Single Eating Behavior

So, post number 2 and tonight I'm already committing a cardinal sin around these parts.  Since I'm flying solo and my partner's out recording music (he's a musician), I hit up the deli next to our house and brought home a tasty turkey and avocado sandwich and some edamame salad.  Coupled with some sweet potato fries and a glass of wine, I'm calling this dinner. 

Had he been here, we would have peered deep into the pantry, pulled out this and that (couscous?  chick peas?  diced tomatoes?  we can make something out this!!!) and would have whipped up a delicious meal together.  Instead, I took the convenient route and walked next door and back.

What can I say, it happens.

Here's where it gets kind of funny though...it appears that my single eating behavior (i.e. when I'm eating dinner alone) and his musician eating habits (i.e. when he's out being a rock star), while different from one another, are both equally reprehensible.  For example, I do things like get sandwiches from the deli next door, eat a grilled cheese, make waffles or a couple of bowls of cereal.  He eats pizza, chicken wings, burritos or subs. 

What's funny about it is that neither one of us eat that way when we're  with each other.  Sure, every once in a while we order a pizza or make a grilled cheese, but it's very very rare.

(Take a second and go back and look at that picture of my dinner tonight and notice the ratio of fries to edamame salad...then I wonder why my loose pants are no longer my loose pants...damn this single eating behavior!)

Perhaps because I had the premonition that this might happen tonight, I did take a picture of an example of the fantastic salads I prepare for us every day for lunch at work.  The contents of the salads always vary, but today's concoction was mixed greens, pea greens, carrots, apples, cheddar cheese, avocado, sesame seeds and pepitas.   

Hopefully the salad redeems me.