It has been such a fantastic weekend, thank you so much to the Quaker team and PR group for this fantastic opportunity!
Here is just a sampling of all the great products that they have given us:
My suitcase is literally stuffed with oatmeal, so if my plane is delayed I know that at least I will NOT be hungry.
Speaking of hungry, I have to share a funny story. I never travel so I did not fully understand the high mark-up price on the items in the mini-bar. When I arrived on Friday, I was STARVING and needed to grab a quick snack, so I gobbled up a Kit Kat bar that was staring me in the face. (Yes, I know….very poor choice, in more ways than one! Always travel with healthy snacks, ALWAYS!)
I was quite surprised today to learn that little candy bar cost me $9.37! For a candy bar?! When I told this story to Tanya, she simply replied “why didn’t you just have a Quaker bar?”
Yes, I am a moron. I didn’t realize I had a bagful of them! They certainly would have been a MUCH better choice. Oh well, lesson learned. I won’t ever touch the mini-bar again!
Thanks to everyone (especially Nap Warden!) for coming out to visit us!
It’s time to get on a plane and head back to my reality.
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November 9th, 2008 at 3:08 pm 1
Hi Lisa:
It was wonderful meeting you and the rest of the amazing food and fitness bloggers at the Quaker event.
I hope you had a great time, learned lots and most importantly, enjoyed every bite of that %*&#@ $$$ Kit Kat! You are not a moron!
You, just like me and everyone who reads your blog, don’t make rational decisions when we are hungry. Next time you travel, you will come packin’ some eats…good stuff, that is!
Keep up the wonderful job you are doing…you are an inspiration to us all!!
November 9th, 2008 at 7:37 pm 2
Too funny about the Kit Kat! Sorry! Those mini bars are ridiculous, aren’t they???!
November 9th, 2008 at 9:03 pm 3
Hi Lisa, such a pleasure to meet you — sorry we didn’t get to talk longer!! Take care and I’ll be reading
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November 9th, 2008 at 10:04 pm 4
Well, that sounds like something I would totally do!
Hope the kit kat was worth it for $9.37!!! Wow!
November 9th, 2008 at 11:00 pm 5
lol! that is a funny story – AND a very expensive candy bar!!!
it was SO nice to meet you today. we didn’t get to talk a lot but you were so nice =D
November 9th, 2008 at 11:17 pm 6
So glad I got to meet you!
November 10th, 2008 at 12:26 am 7
So cool. I want that Top Chef book! Is it cool?
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November 10th, 2008 at 7:25 am 8
wahhhh. Im missing you this morning
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November 10th, 2008 at 11:59 am 9
Ooh, the sneaky mini bar! That’s insane. Could by so much food at the grocery store with that amount of money… am glad that your weekend went so well though!
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November 10th, 2008 at 12:04 pm 10
My motto has always been, “Free Food Is Good Food”.
Now, aren’t you glad to be back home and sleeping in your own bed?
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November 10th, 2008 at 12:13 pm 11
Sounds like a fun weekend!
Whenever we go on vacation, we have to keep a close eye on the kids to make sure they don’t raid the minibar. It’s very tempting for them, and they don’t understand that it’s waaaay to expensive, lol!
November 10th, 2008 at 1:07 pm 12
$9.37!?! Yikes! That’s ridiculous!
November 10th, 2008 at 2:23 pm 13
Woa, I have a lot of experience with mini-bars but I don’t think I have paid that much for a candy bar!
Here are a couple of posts I wrote about those devils:
http://www.johnisfit.com/2007/10/25/that-devil-the-mini-bar/
http://www.johnisfit.com/2007/11/13/two-mini-bar-strategies/
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November 10th, 2008 at 3:06 pm 14
that is too funny. I had some sushi from friday nite that I tried to store in the mini fridge and was SO careful not to move a thing, b/c I didn’t wanna get charged $50 for a mini bottle of vodka!
SOSOSOSO great meeting you, Workout Mommy
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November 10th, 2008 at 3:13 pm 15
Ugg, I hate those mini-bars (b/c I’m always getting in late and always starving, too!) And you don’t even have to eat anything half the time to get charged, just accidentally nudge something’s sensor and onto your bill it goes. So annoying..
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November 10th, 2008 at 7:07 pm 16
lost link fer tomorrow..please to send
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November 11th, 2008 at 1:01 am 17
Oh my goodness, that better have been a golden kit kat for almost $10, hehe. Did you bring me back any?
November 12th, 2008 at 1:37 am 18
holy cow, $10? well, i suppose that’s more motivation NOT to use the dang mini bar. great oatmeal ideas!
November 20th, 2008 at 12:42 am 19
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