Playing Catch Up

Whoooooa.  Wednesday was my last post?  Well shiz. 

Here’s some yummy looking photos I have taken over the last couple of days but apparently didn’t make time to share!

Pretty, yet disappointing final peach of the season.

Dark and delicious Kicking Horse coffee.

Blueberry, banana and spinach smoothie.

Spinach salad kickin’ it old school.

Boiled egg, crispy bacon, fresh tomatoes, mushrooms, cheese, and creamy dressing.

Favourite take-out.  Delicado’s.  Southwest chicken roll-up.  Droooool.

I took a small vacay from the land of food paparazzi yesterday and today.  Oddly enough I had some really interesting opportunities that would have been great for the blog, but I decided that enjoying a few meals camera-free was the way to go.  Just means I’ll have to try to get back to those good photo-ops again soon.

Stress-free time including an organic cafe, farmer's market, Trader Joe’s loot, home style lunch, and good friends. Pretty excellent way to spend a Saturday wouldn’t ya say?  :)

Margarita Toes

So apparently not having my laptop on hand makes me a bad night time blogger.  Sorry gang!  Farm girl has my computator on a road trip but she’s coming home soon.  :)

Since I didn’t have my weekly conference call yesterday I decided to spare an hour and run out for a mani/pedi.  I’ve gotten kind of lazy about doing these things myself, but I’ve also realized I really enjoy the me-time and brief pampering session when I’m having a particularly stressful time.

(That’s Strawberry Margarita OPI for anyone that’s curious.)

Before I left, I ate half of this super deeeelish hummus and veggie sammich…

Steady Eddie bread with hummus, light cheddar, cucumber, red onion, carrots, and a big ol’ handful of baby spinach…

 

Soooo yum!  Hummus and cheddar were totally meant to be together!

I ate the other half when I got home.  I was famished.  In fact, I really wanted an iced coffee while I was out but decided that the mani/pedi was treat enough so I skipped the coffee and came home…but I realized almost immediately I should have bought it because I was trying to cure the craving with everything else in the house!

As soon as I finished the sandwich I also ate a bowl of grapes and a blueberry bran Vitamuffin…

 

I tried sipping on water, but 30 minutes later I was digging through the pantry again.  I settled on a dish of Cinnamon Sugar In Snax Pita Crisps…they did the job well enough.  Nom!

After work I debated between the gym and yoga.  Since Katie and Lex couldn’t make it to yoga I thought I might just go do some cardio…but in the end I decided on yoga because I didn’t make it to any classes at all last week.

Holy hell, could I tell I took a week off!!  I was sweating like crazy, could NOT find my breath, and my quads just were not into the practice at all.  I pushed myself really hard though so I felt really good when I left. 

Must not skip a week again!!

It was quite late when I got home so I settled on a quick salad and garlic cheese bread for dinner.  The bread wasn’t the best choice, but I figure I earned the calories.  :)

Simple salad:  baby spinach, cherry tomatoes, baby cucumbers, carrots, raisins, EVOO & balsamic splash

These little discounted treats may have made their way into my shopping basket as well.  Um, danger danger danger!!  Unbaked PB & chocolate deliciousness.  Like a raw Haystack Cookie…only peanut buttery.  Seriously crack-like. 

This morning I definitely need a workout to recover from my workout.  Plans include a walk around the neighbourhood in the sun and a late afternoon trip to the gym for some weights and cardio.  And get this!… I’m actually cooking dinner!  Ha!  It’s been a while.

Manicures and Laptops

Well, I'm a thousand bucks lighter in the wallet but at least now I am calmer. The timing sucks but it will be fun to have a new toy for working on the road.

I chalk this sense of calm up to the time-out I took after shopping.

I rarely get manicures and this was a serious cheer-me-up-now type of situation.

It ate up a good portion of time I could be using for much more important things today, but my sanity needed tending to.

• non-fat latte: $5
  
• french manicure: $30
  
• an hour of down time: priceless