One of the MANY fun perks that goes with having a dog (or should I say dogS in our case)  – is getting up at all hours of the night if they have to go to the bathroom. 

This little love muffin woke me up at 4:15 yesterday…

Thanks Lando! (how can you stay made at that FACE?!)

But – I had a 6 mile training run to get out of the way, so I figured since I was already up – I might as well stay up!    And honestly – I’m glad I did, because on the last mile of my run, it started to snow – and over 24 hours later – it hasn’t stopped since! 

Since I was up BEFORE the crack of dawn – I had time to actually make breakfast – so I whipped up spicy oats:

I was out of egg but got tricky and switched in some spicy PB!

Lunch – a bean, veggie, fruit medley

Followed up with a z-bar and some PB:

I originally had plans to go out last night with my girlfriends, but those got cancelled – which I was bummed about UNTIL – I came home, and realized I had a husband who was Law Review Note free, meaning – we could go out on a date!

We went 3rd Place, pub right down the street from us and got a few drinks:

and then got sucked in (read – I forced Mike ) to play Megatouch:

then got the food “to go”!   Pizza/boneless wings/subs might not be the healthiest dinner, but I didn’t care because it was SO NICE to have my husband back!

Just when I thought my day couldn’t get any beter…

I finally got my shirt from Stove Monkeys (that I won thanks to Alicia!)

OBSESSED! I was so excited to finally get it – I’m already wearing it to work today! (and I already got 2 compliments on it!)

Thanks Alicia and Stove Monkeys!

Ya’ll came through for me again!   Look at ALL the wonderful book recommendations I have to get me started:

A FULL PAGE!!! Looks like I’ll be busy for a while!

For breakfast – I had toast again, but this time went back to the Smuckers Sugar Free Strawberry Jam:

The grape is NO GOOD!

Lunch was a nice fresh salad:

With my new obsession – I did a little half’n’half action

I’m seriously in love with Bolthouse dressings – so amazing!

My winter staple snack (I really wish citrus was in season all year long!)

and a Mariani Trail Mix bar:

After work – I ran to get an echeck on my car – except Mapquest was WAY WAY WAY WRONG.   So, after driving all over in the ghetto of Cleveland – I finally found the place – and the echeck itself took 3 minutes!   Go figure!

Once I got home – I was STARVING and I wanted everything in sight – so I started with a spinach, hummus wrap:

and followed up with a plate that any college student would approve of – hot(turkey) dogs and pickles! 

Nope, not pregnant, this is just the randomness I eat! Can you IMAGINE the combinations I’d crave if I were pregnant?!?!?!?!  Now that’s a thought!

When I got to work yesterday – I found a not so discretely labeled present on my desk:

Hmm, wonder why Finance would be giving me a gift?

It’s so weird to think I’ve been at American Greetings for 2 years!  Some days – I feel like I’ve worked here forever, and other days – I feel like my first day was just yesterday!

Breakfast wasn’t anything special – just the end of the bread bag, so I had 3 pieces of toast (hey, I had to make the “butt” feel loved!)

Does anyone else call the end slices of bread “the butt”?  I remember the first time I said it, Mike thought it was funny, so I wasn’t sure what other people called it!  Do tell!

Lunch was leftovers from Sunday (you are about to notice this is a common theme with my meals in this post! )

I can’t get over how great this pizza was!  Also – I really can’t get over how fantastic it looks! :mrcool:  Usually my dishes come out TASTING good, but looking a little rough around the edges!  So when a dish is actually pretty, I LOVE it!

I’ve been stuck on naranjas for days now – perhaps I should switch it up – how do you say “orange” in French?

By the time I got home I was STARVING, so I was really glad that I had left over potato salad from the night before:

I really can’t wait to try and perfect the recipe!  The Frank’s helped, but the whole mayo/mustard/vinegar ratio is way off! Perhaps I’ll try again this weekend?

For dessert – I ate another one of my Sunday creations:

If I could only pick one cake/muffin/baked good to eat for the rest of my life – it would involve Lemon Poppy Seed!

After cleaning up the kitchen and folding some laundry – it was time to hit the couch for the “Girls Tell All” and some tasty popchips:

I ate every last one!  

So – for those of you who got sucked in to this show like I did – Who do you think is going to win?  Vienna????  Or Tenley????

I really want Tenley to win, but I have a BAD feeling Vienna is going to get the ring!