free time and football

I am so happy to have today off of work. I love weekends, especially NFL play-off weekends, since there are games on Saturday AND Sunday. I love sleeping in, and being lazy and not feeling remotely guilty about it. Plus, I got some wonderful mail today, too.

Stonyfield responded to an email I sent them with some goodies (coupons) for my fave products. Their O’soy yog is THE best, but I can never find it anywhere, so hopefully they contacted some local markets to get more of their goodies stocked. The other mail was a postcard from Self mag, telling me I got a gift of a year long subscription (thanks Laura)!!

Totally an amazing Saturday and I haven’t even had coffee yet!

Here’s my cup of joe. I was too lazy to make the milk foamy. Hey, it’s the weekend! I’m out of soy milk, so this was a cafe au “lactaid.”

There may or may not have been some PB added to these slices…?

So creamy and delicious. Nothing else compares.

The fruit in the yogurt got me craving sweets, so I had a plate of strawberries and mango slices.

Followed my some dates….

After my sugar load, I was REALLY excited to finally get to the gym – it’s been almost 5 days since my last work out, and I am WAY too much of a ball of energy to go that long without releasing some of it. I layered up for the brrr and made my way to NYSC. I was pumped. I had my new Self mag (gracias to my sis for my 2009 subscription), the NFL wild card play-offs were on, and the gym wasn’t too full…the perfect set up for a great work out sesh! I started on the elliptical, while rocking out to Lady GaGa. Her cd is PERF for cardio, I’m obsessed.

I’m always a little scared to go to the gym the first few days in Jan because of all the New Year’s resolutions, so being the 3rd, I was surprised it wasn’t too crowded. After 60 mins (6 miles) on the elliptical at level 12, I was still on a high, so I headed to the tread mill. I was def in the zone. 30 minutes went by and I decided I should prob stop (even though I could have kept going) so I wouldn’t be a sore crippled mess tomorrow. I stretched forever, then did some abs, and hit the road.

I was in desperate need of groceries, so I hit up our Whole Foods (followed by Food Emporium for K’s eats). I scored some goodies and new products that I can’t wait to try.

For some reason, I wasn’t that hungry (maybe since I had lunch SO late?), so I decided to kinda snack the night away…

Brocc, carrots, and cauliflower…

SABRA! I’m such a wuss, I only get the classic flavor. But, should I really branch out when I love this one so much? I mean, I love it!

I obviously gobbed the hummus on this GN veggie burger, as well. These are still my fave veggie burgers, granted my trials haven’t been too extensive, but still.

Later on I was wanting a little snack type thing. Not sure what I felt like, I went on a hunt throughout the apartment…which took all of 3 seconds…and I settled on this.

Imagine’s Organic Creamy Corn Soup.

Their soups are fantastic!! Winter just makes me crave soup around the clock, so it’s good to have these stocked at all times. Carrot and butternut squash are also great flavors.
I had a mug of my new tea after dinner. I loved the TJ’s spiced chai that my parents had, but I was too lazy to head all the way downtown to Union Square…so we will see how the “Good Earth” chai tea compares.

WHOA! I really didn’t think I left it to steep that long (?), but holy $%^& it was strong!!

Note to self: next time, take the teabag out WAY sooner.

I may have had some dates for dessert….