A Wedding Shower

A few weeks ago our friend Nicole got married.  It was a small, simple family wedding and no one threw her a shower!

So a few of us girls decided that we didn’t care if she was already married, she couldn’t very well live happily ever after without a shower!

So we used it as an excuse to buy her prezzies, wear cute dresses, drink champagne, and make a table full of delicious retro snacks.

Cheeseball, salmon pinwheels, devilled eggs, onion dip, gruyere puffs, chips, veggies, and pink popcorn!

Pretty hair, pretty dresses, pretty jewellery.  Handsome Bear.  :)

And cake.  Pink cake.  Orange Glow Chiffon Cake to be precise. 

Once upon a time, 1950’s housewives believed orange to be the new lemon and chiffon to be the new Angel food.  It didn’t stick, but it sure was delicious. 

Congratulations Nicole! 

Let us eat cake!

Tiffaney’s birthday was in January. 

At the time she wasn’t interested in a party or any fuss.

For five months Laura felt deprived of her right to provide cake.

At the mention of fresh lemon curd and candied lemon peels a cake agreement was made.

Lemony, amazing, spongy, homemade, love filled cake.

Happy 5 month birthday anniversary Tiffaney!

Tuesday is Cake-free

Thanks for all of the support last night! Unfortunately the cake won the battle, but I did eat a whole lotta steamed veggies for dinner, and drank lots of extra water. What's done is done, and the good news is that there isn't any more stupid cake here to call my name today! If I want a treat today I am going to have to get in the car to go get it, so that makes cheating a lot bloody harder! :)

Today I'm eating:
- Fruit Solutions Juice
- coffee
- strawberries & Souce Tango yogurt
- 1/2 cup Kashi Crunch mixed with 1/4 cup All Bran w/ 1/2 cup skim milk
- Lean Cuisine Beef Stirfry
- Wasa w/ light Laughing Cow, red onion & cucumber
- apple
- tomato risotto (from freezer) with sauteed frozen shrimp
- steamed brocolli, asparagus & carrots
- bran muffin
- grapes

24/22+2AP

Activity: walk the doggie (2)

Water: 2 litres

To Flex or Not to Flex

The stupid cake is winning. It's sitting right there, calling to me like every 5 minutes. Argh. This is why I shouldn't bake when I'm home alone. And I guess I shouldn't work at the kitchen table instead of in my office where food has to call all the way up two flights of stairs to get me.

So at this point, I've already eaten enough cake to have veto something from dinner. I'm thinking the fries. I will need the protein from the chicken. I'll eat extra brocolli.

My dilemna is whether I should just eat it all and call it flex and be done with it....it would only be like 8 flex....but it seems dumb to use it on cake...on the first day of my WW week. But what else am I going to use flex for this week? (She says this knowing full well she has a girl's night out on Saturday...........)

But it's really good f'ing cake. ;)

Cake Day

I've designated today as "Cake Day". A couple of reasons for this....

1) Last night I made a French Vanilla cake with Club Soda and it's friggin awesome....2 points for a huge slice. Best "diet" cake I've made yet. Love it and can't keep my hands out of the pan. LOL.

2) I'm up exactly 1 pound at today's weigh-in. Booo. But I knew it was coming because I had a crap week foodwise...and yesterday I didn't drink any water. Cake will make me feel better.

Don't worry, I'm counting it in my plans for the day!

Today I'm eating:

- 3/4 cup Fruit Solutions Juice
- coffee
- cake
- 3/4 cup Kashi Crunch w/ 1/2 cup vanilla Almond Breeze
- strawberries
- spinach salad w/ mushrooms, tomatoes, red onions, light cheddar & light Italian dressing
- 1/2 WW bagel w/ RSF Becel
- cake
- apple
- PC BM chicken strips w/ plum sauce
- 1 serving McCain low fat fries w/ light Miracle Whip
- steamed veggies
- tea
- cake

24/22+6AP (keeping those extra points open for extra CAKE!)

Activity: off to gym shortly... 30 mins high intensity cardio, 15 mins moderate cardio, strength training (5)... walk the doggie (2)

Water: 2 litres (I need to get on it!)