisine - Crispy Chik'n - Plant Based Bites

pic from site - not my image

Last night I was craving something to eat, but I didn't want to cook something too time-consuming. 

Since I like trying out new things, I have the habit of going to the store with a list but then seeing something that interests me... and into the cart it goes. I wouldn't necessarily call it impulse-buying completely since I do read and review the item to see if it's something that I will like. (Yeah, I don't put EVERYTHING in my cart that catches my eye.)

Bubbies Hawaii - Cookie Dough [Brownie Batter with Peanut Butter Ice Cream Inside]

Hello and welcome to another PMS inspired purchase.

Back in the day when "powerloss" entered my life, my cravings would be on the sweet side. As I got older, it was a coin toss of sweet versus salty. There are even days where I craved spicy (which if you knew me, you'd know spicy and I have had an odd relationship - but I have been known to go through a Del Taco drive-thru and order deep-fried jalapeno slices... and nearly finished them every time save for the fact I'd get full and could eat no more).

Golden Bonbon - Green Tea Nougat

One could say I was introduced to nougat when I was little by way of candy bars. Nougat candy, however, wasn't until about the early 2000's. I was working as an office manager for a small manufacturing company, Our company was growing at the time, and we were hiring a few engineers to help with the expansion. We were moving from the smaller office I had started into the bigger building across the street... where the engineers were working mainly - occasionally coming to the smaller building where I had to buzz them in. I had made friends with one of the engineers (Russ) who at one point when I was working and didn't see him approach the floor to ceiling glass window and door. He knocked. I folded my arms in mock protest asking what was in it for me. He reached into his coat pocket and brought out some candy. I then relented and let him in.

AIZA'S SWEETS Pastillas de Ube

I think I've already spoken about my love of ube. It's just so tasty. And if it's a flavor option - especially for a dessert - I'm most likely going to try it.

A friend at work (another Filipina) and often have conversations about food, and we both excited about Filipino food A LOT. One day when she got into the office, she stopped by my desk and handed me a bag of treats. When I saw the purple, I immediately got excited.

Chewy milk candy with purple yam.

Chocolove - Ruby Cacao Bar

I'm not as big of a chocolate fanatic like when I was a kid. I would see that bag of Hershey miniatures or would be excited to go through my Halloween stash when my brother and I got back from trick-or-treating... but back then, it was your basic chocolate tried and trues.

Snickers. Twix. Milky Way. And a slew of others. (I really liked Mars Bars and Oh Henrys - I think mainly since they weren't as widely available as the other mainstream treats.

But even though I still love the staples from my youth, I have discovered other chocolate goodies.

Saffron Road Crunchy Chickpeas - Honey Roasted

Every Thursday, a number of my friends and I get together just to be social. It started off as a Stephen King marathon of sorts since a lot of his work was coming out as movies and mini-series, but then we started also watching other horror movies from our childhood to now.

And sometimes we just drank.

Siren Protein Bites - Lemon Poppyseed

While out running errands, I started to get a little hungry, but I didn't want to stop and eat a full meal since I had planned on cooking when I got home. So I opted for a snack I could eat while driving around.