Yesterday was a BUSY day – I had camera class from 10am until 4pm!

By the time I woke up, showered, blogged, got my coffee and got dressed – I barely had time to grab a left over piece of pizza before I ran out the door (let alone take a picture) – so:

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My first class was all about my specific camera – the Nikon D5000!

I LOVED IT!  There was so much too learn, I tried to take it all in!!!  There was diligent note taking:

and lots of pictures of said notes, since there weren’t many other subjects in the room  to test out the new functions I was learning on the camera!

Black and white, and “Cartoon” settings:

and I turned poor Harvey’s head into something resembling a monster thanks to the “fisheye” function!

I had a 2 hour break in between classes so I ran a few errands then stopped at my parents to snag some free lunch!   I was planning on a sandwich or salad, but there didn’t have too much (hey, beggars can’t be choosers, right? I showed up looking for free food! ) – so instead I went the nacho route:

Delicious!

After my afternoon classes were done for the day – I went home and SKYPED for the first time!  Skype really is the greatest – I can’t believe I waited to long to use it!  I was able to see my lovely best friend’s face – who I haven’t seen in person in over a year – it was WONDERFUL!   We talked for over an hour!

Once I was done with telling everyone who would answer my phone calls how much I loved Skype – I headed over to my friend Angelina’s for a low key Girls Night!

She had tons of yummy food for us: (see that salami??? it was a white wine salami – I forgot to snag a picture of the package – and it tasted AMAZING!!!!)

and what would a Girl’s Night be – without WINE?

Angelina also whipped up an awesome homemade pizza – using TJ’s Whole Wheat Pizza dough, pesto, artichokes, and feta!

Absolutely amazing! 

Funny thing is – I just always think MARINARA when I make my pizzas at home – I never stop to think outside the box!  I need to start trying pizza combos that don’t involve red sauce!

I tried to make friends with the family dog Martini – but he was having NOTHING to do with me!

Did I mention that Girl’s Night involved wine??   There were lots of choices since everyone brought a bottle! (well – except me – I brought pretzels – in hindsight – I’m LAME!)

My favorite was this bottle – I thought it was so pretty!

Thanks for a great night ladies – I had a blast!!

Question – Do you make friends with your friend’s friends?  

For example – my friend Cricket, who I know from college, had a whole bunch of high school friends who I heard about for years, but never had met.  After 5 years of hearing stories about them – when I finally met them, I felt like they were my friends too, and now I keep in touch with them through Facebook, and have invited them to parties at my house before.  But – I know other people who don’t feel comfortable in situations like that, and prefer to stick to the group they are comfortable in.  Me?? I love to branch out, I love making new friends   How about you, do you stay put, or do you branch out????

Can you read the message?? 

Not sure how those 2 munchkins got on the plate!

For lunch we had a long distance party with our New York office – Lunch via teleconference! (Yes, we are cool like that!)

It was my sales rep Alex’s birthday, and it was so nice to see the NY Office’s smiling faces! (I really wish we were able to work together in the same office!) 

My lunch:  Buffalo Chicken Salad (made with Morning Star Buffalo Wings)

with a side of pickles, and by side, I mean entire jar.  I’m not joking.  I ate every last one.    I have a pickle problem. (and NO, I’m not pregnant!)

Dinner was even weirder than my lunch combination – started with 2 oranges:

Finished (or so I thought) with a grapefruit:

Then I passed out on the couch watching 20/20 (side note: John Edwards is a dirt bag – I called it from the very first second I laid eyes on…maybe 2004…the VERY SECOND I saw him I said he is a skeevy dirtbag.  I’m not even joking – I remember looking at his face THINKING he looked like a womanizer – MAN – I MUST SAY – I am almost ALWAYS right when it comes to my instincts on people.  Yeah – I’m gonna end my side note rant talking about how great I am. )

Anyhow…   I was startled awake by the dogs freaking out because someone had rang the doorbell.  Turns out Mike had ordered pizza after I passed out.  In theory – I should have just gone upstairs to bed, but in REALITY, I begged Mike to share 2 pieces of pizza with me and he did!

Nothing like 2nd dinner at 11pm at night!

Random question/poll:

Do any of you keep your extra/leftover pizza in the oven??  (Oven turned off OF COURSE!)

This idea was so foreign to me 5 years ago.  I remember the first time one of my college roommates did it – I just thought they were super drunk the night before!    In my house growing up – leftover pizza always went in the fridge!  

Turns out – Mike grew up in “oven” house – and now he’s converted me!  I’ve never been a fan of cold pizza – but I LOVE room temperature pizza (or actually – any food room temperature – how weird is that?)

So what are you – an oven or a fridge house?

I’m not sure what came over me this week, but I’ve been feeling INCREDIBLY lazy when it’s come to breakfast.  When I get lazy, this happens:

I’ve got PB in my desk drawer, and jelly in the fridge, so all I need to do to “pack breakfast” is throw to pieces of bread in my bag. I mean -  when it’s that easy – can you blame me??

Lunch was all together just ODD.  Remember that awesome dinner I made the other night?  Well, while I could have eaten the whole avocado, I opted not to, so that I could save it for lunch the next day!

I also had some edamame left over, and that’s when I decided to get crazy (got help me if my definition of “crazy” has become combining food – when did I become old?? ): 

Edamame + Guacamole = EDAMOLE!!!

(devoured with non-pictured Baked Scoops)

Now I’m 200% someone else has probably come up with that already, but after it popped in my head, I was really damn proud of myself.  Yeah – I’m cool.   But for real – this was really really good.  Especially because I like guac to have huge chunks of fresh tomatoes and I was out.    Try it for yourself!

There was hardly time to breathe in the afternoon, let alone have a snack (have I mentioned Valentine’s Day is our second busiest holiday of the year at AG??) – but I did manage to find time for some after work drinks!

I stopped at Brother’s Lounge (yeah, just like last Thursday) with Angelina and her friend (turned my friend) Becky for some drinks and gossip!  Sauv Blanc:

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and then came home and tried to make a healthier version of a Taco Bell quesadilla!  Turkey, Laughing Cow, & Mexican Cheese:

Started out good, but ended up horribly burnt, which I decided not to take a picture of for some reason (perhaps it was the wine?)  Don’t worry – I still picked it apart and at the filling!

Last but not least – I don’t think I’ve announced it on here (but have definitely tweeted about it…)  I’m going to FitBloggin’!!!!!

I seriously can’t wait!   I’m looking forward to meeting lots of bloggers for the first time, as well as seeing old bloggie friends!  Not to mention – it’s being put on by Roni, who was the very first food blogger I ever found, and is pretty much my blogging idol!