economic recession, not so much!

Rise and shine, my Uncle Matt is in town.

I woke up early-ish to get a few things done before the day got too far along. Actually, that’s a lie, Kyle got up early and dragged me out of bed with him. So I watched while he did laundry, made coffee, and went to the store for milk (oops, ran out last night curbing my hummus/bread late night fiesta). I’m so lucky to have such a fabulous boyfriend. I do my best to pull my weight, making him dinners on my days off, etc. but there’s no denying it – he’s one of a kind.

Sorry for the AM mushy stuff. Moving on to the real part of the day…

After 2 1/2 cups of coffee and 1 TALL glass of silk light soymilk, I was ready for the gym.

Or so I thought…

NYSC smelled gross – like B.O. combined with excessive bathroom sanitizer spray…plus, it is like 140 degrees on the upstairs. With a combo of factors like that, it really makes running on an elliptical hard when you can’t breath. Needless to say, I got through it alive and hopefully just a bit stronger. Otherwise, I’m not sure it was worth it. I stretched minimally so I could just get the hell out of the place.

While watching football (I love Sundays) I had an open faced breakfast sandwich.

A Street bread with ff Fage, plus egg beaters and soy bacon.

I was lazy and cooked the “eggs” in the microwave.

It looks sloppy, but tasted heavenly. Trust me, even Kyle was salivating at the fake bacon.

After lunch Kyle and I headed out for some continued shopping…
nobody told me there was a recession. I was trying to get a bunch of stuff before leaving for vacation. Time restraints make shopping a difficult experience (I am really picky and tend to take 10 hours just to make up my mind about a pair of socks). What’s even WORSE, I get worn out really easily, so I usually only last 2 hours. Do the math. Now it’s clear why I come home empty handed 99% of the time. Even though it was the weekend, stores weren’t as obnoxiously packed as they usually are. But, it’s just a matter of weeks before the holiday shopping season begins – and that scene is one I try to avoid at all costs. Good thing I found some bomb ass stuff in the first few places! Crisis averted 🙂

After shopping I met up with Uncle Matt and Bart in Bryant Park. We watched the ice skaters and sipped on starbucks coffee. Then we had to hit the road so Kyle could get home for his ride to the airport. We grabbed Thai on the way home for dinner.

Whole Wheat Dumplings: Macro & Vegan. Ingreds: organic whole wheat flour, organic cabbage, organic carrot, shiitake mushroom, organic green onion, organic apple cider vinegar, organic agave syrup, paprika, tahini, sesame oil, black pepper, organic garlic, and sea salt.

They were packed in the container like sardines…I just kept going and I felt like I wasn’t making a dent.

But of course I managed to polish the entire thing off (did you ever doubt me?) Here are the last 4 zoomed in. They were pretty delish.

Kyle also had extra Pad Thai Noodles that I stole. Talk about a carbo load! These were also vegan and macro. So, at least it was healthy (woot woot for whole wheat). PLUS, unlike chinese take out, it wasn’t saturated with grease and oil. I like food.