Valentine's Day and Taco Soup

Ok, so I went for it and made my first official recipe today. Never fear, however, we WILL still be making the banana chocolate smoothies for dessert. After spending the afternoon alone with my hubby : Lunch at Bar Louie (hummus was AMAZING) and to Emagine to see Valentine's Day (very cute flick) - we arrived home and I had some guilt that I needed to cook SOMETHING. So.... I chose the first item that I had all the ingredients for, and that Erick had chose as something he likes in the book. (There were several things I read out loud last night that he cringed at.... what do I do when I get to the end of the book?? Do I still make the things we think we don't "like".. or what??) Anyway, I made the taco soup in 22 minutes.... 11 minutes to spare!!! It looks decent and is bubbling away on the stove. Austin came in and asked what it was and when I asked him if he was having taco soup for dinner.. he said, "Um, anything BUT." Lovely encouragement huh???? So here I sit with a dinner half of us MAY eat, and a grocery list in front of me that is pretty massive...(what did I get myself into?) At least tomorrow I don't have to work!!! Some of the things on the "plan" for this week include: ham and cheese muffins, orange chocolate chip bread, broccoli rice casserole, mushroom pizza burgers and tortilla pie. Nothing TOO crazy... we shall see..... Happy Valentine's Day everyone- until tomorrow....