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The New Year from my iPhone

I hope your new year is off to a wonderful start. Before we get too far into 2016, here’s a photo recap of New Year’s Weekend from my iPhone.

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BREAKING NEWS: the sun finally broke through the clouds and made its way out again. That alone was enough to make the new year happy for me!

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NYE fuel. Cappuccino date with a girlfriend at Cafe Monte before getting ready for the night.

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All dressed up. The original plan was to host a New Year’s Eve twilight flow class at the studio but we cancelled for a few reasons. We ended up going out to dinner with two friends at Blue Taj.

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It was an Indian feast!

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We were home by midnight (which was our goal…we both had to teach early on NYD) but it was a fun night.

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New Year’s Day pajama brunch at a friends house.

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Hashbrown and egg and sausage casserole, brussles sprouts salad, grapes and a scone (x2! had to sample the chocolate chip ones too!).

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Lazy pups.

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They love to lay at the front door. And they love each other!

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Then and now. Crazy, right? What a difference a year makes!

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We went to see Sisters on Saturday night. It was easy to watch and cute although the humor was a little over the top ridiculous at times but that’s the case with most of these movies. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler work so well together and are always fun to watch.

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I ended the weekend with multiple food shopping trips to restock the fridge, freezer and pantry full of healthy and clean food. I hit the farmers market, Whole Foods and ALDI. It was an investment but a worthwhile one to get back to normal.

Off to teach hot yoga. It’s January in the fitness industry which is like Christmas all over again! 🙂

Did you see any movies over the holidays?

Were you home by midnight, asleep by midnght or still out ringing in the new year?

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