Trader Joe's Stuffed Pork Chops

It's a goal of mine to put more "homemade" meals on the dinner table. Not an easy task when you log in tons of work and mommy hours. But I still aspire to be like my mom who seems to have a 3 course meal on the table every night of the week without ever breaking a sweat. For me however, cooking doesn't come quite as easily. So I turn to Trader Joe's. They have a ton of "prepared" meals. For example, I found these stuffed pork chops in the meat section. They were super simple to cook up. You just brown them on both sides in the frying pan and then throw them in the oven for twenty five minutes. I popped a 90 second bag of rice into the microwave and ta-da a home cooked meal. My son even asked if he could take leftovers for school tomorrow. Quite a compliment coming from the pickiest eater in the world!

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Every single Fall for as long as I can remember I begin a hunt for the perfect pair of boots. So I bought these boots on Tuesday! Aren't they beautiful! To tell you the truth the picture does not do them justice! They look absolutely gorgeous on! But I returned them. So what's the problem you ask? They were $595.00. Am I freaking crazy? What was I thinking? To tell you the truth pre-baby/mortgage days I could have easily justified them! I would have divided the cost of the boots by the number of wears. If it came less then $5.00 a wear I would have kept them. When I brought them home I realized that I have no where to wear them. I thought maybe I could wear them to work. Not happening...I work 3 days a week in a very serious corporate environment...they definitely would not be appreciated. Maybe dinner or date night with the hubby but with young boys those occur few and far between. So they are back at the store for someone else to enjoy and love. That means I'm back on my hunt....

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