by Jen
on October 30, 2011
Well…I pretty much fell off the face of the blog planet this weekend. I kind of needed a break from it. Actually, I kind of needed a break from busy life in general. Brandon was gone on a guy’s trip from Wednesday-Sunday so I took the opportunity to do the single girl thing.
I slept. Thursday night I went to bed at 9 p.m. I took multiple naps over the course of the weekend.
I yoga-ed my little booty off. Ashtanga on Thursday, doubles on Friday, doubles on Saturday (3 hours on the mat…yesssss…) and a hot class today.
What I didn’t do? Run. One year ago today I ran the Marine Corps Marathon. I’m currently on an eight-day no run streak but have been on my mat every day. My body is feeling better than ever.
I ate whatever I wanted.
Roasted brussels sprouts, roasted butternut squash and millet.
Egg sandwich with avocado and cheese.
Leftover millet and butternut squash with goat cheese. So good.
I baked. Friday night I had the urge to bake cupcakes and the next thing I knew I was in the kitchen listening to music and drinking wine with flour and frosting everywhere.
Dark chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.
Halloween party. One of my yoga friends has an amazing Halloween party every year. I procrastinated on my costume but my friend Rachael came through for me…big time….and let me borrow a costume.
Enter Wonder Woman. Love. Love. Love. And yes my “lasso of truth” was more “whip of truth” but more effective right? 😉 The party was so much fun. I haven’t dressed up for Halloween in years! I kind of OD’d on costumes/dressing in college due to the ridiculous amount of sorority events that required it.
Did anyone else go to Halloween parties this weekend? What did you dress up as?
And that’s all I’ve got. Promise to be a better blogger this week. But we all need a step back sometimes, right?
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