Day 5 & 6

If we are being honest here, I have been phoning in the last few days of this pumpkin adventure. My apologies. I promise to try to try to amp it up in the upcoming weeks. (Do you like my non-committal attempt at a promise?)

So last night Kristina and I had dinner with our friend and her two adorable children. The little dude is a dinosaur aficionado; almost every conversation I have with him makes me feel dumb. My dinosaur knowledge revolves around The Land Before Time (the first one, not the 87 additional movies they continued to make), and apparently Long Neck is not an actual dinosaur. Weird, right. On the bright side, he loves to say "potty words," and I just so happen enjoy laughing at children when they say such words. We make a great team. The little lady is a gal of few words, but she loves food. And I love her for that. The company was great but I was sadly disappointed to find no pumpkin items on the menu last night... no pumpkin shakes, beers, or even puree to eat by the spoonful. Disappointment City, population 1. However, I did manage to eat about three potatoes worth of french fries. I then moved from Disappointment City to Bloated Township (still population 1) and could barely muster the energy and belly space to drink half a pumpkin beer when I got home. So day five ended with half a pumpkin beer and an episode of Project Runway Season 4. Talk about phoning it in.

This morning I awoke refreshed, with a renewed love and determination to eat pumpkin. I popped into the local bakery on my way to work with an eager, "Good morning! Do you have any pumpkin items today?" "Um, no... not today." With a sad face I responded with, "okay, have a good day." I then got back in my car and drove to Starbucks for a latte and a piece of pumpkin bread. See what they did to me! They drove me into the arms of the corporate monster. Small business that I want to support, you have no one to blame but yourself.

I was forced to do this.

It is my goal to make some homemade pumpkin treats this weekend. Wish me luck (because you know I will need it)...