It seems my powers of persuasion are a bit rusty…
While trying to convince Ben to go see 127 Hours last night, he turned the tables and somehow convinced me to stay in and watch Shutter Island on Netflix!
I never saw it coming.
Even though I already knew what happened in the end, I didn’t know the whys/hows so it was really interesting. I will never turn down a Leo movie anyways. He had me at Montague!!! omgomgomg
This morning I was up bright and early tearing up the grocery store with coupons and gift cards. I got quite the haul for only $37! Since I saved so much money, I thought it was only appropriate that I treat myself to a short, no-foam skinny vanilla Starbucks latte.
Oooo that tastes good…eek, but hot!!!!
Supplemented with a Kashi TLC Ripe Strawberry Soft Baked Cereal Bar.
I don’t normally prefer to eat cereal bars – I’d just rather eat an apple – but Kashi sent them for me to try, and I wasn’t about to let them go to waste!
They’re the same size as other bars of its type, look like a big Fig Newton,
and I love them. I would totally buy these again. Soft, sweet – but not too sweet – and they satisfy with a homemade taste for 110 calories. Win.
Ben and I are heading to my parent’s house for Sunday lunch this afternoon – it’s been aaaages. Be back later with my grocery haul and this week’s dinner menu!
See you! 
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Who was your teen heart throb crush on?
Tooootally Leo for me, also JTT and Devon Sawa (Now and Then, anyone?)
OMG! My friends once wrote to JTT to see if he would come to my birthday party! He didn’t come
Ahhhahaha! Damn you JTT! He was probably busy moussing his hair.
I love that you love Now and Then. I watched that movie so many times that I could literally recite the whole thing by heart. And I have no doubt that this obsession was fueled by my mad love for Devon Sawa!
One of my first *boyfriends* (guy who sat on a couch and watched me and my friends’ shenanigans, sat quietly, told me I was pretty and then biked home….we were 11) looked JUST like Devon Sawa. Man…he was sooo dreamy.
I loved Devon Sawa in Casper.
JTT, and Ryder Strong also were held in high regard for me.
Now, I really want to watch Boy Meets World!
Omgosh, I had quite the crush on JTT as well
Kashi rarely lets me down in the flavor department! Enjoy your Sunday with IFE.
I love those cereal bars. I like to eat them for breakfast (with yogurt or some string cheese) when I am running late in the morning and need a grab and go item.
When I was a teen, I kept it real and just crushed on the school boys I saw every day.
Although Leo was pretty hot in Titanic.
I was overly obsessed with JTT!!! At one point had a picture of him in a frame in my room…. pretty sure he WAS my first love! “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” only made it worse….
Slightly embarrassing, but I’d have to go with…Uncle Jesse from Full House? I didn’t really have one, per se (get it?! he always said that haha)…but I loved me some FH!
he’s still really good-looking, too!
Yes to all three! Spot on with the Now and Then reference too – I always wanted to be a tomboy like Christina Ricci’s character.
in eighth grade i was in love with ethan embry from the movie “cant hardly wait”…then until like tenth grade it was joey from nsync, then during senior year the guy i was dating and i were *both* obsessed(in different ways, kind of)with john mayer–when he was still really young and crazy talented.
I like to eat those Kashi bars as a yummy pre-workout snack because I usually go to the gym around 4 or 5 and need something to keep me full and energized until dinner. At 110 calories and with the Kashi “wholesomeness” I think it’s a pretty good snack.
Now and Then!!! To this day I could watch that movie and still love it. I would say that Leo was my teen heart throb crush growing up. Hanson was also on the list, though looking back I have no idea why. But now they’re much more attractive and I still have a crush on them. I don’t think that is going to go away. Same goes for Leo.
Happy Sunday!
JTT, JC from NSYNC, and Taylor Hanson haha
Mmm, I loved Leo, JTT, and Devon Sawa but my absolute biggest crush was on Andrew Keegan!! He was such a hottie!
Loved Leonardo too!! What a hunk! I thought Shutter Island was so good!! And I’m going to try the Kashi cereal bars! I usually have their granola bars, and they’re really good too!
Leo is sooo lovelyyyyy..mmmm lol
TOTALLY Leo! I remember having pictures of him in my 4th grade locker!
Love Kashi bars, and Kashi everything. They have a couple new cereals that are very tasty! My crushes were JTT and Leo, all the way!
“nice undies”-Teeny now and then. haha love that movie!
OH my goodness, I saw Shutter Island in theaters and it messed up my brain for the rest of the day! It is so twisted, I love how at the end you can’t tell whether he’s the crazy one, or whether the other people are trying to make him seem crazy.
Slash Leo dicaprio and justin timberlake were my teenage crushes! What gorgeous men:)
I bought one of those books in elementary school that had the addresses of your favorite actors/actresses. I wrote to Joey from Blossom…but never got anything back.
On another note…I’m keeping my fingers crossed I can get away with groceries as cheap as you did for this next week! Nice job!
I’m right there with you. I can never pass up a Leo movie…NEVER!
We watched Shutter Island a few months ago and really enjoyed it. Crazy, but great!
Fred Savage (when he was on “The Wonder Years”) was my first celeb crush. Also looooved Thomas Ian Nicholas (“Rookie of the Year”). When I was a teenager, I crushed pretty hard on Lance Bass (from N Sync). Ha ha. If only I’d known then that he preferred men, maybe I wouldn’t have dreamed of having a chance with him (because that’s really the only thing standing in my way, right?).
Awww – Lance was my favorite too
Young Leo DiCaprio is my FAVORITE! Recent LD, not so much
Really want to see Shutter Island since it takes place in my home state!
jealous of the $37 grocery run! I’m inspired! I’m going to have to check out the Kashi bars, they look yummy. AND the starbucks looks like the perfect treat!
I LOVE LEO!
o titanic……. i will never let go
what size is a short from strabuck?! i have never heard of such a size!
It’s an 8oz – PERFECT for me! They don’t advertise it, so just ask!
Omg! Devon sawa! I used to love him! I wonder what happened to him?
LEO definitely! I was seriously obsessed with him. I remember being so devastated that he died in Titanic haha!
That’s an awesome grocery store run! Nice job! I got ours under a 100 bucks yesterday and was excited!
I loved JTT!!
Omg I had that Leo poster on my wall growing up! And I loved JTT and Devon – did you see Wild America? It had both of them in it. Loved it. I also had a thing for Taylor Hanson. Still kinda do… lol.
And those bars look good. I rely way too much on Nutrigrain bars, maybe I’ll try those.
Yay Hanson! I was a huge Taylor fan when I was younger, but I’ve strangely grown a liking to Isaac lately.
OMG! I was home sick from work the other day and watched Now and Then as my “comfort” movie! I used to love JTT and Devon Sawa. I also like David Lascher (from Hey Dude and Blossom) and Joe McIntyre. My walls were decked out in posters galore! Can’t wait to see your grocery haul.
Mine was also JTT but also Zach Morris (Mark Gosseling) from Saved by the Bell!
Oh goodness I LOVE Leo! Shutter Island was great!! I do want to see 127 Hours eventually as well. I’d had those Kashi bars in raspberry and really enjoyed them!
wow… where do I begin? I went to an all girls private school so I was certified boy-crazy. I’d have to say my first two “crushes” were Ryder Strong from Boy Meets World & JC Chasez from Nsync…. I did like Devon Sawa & Leo a lot too though. Now, I am all about Matt Damon & Ben Aflect… oh yeh, and my <3 husband
Heath Ledger!!!!!
Last night I was torn between going to see The King’s Speech or 127 Hours (I originally wanted to see The Black Swan, but my fiance insisted that it looks like it would freak me out and that I should wait till it’s on DVD!), and I decided, “I’ll go to The King’s Speech, and see what IGE thinks of 127 Hours tomorrow, so I can decide whether I want to see it next weekend!” Haha, that plan obviously failed, but I still may go to see it sometime before the Academy Awards…
The King’s Speech, however, was great!
Ahhhhh, Now and Then! We had all the same heartthrobs! I loved Devon Sawa… his pictures were all over my wall.
Oh man, you just named my all-time favs! Every last inch of my bedroom walls used to be wall papered with JTT’s face! I also loved Devon Sawa. Caspar was good, Now & Then was the best! I’d totally watch that movie again any day.
BEST MOVIE EVER!!! Romeo and Juliette, I mean. That is the best scene of the movie too, when they are looking at each other through the fish tank and “Kissing You” is playing in the background. Oh, how I love that movie so much.
Have a fantastic dinner with your family. Can’t WAIT to see what mom comes up with. Especially dessert.
My childhood crush was Lance Bass. Hmmm, that didn’t work out so well for me though.
Well, this is gonna age me, but John Travolta when he played Barbarino in Welcome Back Kotter (still crushin on him!). Also Jan Michael Vincent. Shawn Cassidy. Kurt Russell…still crushin on him too! hehe!
LOL that is sooo all of my crushes!! I loved now and then. And WILD AMERICA. Hello all three hotties in one movie????
JTT was my FAVE!! and while i don’t like cereal bars too much, kashi are the best!
I know I’m aging myself, but New Kids on the Block! I was obsessed with them! I had their posters, magazine pics, trading cards- from floor to ceiling, sleeping bag, etc. and I would often fantasize that they would come through my town, I’d go to their concert, Joey would fall in love with me…the end
They actually were the first concert I went to in 8th grade and my friend and I were rocking our 3″ tall bangs, and wearing black and white polka dotted skirts 
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OH I loved Devon Sawa and Leo.
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hahaha…oh man i had so many tiger beat pages of those 3 on my wall. sick. i prob saw then and now a million times…
leo just confused the hell out of me with inception, so i swore off shutter island.
Don’t know if you already knew this, but Now and Then is also on Netflix instant!
Totally JTT and Devon for me too! I actually didn’t even remember until I indulged myself guilty-pleasure-style to Now and Then just last week…you know it’s on Netflix?
JTT!
SOOO DEVON SAWA!!!!!!
He was all over my door. The inside of my whole bedroom door was plastered with him!
But…funny thing… I was in like 5th grade and I didn’t know how to pronounce his name, and I always try to make things more interesting and romantic anyway, SO in my head and in real life I pronounced it “deVON SWAAAAHHH”
I really thought that’s what it was.
HAHAHAHA. Now I teach high school English and I have a 9th grader named Devon but I always call him deVON!!! Can’t help it! They all know the story of my past crush and think it’s hilarious.