1. I write this post from a place of pure joy and content. I have no school related tasks for five whole days, and I assure you those five days will be like finding the golden ticket to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory.
(RIP Gene Wilder.)
2. I’ve had a handful of runs lately that have left me feeling like a gazelle gallivanting through green grass. I was house sitting in one of my favorite towns, and a fun town means fun runs.
3. Foggy tree lines, rainy evenings, mugs of cinnamon tea, colors of orange and brown, leaves of red and yellow. Fall is here, fall is here, FALL IS HERE!
4. My mouth has fully boarded the squash train, and I’ve been having daily sweet potatoes slathered with some kind of fat (coconut oil, or nut butter), but I’m still showing mad love to the not so common fall themed foods.
5. I’ve recently become a pleasure reader. I struggle to stay focused at times, and am currently reading two books at once (something I swore I could never do), but there is beauty in finding free time to read because you want to and not because you have to.
6. I haven’t created anything new for my “What I’d Sell In My Food Truck” page in a while, but I busted out an old favorite and got my face dirty with my chocolate avocado pudding.
7. My work building is located about 1.75 miles from the ferry I take that drops me into Seattle. On Thursday’s I walk from work to the ferry, and have recently decided to run. Last Thursday I was reminded what it’s like to be winded. Seattle is not a flat city. My ferry was late forcing me to run another 1.25 miles rounding my distance to 3 miles. #OCD miles.
8. This. You need this in your life. Go to the store yesterday and buy this. My goodness I cannot stop.
9. I recently saw a pair of underwear with a Star Wars theme. The backside of the garment had the iconic phrase, “may the force be with you.” On the rear. The buttock. The fanny. I’m not sure how I feel about that.
10. While out for a casual stroll I stumbled upon a hat. A green hat. A free hat. My new hat. The hat looks good on the cat.
Q: What’s your confession?
Blissfulbritt 
60 thoughts on “Early Morning Confessions”
kathy @ more coffee, less talky
yes to all the squashes. i’ve made soups with them and today for our thanksgiving, i’m going to be roasting butternut squash with garlic and parmesean. yum!
Brittany
OMG yussss. My saint of a mother made the most delicious carrot and butternut squash soup last week. I ate the huge vat in two days. It was like dessert soup. So bomb. Happy Thanksgiving!
Anthony
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving.
Brittany
Thank you, you too!
katalysthealth
I confess to drinking a beer for the first time in my life this weekend. At 27 years old, I call that a pretty big moment in my life 😉 Ok so it was a Redd’s Apple Ale, but that counts – kind of. Right? 😉
Brittany
Whoa, first time!? Haha that’s awesome. I don’t drink beer, but I have tried some. It totally counts. 😝
koolkosherkitchen
The hat looks good on the cat, but the cat doesn’t look happy in the hat. Maybe it’s the color? Cats are supposed to be color blind, but my cats never confessed to that!
Brittany
Hahaha he hated me in that moment.
koolkosherkitchen
An angry cat is not user-friendly!
Heather P
I’ve also gotten back into reading for fun! I have 2 books I’m working on now, mostly because one is the Amy Schumer book, which I got through the library (so I gotta get it done!).
As for confessions…I haven’t been into hiking lately. The chilly, cloudy weather just kills my desire to get out there! Time for a shopping trip to find some workout clothes that are better for fall!
Brittany
I need some better fall gear too!
happynfull
I’m currently reading Wild by Cheryl Strayed and Into the Wild about Alex Supertramp. I think I secretly want to go on a solo trip into the woods where I can possibly get lost or feed myself to the bears. I better get me some of that Olive Bruschetta. Do you guys feel double accomplished when reading two books at once?
Brittany
I’ve not yet read Wild, but I cheated and watched the movie. Such an amazing story. Talk about guts. I like reading two because it breaks it up for me if I need a change of scenery with one book to the next haha.
happynfull
Haha maybe we have ADD. =P. Omg read the book. So. Good. Page turner for real.
rootchopper
I confess that I am jealous of your “squash train” remark. Made my day. 🙂
Brittany
Please feel free to use it as you wish. 😝
Ellie
My confession is that I work at a coffee shop, but don’t know how to brew my own coffee at home X-)
Brittany
Ha! That’s great. The best part of brewing your own is YOU are in charge of everything. No rules for measurements, you just try and try until you find a ratio you enjoy!
P
That veggie plate and hummus…looks so nourishing and delicious!!! Oh and I can’t stop fawning over that cat and the hat picture…too adorable for words 😛
Brittany
Bahaha thank you. 😄
Amy
I am a WIMP when it comes to hilly runs! I lived in the flattest city ever (okay, slight exaggeration, but only slight!) where the only “hills” were freeway overpasses for 6+ years, and I became completely spoiled… Anything with an incline now feels like torture! 😉
Brittany
It does, it really does feel like torture. And then I get used to it and I feel strong. It’s a love hate relationship. Haha.
Josie @ Literature Mistress
My confession: I’ve never recreated anything from your recipe page. Trust me, I’ve wanted to, but I always seem to be missing some of the ingredients. Now that’s mostly because I’m not a vegan, but even assuming that I could swap out most of the fancier ingredients (some of which are just hard to come by in a German supermarket) for the regular variety, there’s still always something. I came very close to attempting the avocado pudding you mentioned above today, because I realised while reading that I do have an avocado in. However, it’s not exactly over ripe, and I don’t have any chia seeds.
…one day, I swear!
Brittany
If and when you do, and I do not expect it, I’d love to hear your creation! Yes you can definitely maneuver the recipes to make them your own and use what you’ve got! Part of the fun. 🤗
wanderwolf
I love the mug that the pudding is in. And I recently discovered the banana avocado trick, and my life quality has been improved by it. 🙂
Brittany
One of my favorite demitasse cups!
Luv What You Do
Oh I want that pudding! YUM! Does your food truck deliver?
Brittany
Yes, in exchange for a place to lay my head for a couple nights. 😝
Luv What You Do
Perfect! IT’s a deal : )
Josh dV
Fall is here indeed! Time for cool breezes and warm cocoa. I love that you run/walk to work.
Enjoy all that squash. I’m cleansing right now but very soon it’s time for squash!
My confession: I’m a little gassy right now. Stupid cleanse.
Brittany
Cleansing like drinking nothing but lemon water and maple syrup, or just avoiding starchy carbs?
Josh dV
Haha I haven’t done that cleanse again. I got so cold…
No this is an Ayurvedic Cleanse. 4 days of healthy foods meant to ease your body into neutral. 7 days of kitchari (super healthy but boring after 7 days) and then 4 days of foods meant to build up your inner fire and get you back on track.
Brittany
I love it! Share more on the blog?
Meghan@CleanEatsFastFeets
Five days off….come to me.
I love your new hat, and I am digging the Fall action too. I pulled the extra blanket out of the linen closet last night and I don’t hate it.
Pleasure reading is the best. I’ve been staying up too late at night doing just that.
Brittany
Oh yes, extra blankets are necessary now! I like the way you say pleasure.
Amanda @ .running with spoons.
Fall is so last season. We’ve got full blown winter up here in Canadaland 😛 With 5 days off, you should totally come visit!
Brittany
Noooooo to that snow omg. I’ll come visit when you have fall season again. 😂
Rach @ This Italian Family
That hat looks awesome! Hooray for free! 🙂
And hooray for feeling extra great lately! 🙂
Brittany
I love the hat! 🙂
dave379
It took me a while to come to pleasure reading but it was great once I got there. Sometimes it’s like watching a movie in so far as the escapism and stepping into a different world. But my confession is I’ve read like one book in the past 4-5 months. Hoping to un-rut that rut soon though!
Brittany
That’s one book more than those that haven’t read one in a year! 🙂
Jade
Yes to all the squash. That avocado pudding looks amazing. I’ve still never tried it. And the cat with the patagonia hat is adorable.
Brittany
That cat completes me. Until he howls at 3am. Then I want to shut him in the basement. (I never do.)
GiGi Eats Celebrities
OLIVE BRUSCHETTA FOR THE F-ing WIN!!!! Seriously. I will slather that on.. I don’t even need to slather it on anything, I will eat it out of the jar with a spoon!
Brittany
I had to eat this to pretend I was munchin the med.
omobtomtom
lol @ OCD miles. funny- i always assumed Seattle was flat for the most part … now I know 🙂
Brittany
Oh man, totally hilly. Kicks my fanny!
omobtomtom
lol
Amy @ A Desert Girl
Um, that olive bruschetta looks and sounds amazing.
And your photos of the scenery and talk of the ferry makes me want to move to the PNW. Typical.
Brittany
Doooo it. 😝😝
Christina Does It All
Oh my goodness that olive bruschetta though. And the cat in the hat. I love all of the things.
Brittany
Get that bruschetta in your life!!!
Heather
Hey Dr. Seuss! #OCD miles… I can totally relate. Not sure I could handle 2 books at once. I love olives! My mom used to make an olive spread with cream cheese that was the bomb. My confession- I was going to pass on donuts today, but I had one… so weak.
Brittany
You only had one? I call that strength. #whatisjustone
Allie Zottola
I want to house sit where you do because it is absolutely stunning! Love the new hat you found. Also, I hope you have a lovely five days without school related tasks! Enjoy 🙂
Brittany
It’s always fun staying somewhere with a lovely area to explore!
stateeats
Oh pray tell what is Chocolate avocado pudding??? You must post the recipe soon! – Kat
Brittany
It’s been posted! On my recipe page. 🤗
Melanie
I want to cook up some sweet potatoes now! I haven’t made them in a while. Oh and that olive brushetta stuff looks awesome. I love Mediterranean flavor!!! I’ve heard good things about avocado chocolate pudding creations too. Yours looks amazing! I also need to start reading again. I miss it!!!
Brittany
That bruschetta is so goooood.