Me and My Diet Soda Are Heading to Hippy Town

Has this week been incredibly long for anyone else? I feel like the days have just dragged on by, slowly and painfully. But thankfully, it's Friday!

I'm working a half day today because I'm heading to Asheville, NC to see one of my favorite bands, Widespread Panic. I've never been to Asheville but I've been told it's a huge hippy town with great food, fun bookstores (I love quirky bookstores!) and beautiful scenery.

My eating habits haven't been the best lately despite the fact that summer is less than 2 months away. So, in preparation for the four-hour drive ,I packed a cooler of healthy and delicious snakcs to ensure I don't binge on Big Macs and fries along the way.

Here's what I packed:

• A six-pack of Diet Coke, a six-pack of Pepsi and a six-pack of Diet Dr. Pepper, which should keep me alert and quinch my thirst for zero calories. That's a LOT of diet soda but it will come in handy throughout the weekend.
• 100-calorie snack packs of Oreos, which are delicious and satisy my cravings for chocolate.
• 3 apples and 3 bananas, so I can be sure I'm getting some servings of fruit.
• Carrot sticks and light ranch dressing, because we all know I LOVE ranch dressing!
• And finally, a bag of pecans, which should stave off hunger cravings and fill my body with some heart-healthy fats.