i should have known.

i can't believe i posted this photo. i'm g-a-g-g-i-n-g right now as i look at it.

my mom and i compared notes on our day's activities today.

i was rushing home from a fun filled day at nordstrom to get ready to go to the general relief society broadcast with jen. while my mom - as stake relief society president - was on her way to the church building to organize the pre-broadcast dinner.

you know - when mormons gather, we eat.

she was telling me about the super deluxe spread she had prepared....

salad, three different kinds of homemade soups, corn bread

{and all of that being an excuse to gorge on the massive dessert bar she prepared}

i told her about my plans to watch the broadcast with jen at her stake center and that i really didn't know what the plans were - but i was sure it wouldn't be as good as her spread.

"i'm sure we'll be eating chicken salad sandwiches," i told her.

if you know me, you know that chicken salad sandwiches are SOOOO off my list of approved food. i mean, they'll be served in my personal mansion in hell if i'm not a very good girl on this earth. and if you don't? believe me when i say: you want to see the automatic gag reflex? put a chicken salad sandwich within a 20 foot radius.

not to mention, it's the most UN-original, most expected meal for a mormon. mid-day bridal showers, luncheons, dinner delivery to a new mom, yada.

as we're walking in the door, i say to jen, "so help me, if they're serving chicken salad sandwiches at this thing..."

aaaaand what happens? jen nearly falls over when she trips on the threshold of the door as she spies

platters of costco croissants, filled with chicken salad... piled high in a pyramid of awfulness.

like i said - so unoriginal. so expected.

and sooooo mediocre.

is there no box by which these people are compelled to think outside of?

so there i sat, among hundreds of mormon women who happily ate their costco inspired meal.

{did i mention? the trifecta of chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, and white chocolate macadamia nut costco cookies for dessert? cleeeever.}

i ate pineapple and tap water so as to leave room for the spiritual feast that awaited me in the chapel.