TJ Love

How many of you read today's title and thought I was talking about Tijuana?!? Be honest now... ;)

*Disclaimer: This Mama was up a lot last night so this post might contain more "quirkiness" than usual. 

Good Morning! Cole decided to stay awake after his early morning feeding today so I decided to head over to Trader Joe's since we were up anyway.

 Ever been to a Trader Joe's that looked like this?!? Apparently, we were early and they weren't even open yet. -__- That's a first! Haha. So we hung out in the empty parking lot for awhile until we were allowed in. On the plus side, everything that is normally sold out was well stocked and ready for us! I thought I'd share a few of the seasonal treats that I'm digging at TJ's since I was at my leisure to take pics with my iPhone! (another perk to going early-you get the store to yourself and the staff is really friendly :)

 These are two of my current TJ obsessions. Seriously, you must try! The Gingerbread Molasses cookies are "break and bake" so they're super easy and super delicious. Added bonus is that it makes your house smell like the holidays which I LOVE :D. The Cranberry Walnut Bread is my exception to my "hate breads with nuts rule" and man, is it an exception. This bread is sold out all the time at TJ's and I totally know why, it's that good. I snagged three loaves today because I'm slicing and freezing me some to last me longer than a week...a few days...a day? Haha. It's my current kryptonite!

 I love that TJ's is big on seasonal "what's fresh" items. I saw a man the other week carrying eight of these Pumpkin Spice Coffee tins to the register. EIGHT!!! I figure it's that yummy but unfortunately, because I'm off the caffeine right now I can't personally vouch for it. But the 8-tin man will, I'm positive of that ;). The little cake on the left is a Gingerbread cake (note the little g-bread man on top) and while I haven't tried it either I'm certain that the smiley g-bread man wouldn't let our tastebuds down.

 These next two I thought would make cool hostess gifts or perfect additions to a holiday gift basket. Who doesn't love them some yummy Peppermint Hot Chocolate? And anything with "Kona Coffee" is a YES in my book-don't these dipped Shortbread Cookies look divine?

Last but not least...Thanksgiving!!! Three cheers for an establishment who is actually recognizing Thanksgiving before Christmas! TJ's has Fresh Brined Turkey (save you some work-yippee!) and all the side fixin's you can imagine (sorry didn't get a pic of them). My eye was drawn, however, to this display of Moscato simply because the bottles were so pretty. Again, great hostess gift material!

So anyway, that's my morning Ode to Trader Joe's. I love this place and it's the thing I'm thankful for today...that I live close enough to walk to my local TJ's! :D

Have a great day all~I'm off to have a slice (or two or three ;) of my Cranberry Walnut Bread...Mmmm, so heavenly...

Aim