Never were truer words spoken, and certainly not this week. A hellish week at work, we were all glad to see it end. Going to be a short post tonight, 'cause I'm exhausted.

The times they are a-changing. You may notice a name has been added to the right of this post, in the sidebar ... Cate. I figured since I was starting to do writing for some other sites using this name, I should make it a little more consistent. It lends a little more credibility when a piece is written "by Cate O'Malley," as opposed to "Sweetnicks," you know? Yesterday, I was lucky enough to be invited to be a contributing writer to another online food magazine (details to follow once my first piece goes up), and I'm really excited about that, so it stands to reason that since the name is going to get used more and more, it might as well be here too. ;) But, no worries, I'm not revealing all my secrets! I'm also in the process of doing a redesign on the website, so stay tuned, because changes are coming. Not big ones, but nice ones.

So the week is over and here's what I spent on groceries all week: $0. Not bad, eh? I cooked several new meals this week, all using ingredients I had on hand. Just another way to challenge myself creatively, and keeping my toes from getting bruised when things fall out of the freezer because it's a little, uh, overstuffed.

Tonight, Nicholas had Friday Night Date Night at The Girlfriend's house, so The Husband and I escaped for a little while to run errands, including a quick dash into the bookstore, since I was still anxiously awaiting the newest Donna Hay issue. SCORE! Got the new Donna Hay and Waitrose. I'll be writing a review on the Donna Hay issue this weekend for Paper Palate, so be sure to stay tuned for that












If it's the weekend, it must be time for Weekend Dog Blogging, so get your cutest pup pic in to me to be in the Sunday night round-up. Weekend Cat Blogging is on as usual at Eat Stuff and my contribution of the beautiful Callie is below. Lastly, stop by Kalyn's Kitchen to be included in her Weekend Herb Blogging event. Until tomorrow...

A year ago today ... I was baking banana bread. Haven't made this recipe since then actually ... Nigella's recipe (in my sidebar under Breads) is the one to beat these days.

P.S. For my East Coast readers, you can help with an article I'm writing. What says "East Coast" to you in terms of food, restaurant trends, cooking, etc.? Talk back to me in the Comment section and let me know. Thanks much.