cappuccino

Before leaving the beach house yesterday morning I had a frothy non-fat cappuccino and a bowl of Kashi go lean creamy truly vanilla oats with blueberries.

Do you spy my knitting project on the table? I can’t wait to show you all my first “real” knitting project once it’s complete. Any guesses as to what I’m making?

We drove straight home, I hit up the gym, worked on my knitting and went to bed early. (I’m such an old lady.)

The coolest part is that I wasn’t going to bed early because I had to work this morning! One of the perks of working for an educational software company, at least the one I work for, is that I get off the week between Christmas and New Years. So instead of waking early for the office, I was waking early to meet up with my high school girlfriends for brunch in Northern VA.

I wasn’t starving upon leaving the house but I decided to get a little beverage to tide me over until my first meal of the day.

Tall, non-fat latte with 1 pump of sugar-free vanilla. Hot, frothy and muy delicioso.

It was v. fun to see all my ladies!! We don’t get to see each other as often as I would like, but we always try to get together around the holidays when everyone has a bit of time off. This year we decided to meet up at the Silver Diner – of course the company was awesome, but the food wasn’t too shabby either.

I ordered the low fat vegetarian omelette. It came with a sesame bagel, fresh strawberries and a cinnamon sour cream dipping sauce. I strongly dislike sour cream so I wasn’t expecting to like the dipping sauce, but to my surprise, it was sweet, cinnamony and tasted nothing like regular sour cream. I ended up dipping the majority of my strawberries in it and even spreading some on my bagel.

Overall, this was a delicious and healthy option as far as restaurant breakfasts go.

After gabbing about what we’ve all been up to and filling our bellies, we parted ways. A couple of the girls and I headed to a mall nearby to take advantage of the after-Christmas deals. I wanted to check out Ruehl, however it turns out the store was closed and apparently unbeknownst to me, Abecrombie announced earlier this year that the whole chain will be going out of business. It’s a shame, because although they were expensive they had some quality clothing, bags, and a wonderful perfume (that I currently use everyday). I’m thinking I might need to buy another bottle before their website shuts down! We did get to visit the other store I was interested in though- Martin and Osa, a brand concept developed by American Eagle that targets 28-40 year olds. They had some cute stuff and I ended up snagging two tops that were on sale. Gotta love sales!

I hope everyone had a lovely Monday!

- Brittany

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Although the sun wasn’t shining here at the beach today, the day was still full of relaxation, creativity, and deliciousness. I woke up to a gentle hatha yoga sess from yoga download, a non-fat cappuccino, and buckwheat pancakes. Doesn’t get much better than that!

Blueberry, almond buckwheat pancakes will pure maple syrup to be exact! I rarely make pancakes on my own but whenever I have them I always enjoy them. Perhaps it’s because I have them so infrequently?

The p.cakes were prepared by yet another chef in the house. I must say, having a house full of good cooks while on vacation is the best!!

After breakfast we made a craft run to Knitting Addiction, a yarn junkie’s paradise. I got some multicolored yarn to start a new project that I’m super stoked about- HOORAY for crafting!

For lunch, a quick spinach salad with cucs, artichokes, tomatoes, olives with hummus and taziki was suffice.

I also added a little carb action with a slice of pita bread and some of Mary’s infamous Crackers. (Sorry, they were camera shy today.)

The afternoon was spent reading, knitting, and RUNNING. I went for my first outdoor run since receiving the word from my doc (2 weeks ago) that I could try to run again. I’m happy to report that I ran for a good 30 minutes pain free!! Monument Avenue 10k here I come.

The whole gang went out to dinner at Ocean Boulevard. I ordered my standard restaurant fare- soup and salad. Not just any soup and salad:

A parsnip bisque sprinkled with parmesan, which should have been labeled pure deliciousness served up in a bowl.

And a vanilla pear, endive, candied walnut, and blue cheese salad. It was perfectly dressed in a sherry dressing giving it a great flavor that complimented the sweetness of the pears.