Frozen bananas and deliveries in the mail

Last week I read this post about making "ice cream" out of just one ingredient--bananas. I promptly stuck two bananas in the freezer so I could try it. Of course, I didn't think to peel them first. Have you ever tried to peel a frozen banana? Because I'm pretty sure it's not possible.

Anyway, on round two of the banana-freezing attempts, I thought to take the skin OFF first, and was much more successful. So yesterday I put a frozen banana in the blender with a spoonful of natural peanut butter and a packet of Splenda, turned the blender setting to "puree," and waited to see what would happen.

At first I thought the blender would break, because it made horrible noises, but it turned out to be fine. The horrible noises were just the blender chopping the banana into little pieces. Once that happened, it blended fairly well. Certainly it did not turn out looking like the photo with the recipe, but oooh, it was delicious. In fact, just typing this, I kind of want more. Would it be a problem to make banana peanut butter "ice cream" for breakfast? Thoughts on this?

Yes, I felt slightly like I was making filling for Montana's Kong toy, but who cares? It was delicious! I need to do some experimenting with other ingredients to add instead of peanut butter. Honey? Nutella? Something else? Peanut butter AND Nutella? Mmm. I think I'm drooling.

Anyway! Just thought I'd share, because OMG yum and also, not bad for you!

In other news, I have found myself eagerly awaiting the arrival of the mail every day. There's so much cool stuff on its way to us! Our photographer emailed us a week ago to say he'd be putting our wedding album in the mail last week, so that's the most exciting thing. And also, the purple bathroom stuff I've been admiring at Kohls for months finally went on sale for almost half off, plus I got promo codes for free shipping and an extra 10% off, so I finally bit the bullet and ordered a few items.

As a side note, this is the weird thing about Kohls: they claim to be so affordable, and yet some of their prices are really outrageous! I mean, the trash can I wanted, even on sale, cost $32, which seems like quite a lot. And yet it was originally priced at $60! And that's not the whole "original price" that never really existed--that stuff was listed at full price for literally months. In what world is $60 for a trash can "discount"?

Anyway, the other thing I'm waiting for in the mail is the guidebook to Denver that I ordered yesterday. A couple of you recommended the Not For Tourists guides, which sound great, but unfortunately there doesn't seem to be one for Denver, at least not yet. But the book that I ordered sounds great too. At least, let's hope.