Anyone need boxes?
Actually, we posted an ad on Craigslist and someone came for them within hours!
The thing about packing that you have to unpack. Â While a couple drinks (ok, maybe more than a couple) makes packing easier, it makes unpacking full of hilarious surprises. Â Apparently at some point I gave up and just added IDK to a box (that’s “I don’t know” for those of you who don’t have millennial siblings or kids).
There was also a box labeled “hotdog costume.” Â Also a fun one to open.
This WIAW is a day of eats as we move in.  We don’t have many groceries, so most of this was a acquired at random from nearby places.
Read on for my eats, and then check out Jenn’s blog for everyone else’s delicious creations!
Breakfast:
The usual morning cocktail followed by my morning sludge.  Some things will never change.
Carrot cake batter for breakfast today. This is one of my favorite yogurt bowl creations. Today was Vegas’ first. She said it “tastes like Fruit Loops but that’s a good thing.” Ok…
Topped with Rice Krispies and NuNaturals cocoa syrup.
Lunch:
For lunch we walked down to a corner market for sandwiches. Â I got a low sodium turkey on rye with spicy mustard, lettuce, tomatoes, onion, and avocado. Â It was huge… so I finished it and took my salad to go for later. Â There was practically a whole salad on the sandwich anyway.
Dinner:
Vegas shares my passion for eating platters of meat, cheese and bread for dinner.  And sparkly drinks.  We celebrated our new locale with a variety of cheese from Whole Foods (OMG – the Hillcrest WF is dangerously awesome), veggies, apple slices, and smoked Salmon and swordfish.  The sparkly was a reserve bottle from Schramsburg for this occasion.
Bedtime Snack:
Elvis and beer. Â Typical. Â The bed frame will be here next week. Â It’s like camping… but better.
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Did I mention I walked to lunch in a sun dress and flip flops? Â Please excuse my shit-eating grin. #sorryimnotsorry
Have you ever had any fun surprises unpacking?
Could you turn a charcuterie into dinner? Â
are you by Encinitas? If so, you must try roxys!! And i hate unpacking and packing. Unless wine is involved.
We are close! Ill check it out. Or we can go together when you guys come visit. 😉
SUCH a good day of eats- clearly San Diego is already suiting you guys ;)!
….You ate your pre bed snack for breakfast AND you wore a sundress? Who are you?!
Ha! I actually like dresses because it’s like you’re not wearing clothes. 😉
OMGOSH SO SO SO MANY WEIRD SURPRISES UNPACKING.
someday
overwine
I WILL SHARE 🙂
THIS is must hear…
I hate you. In the best possible way. 🙂
Charcuterie, carrot cake (faux or otherwise) and deli with low sodium turkey for excellent sandwiches. that is enough reason to hate you. We will get to your attire later.
Hahaha! Don’t forget the champagne. That was a tasty bottle. 😉
Packing and unpacking. Either one sucks but it sounds like you made the best of it! It must be amazing to walk to little food places. SD has so many cool local places. Phoenix is all chains.
LOL on your bedtime snack! Congrats on the unpacking!
You made it! Sounds like a perfect neighborhood! I move at the end of the month, thanks for reminding me to start stockpiling boxes!
Yes! If you start now and start packing the stuff you won’t use it’ll all be SO much easier!
I moved 5 years ago and still have a couple of boxes I haven’t unpacked. Should probably just throw them away at this point!!
OMG – I would throw them out. Don’t even look. LOL!
Living the dream….SAN DIEGO STYLE!!! 🙂
The Hillcrest area is really nice. We found a great wine bar there that we really enjoyed. And while I may be jealous of the sundress and flip-flops, live it up and don’t apologize one bit 😉
There’s a wine or beer place on ever corner it seems! It’s like heaven. LOL!
I would kill to be in a dress right now! Only four more weeks. And I would have totally taken those boxes off your hands!
ughhh while our weather has warmed up here, it’s nowhere near dress weather. which makes me jealous. that and the whole ‘you live in California’ thing.
hot dog costume? photos or it didn’t happen.
we have unseasonable sunshine here right now, like, in the 70’s. it is perfect. I wore sandals the other day, and a skirt with no tights! so glad you are loving your new neighborhood, it is awesome to have GOOD FOODS close by. Jason and I want to eat that dinner with you – totally our style.
HA! It’s actually a box I got from a friend who recently moved. She legit has a hot dog costume.
You guys come visit and we’ll have an epic dinner! More than one, I’m sure. 🙂
With the countless moves I’ve experienced in the past few years, I can’t recall any fun moments. Haha. Our last move was a disaster! The movers looked like they just got out of prison. Oy vey!
LOL! Mine was a Raiders fan… does that count?
I could eat cheese, meat, and fruit for dinner every day if left to my own devices.
I love the Hillcrest WFM store! So there’s a really good Italian placed called Arrivederci and it’s in walking distance to that WFM. Many times I’ve eaten dinner there, gotten tipsy, then aimlessly wandered into WFM and lost track of time staring at how beautiful all of their displays are and picking out desserts to try hahaha
PS – Your box descriptions are hilarious!
Hahaha! I can’t even imagine shopping in WFM tipsy. That would end in tragedy. It’s only a matter of time til I check out their beer bar. We were actually thinking of trivia on Wed!
Wait, you wore a dress. 😉
Also snack plate for the win.
Dude. I wear them a lot! It’s like being naked. Almost.
I bet you remember the meat and cheese platters in the mountains here?! Nough said.
I hate unpacking, and especially the boxes which are filled with ‘stuff’ – things I didn’t know where to put in my old appartment nor do I know where to put them in my new one – just random shit, haha! 🙂
I am counting down the weeks till we walk side by side in FlipFlops. The anticipation is even better than a year ago. Since I know now that you are as crazy as I knew you would be.
I just read the last part of this comment to Vegas. We died laughing. Come onnnnnn already!
this post made me smile 🙂 i love craigslist, that is hilarious. one time i was looking at the ‘free stuff’ section and someone was giving away piles of dung. and it said, “free shit!” and i just loved it. it’s the little things, tra-la-la.
i’m so happy ya’ll moved in and you’re alive to write about it!!!! so much awesomeness to celebrate, sounds like you know how to truly enjoy it.
i love sparkly anything, especially wine. and anything served on a board or piece of wood just tastes good to me. why is that? we had cheese and bread served to us on a friggin piece of floor tile in amsterdam, and i shit you not – to die. i died. for cheese. on tile. i think it was travertine…
anyways, i’m with you. slice up some tasty vittles and i’m happy. especially if they are paired with dark or white colored beverages!
Free shit. Bwhahahahaha! I needed that laugh this morning.