by Jen
on December 21, 2012
Not gonna lie, I had a little bit of a sugar hangover from my cookie dinner last night. My stomach was definitely not feeling so great this morning. I think two nights in a row of party food instead of real food wasn’t the smartest thing. Oh well, tis the season and like I let it stop me from eating the cookies that I brought home after lunch today… 😉
Breakfast bright and early at my desk was overnight oats. I had to turn in payroll early this pay period due to the Christmas holiday and I wanted to get it knocked out first thing. I used Dorset Museli as my “oats” base. I picked up a box at the grocery this week and I’m really liking it mixed in with Greek yogurt.
I had to run errands this afternoon and Charlotte is a complete stressful holiday zoo. Traffic is terrible and all the parking lots are full. I had to practice lots of yoga breathing. It’s partially my fault for waiting until the last minute to do everything so I can’t complain too much! Luckily, I came home to find a giant box on my doorstep from Blue Diamond with all the almonds a girl could possibly want.
Lunch was a turkey avocado pita with tomato soup.
While I was eating my Christmas gifts arrived. I’ll be spoiling the surprise for some but this book is just too good not to share. Read it now.
Oh and I did a little Christmas shopping for myself today. I swung by Erin McDermott’s studio to pick up a special gift for a family member when I spotted these. Merry Christmas to me!
Have a wonderful weekend! And do a little something to treat yourself! 🙂
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