Talk about “milkin’ it” – I’ve been using the fact that I ran 13.1 miles yesterday to rationalize all my food & drinking choices. 

After I saw my friend Danielle finish her marathon (CONGRATS AGAIN DANI, I AM SO SUPER PROUD OF YOU!!!!!) – we headed home so I could shower really quickly – and then my number 1 super fans – my in-laws – treated us to lunch!

We went to Applebee’s – and Mike and I picked the “2 for $20″ special that they have – you can get to entrees and an appetizer for $20 – not bad!  We started with the boneless buffalo wings:

And since I was parched from the race, I started with a Kiwi Melon Sangria!

This was awesome!  It was really fruity, while not being sickeningly sweet.  Usually I don’t get drinks like this from chain restaurants – for that exact reason – but this was a nice change!

For my meal – I splurged and ordered the Three Cheese Chicken Penne (I can’t remember the last time I ordered pasta at a restaurant!)

This was really great – but I was stuffed from the chicken, and the munchies they had at the finish line – so I took a nice huge portion home for dinner!

So on top of being super fans, and buying me, Mike, and Matt lunch – my in-laws also got me a present for running the race!  Seriously – how thoughtful is that?!?!  There was a great candle set (that smelled amazing) – that I didn’t grab a picture of, and this plaque:

How perfect is that?  I love it – I just need to find the perfect spot for it now!  Thanks so much for everything Dan and June – you are honestly the best in-laws a girl could ever ask for!

After my in-laws headed home – the boys and I continued the party…at a bar of course!  The alcohol indulgence carried on from about noon to 9pm – I figured pictures would sum it up the best:

See?  It was a GREAT DAY!  I was all too happy to hit the sack Sunday night – I felt accomplished, tired, maybe a little (or a lot) drunk, and I had taken the day off work Monday.  Can you think of a better Sunday?

Post race indulgence carried into Monday…

Breakfast:

A truly odd combination of eggs and veggie dogs, turned into a breakfast sammich – but it was all we had, and I figured, hey, why not?  (and maybe it was the residual alcohol from the day before!) 

For lunch – I had been planning for weeks – on finally indulging on the Chinese Buffet right down the street from our house.  Here’s what I got:

• Lo Mein (if I had to pick one food to eat for the rest of my life, it would be lo mein)
• “Seafood Bake” – translation – cheesy cheesy delicious crab
• Broccoli
• Two pieces of General Tso’s chicken – that I didn’t end up eating – it grossed me out looking at it (so why did I even put it on my plate? I don’t know!)
• Watermelon!!!!

I’ve been seriously missing watermelon!  Aldi’s started stocking it in early May last year – and I haven’t seen it YET this year!!!  Aldi – what’s the deal?!

Then the rest of the day was spent enjoying the weather, walking the dog, laying around, watching a movie, chowing down on some Salt & Vinegar chips (I was too lazy to get off the couch and take a picture of them), and cuddling with Lando.

Two perfect days in a row! Now 4 days of work, followed by another 3 day weekend with lots of plans.