Victory Will Be Mine

While Matt believes we are in a stalemate, I know I've got the upper hand. It's a foregone conclusion that I will win this contest.

In addition to the increasing pressure from his family to get out of the contest and resume his meat-eating lifestyle, Matt's desperately feeling the effects of his change of diet, constantly complainting of intestinal crampage, blocked bowels and God knows what else. Me? I've been as regular as a prune-eating baby. Perhaps Matt should pass on the Beano and start taking some of this.

Anyway, enough of Matt on the verge of collapsing back into the meat pool. I've got a long awaited update to give.

Trader Joe's is just plain awesome. Amazingly enough, I had never ventured into the diminutive grocery store favored by hippies everywhere. Oh, what I've missed! It was a vegan paradise! I bought pizza, Kung Pao noodles, hot dogs, Italian sausages, BBQ riblets for Pete's sake! And they were all VEGAN! I was like a kid in a candy store, tossing item after item into my cart, anticipating the mouthwatering meals in store for me.

Now, I will admit, I'm not entirely sure how good vegan hot dogs, Italian sausages or BBQ riblets will be, especially after my experience with the soy pepperoni. But, if even one of the three is passable for a meal, then I'll chalk this up as a victory. (Though a word of advice to the maker's of the Italian sausage: Change your name. I don't care if you think it's clever, Tofurky is a God awful name for a food product.)

Saturday:

2 Van's Waffles
Bunch of Tater Tots and Ketchup
3 Health is Wealth Vegetable Spring Rolls
Vegan certified boozers
Peanut Butter and Jelly Van's Waffles

Sunday:

1 Amy's Tofu Scrambles
3 slices of Trader Joe's Roasted Vegetable Pizza
9 Trader Joe's Soy Nuggets

Monday:

1 Trader Joe's Vegan Pad Thai with Tofu
Sunflower Restaurant's General Tso's Surprise
1 Soy Dream Lil' Dreamers