I am officially one of those people who prefers to have things in order before proceeding and will take the necessary time and steps to get it that way; this has become more apparent to me lately first with my meditation practice (topic for a later post) and now with taking a lunch to work. I have been wanting to take my lunch to work for months now but for the longest time I couldn’t find the right lunch box, and I will still looking for containers that would accommodate my menu . . . and then what exactly would my menu be????
literally I have been thinking (over thinking) about this for months. and then came back to school time and ,since I was already spending a ton of money, and when I saw this, I not only saw the neoprene lunchbox that I had decided would work best for me I also saw a design that was good enough.and when I got home and read that it was called the “lady bug” I thought it only fitting that I color them read, and then I began to see the potential. two at a time (no need for it to take this long except for my denial of my own process) and six sharpie markers later I had this
and then with a quick trip to Filed’s (Macy’s) I found what seemed to be the ideal container (compact, integral cooling agent and smaller containers) and today was the day that I actually took my lunch to work. 
if course it desperately needed baby carrots but I can correct that the next go round. and to make today even more economical, I made my own tea instead of getting something very yummy from argo :( I’m a little sad about that but I have a feeling that my budget will be much happier when that little habit is officially broken and the tea shop returns to it’s “occasional treat” status. I almost forgot the whole accountability factor: food network is having a brown bag challenge for the month of September. personally I’m feeling like this is one of those times that it all comes together. I have the bag, the container, the culinary inspiration as well as the virtual support of other people trying to do just the same thing as me.
:)