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Shots anyone?

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Thankfully – today was a gorrrrgeous day in Boston. It started off grey, but around noonish blue skies were plentiful!!! It warranted lots of walks!! :-D I do love my neighborhood – flowers and greenery everywhere!!

My morning started pretty early – so I made myself the usual latte. I find it kind of humorous that the most action my shot glasses get is to be filled with espresso in the morning to measure out my coffee. :-p

I munched on some Thai chili lime cashews from Trader Joe’s throughout the morning – awkward choice, but they were awesome.

My sweet tooth said hello around lunch time. Van’s Hearty Oats Maple Fusion waffles came to the rescue. Mmm, these are so good. I’m just disappointed that there aren’t more in a box. :)

It was so gorgeous out that staying inside was just not an option…so I went for a lovely walk around Back Bay. I stopped by Borders and picked up Lisa Lillien’s newest addition to the Hungry Girl cookbook series. I love her e-mails, her cookbooks, and she’s just a fab lady. The past few cookbooks have relied, quite often, on manufactured food products – however, I was really glad to see that this cookbook, Hungry Girl 1-2-3,  has a ton of recipes that are full of fresh ingredients and whatnot. Plus…there is an entire chapter devoted solely to FRENCH TOAST. Um. YUM!.

I also got an iced passion tea from Starbucks (while rocking flip flops…hehe)! It’s officially spring.

Before I knew it – it was dinner time! With all the rain AND the fact that it is light out past 5:30pm…I couldn’t believe it when it was suddenly 6:15! I decided that I should start usin’ up my soups…considering as the weather gets warms, I think I’ll probably start jonsing for cooler, lighter, more fresh things. :)

On the menu was Trader Joe’s Organic Tomato Bisque (my favorite TJ’s soup) and I toasted up a naan for dipping. hehe Obsessed.

I’ve got some work to do tonight- but nothing too terrible. Hopefully tomorrow will fly by – it is supposed to be in the 70s this weekend!! :-D

I hope you all are doing amaaaaaazing!

A lil late

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Hey lovelies! It’s a bit later than I intended to blog — but I didn’t get to eat until a little while ago soooo here we are!! haha

Happy Friday!!! It’s finally spring break for me – though it has NOT felt it this afternoon…stress.stress.stress. And allergies. booo.

My allergies (I forget if I mentioned them at all before) have made me all stuffy – which has made my taste buds a little wonky and my appetite…faaaaairly nonexistant. I made it through the morning and a lot of the afternoon before realizing that I really needed to eat something. Woops.

The morning started with me realizing that I had forgotten to pick up milk yesterday – woops (again, haa). Soo this morning was my first adventure into the world of espresso: straight up (okay, not completely, I sweetened it). Three words: Not.For.Me. I totally respect anyone who can drink their coffee black, but I am a wuss and need some creamy goodness in there.

So by the time I got to my last class, I wasn’t really hungry, but I knew I needed something in my system. I raided the vending machine and got a Nature Valley Oats ‘n Honey bar – I really kinda wanted Animal Crackers…the kid in meee :-p – but it was slim pickings with spring break and all.

Halfway through class, we had a break and I ran and got a Vitamin Water Zero (XXX) and a Zone Perfect Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter bar.

This evening has been spent organizing my very VERY messy apartment and I am currently in the process of doing more laundry than I have ever done before. Oyyy. :)

Luckily, I did have a yummy dinner!! MorningStar Farms Buffalo Wings and peas. YUMMM. MSF’s buffalo wings are just awesome. Period. Plus, I always forget how great peas are…I rarely grab them at the store but I’m glad I did. :)

Happy weekend, everyone!!! Anyone got any fun plans?!?

Totally "Wirth" It

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Happy Saturday, lovelies! I hope you are all enjoying your weekends!

First and foremost, I want to let you guys know about the AH-MAY-ZING (yes, so great that I had to spell it wrong) and HUGE giveaway that the lovely Jocelyn is doing over at Jocelyn Eats Fresh! It’s amazing — Chocolate, Luna Bars, Lara Bars….I could go on and on! Check it out for yourself!!

Today’s been pretty sweet as far as Saturday’s go. I woke up to a very dry apartment (my humidifier had run out of H2O over night) so I decided to put caution to the wind…and open my windows. A slight paranoia that the super dry air might be what caused my fire alarm to go off the other day is what spurred it all. haha Miraculously at 7:58am it was 37 degrees out…so I crawled back under my down comforter and enjoyed the warmth AND the fresh air. Amazing.

I got up about an hour later and made myself a hazelnut latte — put a little too much of the hazelnut syrup in it so the sweetness quotient was a liiiitle high, but it was really good. I started a new canister of espress, and I really like this stuff. The grind of this espresso is smoother, and the coffee has a more full-bodied flavor than the last kind I had. Yum.

After lounging around the apartment, I ended up doing my eyebrows. Yep, wax my own…a skill I acquired freshman year of college in order to save $$$…my skillllz have definitely improved over time. haha Needless to say, there have been a few screw ups, but those were long ago and nothing a brow pencil couldn’t fix. haha I’ve had a couple of male roommates in the past FASCINATED with the fact that I can do my own eyebrows. It was funny to watch them cringe. :-D

I scurried to get ready to meet my dad, his wife and my brother for lunch. Today, casual was the name of the game.

I apologize for my streaky mirror.

Lunch destination? The Jacob Wirth Restaurant in the theatre district. I’ve been here quite a few times, and have always had a great meal. It’s been open since 1868, and a theatre district favorite. It’s history is pretty neat. :-)   Plus, their beer selection is out of this world! They also recently filmed a wedding reception scene for Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz’s movie “Knight and Day” there.

We were supposed to meet for lunch at 12:30…I was there at 12:30…nobody else was… *sigh* 15 minutes later my family rolled up.

Lunch was delicious. They have amaaazing (buttery) cornbread…I helped my self to 1.5 pieces. haha I decided to splurge and got their Boursin Mushroom Burger with Sweet Potato Fries. Yummm! I ate half of the burger, the pickle and all of the fries (of course).

It’s creeping up on dinner time for me, and I’m still pretty stuffed (even with two walking-excursions post-meal) so, for right now, dinner might be a snack plate of a pink lady apple (love them) and the verrrry last of my Cinnamon Raisin Swirl.….I’d be sad, but I think I have like 6 months worth of PB&C in my pantry right now. haha

Today I picked up People Magazine’s “Spring Fashions” issue…I am having MAJOR fashion cravings. haha :) I haven’t been shopping for myself in sooo long — I think it’s time for some retail therapy soon!! :)

  • Are there any current trends that you really love??

I do have to say that I’m still obsessed with Ray•Ban Wayfarers…do I own a pair? No. I love them though.

  • Are there any  pieces or accessories that are must haves/obsessions for you?

I am obsessed with sunglasses and handbags. Though, the nice thing about both of those things? They alllllways fit, and sizes don’t change from store to store. ;-) haha

Sah-weeet

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Hola my beauties! How are you??

I’m well — I’m finally settled back into my apartment. Having today off was truly much, much needed. I had a small feeling of anxiety that I hadn’t felt in a long time on my way back into the city. It’s not that I don’t love it here — but I truly am over school. I love learning…don’t get me wrong, but in many respects I don’t enjoy being treated like a child when I am anything but one.

Ahhh. Oh well … as the song says…life goes on.

My weekend was filled with a lot of delicious food — of many different kinds. Please keep in mind as you read this post that I DID, in fact, eat more than just chocolate and baked goods this weekend. :-D

Cupcakes are just way more fun to photograph than cabbage. ;-)

My weekend was filled with:

Stephen’s Dark Chocolate Hot Cocoa (you may recall how much of this I drank over Christmas break…delish!)

PB toast — an ebony and ivory of sorts. 50% Mighty Mapes, 50% Dark Chocolate Dreams…. 100% Amazing.

A Valentine’s Day gift to mi madre. A chocolate covered strawberry cupcake (vanilla bean cake with strawberry jam inside, covered with chocolate ganache and garnished with a strawberry) and a white chocolate cupcake (dark chocolate cake with white chocolate cream inside, vanilla bean frosting and garnished with white chocolate curls). We cut ‘em in half and shared. :) DELISH. Sweet has yet to let me down. :)

Other than that I got some grocery shoppin’ done! I stocked up on some PB&C ($1.50-$2 cheaper in NH than in Boston!!). I finally found a Kabocha…that actually has a kabocha sticker on it, aaand oh, more espresso ‘cuz well…you know how I roll.

I’m off to enjoy the last bits of my day off, aaaand tune in to the prime time slot of the Olympics — though I’ll admit, I already know one of the outcomes because our local news was too excited to keep it a secret til tonight. haha :)

  • Did you guys have the day off today, too??
  • What do you like to do with days off??

Kink…os

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Evening lovelies. How’d everyone’s Tuesday go?? Mine has been pretty busy, considering I didn’t have any classes.

One nice thing…got to sleep in. Miracle. Especially considering they are doing construction in my apartment building right now. I think they might be the quietest, most considerate construction men, everrrrr. I’ve barely heard them…and they definitely did not wake me up. Thumbs up to them. *knock on wood that is stays that way*

Once I was up…decided it was latte time. I broke out my fave little guy:

I made myself a pot of espresso and assembled a latte. Yumm.

So I sipped on that while I got ready for the day. Perhaps the surge of caffeine is what I can blame this picture on:

I honestly...don't.even.know.

Also, welcome to my bathroom. hahaha

I was out and about doing some errands for a while…had to get to Kinkos/FedEx Office (the store says that it’s now FedEx Office, but still has the huge FedEx Kinkos sign on it…). It was seriously gorrrgeous out. Especially considering yesterday, it was awesome. So I faxed my little heart out and almost witnessed a brawl as the two women behind me fought over who was next in line…yah. Calm down peoples.

I also stopped by the grocery store and picked some more DCD…I’m addicted and officially have “stocked’ pb in my apartment. haha I also picked up some lunch….sushiii.

It looks pretty, but it was just alright…doesn’t compare to the sushi at Whole Food’s. There was too much cucumber…it made them almost watery tasting. …needless to say I ate it though.

Still hungry, I noshed on my last twisty string cheese.

Later, I got impatient while waiting for dinner to be ready and had a couple spoons worth of CRS…dangerous.

add.ict.ive.

Dinner though was lovely combo of sweet potato fries (also known as cheetahs to some) and some spicy spinach. Actually..I ate the whole box of spinach…hahahaha.

Ahh, so I’ve got a hugggh jasss amount of work to do tonight…I’ve been doing it all day — and I can at least say that everything I need to do for tomorrow is done — but I sitll have a ton to do for Friday. I had wanted to go to this movie night at my school tonight (which is 1/2 over by now anyway), but I just had too much work to do. They were showing Couples Retreat and I love Vince Vaughn…boo, wish I could have gone.

Oh well. Time for me to work my booty off — for a whole 10 more minutes and then inevitably get sucked into Biggest Loser (or at the very least the last 10 minutes of BL).

I just want to hug Bob. Anyone else? haha

Have a great night loves!!