Sun, 2-20

So I had a blast last night, and totally behaved. Mostly ate my popcorn that I brought, and had a slice of angel cake and strawberries (only 130 calories for a huge honking piece!) and a small amount of bean dip that was delicious, and mostly healthy. I avoided one of the most tempting things, "K's" famous homemade banana bread. It smelled delicious but totally not low cal! So I resisted, I wasn't all that hungry anyway. As far as alcohol, my husband "J" and I have a deal, we never drive after more than two cocktails, so I wasn't even tempted to continue after my two "Skinny Bitches." We played Scrabble Upwords and laughed all night, I swear it should count as exercise, my stomach hurts! After our game ended, "S", "K", "E" and I decided it was too early to end the night, so we broke out Just Dance, and danced for at least 30 minutes. We did so many fun dances, I think we convinced "E" to go buy it, what fun exercise! This girl’s night was long overdue, and it was so nice to just be together. So finally, at 1:30am, we all went home all sweaty. It was so nice mixing our great friendships with great food, and topping it all off with great fun exercise together!

Today started with breakfast out, as we try to do at least once a weekend. “J” suggested my favorite, McDonald’s Sausage McMuffin with Egg, but I stayed strong. Instead we went to this great little place called Uncle Vinny’s in Sparks. They have amazing pizza and awesome breakfast. So I started my day with a vegetarian omelet with a side of fruit not hash browns, and was totally satisfied. I even indulged in some toast and was stuffed. I even resisted the urge to finish “V’s” Belgian Waffle, as I normally do. I thought twice and I wasn’t actually hungry! Then we hit the Thrift stores, and I found this adorable Lucky Brand lightweight coat for 7 bucks, plus I had a coupon. Also scored and Oscar de la Renta sweater for “J”, another great find. I stocked up on some paperbacks for our trip to Ireland, “Fast Food Nation” and a Nicolas Sparks book. Just to have something just to read and leave there. Also found a beautiful aluminum queen headboard to use for a garden trellis for the grapes we are planting in a few months. We have been looking forever, and this is totally it, especially for 30 bucks! As we were leaving, everyone told us how beautiful it was, I knew this was a total score.

Upon returning home, we unloaded, dressed the kids warmly, and headed across the street to the park for some snow shoeing with kids in tow on sleds, and sledding. I thought I was super weak, then my two year old “V” hopped off. He is getting heavy! We were there for about an hour and the snow shoeing was a great workout, I just can’t wait until the kids can keep up in their own snow shoes, maybe next year?

So we are laying low tonight, “J” is out buying the fixins for Omaha Steak Burgers and a side salad. Healthy, but will fulfill the burger urge. At least it isn’t corn fed steak. (Side note: Everyone should watch King Corn on Netflix streaming or check it out. It will totally change your attitude about meat.) Excited that we have one more day of weekend, Happy Presidents Day!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/diary/otm25?date=2011-02-20.