best halloween movie?

tim burton's the nightmare before christmas, obvi.

I am the clown with the tear-away face
Here in a flash and gone without a trace
I am the "who" when you call, "Who's there?"
I am the wind blowing through your hair
I am the shadow on the moon at night
Filling your dreams to the brim with fright
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
Halloween! Halloween!

do you have a favorite?

autumnal fuzzies...

well, there's been a lot of blogger buzz about these velvet pumpkins... and seriously, they're awesome. but honestly, are they any cooler and more autumnal than these felt acorns?


obviously not! i'm in love and want to get some to and make a giant pile in the middle of my coffee table or decorate with them at Thanksgiving...


also, stay tuned! i'm feeling waaaaay better and we've started the $30 challenge over! details this afternoon.

boo! aborting $30 mission

bad news.... i've been sick sick sick.

initially when we went shopping we hit our target (and even were a little bit below) but then we had to get some orange juice and yogurt and other things like chocolate reisens that make people with flu-like symptoms feel better. the good news is that it worked but unfortunately put us over our $30 budget, besides, i don't much feel like cooking anything beyond cambell's soup.

finally, i went to the doctor and now i've got some antibiotics and today i stayed home from school (which means i've been watching waaaaay too much law&order on tv) so maybe by next sunday all will be well and i can start over. we're NOT giving up the challenge, just postponing it.

stay tuned.

photo from here

$30/week

today was rainy and icky in the ATL... which was fine since boone and i were swamped with homework. our only plans (other than writing our papers) were to go to the grocery store for the week and watch house. (which was fab, btw).

i mention that we went to the groc. because this week we're participating in a hunger awareness project coordinated by tami of the ATL food blog, running with tweezers.

here's the deal. we're going to eat on $30/person this week and i'll blog about it. we're not going to cheat and eat things we already have in the freezer or pantry... nope. today, we're going to the store and starting from scratch since the national average for a person receiving food assistance is between $21 and $24 per week. can you believe how low that is?

if you're as incredulous as i was then here are some other hunger stats from her blog:

• At some point during the year, 1 in 5 Americans receives food assistance from 1 or more of the 15 programs providing help.
• In 2009, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will help feed 31 million people per month. The average monthly benefit? $101.
• Between March 2007 and March 2008, the global price of food rose 43%. 1 billion people - 1/6th of the world's population - live on $1 per day.

check back for our grocery list and recipes from this week and to see how our experiment is going...

you say it's your birthday...

happy birthday to my dad! if i was at home i'd try to make him something this lovely. (but chocolate.)

from serious eats

did you see it??

no, not Obama winning the Noble peace prize (but, hey, congrats!) i'm talking about the really BIG event on TV this week... jim and pam's wedding!

so i've been sick sick sick all week, but i pulled myself together for the office last night since
we've been really pumped about this episode forever. maybe too pumped.

either way, there were some super awkward moments, but, it's the office...so that's no surprise.
on top of the episode being sweet, and funny, and just all around wonderful, it really keeps all the wedding stuff in perspective. watch it. here. right now.

photo: ew cover

seriously...

i'm not kidding, guys... i want your fall recipes!