Last day off

The last two days have gone by slowly, but today flew by, which figures since it’s the last day of vacation for a while. Boo. I love being off of work!

Craig and I went to the gym this morning and I’ll miss my morning workouts. I did the elliptical, some ab moves with the swiss ball and some barbell moves that I learned in Body Pump.

When we got home, Craig had the brilliant idea to make breakfast burritos for lunch so we could eat a fair amount of protein after our workout. Yum!

Dessert was a few cherry cordial m&ms I picked up for 70% off at Target last night.

Other than that, we went grocery shopping and now we are set with food for the week.

I lazed around with the kitties in the afternoon.

Karma and I read NROLFW.

And then I fell asleep while cuddling Karma. Napping is glorious.

I ventured out to TJ Maxx and didn’t find anything. The store was so empty compared to how it was well stocked during the holidays. No luck in clothes, purses or shoes. Bummer.

I’m going to watch a movie called The Beautiful Truth tonight. It’s about the Gerson therapy. I learned a little about it from Foodmatters and am interested in learning more. Craig’s friend recommended the documentary.

Have a good night!

New kitchen tools!

Hope all of you mothers had a great day and were pampered!

I had a breakfast of Stonyfield plain yogurt with wild blueberry preserves and a cup of coffee.

This morning, Craig, his mom Kathy and I went to Perkin’s for brunch. It was crowded, naturally. I got the Florentine eggs benedict with a side of fruit because it had ingredients I loved and the nutritional stats posted on the menu and were pretty decent. It had egg beaters, canadian bacon, spinach, diced tomatoes, and swiss cheese.

It didn’t disappoint!

I was tired after brunch. I took a little nap and then had to get going so I could run errands. First, I went to Bed, Bath and Beyond because I had a number of things to get and was able to get $10 off my total with two coupons.

Here is everything I got on my errands today, but from BB&B, I picked up OXO mixing bowls, an OXO silicone pastry brush, and a cookie sheet because one of ours is in bad shape.

Tanzi sniffing my purchases.

Can you believe we didn’t have proper mixing bowls before I bought these!?

I was just using a serving bowl to mix things in and that no longer worked.

Then it was off to Penzey’s for my free spice of choice. I picked out one of the most expensive (this jar was worth $14.59) and I knew that after my Indian cooking class, I would be using curry powder more often.

Got this pretty summery cardigan from TJ Maxx. I had been looking for a lighter cardigan like this last summer and never found it. This one was really flattering too. Perfect with a summer tank!

Once home, I relaxed a bit. By the time I was done drooling over pretty things on etsy, reading blogs, and reading the Sunday newspaper, I didn’t feel like going to the gym and it was getting late. I convinced Craig to go on a walk with me because it was still pretty nice out and I felt like being in nature this evening. We saw 5 bunnies and tons of birds, which always pleases this animal lover!

On the walk, Craig brought up making one of our four formaggi Trader Joe’s pizzas so I was game. I was going to eat my quinoa leftovers for dinner, but those can wait for lunch tomorrow.

I added artichokes to my half. They gross Craig out but they really don’t taste like much.

Per usual, Amazing Race is on and it’s close to the end of this season. I need to go watch and pay attention!