Holy Pretzels, Batman!

October 23, 2009 | Filed in: Uncategorized

Okay, okay – you can quit harassing me – I’ll show you my new hair! (and what I mean by “harassing” is: thank you all for being so nice and caring about my hair. You were so sweet with your requests, I had to appease you!)

Old & New:

hair before hair after

I really wasn’t kidding when I said the “cut” was just BARELY a trim! But my hair is a lot darker! I hope you like!

Breakfast - My first experience with PB Puffins “To Go”:

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I like to let my Puffins hang out in milk for a little while because I don’t like them extra crunchy. However, apparently – they length of my car ride to work is just a little too long. The top were still crunchy, and the bottom were SUPER soggy! But that’s okay – I still ate them!

My co-worker Trent had offered to bring me in some pretty wicked sounding pretzels last week – and he made on his promise yesterday and brought me – not ONE – BUT THREE of these Kim & Scott Gourmet Pretzels!!!! 10.23upload 040

They’ve got some pretty sweet bragging rights: All Natural, No Trans Fat, No Hydrogenated Oils, Made in a Nut Free Facility, No Preservatives – and the best thing – you can microwave them in the pouch they come in!

How long do you think I waited to make one after I received them?

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Long enough to walk down to the cafeteria to get some mustard for dipping – that’s how long!

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Um. WOW. Go HERE and order these now. You will NOT be sorry! This sucker was AMAZING! It’s covered in cheese, and there is cheese INSIDE!!!! Yeah!

Since I ate that whole huge pretzel at 10am – lunch became a 3 hour grazing meal! Some hummus and peppers around 1:

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Followed up with the rest of my leftover tofu around 1:30!

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To avoid the Halloween candy jars – I made sure to bring my own sweet treat yesterday – some nice COLD dried apricots!

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The perfect way to end a Thursday? A free dinner, celebrating the fact that we are done with Yawpfest (I know – aren’t you sick of hearing about it? )

We had dinner reservations for 20 at Carraba’s – so Angelina and I headed over early to grab a drink! I ordered the Veramonte Sauvignon Blanc:

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which was absolutely divine! Honestly – it’s the best Sauv Blanc I’ve had in a while!

Between all of us – we ordered a whole bunch of appetizers – and I was all over the calamari:

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I know with most people – you either LOVE or HATE calamari. I LOVE it – but I hate the “spider” pieces. I’m always super happy when there aren’t any “spiders”. Notice above – no “spiders”!

Next was the Carraba’s House salad with creamy garlic parmesan dressing!

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and my meal: Chicken Bryan – I get it EVERY time!

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Grilled chicken topped with goat cheese, sun-dried tomato, and basil lemon butter sauce!! By the time my meal came I was stuffed from all the earlier munchies – so I ate the broccoli with the sun dried tomatoes, and brought the chicken home for Mike!

Question – does anyone else order this at Carraba’s? I swear it used to be served with STEAMED broccoli.

Yesterday it came with cheesy, breadcrumb covered broccoli. Don’t get me wrong – it was delicious – but I was looking forward to some nice healthy steamed broccoli. Am I remembering it wrong???

Our last committee gathering, FINALLY saying goodbye to Yawpfest 2009!

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Thanks for a great night, and a fun 10 months of planning everyone!

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Your hair is very pretty I like the darker color – it looks very nice on you!

That pretzel looks AMAZING! I want one!

Question – does anyone else order this at Carraba’s? I swear it used to be served with STEAMED broccoli.

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