Have you heard of Groupon?  I’m sure you have by now, it seems that everybody has.  Well, I’m relatively new to the whole Groupon phenomenon, but I recently bought $20 worth of produce from a local place called The Produce Spot for $10 from Groupon.  I had never been there – in fact I had never heard of it – but it looked like a great little place.  And what better incentive is there to try out a new local organic produce stand than getting $20 worth of produce for $10?

So I went to use my coupon yesterday.  This was an adorable little place about a 20 minute drive north of where we live.  They had local goodies that looked delicious, such as local honey, breads and croissants, fruits and veggies.  The prices were very good.  Check out all the produce I got for a grand total of $10:

• 4 locally made croissants
• 10 roma tomatoes
• 1 eggplant
• 3 broccoli crowns
• 1 bag of carrots
• 1 bag of bean sprouts
• 1lb of figs
• 2 lbs of sweet potatoes
• 2 avocados
• 5 plums
• 5 pluots

I would have been happy paying $20 for all of that stuff, but $10??  That’s AWESOME!! 

I know that sweet potatoes aren’t really something that is a staple in my diet, but I hope to change that.  I am not a big potato fan, but I do like sweet potatoes and I know that they are really good for me.  So look for some sweet potatoes in my future!  Any good recipes are welcome.

Also today S and I bought a new hanging lamp for our dining room.  The one we had was really old and had some bad connections for some of the light bulbs.  Plus, it wasn’t nearly bright enough.  I like LOTS of LIGHT!!!  

We picked out a much more modern one that we both liked.

It has three 100 watt bulbs and is super bright!  We love it!  Tomorrow we will work on fixing the dimmer, because it has been broken for a while.

Tomorrow is the San Jose Rock n Roll half marathon!  Tonight for dinner I had some fresh scallops on sale at Whole Foods, with some of my new Produce Spot veggies.

Alongside, I did a little carbo loading with some mushroom provolone pizza:

And dessert was some banana soft serve topped with a little chocolate ice cream. 

Off to bed, to dream of tomorrow’s run!

I love it when they give out tech tees for races!  Wish me luck!!!