New Fun Purchase

I had a $5 coupon from Best Buy sitting in my email inbox and then I saw that they were having a 20% off small appliance sale.  This was the perfect time to buy the mini blender that I had been thinking about. Julie has one and is frequently making smoothies with fruit, yogurt and some sort of juice and they are always delicious.  This would be a good way to get fruit in.  I suppose I could make some green smoothies that I've tasted a while back at work.

I purchased it online last Sunday, but it took a little while to be shipped to the store since it wasn't already in stock. I picked this up after spin class tonight and I'm excited to use it.

I also made some butter chicken using some Safeway brand simmer sauce.  The packet sauce that I usually used wasn't at the Safeway store that I went to on Wednesday.  This simmer sauce was good, but I think I'll stick with the packet one next time.

A Day Off

There wasn't anything on my work calendar today, so I decided to take the day off.  And it was wonderful.  I went to a 1-hour spin class, came home to shower, and then I went back out to Costco to get some fruit.  I was hoping for a shorter line because it was the middle of a work day, but nope, Costco was busy busy. The lady in front of me in line apologized and said that she had already let someone else in front of her in line.  Aw, no worries, you've done your good deed of the day. I came home and caught up on some NCIS with RJ on the couch.

New Nails

It was pretty alarming to turn on the news this morning to see Baltimore up in flames.  That was not what was going on when I went to sleep last night. They also said something about a curfew starting tonight, but why couldn't they have started last night when things were already really out of control.  I guess they didn't have enough law enforcement and military to enforce the curfew?  I just hope it gets better as the week goes on and that officials learn from this event and be more prepared/take more initiative next time (not that there should be a next time).

I was inspired by the nice weather today and did some nail art.  Hello spring! This is Cheeky Happy Nails plate with Sally Hansen in Mint Sortbet nail polish for a base coat and Sally Hansen InstaDri nail polish in Presto Pink for stamping.

Trouble in Baltimore

I got home from work today and turned on the television.  The news was showing lots of rioting, looting and eventually in downtown Baltimore.  It was so sad to watch. I know there's a work conference going on this week in Baltimore, so I'm hoping that it won't be affected by this violence. Sigh.

In other news, I did a new FitnessBlender workout tonight: Fat Blasting Booty Builder - HIIT Cardio and Strength Training Workout.  AND I did it without pausing too (pats self on the back...).

Yard Sale Success

My coworker Michelle and I teamed up for a yard sale today. I got to her place around 7:45 AM to set up with a table and my clothing rack. She had a bunch of baby and women's clothing to sell.  I had an assortment of things. The yard sale lasted from 8 AM to 12 PM and we had the most business towards the beginning.

In the 4 hours, I came away with $45 (much better than the last yard sale I did), selling 1 dress, 1 pair of sneakers, 1 picture frame, 1 basket, 6 necklaces, and the big ticket item was a Nintendo GameCube that buyer was trying to bargain for.  Nope, I held strong and eventually, he gave in. There was one lady in the beginning that was so rude. She didn't accept the bargain and didn't seem to understand that there were 2 different families. Michelle and I didn't budge and she ended up leaving with nothing.  Ok, fine!  I would rather donate to a worthy cause than sell it to you for a cheaper price.  I'm glad that the Game Cube sold because the box with the controllers and cables was taking up room in my closet.

Meg and Robyn came over for dinner (I carried out from Pacci's), and it was nice to catch up in person since it's been over a month since our last get together.

Administrative Professional's Day Card

My boss's boss asked me if I wanted any more of the leftover baked goodies that his wife made for the bake sale yesterday. I politely declined because I've definitely been pigging out these past few days, especially with the meeting leftovers today and yesterday.  I pat myself on the back for not eating any of my coworker's goodbye cake (she picked a good one: the strawberry shortcake one from Whole Foods). The pat on the back was very premature because when I went to the kitchen to throw away some stuff at the end of the day, I noticed that there was one generous slice of lemon tea poundcake from Mrs. B remaining and while I had 2 slices of it yesterday AND I told Dr. B that I didn't want anymore, I snatched it up and ate some on the car ride home.

Total lies. Lies. LIES!

But, I tried to redeem myself by going to spin class tonight and doing a FitnessBlender workout: Brutal Abs Workout - Abs, Obliques and Lower Back Workout with No Equipment.  Those flutter kick crosses were no joke.  That exercise alone was "brutal."

A good thing that happened today was that I came home with an empty banana pudding container. Rave reviews from my coworkers, yay! :)

Because tomorrow is Administrative Professional's Day, I made a card for some folks to sign for ours and I collected donations so that we could get him a gift card as well.

Card Specs:
Ink: Colorbox chalk ink in Charcoal. Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Chipped Sapphire
Stamps: Studio G
Embossing Folder: Lifestyle Crafts- Zig Zag
Punch: EK Success Postage Stamp border punch
Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities Standard Circles Large
Other: Black Sharpie Ultra Fine Point marker

Song of the day: "Dear Future Husband"- Meghan Trainor

Bake Sale Success

The office bake sale was a success. We had quite a spread of yummy stuff:

• Banana pudding and Rolo cookies (my contributions)
• Mint chocolate chip cookies
• Lemon pound cake
• Rice krispies treats
• Assortment of muffins
• Special K bars
• Blueberry cake
• Brownies
• Banana dessert cups

People could grab some goodies from the office kitchen and then feed the piggy bank with a donation.  We came out with about $200 just from that.  It helps to have generous coworkers. :)

Because of all the goodies that I ate today, I made sure to go to spin class tonight. I was still feeling guilty for my gluttony so I squeezed in a FitnessBlender workout: Total Body Strength Training with Dumbbells - Challenging Dynamic Superset Workout.