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Yesterday was completely fun-filled. There were visits to the James River, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, and World Market involved; a great mail surprise, and then a night spent with good friends (and a few drinks).

First up we went to the river because neither Isaac nor I have been swimming yet this summer- such a shame, really. Isaac and his friend jumped in a few times. The water was looking a little too mucky for me and I had some reading to catch up on so I decided to soak up some vitamin D on the dock.

It was fun. I love the feeling of basking in the sun, but I try not to do it without lots of sunscreen now, because when I was younger I didn’t know how harmful the sun really is. I used to go to the tanning bed and tan outside with oil/no sunscreen and now in my early 20′s I’m already seeing signs on sun damage on my skin… eekkkk. Needless to say, I’m a huge fan of the SPF now!

On a brighter note, after the river we were both starving so we headed over to Whole Food’s for a delicious lunch. As usual I piled my bowl high of greens and then topped it with a bunch a different salads from the cold bar. From what I can remember I got some kale salad, sweet tofu curry salad with raisins, roasted beet salad, seaweed salad, roasted corn salad, wheat berry salad, soba noodles, and some random veggies like broccoli, yellow peppers, and tomatoes. YUM!

I didn’t do too much damage at WF’s and came out with a few things- some kale, Original and Falafel SUNSHINE BURGERS (they were one sale and I had a coupon- what what!), Stevia!, rice paper wraps, red wine, and Sweet Thai Delight Yogi Tea.

Since Trader Joe’s is pretty much right next door we stopped there as well. I find there are different things I like to buy at both TJ’s and WF’s so whenever I’m in the area I usually stop by both. At TJ’s I purchased romaine lettuce, organic raisins, just mango slices, garlic hummus, frozen mango and blueberries, carrots, a bottle of white wine for sangria, Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk (TJ’s is the cheapest place to buy it so I stock up!), and Ezekiel Bread.

While waiting for Isaac to buy crickets from Petco, I broke into the Just Mango slices for a sweet snack.

As we were walking in the door from shopping I noticed a little package on the doorstep AND a magazine in our box. Great day mail wise! As soon as I put the cold stuff in the fridge I opened the package to find that it was from the lovely Heather from Hangry Pants. A while back I sent her some Zoe’s Bars and she said she wanted to say thanks. I told her not to send anything, but she is sweet and decided not to listen. I’m a grateful because the contents of the package were awesome!

I love PB & Co. Cinnamon Raisin Swirl but I don’t buy it very often because of the hefty price tag. I can’t wait to make a bowl of Cinnamon Raisin Oatmeal. Heather also sent some homemade chocolate chip granola that is to-die-for. Isaac and I both LOVED it! I think I might need to hide it in a safe place until Isaac heads back to DC this week.

Thank you so much Heather!!

After spoiling my dinner with the delicious granola above I headed to the gym to do a Summer Shape Up Workout. The Fitnessista sure knows how to get your heart pumping. It was a great workout and my legs feel like jell-o this morning (in a good way).

Once home from the gym I chopped up a tie-dyed pepper (Christmas in July?), some cucumbers, and broccoli for a salad. Isaac grilled some Amy’s veggie burgers and corn on the cob and also made some guacamole. It was 9:30PM before we ate dinner and I was starving so no picture, although I’m pretty sure we’ve all seen a veggie burger before.

We ate and then a few people came over to hang out. At one point we were planning to have an actual party, but it ended up only being about 10 or so people. This was fine by me as the evening was more relaxing and the clean up was easy peasy. I used the TJ’s recipe again to make some white wine sangria with a bottle of riesling. It was mainly for Isaac sister because she likes sweet drinks but I ended up having two or three glasses myself. It was delish! We stayed up late chatting and I got to bed around 2:30AM, late nights have been the theme this weekend. Usually I turn into a pumpkin at midnight so I can already tell that I need to get in bed early tonight or else I’m going to be dead tired this week.

I’m up early this morning and Isaac and his sister are still snoozing. I made a quiet breakfast of TJ’s non-fat greek yogurt with honey, Heather’s GRANOLA, and wild blackberries. Plus a banana and almond butter on the side. The granola definitely made the dish!

Now I’m debating on what to do for the day. I’m pretty certain there will be some cleaning, a little gym action, and then FOOD INC!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!

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