curry fail update

So Britt called me as I was in the midst of a curry non-thickening panic. The conversation went something like this:

B: Try putting in a spoonful of flour.
V: [wailing] I don't have flour!
B: Okay, how about the Bisquick that you sometimes use?
V: [wailing] I don't have Bisquick!
B: [getting exasperated] Corn starch! Just mix a little bit of corn starch with cold water and--
V: [more whining now, less wailing] I don't have corn starch!
B: WELL, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!!? WHY DOES YOUR KITCHEN SUCK?!?!?!?

No, she didn't really say that last line, but I'm sure that's what she was thinking. As a matter of fact, that is what I am currently thinking. Why doesn't my kitchen have these basic staples? It is absurd. (But also strangely representative of my lifestyle...)

So dinner wasn't curry and rice after all. I roasted some potatoes and mashed them, and brought it up to my friend's for the little potluck thing she was having. Dinner was a delicious salmon + greens salad, and my impromptu mashed potatoes.

I was full and happy, but still determined to fix the curry. I threw in 2 handfuls of rice (surprise! I did have some rice), and after 15 minutes, the sauce thickened right up and it's full of rice, to boot. Of course, I'm not hungry anymore, and Tyler is doing his best to get out of eating a 2nd dinner a mere 30 minutes after his 1st dinner. But I guess this means I won't have to worry about tomorrow's dinner! So that's good.

To make myself feel better from an afternoon of curry-making fiasco, I decided to test out my new Revlon Raspberry Bite lipstick. It's like a fuschia explosion on my face, which I strangely kind of like, especially paired with apple green sweatpants and my Hack&Slash pirate shirt. That's right, people: I'm wearing lipstick and sweatpants, like a crazy desperate housewife. Good start to the week.