Life is Burritoful!

Okay so I don't have to explain our Chipotle obsession since most everyone knows and we are not ashamed. There have been many Chipotles sprouting up around Boston and we can't resist going to the openings. In the last 6 months we have gone to a few openings. They don't do the free burritos anymore but if you are within the first 100 people after 3 pm then you can get a free t-shirt and a free burrito card for a future visit. We have done this twice and did attempt to go this last Friday to another opening but we couldn't get there until 6 so we missed out on the free stuff. How dare Sam's school get in our way of being there at 3! What does he think is more important? We are now the proud owners of 4 free Chipotle shirts which Sam proudly wears. He is hoping to get one for every day of the week.

Chipotle Obsession!

We have been loving Chipotle ever since it opened near us. Here are some signs that I know we go there too much.

-When I went to visit Utah about a month ago, we made a trip to Chipotle! This was breaking my #1 rule while in Utah: Do not go to any eating places that we can just go to out here in Boston. I just couldn't resist!

-the manager practically knows us by name (well I am sure he would remember them if we told them our names of course). Whenever we go in he always says "Welcome back!"

-The funniest thing of all happened yesterday. My sister, Kelly had me watch Carley while she went to the temple and then she wanted to try the famous Chipotle after she got back. We went there and my best friend, the manager was there. He greeted us and said to me, "You came alone?" I then explained that Kelly had never been there so I was introducing her to it. He then went and got us some chips and guacamole and said they were on the house. Wow we felt so special with the VIP treatment! Sam was mad that he wasn't there for the free guac.

I am starting to think that I even like Chipotle better than Cafe Rio. I know that is terrible to say but I think it may be true! I crave Chipotle way more than I ever craved Cafe Rio. Chipotle is here to stay!!

Mini Pepperoni

Okay many of you are going to think I am dumb for even posting about this, including Sam but I don't care! We were making our favorite pasta salad yesterday for the Linger Longer that we had after church today. It is a recipe that I think we originally got from my sister, Kelly. It is one of those that of course has the pasta, broccoli, cauliflower, olives, pepperoni and then a cheese & garlic dressing over it. Anyway, when we get the pepperoni, we have to cut each piece into fourths so you don't have too big of pieces in the salad. This has always been annoying to us even though it really doesn't take that much effort. We recently discovered at Costco that they sell a bag of mini pepperonis. Genius idea!!
Right when we saw them, we knew they would be perfect for our salad. They were more that perfect, they were also really cute. I find myself now trying to think of other ways to use the mini pepperonis. Maybe this week, we will make mini pizzas for the mini pepperonis or on the back of the bag they had a few more recipes to use them in. I know you are all jealous and are probably planning a trip to Costco to get some. If you don't have a membership, I can always just go with so you can share in my excitement for the mini pepperonis!