Good morning – happy humpday! Looking forward to any good weekend plans?

I have nadda on the horizon, and I am thrilled! Between Thanksgiving, shopping at the Mall of America, Finn’s baptism & baby shower and tailgating in Iowa City – I haven’t had a mellow weekend in over a month! I plan to fill it with finishing up some Christmas shopping, spending time with Ben and…getting new foundation…random, I know!  Does anyone have a recommendation for a good brand that lasts the entire day? I feel like mine wipes off really easily. No bueno.

In other news, my Mom and I finally got back on our morning walk bandwagon! We haven’t gone for it least 2 weeks, between Thanskgiving and my more frequent morning workouts. It was doozalicious – 32 degrees! – but it least we got to see all the pretty Christmas lights that went up over the weekend.

I came home to some Raspberry Banana & Almond Overnight Oats for breakfast! 

In the mix:

• Raspberry Vanilla Low-Fat Yogurt
• 1/3 cup old fashioned oats
• Banana
• Sprinkle of sliced almonds

Mix, let sit in the fridge overnight, pull out in the morning, CHOW!

I usually put in 1/4 cup of oats, and let me tell you – 1/3 cup makes this THICK! Not bad thick, just thick. I dug it.

Sooo, have you ever worn yourself out of eating a certain food? I think I might teetering on the edge of being over salads for lunch! I’m praying that I’m just not feeling this one today because I had a huge dinner salad on Monday. Salads are my lunchtime staple – I don’t want to get sick of them!

In today’s mix:

• Mixed Greens
• Baby Carrots
• Feta Cheese
• Pecans

Dressing = Sundried Tomato Vinaigrette with a splash of balsamic vinegar to stretch it out. Do you see the balsamic shaped dragon?!

Normally I sprinkle my salads with almonds, or perhaps the occasional walnut, but I have a ton of pecans leftover from the Caramel Pecan Pumpkin Pie I made for Thanksgiving, so I threw them on there!

Hopefully I’ll be feelin’ it come lunchtime!

I know I’ll be into this beautiful, sweet & crispy Honeycrisp apple. I am so sad to say it, but I’m going to have to ween myself back onto Braeburns after these babies stop showing up at the grocery store. Let’s face the facts – Braeburns just don’t come close to the ‘crisp!

Off to work I go! Don’t forget to enter up to 3 times for the Month of Holiday Giveaways: Popchip Giveaway! You have until 12:00pm central time on Friday to win a 24-mixed case of Popchips!

Check back this afternoon for another recipe from the Thanksgiving table!

See ya!

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If you could live anywhere in the world, rent free, for one year – where would you live?

I’m going to have to pick three locations – it’s too hard to narrow it down to one!

1. Tokyo, Japan. Everyone must visit here it least once in your life!
2. Cardiff by the Sea, California. The cutest quintessential beach town you’ll ever see. The city was named after Cardiff, Wales – so all the street names are like Kensington Lane and Cambridge Avenue.
3. New York, New York. ‘Nuff said!