Runts; or, my favorite fruits!

My free food for today was a little ghetto. See, last Friday we had a brainstorming meeting where they fed us pizza and candy. Afterwards, they brought the remaining candy right over by my desk. Everyone ate the M and M's and Sour Patch kids, but the Jujubes and Runts apparently are the red-headed step-children on candy and thus they're still available nearly a week after the meeting! I'll pass on Jujubes, but there is something about a banana-shaped Runt that makes me so happy, and I don't even like real bananas! I'd rather have a snozzbery!



Let's hope tomorrow is a more fruitful day in the hunt for free food. Hehe.

My coworker got married and all I got was this piece of cake!

Today at work we threw a surprise mini-shower for my colleague Katie who is getting married this weekend. My boss put me in charge of ordering the cake, which was a very smart decision on her part. This same boss suggested I order a strawberry shortcake with whipped cream frosting, but I don't like whipped cream frosting so I ordered a chocolate cake with white frosting from Amy's Bread instead!

The party was a success and everyone loved the cake, especially me! I ate 2 (small) slices, but I took the second slice when no one was looking, hehe.

This made me very excited for my own future wedding cake, pending my meeting a suitable candidate!

All right, bedtime!

Heads, I lose!

Tonight I went out srinking with some coworkers to the wonderful bar Flight 151. Tuesday is Flip Night, which means the bartender flips a coin and if you guess correctly you do not have to pay for your beer!

Well, I drank 1 Bud Light and 3 PBRs, and I called heads on all of them, and the coin came up tails! Boo! But luckily, my boys John and Shawn bought me my beers anyway, so they were FREE! Woohoo!

Now, I am going to bed.

Week in Review

What can I say? I am a busy girl. And sometimes lazy, hehe.

This week was actually a fabulous week not only in the quest for free food, but also for free stuff!

Let's start with Thursday. The Diane von Furstenberg shop near my office offered my company an exclusive night of shopping where we could get a 20% off all merch which means that one pair of shoes would still cost me 3 weeks salary. But, they were offering free hair-styling and manicures! When I walked into the store, I was immediately offered a can of champagne. That's right, a can. Very Paris Hilton. I quickly downed 2, and was feeling quite buzzed. A nice gay man styled my hair, but he made me feel guilty, like when the dentist yells at you for not flossing so that you think all your teeth will fall out. This hair-stylist, let's call him Vaughn, LAUGHED at my haircut. He was all, We NEED to do something about this. And I'm all, maybe if you didn't charge $150 we COULD do something about it, but for now I'm fine with it, got it? But Vaughn, inspired by Grey Gardens, curled and hair-sprayed my hair and it looked quite nice.

Friday was even cooler! It started off with a huge parent-company-wide networking breakfast where my fave Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin spoke. I own several of her books, but they were all at my parents' house in MA, so I asked Ms. DKG to sign my Red Sox cap instead since she is a HUGE fan. She happily obliged! While this was certainly a highlight, so was the food! At the breakfast, I ate bacon, a bagel, potatoes, and French toast!

I returned to the office just in time for a lunchtime brainstorming session where they served us free pizza from Patsy's, candy, and soda! Yeah! And then the best part of the day happened: I received an e-mail from the Diane von Furstenberg store telling me I won the raffle and would be getting a bag! I picked it up shortly after. It's a beautiful overnight bag that I bet retails for $350. But your girl Liz got it for FREE!

Saturday I went to a yoga class in Astoria, and afterwards I went to my friend Holger's apartment. We sat on the roof and drank Coronas which were free for me as they were Holger's!

This probably was not the smartest idea because Sunday I ran a

half-marathon in Central Park

sponsored by New York Road Runners and More Magazine. I had been training for the race for the past 12 weeks so I was really excited to do it! Unfortunately, the temperature was in the 80s and I really struggled. I was fine for he first 5 miles, and then after mile 7 I started walking! After I drank some Gatorade I picked myself up and ran again. I ended up finishing in 2 hours and 35 minutes, about a 12 minute mile. While it was a painful process, I am really happy I did it and look forward to my next half!

The good thing, is I did receive some free swag from the race! In addition to bagels, Gatorade, and water, I got a neat little wristband pouch thingy that can hold my keys and id!

Today I was back to work and ate lots of Johnny K's candy. Hell, I ran a half-marathon yesterday, I'll eat whatever I want. Weight Watchers be damned!

Now I am going to bed!

Love,
Liz

I wish chocolate tasted like broccoli so I wouldn't eat so much of it!

Ugh, I eat too much chocolate! And Smarties! Especially when they're free!

Johnny K--thank you for supporting my addiction!

Liz

I'm Baaaaaaack!

Between training for a half marathon, reading John Updike, and watching all my shows, I've been so busy and have not had time to write! But, your girl Liz has certainly had time to eat free food! Let's recap the past few days.

Friday: Work. Yippee skippee! I ate a few pieces of candy from Johnny K's Batman head. Afterwards, I went to a, gasp, "SPRING MULTI-SCHOOL HAPPY HOUR" at Stout featuring Colgate, Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Princeton, NYU, USC, Vanderbilt, and Yale. It was for young alumni which I am not sure I qualify as anymore, but my friend Jen is class of 2006 from Columbia so I crashed with her. And yes, it was as frat boyish and pretentious and LAME as you can imagine, but they did let NYU in so who knows, hehe. I drank one beer (not free) and then left with my other friend Kristan and we went to Benny's Burritos in the Village for tacos and margaritas, woohoo! Again, not free! Better start Internet dating soon!

Saturday: Woke up and went to a kick ass sports conditioning class at the New York Sports Club in Astoria. I think this is the first time I have EVER taken a class where there were straight men. Wow. Afterwards I returned home and got caught up on some of shows, including Kings which you must all watch. I joined my friend Bethany at the Bohemian Beer Garden around 10 and someone gave me a beer, so that was my free food quotient for the day!

Sunday: I ran 12 miles through Astoria and Roosevelt Island. My ass and legs still ache plus no one fed me any free food! Bahhh! But I did eat McDonald's.

Monday: More candy from the Batman head. And I got a massage!

Today: I hit the jackpot! A caterer came in to present a tasting. I missed it, but they left all the remaining food in the canteen. I filled my plate Chinese buffet-style, where I eat while I'm piling my plate! In this case I dined on 4 cookies, tempura, chicken, pasta salad, and some nifty beef. After work I had Weight Watchers, so I ran 4 miles before my meeting to cancel all the food out. I ended up staying the same weight this week.

All right my loyal readers, thanks for reading!

Love,
Liz

What the World Needs Now is Food, Free Food!

Yo, this will be quicker than a virgin dude on prom night.

At any rate, there was big corporate meeting today at work and NO FOOD. Whaaaaaa? Luckily, another meeting had leftover pizza so I grabbed one slice of chicken pizza. Wow!

All right going to bed now!