Day 246 All Hallow's Evening

"Visions of Sugar Plum Fairies Danced in My Head" as I set about making breakfast this morning. After all, it was Halloween. I was to dress Ruby in her Belle (from Beauty and the Beast) costume. I was to take her to school. I thought about giving her a cupcake for her breakfast but decided since she'd be eating so much candy for dessert, she didn't need it. I thought I would try a new breakfast, a Kashi-type product simply called "Hi-Protien Cereal." I picked it out at Whole Foods because I want to eat something different for breakfast that's not eggs or toast. And the other day I had purchased some fat-free, lactose-free milk. Unfortunately this morning when I read the calorie count I was shocked. 150 calories was for ONE HALF CUP. That's ridiculous. I had to have whole cup of cereal, but then I was committing to nearly 400 calories for breakfast. That's not good.

Breakfast
1 cup High Protein Cereal
1/2 cup Lactose Free Milk
Tea

Snack
1/4 cup Almonds/Cashews
50 Pistachios
1 Braeburn Apple
1 Joy Stick

Lunch
Sauteed Shrimp and Broccoli

Dinner
1 Small Chicken Breast
Slices of Cheddar
Crab
Snowpeas

I'm not sure if it will always come to be this way, but Halloween is a very simple affair in my neighborhood. At around 6, we all started to collect ourselves and walked the neighborhood for "Trick and Treat." Just like I remember, people leave their lights on if they're giving out candy, and off if they're not. But I have a question—do people give out individual candies or bags? I grew up in a neighborhood where bags (full of multiple pieces of candy) were the standard. Most people in my neighborhood gave out individual pieces or let trick or treaters pick candy from a bowl. Emily thinks I am nuts for filling bags, and in fact we did stand out as kind of extravagant—but I don't feel bad about that. One household who shall remain nameless told me she was giving out candy "from last year's Halloween." Aside from how poor that is—giving out stale candy—I never heard of anyone who could keep chocolate in their house for one year! I made a note to separate that candy from the rest so Ruby wouldn't eat it. Naturally, it got mixed up with the rest.