apologies and recognition

I know, I know - I said I would be a better blogger, with semi-regular posting and everything, but here I am, the last post I did on Tuesday, hanging my head with shame. And I don't even have new photos for you right now! I'm just checking in, saying that I remember my pact, and that once things calm down (i.e. my lovely friend Jenny heads back to California, something that will make me very sad) that posting will resume. It will. 

 And now, so this post isn't just contrite and word-filled, here are some pictures from New York that I never posted: FOOD. Enjoy... (we ate a lot)

Beth's hot chocolate with an adorable little teddy bear on the cup! I, of course, had already gotten myself a crappy cappuccino from the lovely Dunkin' Donuts (and I say that with so much love. Their cappuccinos are amazing. I just don't think they can be called that in any way, shape, or form) and felt very much like a corporate sell-out when we walked into this little hipster coffee shop in the East Village for Beth to get her drink...

Peach pie! That was about an hour after Beth had a muffin from the aforementioned hipster coffee shop and maybe two after I had my Dunkin' Donuts doughnut. We may have subsisted only on pastries?

Just kidding! We also had cheese and noodles. I don't even like mac and cheese, but I liked this. It was from S'mac, also in the East Village. Mine was mac and cheese with brie, figs, and mushrooms - a.k.a. best thing ever.

My one attempt at healthy food our entire trip. We went to dinner at this hummus restaurant right near Lincoln center, and I had soup and a salad. Vegetables? Really? I was pretty proud of myself too. And their mint tea was to die for.

Well you've already seen these but I had to show them again. Laduree macaroons. Sigh. Enough said.

Beth and I drinking our chocolate drinks (frozen and hot, respectively) at Max Brenner's before we went to see a movie! Not pictured is the amazing dessert pizza that we ordered and snuck into the movie theater instead of buying overpriced popcorn. 

There you go! Now I need to go get ready, Jenny and I are doing a little sight-seeing monument trip this morning and I need to get ready! Hope you are all having a lovely weekend

I can't move my legs...

Remember how I said that I sweated off half my weight yesterday at yoga sculpt? Well I woke up this morning and could not, by any means, move my legs. Yesterday I said it was too difficult to go down stairs. Yesterday I didn't even know how difficult going down stairs could be. Ugh. Ok... sigh. Done complaining now... You know what wouldn't be something to complain about? Winning a GIVEAWAY! So enter :)

urban outfitter tshirt

martin&osa shorts

flea market jewelry

sorry I'm barefoot...

 Today was one of those days where I wasn't really planning to leave the house at all, so I was like, what to wear? If you are going to put up photos of yourself on a blog, you should probably not be in your pajamas. Ever have those days? So I decided to put on something comfy but still remotely cute (isn't the shirt's lace detail adorable?) and leave it at that. Inspiring, aren't I?

I do love my jewelry today though. In total, I spent $9 on jewelry in this post! Both are from the flea market up near my cabin in Wisconsin. I just love flea markets for random little trinkets! The ring is made of an old spoon, and the key was from a tin full of old keys, $1 each. Something no one else will have, that looks like it has history, you know? Lots of fun.

Today wasn't the best morning for me (long boring story, so I will just leave it at that) and to make it up to me Natalie made me a little impromptu nectarine crumble-thing! She totally made it up, and it's actually vegan and gluten-free as well! Natalie and her healthy baking weirdness... It was quite nice, and a little bit of sugar goes a long way to perk me up :)

One good thing about this morning though: I didn't have to work! They needed to cut hours, and since I was only going to be working 4 hours this morning, they decided to cut my whole shift. Why thank you Old Navy! I'm actually not even kidding, it made me quite happy. Don't I have just an amazingly inspiring work ethic? Well, considering they scheduled me for 32 hours this coming week, I think I should be ok anyways... So let's put this all together - 0 hours of work last week, 8 hours this week, and 32 next week. Really? Scheduling bi-polarness much? Whatever. At least I'll get some money before I go back to school. Now, I need to go take my lovely dog for a walk! Have a great Friday night :)