Some days are all about just getting things done and being practical.
Let me count the ways…
Being Practical #1: Grocery shopping and stocking up on some produce for the weekend
Being Practical #2: Grapes were on sale for $1.99/pound. Sure beats the $3.99/pound they were earlier in the week when I had picked up a bunch only to realize at checkout they were going to be $9.76. So I told the cashier to forget about those, but she said they’re going on sale tomorrow. So on Friday, I scored on cheap grapes. That’s practical.
Being Practical #3. Red-tape sale bananas. 29 cents/pound. I have no idea what was “wrong” with these but I am all about sale and reduced-price fruit.
Being Practical #8: Bundling up your child in a winter coat and Ugg boots when it’s “freezing” out in the “winter”. i.e. 58F and windy. Head to toe pink is optional.
Being Practical #9: Reorganizing your pantry and finding an 18 Rabbits bar you forgot about.
That’s being practical. Use dried cherries rather than raisins if you want to keep things really mimic an 18 Rabbits bar.
Being Practical #10: Stopping to smell the roses in February. And enjoying time outside. And having the good sense to Streamline my Workouts months ago so I am spending more time outside or with my family or doing things other than working out. It’s nice and all, but ya know. I am a practical girl.
From my last Challenge Post: TV Shows, it was great to hear what your favorite shows are and many of them were on my list. Shows I never watch are 30 Rock, The Office, Glee, and the entire NBC lineup that was frequently mentioned. Good to know there are lots of Bravo TV fans, too!
And thanks for telling me what Challenge you’d like to see me write about next.
It would be practical for you to make these this weekend. They only take 3 minutes.
In life in general, I plan ahead, I take time to ensure things are planned out for the future and that I am not flying by the seat of my pants on important life matters.
In general, I think my common sense and judgment is good and it helps me be, well, practical.
But I am a dichotomy and in other ways, I throw practicality to the wind!
3. What do you do that’s Practical, even though it may be more fun to be…not practical?
It would be more fun/easier/tastier to eat a whole bunch of gluten. For a minute. And then I would feel like crap. So it’s more practical to keep gluten out of my life.
It would be easier to blow off work and let my credit card debt linger. But I am making progress on it.
It would be more fun to go to my house in Aruba for another month. But I need to stay here and work.
Are you Practical? In what ways? Or what ways do you break the rules and buck being practical? Trust me, life is a balance of doing that, too! Sometimes I throw practical-ness to the wind and say…screw it and live in the moment!
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Grapes and bananas on sale = awesome.
Head to toe pink = more awesome!
This weekend I will be studying, working, dinner with the boyfriend’s rents and hopefully some indoor bouldering!
I am very much like you. I am practical when it comes to financial and life-planning decisions. Things I would love to blow money on are thrills like going sky diving again, or going to a theme park (I live in Florida and Orlando is a 2 hour drive from here) but those things take a lot of cash to do. I’m a student with very little aid and no parental contribution so I have a lot of other things I need to put money toward.
Funny how our bodies adjust to different climates. We had -20 morning lows here in Telluride this week and after that 20 degrees in am feels very comfortable.
Yeah, I’m a practical girl – especially when it comes to shoes and food.
Random question…..I get confused with this……which kind of coconut oil are u supposed to cook with – refined, unrefined……what is the difference. Can you explain Averie? Thanks! Peace and Light.
I am pretty practical … especially when it comes to big purchases. For instance, I always buy a 1 year old car, and end up saving BIG bucks. I also would never buy a really expensive car, because vehicles are not an investment. I also am very practical when it comes to homes.
i try to be practical as much as I can! OMG I just discovered the ‘reduced price’ fruit and veggies at the store…UMMM hello?!?! how did I not know about this before…I have picked up peppers (red) for like 99 cents a lb when theyre usually 3.99!! its awesome! i love it! I also try to get the generic brand of some items that saves a buck!
this weekend i am moving! I don’t talk about it on the blog, but Im moving into a new apt with a friend so I’m psyched! also seeing “no strings attached” tonight with my friend yay!
To be practical, I do my research on produce prices and try to buy produce on sale/discounted when possible. However, I’m unpractical, too, because I just eat more produce when I can get it on sale. Silly me! :D It’s a good thing you decided not to buy those grapes (and that the checkout lady was able to give you an inside tip)! $10 for grapes is insane!
Skylar is ROCKIN’ that pink! I have honed my practicality down way more than I used to, especially when it comes to shopping (food and otherwise!). I used to shop with abandon no matter what the cost, and being a student and having less money has really taught me how to budget shop and look for bargains and browse consignment shops and the like. My roommate is the MASTER of this stuff too, so she has really helped teach me in the ways of the frugal! :)
I am super practical, especially when it comes to money, but I have a very impulsive side that takes over in other areas of my life .. and I do things that some people might consider reckless, but they usually work out for me. It’s gut instinct thing.
Love your microwave bars! I think using the microwave for desserty/snacky bars/cakes is so freaken cool. I just love it. I would never turn my oven on for a single serving cupcake or bar ( my frugal energy saving practical side) ..
Amen lady! I would never turn on my micro, oven, or really make more than a single bowl + spoon as a dirty dish for JUST a single serving thing, or a snack. It’s how my working mom brain, works. :)
The energy conservation point, we’ll go with that. Only it’s MY energy, not the power bill, i am really trying to conserve!
Hahaha. So cute in all pink! I WISH it was 58 here. That sounds downright tropical.
Weekend plans:
1. Yoga
2. The usual errands
3. Superbowl Party
I could give a crap about the game, but it’s my beau’s favorite team (Packers) so I am going despite my apathy toward football. And I have a German colleague in town who has never in his life been to a Superbowl party, and he really wants to go. So (yawn), Go Packers!
I was raised to always strive to be “practical”. Sometimes I think “meditation” is very practical. It calms me down and makes me more productive in the long run. It a time where I dont have to think about anything and I can just be.
Have a good weekend averie! I too will NOT be watching football. But I’m all about Bravo marathons (seriously,its one of the few channels I watch, I dont even know much about “glee” except that its like an adult version of high school musical).
I almost NEVER buy grapes due to the price and only want organic due to the dirty dozen factor. But when they are on sale I go nuts for them. I could eat a pound in one sitting.
One of the ways I am practical is that if I don’t have the money, I don’t buy it, I never use a credit card anymore.
Should’ve said–another impractical thing: I know I shouldn’t eat cacao or chocolate because of adrenal probs, but sometimes I do anyway, especially at hormonal times–not practical, but feels ‘worth it!’
Thank you for posting this! I have been running myself down for not being practical, but in all the ways you list as practical, I am, very much so! I shop very carefully, get things on sale, grow lots in the summer, sprout in the winter, use leftovers creatively. Avoiding gluten’s a no-brainer for me, I’m never even tempted. But sometimes I think about just blowing everything off and going off by myself and doing random things, but I stay home and work!
Our cabin is tiny, but I’m not particularly tidy and neither is Phil. I’m good at finding things, though, and he isn’t, especially with his eye trouble atm: I’ve been down on myself for not being better organized and on top of cleaning/tidying/consolidating, because those would be more practical. I think you’re good at those things, though.
I remember feeling gipped when it was below 60 degrees! Living up here, though, a 60-degree day is midsummer weather!
Grapes and bananas on sale = awesome.
Head to toe pink = more awesome!
This weekend I will be studying, working, dinner with the boyfriend’s rents and hopefully some indoor bouldering!
I am very much like you. I am practical when it comes to financial and life-planning decisions. Things I would love to blow money on are thrills like going sky diving again, or going to a theme park (I live in Florida and Orlando is a 2 hour drive from here) but those things take a lot of cash to do. I’m a student with very little aid and no parental contribution so I have a lot of other things I need to put money toward.
Funny how our bodies adjust to different climates. We had -20 morning lows here in Telluride this week and after that 20 degrees in am feels very comfortable.
Yeah, I’m a practical girl – especially when it comes to shoes and food.
Random question…..I get confused with this……which kind of coconut oil are u supposed to cook with – refined, unrefined……what is the difference. Can you explain Averie? Thanks! Peace and Light.
https://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/2010/01/grocery-store-mailbox-finds-and-organic.html
i explain it there
i would always use unrefined when possible, period. But refined is fine if that’s all you can get :)
I am pretty practical … especially when it comes to big purchases. For instance, I always buy a 1 year old car, and end up saving BIG bucks. I also would never buy a really expensive car, because vehicles are not an investment. I also am very practical when it comes to homes.
i try to be practical as much as I can! OMG I just discovered the ‘reduced price’ fruit and veggies at the store…UMMM hello?!?! how did I not know about this before…I have picked up peppers (red) for like 99 cents a lb when theyre usually 3.99!! its awesome! i love it! I also try to get the generic brand of some items that saves a buck!
this weekend i am moving! I don’t talk about it on the blog, but Im moving into a new apt with a friend so I’m psyched! also seeing “no strings attached” tonight with my friend yay!
To be practical, I do my research on produce prices and try to buy produce on sale/discounted when possible. However, I’m unpractical, too, because I just eat more produce when I can get it on sale. Silly me! :D It’s a good thing you decided not to buy those grapes (and that the checkout lady was able to give you an inside tip)! $10 for grapes is insane!
Have a lovely day!
xox
Head to toe in pink shouldn’t be optional, she is soo cute!!! :) Love it!
xoxo
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Love your practicality!! You are quite a smart shopper–I HATE how expensive grapes are. And cherries–WHY are they so much $$?!
I know, grapes and cherries are sooo pricey!!
I can be practical if I want to be. The problem is… I never want to be ;) Case and point: the $25 worth of peanut flour I just bought.
happy weekend, lovely!!
yes girl but you are stocked up now and had you not done that, you’d be kicking yourself :)
Skylar is ROCKIN’ that pink! I have honed my practicality down way more than I used to, especially when it comes to shopping (food and otherwise!). I used to shop with abandon no matter what the cost, and being a student and having less money has really taught me how to budget shop and look for bargains and browse consignment shops and the like. My roommate is the MASTER of this stuff too, so she has really helped teach me in the ways of the frugal! :)
I am super practical, especially when it comes to money, but I have a very impulsive side that takes over in other areas of my life .. and I do things that some people might consider reckless, but they usually work out for me. It’s gut instinct thing.
Love your microwave bars! I think using the microwave for desserty/snacky bars/cakes is so freaken cool. I just love it. I would never turn my oven on for a single serving cupcake or bar ( my frugal energy saving practical side) ..
Amen lady! I would never turn on my micro, oven, or really make more than a single bowl + spoon as a dirty dish for JUST a single serving thing, or a snack. It’s how my working mom brain, works. :)
The energy conservation point, we’ll go with that. Only it’s MY energy, not the power bill, i am really trying to conserve!
Hahaha. So cute in all pink! I WISH it was 58 here. That sounds downright tropical.
Weekend plans:
1. Yoga
2. The usual errands
3. Superbowl Party
I could give a crap about the game, but it’s my beau’s favorite team (Packers) so I am going despite my apathy toward football. And I have a German colleague in town who has never in his life been to a Superbowl party, and he really wants to go. So (yawn), Go Packers!
I was raised to always strive to be “practical”. Sometimes I think “meditation” is very practical. It calms me down and makes me more productive in the long run. It a time where I dont have to think about anything and I can just be.
Have a good weekend averie! I too will NOT be watching football. But I’m all about Bravo marathons (seriously,its one of the few channels I watch, I dont even know much about “glee” except that its like an adult version of high school musical).
I almost NEVER buy grapes due to the price and only want organic due to the dirty dozen factor. But when they are on sale I go nuts for them. I could eat a pound in one sitting.
One of the ways I am practical is that if I don’t have the money, I don’t buy it, I never use a credit card anymore.
Should’ve said–another impractical thing: I know I shouldn’t eat cacao or chocolate because of adrenal probs, but sometimes I do anyway, especially at hormonal times–not practical, but feels ‘worth it!’
Thank you for posting this! I have been running myself down for not being practical, but in all the ways you list as practical, I am, very much so! I shop very carefully, get things on sale, grow lots in the summer, sprout in the winter, use leftovers creatively. Avoiding gluten’s a no-brainer for me, I’m never even tempted. But sometimes I think about just blowing everything off and going off by myself and doing random things, but I stay home and work!
Our cabin is tiny, but I’m not particularly tidy and neither is Phil. I’m good at finding things, though, and he isn’t, especially with his eye trouble atm: I’ve been down on myself for not being better organized and on top of cleaning/tidying/consolidating, because those would be more practical. I think you’re good at those things, though.
I remember feeling gipped when it was below 60 degrees! Living up here, though, a 60-degree day is midsummer weather!