Hi blog

Hi blog.

It’s been a whole week since I posted anything. Not because I didn’t want to, but more because I didn’t want to from my iPad. Terrible excuse, I know. You can stop reading now if you want.

I thought I’d pop in real quick to show you some pics of what’s been up. Here goes:

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Basically: food, booze, BBB workouts, relaxing. It’s my life.

Oh, and I tried on my dress. My wedding dress. Fits like a glove.

Oh, and my Boston gals Ashley and Athena are coming for a visit this weekend. Can I get a WOO HOO?!?!!

Have a good weekend!

Friday ‘Fings (instead of ‘things’. Haha get it? Ok, nevermind)

So it’s official, my masters came in the mail yesterday. I also got a separate diploma for my certificate in marketing.

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Not too shabby. Although, it does make me wonder how employers look into the credibility of these- do they just take my word for it that I hauled ass for an extra 4 years (and $30,000)?

Recapping yesterday:
-I ran errands with my mom
-I did a 40 minute treadmill interval
-I went to the local watering hole for a few hours (and managed to ONLY drink H2O!)

This morning I woke up feeling like crap. Couldn’t blame it on booze since I had none. Methinks it was all the second hand smoke. As a matter or fact, I can still taste/feel that nasty stuff in my lungs. I chose to make a hearty batch of whole wheat pancakes topped with Nutella to go with my daily POT of coffee.

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I totally forgot how much the altitude plays a part in baking and cooking! My pancakes in Calgary are usually supah dupah flufftastic, but these (same recipe) were flat as a pancake. I guess that’s pretty appropriate.

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I only put about 2 tbsp of the chocolatey goodness on the stack, and they tasted like CAKE. yum.

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After an indulgent (but healthy- minus the Nutella) breakfast, I headed over to the mall to get some staples. 2 shirts from JCPenney’s and some FRS chews that we’re on sale sale sale.

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I wasn’t hungry at all by the time my parents opted to go out for lunch, but I accompanied them since it was at a local brewery whose beer I had yet to try. No brainer there.
Anyways, Cooper’s Cave is just around the corner from home, so we zipped on over. I saw the special for 6 5oz samples of their home brew (only $10!). Here’s what I had to choose from:

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I got the top 6. All were tasty except the Red Ale. Not my cuppa-tea AT ALL.

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I also decided to get a house salad so that my lunch was not strictly liquid. There were SO many yummy things in the menu, but I just wasn’t hungry. I can’t wait to go back there again before I leave so I can take advantage of some other goodies!

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Tonight’s workout was Workout C with cardio intervals courtesy of Best Body Bootcamp. I took this opportunity to run up and down the stairs for each 5 minute cardio blast. Talk about a A) perfect way to annoy your parents when they’re trying to watch tv, and B) great way to change it up from the typical jumping jacks, jump rope, yadda yadda.

So here’s a funny story: (WARNING: it’s not a funny story at all) my mom gave me a nice belly button ring for Christmas like 8 years ago. About two years ago, the stone fell out. Me, being the lazy bum that I am, left the ring in *sans stone* and with twisted prongs. It wasn’t until I came home this past week that she got me another ring to replace the nasty one.

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I guess what I’m trying to say is Thanks Mom.

I am currently in my jams watching everything that’s being aired on Bravo, since we don’t get that network in Calgary. I am entirely too addicted.

Night!

Throwback Thursday

Here are some pictures I found in the basement yesterday. You’re welcome in advance for the hilarity.

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Throwback Thursday at its finest.

New York, Day 2

Full day número dos in New York has almost come to an end.

I spent some time reading a hilarious book:

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I met with my wedding DJ at Panera AND found some shoes (on sale!)

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Sidenote: um, I had no idea that I had to choose songs for specific parts of the wedding. It just all seems so cliche to me and it feels like all my choices are going to be judged. Actually no, because you wouldn’t be invited if I thought you’d be judging me. So there. Anyhoo, I really REALLY like the DJ I hired. He has such a fun, normal personality.

I also went down to Saratoga with mom to try on my WEDDING DRESS. Holy snap, y’all, it is the bomb dot com. All I will say is that there is lace. And, the seamstress has to take it in about 2 whole inches through the entire dress. Did I mention this dress is cooler than cool? It’s ice cold.(Outkast reference there)

Yeah, so apparently the seamstress isn’t too busy- I told her I wouldn’t be back to try on the dress until the wedding- so she is going to have the alterations done by next week so I can actually try on the final product before heading back to Calgary. How cool is that?!

After all that exciting stuff, I went to the gym. Sans excitement there, all I did was 30 minutes of spin and 5 mins on the row machine. Only cardio today! Irregardless (haha I hate when people use that word- it’s not real! ‘bootylicious’ on the other hand, is a real word) it was a nice sweat session that somewhat still follows my Best Body Bootcamp schedule.

Dinner tonight was No Yolks topped with chicken apple sausage and veggies in homemade marinara. I topped mine with lots of sriracha. Yumtastic.

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What else…….hmm I got nothing.
What did you do today?!

Back in the New York Groove

Hi guys! Unfortunately for the next couple of weeks you’re going to have to suffer through reading some ill-written posts (worse than the usual) because I only brought my iPad with me. I considered using my moms laptop, but that’s a death trap.

So the last few days have been fun! I got to the airport bright and early yesterday only to fall victim to an incredibly long customs line. Like, 3x the length it usually is. After making it through a long check in line, long customs line, security line and Starbucks line, I just made it on my flight. Only to sit at the gate for 45 minutes while they de-iced the plane. (couldn’t they have done that before we all got on board?!)

It was a full flight so they had been offering travel vouchers, yadda yadda. Well, the plane gods were with me at that moment because the middle seat in my row went unoccupied, sweet victory.

Because of the delay, I then had to SPRINT to my connecting flight. (No casual gate lunges for this girl). Then as luck would have it, the flight crew was late, so we sat on that plane for another hour before taking off.

Whatever. I was home by 4:30.

I hadn’t eaten all day because of all my rushing to wait on planes, so it was nice to have one of my old favorites

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The Tropical Chicken Salad from the 99

I also swung by the famed local watering hole for a frosty beverage and some catching up with friends.

Today, I:
-wore one of my new pv.body outfits. Holy moly was it comfy. If you like what you see, click on that link and take the style quiz. After signing up, you’ll get 20% off! (But only through that link). I already posted a photo of the outfit on Instgram, but I’m gonna show you another that I took post-run on the treadmill we have in the basement. Note: this is the best mirror ever.

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-did the designated workout from Best Body Bootcamp. It consisted of a strength circuit (with slow, concentrated movements). Rather than doing bursts of cardio between each set, I opted to hit the treadmill after running through 3 sets. I did a smooth 30 minutes while watching The Biggest Loser.

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-went to Target!
-made chocolate chunk cookies
-made Crock Pot Santa Fe Chicken
(And by ‘made’ I meant that I basically made my parents make it. Hey, deciding what to make is half the battle!)

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I am really excited for the next couple of weeks because I know it’s going to have a lot of fun things in store.

Starting with tomorrow. My lovely mother was kind enough to go to a bridal expo the other day and she found a really awesome DJ for the wedding. I have a meeting with him tomorrow (totally booking him) and then I’m off to Saratoga to try on my dress! Honestly, I love my dress and the place where I got it has provided the best service ever. So, to my upstate New Yorkers, head to Lily Saratoga for bridal stuff. Seriously. (The fitting has the potential to be followed by some shopping and lunching and drinking)

That’s it for now. I am exhausted!