how to spend all your money on school books (which you will probably never read)

As I said yesterday, I’m back at school. Of course, there are no classes though. (Thank you Martin Luther King Jr.) I spent today stocking up on groceries and all that fun jazz. *Jazz hands!*

Before I left home though, I picked up some non-refridgerated stuff at Costco and Trader Joes.

First up, Costco:

-Fruit and Nut Mix (raw almonds, raw walnuts, raw pistachios, dried cranberries, and dried cherries)
-Prunes (just one of my many old lady characteristics)

-Calcium Citrate
-Glucosamine
-Toothpaste x2

Trader Joes:

CARBS!

-Oatmeal
-Joes O’s cereal
-High Fiber cereal
-Plain rice cakes 

-Roasted Almond Butter with flax seeds
-Peanut Butter x2
-Justin’s Honey Peanut Butter (not from Trader Joes but I found this in my cabinet and jumped for joy when I found it. Weeee!)
-Sunflower Seed Butter

-Ground flax seeds
-Pumpkin Butter
-BBQ sauce

And then some other random goodies:

-Cool Mint Chocolate Clif Bars
-Coconut Chocolate Clif Bar
-Peppermint Stick Clif Bars
-Chocolate Mint Luna Protein Bar
(obviously I like the chocolate and mint combination 😉 )

-An awesome cat mug that my friend gave me

-Back rest for chairs…and it was only $1! I used it on the car ride up and it was SO comfortable. Definitely the best $1 I’ve ever spent.

I also baked a double batch of protein zucchini walnut brownies. These were perfect for on the road! 

Then there was some tofu in the refrigerator that I knew nobody else would eat. (My family’s crazy and doesn’t like tofu….Crazy people.) I broiled it. Perfection.

That brings me to today. I went shopping to get the goods that I didn’t get at home.

Costco:

-Fage Greek Yogurt 0%
-Organic Pre-cooked Chicken strips
-Soy Mix (soy nuts, pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries, honey roasted soynuts, and dark chocolate covered soynuts)
-Mini Luna Bars (Nutz Over Chocolate and White Chocolate Macadamia)

Target: -Annie’s Lite Gingerfly dressing
-Carrots
-Salsa
-Spinach and Artichoke Hummus
-Chobani x11 (they were on sale for $1 each. Holla!)

I got the three new Chobani flavors! Wooh! Can’t wait to try them 🙂 Speaking of Chobani, today is the last day to enter my Chobani giveaway.

And then…the bookstore. (A.K.A. The store that likes to drain my entire bank account): -$313 worth of books. Wahhhh!

But anywho, now I am all stocked up on food and overpriced books. Thank you college, thank you. My first class is tomorrow at 7:15 in the morning. It’s anatomy. Considering I almost passed out when I saw the stitches in my wrist, it should be an interesting semester.

Have you started classes yet?
How much did your books cost?