Gwen Stefani’s The Sweet Escape came in today and I’ve been really enjoying it. I had the first one for a while until I traded it on Lala because I thought it was just okay. This one has been much better for me, though I read reviews saying that it sounded like Hollaback Girl turned into a full album, and I hated that song. I think this would make a great dance album, and it’s upbeat, which is something I’ve been looking for after a lot of Death Cab for Cutie, Ani Difranco, and Zero 7. My favorite songs so far have been Wind It Up, The Sweet Escape, Yummy, and Don’t Get It Twisted.

I made linguine with meat sauce tonight for dinner but instead of using the usual ground beef, I went with ground turkey. Kelly was telling me the other day that she uses it just like hamburger in a lot of foods because it’s so much less fattening. The meat turned out not having much of a flavor; I think I’ll stick with using low fat beef. I had an interesting trip to the grocery earlier because it started raining like the dickens while I was in the store. I went into Kroger when the sky was cloudy, the light was green, and the wind was crazy, but there was no rain. When I came out fifteen minutes later, it was gushing. I ran to my car, which was parked in the first row, and got soaked. I was glad I only had a few bags to carry and didn’t have a cart to deal with.