I lalalalove weekends. So much. This weekend was nothing short of fun and amazing, and I have so much to be thankful for. From awesome family and friends to delicious chicken wings.
My Friday night was spent celebrating my cousin Lindze’s 30th birthday. Lindze had her birthday early last week, but her husband Mike had a bunch of her closest friends get together at Margarita’s for appetizers and drinks. I hadn’t been out in THE longest time, and I was really excited (once my headache went away). Ripped jeans, leopard flats, a white scrunched top from Express and a black leather jacket. It felt so nice to be dressed up and girly!
The birthday girl!
The night was full of laughs, buffalo chicken wings (we had a mini boneyard going on our end of the table), chips, and other delicious Mexican appetizers, courtesy of an amazing husband. It was so much fun being out and seeing some of the awesome friends of Lindze’s that have also turned into people who I have grown to know over the years.
Saturday
I didn’t get to bed until about 11 Friday night, so I chose to turn off my 7:30 am alarm Saturday morning and slept another hour. The extra sleep felt nice, and after waking up a bit, I headed over to the gym to get a tempo run in.
1 mile warm-up run, 2 mile tempo run which was tough, and a very short cool down since I was absolutely out of steam. After the run it was on to a mini shoulder workout, 8 minutes of abs, and lots of stretching. My legs were really sore from two hard runs in a row, so it felt really nice to loosen them up a bit!
After my run, I showered, had a shake, and settled on the couch while I painted my nails and watched Castle while getting some blog work taken care of. An afternoon of errands and a Kardashians marathon ensued.
And then it was off to Massachusetts for the rest of the evening! 🙂
Sunday
Sunday I woke up exhausted as ever, but after a mini breakfast, I got dressed and headed to the gym for leg day. I wasn’t feeling it at all on my drive over there, but once I got to the gym, I was p-u-m-p-e-d up! It actually turned out to be one of the best leg workouts I’ve had in quite a bit of time!
Post gym I showered, made myself a strawberry protein shake, ate a hearty lunch, and then it was off for a movie date with my Mom!
We have 2 theaters in my town; an Imax and an older Regal Cinemas that lost it’s business when the Imax opened a few years ago. Regal decided to play the new movies once they left the main theater for about $3 a ticket, but they recently gave the theater a makeover and now they have ultra-reclining seats! It made Bradley Cooper 100x hotter. We ended up seeing The Longest Ride, and I would now like to add Scott Eastwood to my long list of men I’d like to marry.
After the movie, it was on to running errands, getting my hair cut, eating, and watching tv. All in all, a very productive, lazy and awesome weekend! 🙂
Ever gone to a movie with reclining leather seats?
What was best thing you ate this weekend?
I need to find a theater with reclining seats! Except there may be a chance that I would fall asleep from being a bit too comfy! My boyfriend had this weekend off (yay!) so we spent some much needed time together. We ran normal errands, but also did some fun shopping, and had TWO dinners out. I felt pretty lucky that we were able to do that since we rarely eat out! I am looking forward to this coming weekend to lay low…I love my “me time” on the weekends.
hahah those were my thoughts exactly! It’s the perfect place to take a mid-day nap too! It’s about 10 minutes from my work so I’m extremely tempted to nap there on my lunch hour! Two dinners out?! That must have been so delicious! Me time is the best kind of time, and it’s SO under-rated. I’m hoping to indulge in a healthy amount of it this week!
It was amazing – I’m so glad that we have changed our habits that dinners out are a treat! No matter what, they usually always feel special. Definitely underrated! I need more already, and it’s only Tuesday!
Sounds like a nice weekend! Hmm the best thing I ate this weekend was a quinoa salad and these delicious wraps at a recruiting event. After having felt nauseous the day before, it was really nice to have something other than bland popcorn and crackers!
Being sick is never fun, especially because you can eat good food or taste it.I’m glad that you’re feeling better though! A quinoa salad sounds really good right about now!