My allergies have gone nutzo again. I am on the verge of feeling like poo so I am going to bed. I have a busy week ahead and I need to feel better. I am running customer service again tomorrow and it will be a busy day (the bottom kind of fell out at 3:30 today and left me with a stack of stuff for tomorrow), I am volunteering at a big charity event on Thursday (like 1 PM til 10 or later), and then a weekend trip to ATL. Not to mention the move that I am in the middle of.

I did get some good news today! Our current house has a new renter so we won’t be responsible for June rent. Phew. Such a relief.

Now I will be honest that I really don’t feel like blogging. I will leave you with pics of today’s eats. Nothing too exciting.

Breakfast: Chic Fil A breakfast filet on a bun with a giant Coke. I almost always need a giant Coke to get through a day running customer service. I hate answering the phones. Lunch: Wendy’s plain baked potato with vegetarian baked beans and a side salad with olive oil vinaigrette.

PM snack: Adore Glo Bar

Dinner: Steamed brown rice, seasoned black beans, jalapeno chicken sausage topped with a sprinkle of Tony Chachere’s

Dessert?: 1 Nature’s Path maple cinnamon waffle, 1 Nature’s Path homestyle waffle  topped with butter and maple syrup.

Night!

Sorry for the late post, I have had a busy day.

After I dragged myself out of bed, mainly because my Mom was here and I knew she was up, I started my day with a yummy breakfast.

2 Natures Path maple cinnamon waffles with strawberry preserves and The Bee’s Knees peanut butter with some strawberries on the side.

It really turned out to be too sweet for me so I ate around the crunchy edges and then treated the dogs to the rest.

The morning flew by! By the time we took the dogs for a walk and made a quick trip to Marshall’s it was time meet up with my Dad for our afternoon plans.

We were starving on our way to meet my Dad so we stopped at Taco Bell. I had 1 3/4 chicken ranchero tacos and an apple.

My Dad brought some single soldiers to Charlotte for a retreat and the US National Whitewater Center was on their agenda for the afternoon.

B doesn’t get to do a lot of physical activities without having to consider my physical limitations. So today we thought it would be fun for home to join in the fun with these guys and gals. All I did was walk around and take pictures of the group but I still had a ball and really enjoyed the day outdoors.

The group did a ropes course, small zip line, rock climbing, and whitewater rafting. Some of the group also did some mountain biking, but Brian passed on that part because we had to get home so we could get ready for dinner.

After our exciting day out we had to get home to take care of the dogs and get showered. I was disappointed to find out one of the new shirts I bought this morning didn’t fit (I accidentally bought the wrong size) so I also managed to squeeze in a quick trip to Marshall’s to make an exchange. Then we left for uptown to meet my parents and cousin for dinner at Rock Bottom.

B and I beat everyone there so we got our name on list and and sat in the bar while we waited. I was already starving so we ordered the bruschetta appetizer. It was tasty but the pieces of raw onion were huge! I felt like I was tasting it all night.

I really had a hard time deciding what I wanted for my entree. So many dishes looked good. In the end I decided to listen to my body and realized that I had started to fill up on the appetizer so I kept the rest of my meal light. I ordered the hummus and goat cheese salad with grilled shrimp.

There were 2 huge scoops of hummus on my salad! I didn’t even manage to eat half, but I did manage to clean the rest of the food off my plate and felt comfortably satisfied. Good thing too! B was in the mood for cake.

On our way home from uptown we made quick stop by Harris Teeter and picked up 2 slices of cake to split.

B is now conked out and I have gotten caught up my DVR for the week (which wasn’t so bad since none of my Tuesday night shows recorded thanks to my cable outage). I need to go to sleep ASAP because my house has got to be cleaned in the morning. Our property management company already has a prospective tenant wanting to look at our house tomorrow. We just gave our notice yesterday!

It makes me tired just to think about cleaning. Blah!

Happy humpday! And today is even happier because tomorrow is my Friday! The knowledge of this day off is what has kept me going for the past month.

I started of my morning per the usual, skipping my workout and snoozing as long as I could. Well, I shouldn’t have snoozed nearly as long as I did because I only gave myself 10 minutes to get to work for the 2nd day in the row. Argh.

I need to start doing more prep work in the evenings. I can only chop strawberries so fast and it is just not fast enough in the AM. Plus today I got really ambitious by getting dinner in my slow cooker.

Venison backstrap is on the menu. This meat is from a deer that B’s Dad killed and had processed. It is really good stuff.

I chopped up 1/2 yellow onion, 2 carrots, and 5 smallish potatoes (I didn’t need that many but  needed to cook the potatoes) ad placed in the bottom of my slow cooker. I topped with the backstrap that I seasoned with grill seasoning, added 3/4 c water, put the lid on and set to low. Now we will have a delicious meal ready for us when we get home.

A slow cooker is an awesome kitchen tool for busy days. Especially when you use slow cooker liners which reduce the clean up. It is so nice to know that dinner is one less thing that I need to work on tonight while getting ready to head to the beach.

If you are interested in purchasing a slow cooker check out my OpenSky shop! I offer a Crock Pot that also comes with a little dipper. This is fairly close to the one that I have at home. I want one with a digital timer, which I hope to be adding to the shop soon.

After getting dinner on I got to chopping up breakfast. I have a buttload of produce that needs to be eaten so I tossed it in a bowl and called it breakfast!

My bowl of fruit included one cameo apple, a pear (it was gross/flavorless and I picked it out), red and green grapes, and strawberries. This was good, but strawberries and nectarines are definitely my favorite combo.

I also had a Nature’s Path Peanut Buddy granola bar that I won on a giveaway on Hangry Pants. They are smaller than Glo bars but bigger than Larabars, which was a good size to go along with my big bowl o’ fruit. It says on the label sweet & salty which definitely comes through on the flavor. The saltiness really is the first thing I noticed.

My morning snack was more produce on the “have to eat” list. Broccoli, carrot, and 3/4 red bell pepper with my ranch/hummus combo. Good stuff.

With all of that bulk I ate this morning I was really surprised how hungry I was for lunch. I ate my last piece of veggie pizza with marinara and another pile of broccoli with ranch.

That is broccoli twice today and I am looking to make it 3 times. I am definitely going to be broccoli’d out and out of broccoli by the time this day is done!

Do you try to eat yourself out of house and home when you go on vacation? I plan to pack some stuff to eat over the weekend, but there is just some stuff that needs to go!

Oh my goodness, today has been such a busy day. I am exhausted.

Last night I did end up eating a snack before bed.

I managed to stay up pretty late (for me) goofing off on my computer without getting anything productive done. Oops.

B and I were up by 7:30 this morning. I wanted to have plenty of time to get ready before meeting up with Jennifer at 9 AM, and we decided to take Pipe for a quick walk since the weather was so nice. She was so excited.

Then I made my breakfast, which involved something new. Thanks to Yoplait and MyBlogSpark I got to try Yoplait’s new Greek yogurt!

They also sent over this schnazzy gift pack!

I tried the Honey Vanilla flavor.

After giving the yogurt a try plain, I added 1/2 nectarine and some Nature’s Path Hemp Plus granola.

I really liked it. It did not have as much tang as the other Greek yogurts that I have tried, but it has all of the thick, creaminess. Plus, at my local store, the price is a good $.70 cheaper per container.

Earlier this week I made plans with Jennifer to do some shopping. We made stops at EarthFare (I had a coupon for free organic potatoes), Crate & Barrel (I got some cute stuff I will show off later), and Costco with a few other stops in between.

We decided to do lunch at Big Daddy’s Burger Bar.

I got a black bean burger topped with pimento cheese, jalapeno slices, red onion, tomato, and lettuce. I also had some chili on the side to spoon on.

Amazing.

This black bean burger was so good. I did not miss the meat at all…at least on the bites with no chili. Although when I told the family about this burger no one but my Mom thought the pimento cheese sounded good. It was, trust me.

The fries were disappointing though. I only ate a few with the leftover chili. I am not sure why they made it into the Starch Madness competition for the Charlotte Observer.

Jen had the Frenchy, which was a turkey burger with bacon and brie.

I can’t wait to go back!

Even though lunch was substantial I was in the mood for cake. Since we were already in South Charlotte I wanted to take Jen to the bakery where I got my wedding cake, Edible Art.

We got double stack of almond pound cake with buttercream icing to share.

There was so much that we only ate about 1/4 of it. I will be nibbling on this for the next couple of days! Delicious as always.

I dropped Jen off at her car, which also happened to be at my house, and I checked on B. He was thoroughly entertained by basketball so I went out to do more shopping.

Why can’t I find anything I like? Or anything I like that is a price I am willing to pay? Isn’t $20 for a pair of workout shorts just too much? I think so.

I did find these stools that I love at Pier 1, but at $50 bucks each I wasn’t willing to buy them without talking to B. I am probably going to shop around and see if I can find them anywhere else for less.

The weather also got a little nuts and I was able to get a shot of the sky. It would be gorgeous in one place and gross and rainy right down the block.

While I was out I made at Trader Joe’s to pick up some wine that Kelsey recommended. I was disappointed to find out that they are out of the Vin-Koru and it was a 1 time sale and now they are out. I did get the red she recommended and am looking forward to trying it out.

After a few hours at home it was time for dinner and I was really excited! B and I had plans to check out Amelie’s French Bakery in NoDa.

Amelie’s has a great, quirky atmosphere. They were also really popular. There was a steady flow of traffic the entire time we were there. I was lucky to get a moment to snap this picture without anyone in front of the counter.

We ordered three dishes to split.

Spinach and asiago tartine, which was really good.

Croque Monsieur , which was slices of brioche dipped in egg with ham and gruyere. It was okay. I wish we had ordered the seeded roast beef sandwich instead.

And some spicy tahini and chickpea soup with a piece of bagette.

The bagette was so good that we went back for a 1/2 bagette to keep eating with our soup.

All-in-all this was a spectacular meal and for under $25! I can’t wait to go back here either. I think we may take B’s sister Leslie when she come in town next month.

Before we left we also order some sweets to bring home.

B ordered the napoleon, which tasted like a cream and waffle cone sandwich. Very good.

And I ordered a salted caramel brownie and a coconut macaroon which I have not tried yet. I have just been too stuffed! I will report back later.

All of this shopping and eating has really worn me out! I am ready to hit the sack so I can be nice and rested for whatever is in store for tomorrow.

One last thing!!!!

I am finally doing my first giveaway! Thanks to Yoplait and MyBlogSpark you have an opportunity to sample the new Yoplait Greek yogurt! I liked it, and now you can give it a try for yourself.

Just check out Yoplait website and leave a comment on the flavor that you would most like to try!

I will randomly pick a winner Monday night.

Yet another day with no afternoon post. Boo. My job has always been an all or nothing situation when it comes to work load, and right now my cup is overflowing. So much so that B and I have decided to take a half day on Friday and head to Myrtle Beach.

Thank you all for your encouragement on my work situation.  I am so sorry to keep venting to you all and thank you for continuing to read. My work is directly related to my work-life balance, my mood, and stress level and therefore my health so I don’t feel like I can leave it out.

I did get out of bed this morning for a workout. I tried 30 Day Shred and was excited that my performance was slightly improved. It wasn’t much but enough to keep me from being discouraged. Pre-workout I was starving so I grabbed a little Agave Plus granola and a few almonds.

Like the rest of this week I did not have time to eat breakfast before leaving for work, but I busted it out as soon as I got to the office.

I finally got to try a Glo Bar!!! I will be honest that it was not love at first bite. At first I thought it really had a “healthy food” taste. But the more I ate the more I liked it. I think that my initial taste was just because my palette was completely unfamiliar with some of the ingredients in the bars. I definitely am looking forward to trying the other flavor that I ordered.

My morning was psycho. I was hopping from meeting to meeting, each overlapping with the other, plus I had a lunch appointment and was having to make sure I left in plenty of time to get there on time. It was this appointment that had me feeling so torn about my job yesterday. Can you guess what it was?

Anywho, I managed to grab a handful of peanuts in between meetings to keep my stomach from grumbling.

Lunch was eaten on the road. It was  wrap that I made this morning before work with a really old La Tortilla Factory wrap, smear of Miracle Whip, slice roasted turkey, and tomato. I really wasn’t feeling it so I only ate about 1/3 of it.

I also had some pickles but didn’t take a picture because I was driving. This picture is of the leftovers that I ate later in the afternoon. These guys completely satisfied my stress induced salt craving.

My appointment went well and as expected. I was kind of dreading going back to work because I knew the craziness that was waiting for me. When I got back I had a surprise on my desk.

Sal got me some new Triscuits and Laughing  Cow to try. I wasn’t hungry quite yet and saved them for later.

I felt pretty useless the rest of the afternoon. I had a ton of work to do but my mind felt so scattered and I was having a hard time focusing on all of the tasks at hand.

I had a chocolate craving this afternoon and decided to pull out a snack I have been dying to try, chocolate Oikos.

I tried it by itself and was honestly disappointed. Then I added some chocolate chips, granola, and coconut and still wasn’t feeling it. I ended up throwing away close to half of it.

I am not sure if it was my mood or the fact that the yogurt was close to room temperature that it just didn’t hit the spot. I have 3 more in the fridge and I will definitely be giving it another try.

As I am posting I am realizing what a snacky afternoon I had. After my chocolate craving passed a salt craving hit me with a vengeance. I ate my last three pickles and then some almonds. I packed apricots with the almonds because I was going to try a snack that Katie posted, but I just wasn’t feeling ‘em so they are still sitting in my lunch bag.

Then I busted out the Triscuits and Laughing Cow that Sal got me. I went and got him and we had a quick snack time at my desk. These crackers were good, but a little more of an acquired taste. I only think they are okay on first taste, but think I could grow to love them. Thanks Sal! You spoil me.

As soon as I got home I called B and told him I wasn’t cooking dinner and that he had 2 options. He could either cook or pick something up on his way home. As you can see he opted to stop by Subway. Really easy and filling. Thats all we needed.

I promise dinner will be more interesting tomorrow because we are having dinner guests so we can’t cop out on dinner…or as Jillian Michael’s says, we can’t “phone it in”.

And to make the whole day better I ate the last bit of Samoas ice cream out of the tub with a Samoas cookie.

Now that I have a full belly, empty dishwasher, and somewhat empty sink I am off to do some ready, soaking, and then sleeping.

I hope you all had a great day! And goodnight!

I heart Saturday’s. Especially a Saturday like today that is so beautiful and sunny, even if it was a bit chilly out.

I didn’t get to bed until 12:30 last night so I had every intention of sleeping in this morning. The sun had different ideas because it was shining through our bedroom window nudging me out of bed. I resisted until 8:30 or so.

I started my morning with some Nature’s Path Flax Plus Red Berry Crunch. Whew, that is quite the long name, but totally worth it because it tastes so good.

We spent the morning just lazing, watching TV, and taking our time getting ready. Around 10:30 I decided to head out for a much needed errand.

As you can see I was a bit overdue for an oil change. And instead of waiting the 30 – 35 minutes in the shops waiting room I decided to walk down the block to browse around Tuesday Morning. I didn’t find anything I wanted to buy but it sure made the time fly. I was headed back down the street in not time and my car was ready and waiting for me when I got back.

I spent another hour or so out and about running errands. I hit up the library to return and pickup some books and then headed to Target. I needed some more moisturizer and decided to pick up something new. I have been using Aveeno Positively Radiant and am running out and decided to give Eucerin’s moisturizer a go.

It is cheaper and has a higher SPF. So far it seems to be just as creamy. I can’t stand a runny moisturizer.

While at Target I picked up a couple workout DVD’s as well. I need something that is somewhat quick in the mornings so I picked up Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred since the workouts are 20 minutes plus I picked up a Gaiam Yoga for Beginners DVD since I am too cheap to pay $15 a class at a yoga studio.

I am hoping to find a way to get into a regular fitness routine and I am hoping these guys with help me. I will probably preview these tonight and get started with the yoga tomorrow.

I made a stop by Harris Teeter to find some cheese before heading home for lunch. My brother suggested that B and I try a cheese called Ricollo (or something like that) but sadly they did not have it. I headed home a little disappointed but lunch cheered me right up.

We went all out by roasting some potatoes, baking Earthfare bourbon salmon, and green beans. It was 1 PM by the time we ate and my tummy was ready.

After our lunch settled we decided to take a walk on a local greenway. It wasn’t particularly green at the moment but it was such a nice day for a walk.

Piper enjoyed the time out too!

This particular greenway is about 1.5 miles long. My knee started hurting at about the 1 mile mark (by B’s estimation) so we turned around at that point to head back to the car. It was a very nice walk.

After a little more lazing we decided to head to Fresh Market in a renewed quest for the Ricollo but we unsuccessful. I did however find some dried cherries!

I dug right in. I think I have gone through at least 1/3 of the package. I really think these are better than candy. So chewy and tart.

I had some afternoon snacks on top of the cherries. Roasted potatoes leftover from lunch.

Cauliflower and ranch dressing. I ended up eating 1/2 the  head of cauliflower. I didn’t realize how much I liked it!

Yesterday I was excited to see a package waiting for me when I got home. I was hoping it would be my order of Glo Bars but it was not. It was a package from Bertolli and the Foodbuzz Tastemakers program.

They sent over  flavors of Bertolli sauce for us to try.

Four Cheese Rosa, which we have not tried yet.

And Arrabbiata sauce, which we used tonight to make pizza!

I had premade a homemade whole wheat pizza dough based on the recipe from my Kitchenaid cookbook and had frozen. After our big lunch today pizza seemed like a great dinner idea.

I was disappointed to find that I had bought the wrong kind of olives.

Chopped olives do not have the same visual appeal as sliced, that’s for sure.

But sometimes you just have to roll with the punches.

B somehow managed to spread the crust out across the entire pan. Awesome job.

We topped with the few ingredients that we had. Sliced red onion, chopped black olives, and canned mushrooms. I wish I had added spinach too.

For my first homemade pizza dough I was really pleased with the results. Although it could have used a bit more salt.

I would have liked to taste a little more spice in the sauce, but overall thought it tasted really good and really loved the flavor of the roasted peppers. I ended up eating 2 pieces.

That’s it for the night….unless I get a craving for a little chocolate yogurt. Now I have to go make our bed with our freshly cleaned sheets and cozy up to watch the rest of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on TV.

Blech. It’s been that kind of day today, which seems to be an unsettling trend lately.

At least last night’s bedtime snack was delicious.

I got this new Nature’s Path cereal last night and could not resist opening the box ASAP. B and I are huge fans of the Agave plus granola but I wanted something with flakes this time too, and this Flax Plus Red Berry Crunch was outstanding. I can’t imagine that this box will last long.

I think my brother would love this cereal! I may to find some other goodies and send a care package to him over in Germany.

I liked my bedtime snack so much that I decided to do a repeat for breakfast.

I haven’t felt so hot today so I didn’t end up eating breakfast until 9:30. Having such a late breakfast meant not AM snacking for me.

I have a tendency to need to talk (or write) things out when I am feeling bad. I can literally feel the emotional burden lifted off my spirit one I vocalize what’s bugging me, so please bear with me if I seem whiney.

By the time lunch rolled around I felt like I just had tension rolling off of my body. I physically felt blah, and emotional just feeling generally unhappy and restless. At work I have had the shortest fuse and have been getting irritated at everything. When I feel generally unhappy, stressed, unsettled and/or restless I like to bake. For some reason it sooths me. After crying throughout the entire 15 minute ride home (and can’t pinpoint exactly why) I decided that using my break to bake was a must. I needed the therapy, but I still had to eat.

I warmed up some fish sticks, leftover quinoa, and green beans while I was measuring and mixing ingredients. The fish sticks were my effort at avoiding fast food, and boy were they tasty.

As far as the baking goes I decided to make Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies that Michelle posted on her blog this morning.

They look good (I haven’t tasted them yet because I was full from lunch), but they came out thicker than I had hoped they would which probably had something to do with how I rolled them. I only had time to bake 1/2 the dough so I rolled the rest in plastic wrap and aluminum foil for a day I want a quick and mess free cookie. I ran out the door to head back to work feeling much better. Baking therapy worked, as usual. Tonight I have dinner out with the girls which I am expecting to be even more therapeutic.

Until then…

Today was the big day. My first attempt at using my caramel Oikos to make a Samoas (my fave Girl Scout Cookie) flavored yogurt mess.

I was running late, as usual in the AM so I prepped my toppings for the office.

From the bottom up: semisweet mini chocolate chips, unsweetened shredded coconut, Kashi Honey Sunshine, and Nature’s Path Agave Plus. I also had some wheat berries in a separate container.

Once I got to work I assembled my creation.

Wheat berries, 1 4-oz container of caramel Oikos, and my cereal mixture above. I only used about 1/4 of what is in that container.

First of all the caramel Oikos is a bit too sweet for my taste (I may start mixing with some plain Oikos to tone down), which was intensified by the Kashi Honey Sunshine. I might have to cut my losses with the Honey Sunshine. The more I eat it the less I like it.

So my breakfast was yummy, even though it was a little sweet, but was a huge fail by way of replicating the Somoas deliciousness. I will have to just try again another day.

At some point in the day I decided to take a self portrait.

Not sure why. I think I was trying to distract myself from how bad my shirt was irritating me. I never feel like I can move in button down shirts!

Amidst my working this morning I also took a minute to create something for the Heart Yourself Campaign that Diana is doing this month.

The Heart Yourself Campaign is along the lines of Operation Beautiful and showing ourselves some self-love.

I decided that my [main] feature that I like about myself is resilience. I might let something get me down for a day but I am pretty good to bounce back and keep trucking. I think being a cancer survivor is what really made that feature stand out for me. Despite the physical pain I am living with some of the time (like yesterday) I keep going and try to keep it from getting and/or keeping me down.

I also added a few more features that I like in myself, and I posted this on my calendar at my desk so I see it all day long.

Morning snacking included something kind of new.

I have eaten almond butter and I have eaten carrots but never together. I see Meghann eat AB and carrots all the time so I decided to give it a try.

I didn’t hate it but I didn’t love it either. Plus I am using a new AB that I am still getting used to too. We switched from Blue Diamond AB to Maranatha and we are still getting used the the difference in flavor. Also, I did not like carrying my AB in a plastic baggy because it was too hard to scoop out. Alas, all my tiny Tupperware were dirty or in use.

I was really irritated when my snack made me hungrier rather than satisfying my hunger. Although I refused to eat anything else since my lunch break was quickly approaching.

I knew I didn’t have anything quick and easy at the house to eat for lunch so I made a pit stop at Wendy’s on my way home. I ordered a small chili and a baked potato with broccoli and no cheese.

When I got home I was really annoyed to find a cheese slather baked potato in my bag! I ended up losing all of my broccoli while scooping off the greasy cheesiness. I also transferred into new bowl.

I transformed my baked potato by adding 1/4 c of kidney beans, 1/3 small Wendy’s chili, Smart Balance sour cream, shredded cheddar and some jalapeno slices.

I also threw some spinach in a bowl with some canned mushrooms I had in the fridge. It was only meh but I didn’t feel like cutting up a tomato. Next time I might just throw in a spoonful of salsa for some extra flavor.

I was really brilliant while rinsing out my dished and sloshed water all over myself.

Aren’t I bright?

And for dessert I could not resist the temptation of the last of the cupcakes. They were still really tasty and had only dried out a little bit. 3 cupcakes in 3 days. That’s not that bad, right?

I am so sleepy. I have got to start going to bed earlier. Last night it just couldn’t be helped though. One of B’s uncles lost his fight against cancer last night and we were starting to plan for B to travel to Florida. Things are just up in the air because B’s cousin is snowed in at NYC and they are not sure when she will be able to get a flight out. Please keep them in your prayers.

While we were up talking about details we both got the late night munchies.

We started out with clementines. We love these guys. So sweet and juicy and easy to peel!

Then we moved onto something new.

I had a coupon for these new Bagel Thins and had to give them a try. I like sandwich thins and I love bagels so I figured they had to be good.

Stats.

B and I split one. I had mine with some PB and he had his with Laughing Cow. There was a debate about whose was better.

A perfect late night snack.

This guy kept me satisfied well into the morning, if 9AM counts as well into the morning.

As far as the Bagel Thins go I really like them. They have the chewiness of a bagel without all of the bulk. I will definitely buy again.

I was running late for work somehow and had to bring breakfast with me.

Is it weird that I have been keeping a box of Agave Plus Granola in my car? I kind of have to hide it from B if I want any for myself. He really likes this stuff too!

This container of Chobani was almost too much for me to finish. I was stuffed all morning after eating it. You have to love the staying power of all that protein.

Owww!!!! I just smashed my finger between my desk and my chair.

For lunch I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted once I got home. I had an open can of refried beans with my name on it.

Quesadillas! This quesadilla is a La Tortilla Factory tortilla with about 1/4 c refried beans, handful of baby spinach, and shredded cheddar cheese. My delicious topping included Jack’s special salsa (best ever), quickly made homemade guac, and Smart Balance sour cream.

The guac would have been better if B made it, but I just couldn’t wait! And I practically licked my plate clean.

Tonight B and I are going out to celebrate V-Day. He will probably be out of town anyways and we like to celebrate early so we can miss all of the crowds. Right now the plan is to go to a wine tasting at Corkscrew in Birkdale Village and then home to cook dinner.

Be sure to check me out over on Meals & Moves tonight. I should have a guest post going up around 7:30PM.

No, I am not devastated over my meeting. It hasn’t happened yet. I am devastated because I worked really hard to look nice this morning (for my meeting) and I ended up getting yogurt on my pants 2 seconds after I got to work. Gah!

I quickly dove into my stash of wet wipes to correct the situation. I think I am good. But now it has started to rain. Its like I am destined to not look remotely put together today.

Regardless of the pants situation my breakfast was fantastic. The star of the show was the new Oikos Caramel flavored Greek yogurt.

It was a little on the sweet side, but I am looking forward to chowing down on more. And the I get to try the chocolate. Mmmmm.

I topped my yogurt with some Nature’s Path Agave Plus granola. Great combo, and I already have plans for my next. Do you think I could replicate Somoas Girl Scout cookies with some shredded coconut and dark chocolate chips added to this mix? I am gonna try.  What’s in the white bowl you ask?

Strawberries, blueberries, and kiwi. I promise, there really are blueberries in there.

All together now.

After finishing all of this I was stuffed with a capital S-T-U-F-F-E-D. However I did start feeling a little hungry by 10:30. To snack or not to snack that is the question.

I decided to snack because I do not want to me starving by the time I get to my lunch meeting. Inhaling my salad would probably not be a model of professional behavior. Alas, neither will taking pictures of my food. Sorry folks.

I tried to keep my snack light again today.

More mini pickles and an apple. Unfortunately these guys are not holding me over too well. I guess I am going to have to start chugging water to hold me over for the next hour.

No lunch pictures today so I will catch you all for dinner! Please keep your fingers crossed that my meeting goes well.