It’s the weekend and I’m totally pumped. It’s sunny and about 70 degrees outside – big change from last weekend when we got about 10 inches of snow. Gotta love March in VA. I love snow and all but I was happy to see it melt because I am so ready for spring and warm weather!
This morning I started things with some kashi go lean, chocolate whey protein powder, and original almond milk (I’m all out of my USAM).
After eating the cereal I was still wanting more so I heated up a MorningStar veggie sausage patty. I did some blog reading then started to clean the house in a fury. I had lunch plans for 1:00, but I started to get hungry around 12:00 so I had a little snack- Trader Joe’s Habanero pistachios. This was just the beginning of the spiciness.
For lunch I headed over to Ginger Thai to meet up with Christie aka Beadie from What I Ate Yesterday, the dear husband, and a friend of hers. I had such a great time getting to know her and discussing blog stuff. Hopefully we didn’t bore her friend and the dear husband too much 
Lunch was yummy, as usual. I ordered the fresh spring rolls with peanut sauce to start. I think these are my favorite part about Thai and Vietnamese cuisine.
For my entree I ordered the green papaya salad. I went with the medium spiciness, which wasn’t exactly what I would consider medium. It wasn’t so spicy that I couldn’t eat it, but I was literally sweating while eating it. At one point Christie was like, “Okay, you really are sweating!”
After lunch we went outside to get a picture together in the sun and I then headed home to let Olive out. I can’t wait to see more of Christie. She’s so cool!
When I got home I was craving something sweet.. maybe I just needed to get the spiciness out of my mouth, but I had 2 squares of Endangered Spieces Dark Chocolate with Cranberries and almonds.
I’m headed out for a run and then to the CAA tournament tonight. Got my fingers crossed for MASON! Maybe we will go to the Final Four again this year…. a girl can dream right?
Brittany Mullins, HHC
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Spicy pistachios?? Yes, please!!
SOOOOO fun that you and Beadie met up!!
Enjoy the tournament tonight!!
Look at you two beautiful girls! What a fun meet-up!
I am enjoying the warmer temps also! It really feels like spring is on it’s way!
I bought some Wasa crackers yesterday to make your homemade and healthier nutty bars! Yum, I used to eat those all of the time as a kid!
The fresh spring rolls look very good! I bet those would be easy to made at home???
Hope you are having a great weekend!
Oh wow, so much fun!!!!!
And oh my gosh, spicy pistachios!!! I WANT!!
I LOVE the spiciness!! Your blogger lunch date looks like fun
Yay!! We had so much fun!! I am glad that we were able to meet up and hope that we can meet again for sushi
And I agree, the spring rolls ARE the best part!
Awww, fun lunch date
And great place to go for lunch.
Those pistachios look great! I so want some nuts.
Oh my god, that’s great that you guys met up! What a beautiful picture of you ladies! Two of my FAVORITE bloggers eating my FAVORITE food – SPICY!!!!
aw such a cute pic of you and beadie!
Foodthatsfit- Yea, they are super easy to make at home. I have a post on it here
That blogger meet up looks so fun! I love being able to talk “bloggie” in person – it’s awesome. Haha, and I’ve totally gotten dishes before where I sweat while eating them! Love the picture of you two!
Those pistachios from Trader Joe’s sound awesome. I’ve just discovered how great of a snack they are, so I’ll have to try different variations!
I can dream about Northwestern actually MAKING it to the NCAA tourney. They’re the only team in the BCS conferences to have never gone before! C’mon!
Aw you and Christie together is the sweetest!