yesterday was the big day, but the festivities began on tuesday night...we went to dinner with some friends at my favorite semi-fancy restaurant. i had an unbelievably yummy pear salad with gorgonzola, mixed greens and i can't remember what kind of dressing...but it was awesome...followed by a roasted half chicken (don't worry, i didn't eat all of it!) with olive oil mashed potatoes...followed by my very favorite dessert in the whole wide world: banana cream pie tartlet in a coconut shell drizzled with caramel and chocolate. oh. my. gosh. i loooooovvvvveeee that dessert. so...that meal probably took up the rest of my flex points...but it was worth it.
then yesterday i went out to lunch with my grandparents at the olive garden. i got the soup, salad and breadsticks and had the minestrone, which i believe is the lowest calorie item on the menu. i didn't do too badly and only had 2 breadsticks. but, i did receive a box of my very favorite mint truffles from my g-pa and i had a few of those...oops.
then last night, the bro brought home a chocolate cake...which i had a small piece of...and he also gave me this:
(my family is big on funny gifts. this is definitely funny.... almost as funny as last year when he and his friends went to the salvation army and bought a bunch of random items and wrapped them up...including a sticky doorknob (literally, it had jam on it), a toy telescope, a t-ball trophy from 1984, a bowling ball and a really nasty used lunch box.)
maybe next year i'll get "the old fashioned carnival hot dog maker"...or "the old fashioned nachos & cheese maker" or "the old fashioned carnival cotton candy maker"...one can only hope. (and by the way, yes, these products really do exist. they're all part of "the nostalgia electrics series", which both my brother and i agree are really only good for nostalgia...)
so anyway, i had some of that popcorn...(oil popped)...and a few of the latest evil baked good of the week:
so. it was definitely a good b-day. and now i definitely need to get back on track and start counting again!
goals for today: 20 min walking after pilates and stay within points!...and throw away the leftover cake!
5 comments:
OMG, your dinner sounded sooo good. I'm totally laughing at my desk about that popcorn popper. John and I were laughing at them just the other day (since he has a new found popcorn obsession). It reminds me of John's hot diggity-dogger (toasts two buns and two hot dogs). It's in the basement now.
Happy belated birthday!
And cake calories do not count if consumed on one's actual birthday.
After that, though, you're right. Toss it or start running daily marathons.
MMM The dessert sounds so friggin good! Glad you had a great birthday! Sounds like you lived it up!
Happy Belated Birthday. Your brother is a riot. Sounds like a nice birthday, and those cookies are evil. I bought the Halloween decked out ones, and they were gone in one night. Oops. :)
Happy Late Birthday!!
Your birthday sounded perfect!
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