What a long weekend.
Not what a long weekend, but rather WHAT a long weekend. One solid track of celebrations, complete with copious amounts of cupcakes, decent amounts of dancing, and devilish amounts of drinks (Slight exaggeration. It was all good times but all decently tame. I’m too old and crotchety for that party animal lifestyle! Har Har). Something about long weekends that just makes everyone want to nonstop celebrate.
Thursday there was a night out reunion with a group of old high school gals. We’ve lived in different cities for school but they’ve all finally trickled back in for the summer and it was time to reconvene. Drinks and singing along to cheesy Glee tunes beforehand; drinks, dresses and dancing at a bar to finish it off.
I rarely actually drink fruity drinks but they sure do look suave.
Friday was a buddy’s birthday, complete with breast-studded cupcakes delivered in a shoebox to his delighted hands. There were several big hungry men at this birthday and they were all more than excited about the brownie-bottomed treats, topped with chocolate womanly bits. The way to a man’s heart…
Said birthday began at the house, then continued on to two different bars. It was a Bud Light and antojitos (Stuffed with MANGO. Absolutely delicious) kind of night.
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Saturday was the craziest one yet! Okay…no it wasn’t. Highlights included going to work, running, eating a salad and a lot of bean salad, updating my Ipod and going to bed early. Hey, I needed a break! I told you, old and crotchety.
Sunday was good for some tame tanning time during the day (I got some nice colour and a good dose of the natural Vit D) and some retro moves and grooves at a bar at night. The best thing about going out on a long weekend Sunday is running into faces you rarely see. I love my long-lost acquaintances.
A whole weekend of late nights left me run right down though. I actually half napped today and I NEVER nap. It was lovely.
Aside from cupcakes, non-fruity beverages and low levels of sleep, how else did I fuel this long weekend?
A LOT of greens. Green smoothies are my breakfast of choice these days, now that the weather has really warmed up.
ONE of these was stuffed not with spinach but with collard greens. It needed a bit more sweetener but I kind of liked the slightly earthier taste the collards added.
Considering how darn cool it is to blend your spinach into your smoothie… how about topping your spinach with your smoothie?
Yup, I did it.
Yup, I ate it.
Yup, I ate it all.
Creepy? Weird? Unnecessary? All of the above. But it wasn’t half bad. And I’d do it again.
I also ate a lot of salads. What else is new?
Salad topped buffalo-chicken style (cooked chicken;dressing of light source cream, dijon mustard and balsamic vinegar; Frank’s buffalo sauce)
Salad topped plain style – veg and honey mustard dressing with rye and cottage cheese on the side.
Salad topped taco style – seasoned ground beef, bean salad, tomatoes, salsa, sour cream, cheddar
Salad topped tuna style – tuna mixed with sour cream, dijon mustard, worcheshire sauce and pepper
And some odd balls
Italian "Pizza Cheese” made with cashews
Chicken-stuffed Enchiladas. Hideous but delicious.
Red fiesta with red peppers, red salsa on crackers, red ketchup on egg whites
Collard greens, broccoli, zucchini and mushrooms stir-fried in a curry mayo sauce (light mayo + curry powder + splash of milk) with a side of mashed cauliflower
Strawberries topped with coconut/cocoa powder yogurt and sesame brittle
More berries
And more berries
And even more berries – accompanying leftover carrot cake of course.
And to wash it all down? A nice big glass of Crystal Light blended with water, carbonated lemon water, ice, frozen raspberries and frozen mango chunks.
SO. Refreshing.
And now I just got asked to go out AGAIN. This long weekend is over, how do people do it? And more importantly, why am I actually considering it? Oy vey!
