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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Winter Winter Go Away

Come again in December! Yeah it's snowing...AGAIN, and yesterday was about 10 degrees and made walking around Boston very numbing. I was meeting up with one of my friends (and bridesmaids), and the walk from the T to her condo was rough...have you ever been outside in the cold long enough where your face kind of gets numb and when I went to talk it felt funny like I couldn't move my mouth right haha. I felt like I had a speech impediment for 5min! I couldn't feel my mouth moving!

Luckily I started my morning before that with Hot Yoga! It felt so nice to walk into that warm and toasty room and relax before class started. We definitely did a little more ab type stuff, because mine are a bit sore this morning.

After Yoga, I grabbed a non-fat cappuccino from Starbucks (with caramel drizzle on top :), and headed back to the apt for some oats!I used half of the banana in my oats, and just ate the other half while they were cooking...it was a perfectly ripe banana in my standards.
This was a usual combo (actually used the oats I had set up for Thursday, but never had!)
  • 1/3 c. oats
  • 1/3 c. skim milk
  • 1/3 c. water
  • salt
  • 1/2 banana
Mixed in:
  • 1 T ricotta
  • 1 tsp pumpkin butter
  • a few golden raisins
Toppings:
  • rest of the Bare Naked Granola sample
  • a sprinkle of low fat cranberry granola (bulk bins at WF)
  • a few items from Tempting Trail Mix (2 choc. chips, 2 PB chips, peanuts, 2 dried cherries)
  • a small squeeze from the Justin's Honey Almond Butter packet
  • a small tsp of raspberry spread
  • spoon of White Choc. PB
Look at that melty chocolate chip right up front!! Mmmmm
After I showered and got dressed I had an AMAZING orange...like seriously one of the best I've ever had. Sorry no pic.

My friend, Jen, and I went to a bridal show at the Westin Copely in Boston...man it was packed!!!

There were a few times we felt like Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway when we dropped this line:
"we're both getting married and are both in each other's weddings!" hahaha...at least mine is September and hers it October...so no fighting :)

We had some delicious eats at Piattini on Newbury Street after (we both had that icky feeling after you have a piece of wedding cake for lunch...we needed real food).

So sorry for no pics, not many of my real friends know about the blog, but we had a yummy sampling of food.

More walking and back to her fiance's condo in the North End, I may have picked up some canollis.

This morning I woke up to damn snow, better go shovel in a few. But first a uber yummy piece of toast.
  • GH Dakota Bread
  • WF's creamy PB (I bought salted by mistake...although its still delicious, I usually prefer unsalted)
  • TJ's Raspberry Fruit Spread
I must say the salty with the sweet was delectable, just added more fruit spread than usual :)Enjoy the rest of your weekend!! I, unfortunately, do not have MLK day off tomorrow...bummer.