The Day After

Man was I tired when the alarm went off at 7am! DS had hockey pictures at 8:20 and I was dragging. I tried to put my contacts in but my eyes were too puffy! :) I guess that’s what 10 hrs of fun will get you. And it was so worth it! I was awake enough to make a tasty breakfast, though.

• 1 cup water
• 1/3 cup oat bran
• cinnamon
• pumpkin butter
• almond butter
• chopped hazelnuts

Two things made this bowl extra special. The new bowl from Kohl’s…

Just adorable, IMO. And the chopped hazelnuts;

These may seem ho-hum to some of you, but I’ve never come across chopped hazelnuts here before. Mind you, I’ve never looked too hard for them. :)

I got caught up on some blog reading when we got home. I’m still way behind but look forward to catching right up very soon. DS had an out of town game today but I didn’t go because DD had a “spa day” birthday party to go to. We’re talking mani/pedi, facial, chocolate dipped strawberries, lasagna & garlic toast for dinner with cake for dessert…..I wanted to stay!! Anyways, her and I went for hair trims at 11. She decided to go curly…

And me straight;

I’m amazed that her hair curled like that. Usually it falls out right away. Here we are together for a Mother/daughter shot.

LOL! I can’t believe that she’s almost as tall as me at 10. And I’m 5’7” ! Seeing as we were on that same side of town as the mall (where we needed to go) I treated us to lunch at Williams Pub. I ordered a 1/2 of a veggie and goat cheese panini with a side of apple gorgonzola spinach salad;

Sorry for the awful photo. I forgot my camera and DD’s was on it last bit of juice. We split a chocolate pecan cookie for dessert and I had a small NF chai tea for the road;

We made our way to the mall were we found birthday present shopping success. After this I was 100% ready to head home. Not for long, though because DD had to be at the party for 4pm. Then I went and did groceries. Then I decided to treat myself to 2 movies seeing as my hubby has hockey tonight. I rented The Ugly Truth and Twilight. Can’t wait to watch them both.

Dinner was fast because I did not want to cook anything. I mixed some Aztec grain blend with some bean salad and topped it off with pepper jack cheese. That went into the microwave until hot and melty;

Manon sent some more raw goodies home with my hubby last night. I dug into one of the bowls for dessert – mini orange cheesecakes;

Pure bliss. You would NEVER guess that this was raw. There’s also some broccoli sprouts and banana cashew cookies left. I’ll take care of those tomorrow!

My brother brought my niece and nephew over tonight which was a real treat because I haven’t seen them since September. My niece just turned 3 last Wednesday so I had her present waiting for her.

Poor thing has a cold! But that meant extra cuddles for me!

That’s all for today, folks!!! I hope the weather tomorrow is as fantastic as it was today.

Bye for now!!