Winning Friends with Salad

I’m so sorry for the delay in posting guys! All weekend, I kept starting this post but never made much headway because I had to run along to the next activity. I have to admit I wasn’t the best at taking pictures this weekend - I didn’t even get a shot of me in my dress! (I know, I’m totally fired). Ah well. Peter took this one:

and I got this shot accidentally:

So there’s something at least.

On Friday, I left the office on time, met up with Peter on time - didn’t have a chance for a mani/pedi, but did squeeze in an eyebrow wax - score! Good thing too because I was started to look like Groucho Marx and Brooke Shield’s baby up there. While I was running around I had a Luna bar. We made it to the airport with 10 min to boarding time and managed to fly through check-in and baggage with 5 min to spare. Plane boarded on time and we were good to go.

Or so we thought.

We were stuck on the tarmak for 2 hours! Our plane didn’t leave until 4! We got to DC at 4:30, but sat on the tarmak there until 5:15. Over those 3 hrs P and I split two bars (Z bar and another trail mix one) and a tomato juice (new LOVE. 60 kcal+ 3g protein = score!). What a nightmare.

We got to my parents house and had a cocktail before leaving for dinner.  We went to a French resturaunt nearby.

I started with a glass of Reisling:

I skipped bread (go me) and we all had appetizers.  I got tuna tartar, which was incredible:

Super cute plate, right?  For an entree, I got shrimp braised in a tomato sauce.  It was really good - and light!

After dinner, Peter and I went to see StepBrothers which was freaking amazing!  We were laughing the ENTIRE time.  What a great movie!  I thought it would be decent, but I had no idea how great it was going to be.  We got home early (before 11) and both crashed because we were so exausted.

The next morning, I had planned on hitting the gym but my mom insisted I go shoe shopping first.  Lucky thing she did because there is a serious cute-shoe drought in my town!  I went to at least 10 stores and couldnt find anything!  I made myself breakfast before I left:

One egg and two egg whites on two pieces of whole wheat toast with a plum and ketchup for dipping.  I love egg sandwiches.  They are my new obsession.

So, I ran (literally - there’s my cardio) all around town trying to find shoes and ended up having to buy an extremely cute and extremely expensive pair.  Sad face (and yet, happy face).  I got home around 1:10 and had to scarf down lunch before my nail appt at 1:30.  Ham and cheese on high fiber bread with an apple and nonfat cottage cheese:

I ate all of the sandwich and cottage cheese and half of the apple.

I spent the next 3 hrs being beautified: hair, nails, makeup - it was quite the ordeal.  I hated being held captive for that long, but the outcome was great so it was worth it.  I got out of there around 4:30 - the wedding started at 5 and I wasn’t even dressed!  I ran home, did a quick change and we were on our way.

Of course it started to downpour while we were driving over, so pre ceremony cocktail hour ran long.  I had two gin and tonics before the service started.

The service was beautiful, of course, and I definitely cried during the vows (I’m such a softy like that!).  Afterwards, they served hors d’oeuvres in the garden.  I had a few crab cakes and endive leaves.  Small bites are usually my weakness, but I was good this time and had less than 5.

After a bit, we went upstairs for dinner.  I started off with a glass of white:

Dinner started off with a small salad:

Followed by a medley of main course options: chicken, salmon, polenta, grilled sweet potato, zucchini, and more:

Dinner was followed by dancing (more cardio) and some great music performances by the very talented bride, groom and guests.  It was so much fun.

Afterwards, the cake was cut.  I probably had a slice and a half of the chocolate cake with white frosting.

More dancing - and then P and I called it a night around 11:30.  We were exausted!

Sunday morning I had planned to go to the gym, but I didn’t realize I had booked us on the noon flight - no time, considering I woke up at 9:30 and wanted to spend time with my family.  My parents had an old friend of their’s over, so we spent the morning looking a photo albums and eating brunch.  Some things are just more important, I think.  Although, looking back, I could have at least done my C25k run.  Ah well.

For breakfast, I had the same egg sandwich, except with a little bit of coffee crumb cake - my favorite.  Unpictured (I told you I was bad at the pictures this weekend). My camera died at the wedding.  So I took some pictures with Peter’s camera, but they won’t load for some reason.  But in my defense, I did take the following pictures!

Of course, our flight was delayed.  While we were waiting at the airport, Peter and I split a chicken wrap, and I had an iced coffee.  When we finally got home, several hours later, we both just slept the rest of the day away.  I think all this traveling might have gotten me sick - I gargled with some salt water last night and feel a little better.

This morning, I came in late in order to recover a little bit.  When I got to the office I had a bowl of cereal and banana with an iced coffee (picture taken with Peter’s camera, sorry guys).

I’m absolutely exausted.  I’m trying to organize a little today…my schedule is jam packed.  I feel like if I can focus and stop procrastinating, I can get some stuff done.  Give me strength.