Weekly WI: The Birthday Celebration Continued

 Good Morning!  

Are you all in a candy coma today??  I hope you had a great Halloween.  We celebrated over the weekend with more birthday fun where Flo from Progressive came out of retirement for a special appearance.

Let’s rewind - 

It was week of lots of indulgences as we redeemed the birthday two-for-one deals.  I had all intensions of balancing high point foods with low point foods but that didn’t quite happens and a free for all transpired.  I didn’t transition from night shift to day shift this week very well.  I chose to skip the scale and safe myself from all the negative feelings and instead, get back on track TODAY and make this week a great week where I reclaim accountability to my health and wellness journey.

The weekend was really fun.  On Friday, I met up with my girlfriend group for dinner at R&R BBQ in Meridian.  I was able to double dip with coupons too so it was good deal.

Saturday we picked up Phoenix and Stacey to head to Emmett for Halloween fun.  We started at Black Canyon Brewing, which was a bit of a let down as the beer selection was lacking.

We headed to Emmett City Park to take part in Gerald Turner Brewery’s 2nd Annual Rocktoberfest.  It was a little sparse on crowds and quite chilly but we managed to find a spot in the sunshine which helped.  I entered the costume contest and won 2nd place.

From there we decided to head back to town as we had a reservation to watch the BSU game at Jak’s Place.  Since we had extra time, we stopped by Idawild Brewing Company, which was a bit hit.  We also bumped into my parents there with was extra fun.

Jak’s Place was really great with delicious cocktails.  We also shared some appetizers of fried zucchini and onion rings with the most amazing batter.  Since BSU was winning the game, we left at halftime and continued the watch party with the World Series at Phoenix’s house.  It was a really great Saturday.

So, as you can see, an VERY indulgent week.  Now that I am back on dayshift, it is a huge adjustment to my previous routine and always impacts my weight loss.  I am working on figuring out how to get into a new routine that will help me be successful.

Weekly WI: Birthday Edition

 Yesterday I turned 43.

It has been a fabulous time thus far and I look forward to more celebrating with friend this weekend.  Yesterday I had some unexpected overtime at work which started my birthday very early.  I also worked at my WW Workshop.  Before I left the house, I checked in with the home scale but opted to skip the “official” scale since I had been awake for many hours and had already eaten and drank my coffee.  I was very happy to be down 1.8 pounds.

This week will be a challenge as it is birthday two-for-one week and also social time with family and friends.  I am planning to skip the scale next week but I will work on balance this week and stick to my points where I can but enjoy the indulges when they arise.  

For my actual birthday, we meet my parents and my brother at Dos Caminos for Mexican food.  Just as we lit the candles on the cake, staff came to sing to me.  It was so sweet.  Afterwards, we met up with Phoenix and Stacey for a beer (okay, two beers) at Cresent Brewery.  I love their pumpkin beer!

We arrived to live music from The L+J Experience along with Lee Brice on the trumpet.  There was a small group of patrons and a lively group at that.  Coming in the door after the show started caused some of the rowdy to act up and make the night even more fun.  I even got my own trumpet birthday solo by Lee Rice.  Such a great guy.

My sister Jenny had flowers delivered to my front door from 1-800-flowers.  It was a beautiful fall bouquet that went well with the flowers Kenyon got me so I mixed and matched them. 

In the box with the flowers was also this sun catcher.  I love it!

More fun to come this weekend.

Cruise Life: 99 Days To Go

After booking a cruise with over 500 days to go on the countdown…

…we are OFFICIALLY 99 days to go!

 

WhooooHoooo!

 

This group cruise is going to be epic and I can hardly contain myself.  After having to cancel our October cruises and not really being able to travel with Kenyon, I am looking forward this trip.  Having a couple of my best gal pals and their significant others come along is going to make the trip so much more fun.

 

The Vlogger Group Cruise is quite large, and I’ve been interacting with people on the FB page that I am looking forward to meeting in person.  As part of the group, we have a few schedule events planned but other than that, it is all on your own.  My group of six (Phoneix & Stacey, Wanda & Michael, and Kenyon & I) will be planning some dinners on the ship together, taking in some shows, and just enjoying our time together.  The group cruise travel agents created a shirt for order, and I really love the logo.

 

Our shirts, I got the hoodie instead of the sweatshirt, did not come correctly and need to be re-printed.  I’m still waiting to hear from the company.  Bummer!

 

Waiting is the hardest and so I’ve been researching ship stuff, restaurants, drinks, and port stops.  Oh man, I am so excited.  These 99 days cannot come fast enough!