Birthday

I can now call myself a 20 something :) I turned 21 yesterday! I had a little family BBQ at my parents house and my sister made me a fancy cake. It was her first time working with fondant, I think she did I pretty nice job. Plus it combined two of my favorite things. The colour pink and bows!

In terms of potlucks, going out and cakes I think I did pretty well this weekend. Yes I did indulge a little, it was my birthday after all. However, I actually served myself smaller portions and stopped when I felt full. That is something I rarely did before because I ate to fast for my body to resister that it had been fed. It may sound a little elementary but I have really had to work at chewing my food fully before swallowing. I am finding I enjoy my food a lot more even if I am eating less then I was before.

Gift wise I got some new makeup brushes from my sister, they are so soft and pretty. I love them! I also got a little picnic set (forks, cup plates) that came in it's own cute little bag. The star of the show was the tent my parents got me. I had mentioned wanting to go camping this summer so it was the perfect gift. Plus it is lime green! I will have to get some pictures up later of it.

Tonight I am going out for dinner at ChaBaa Thai and then to the movies for Sex and the City 2. I am excited to see the movie but sad that it will be over or I will at least have to wait a couple of years to see the next movie. Over the last couple of weeks I watched all six seasons and the 1st movie for the first time. I loved it! So excited. I even bought new shoes ;)

Chinese Blah

I had to go in to work today to finish up somethings. I didn't end up getting in to work until 2 somewhat because of transit issues but mostly because I like to sleep in and didn't leave the house until 12:45. As a result I was at work till quarter after 8 so I had takeout with everyone else who was in working. I had to much. I really should not have gone back for seconds. When I say seconds I don't mean a bit more rice because it was tasty, I mean a full on second plate. Not good for me and now I feel sick.

From now on when I have to work weekends I will definitely pack a healthy and properly portioned supper so as to avoid yucky temptations.

Now on to more pleasant news.

On my way home I picked up some Liberté Yogurt that everyone talks about so much. It is just the normal yogurt in Blackberry flavour. There was no Greek kind in my supermarket but I will be keeping an eye out for it. It was on sale too so bonus! Can't wait to try it :)

I recently decided to scrap the idea that I should wait till I reach 180 before getting a camera. My blog seems so bare to me and I want to be able to take pictures of all the yummy stuff I am eating now a days.

Now I just need to figure out what camera to get!

Pasta Mountain...

Today I had apple cinnamon oatmeal for breakfast and it was tasty. Staying up till about 2am last night reading caught with me though as I found myself nodding off around 10 this morning. So I went and got a french vanilla cappuccino from the evil machine in the kitchen. I don't usually drink coffee but I really felt like I needed a boost to avoid face planting my keyboard. Judging by the calories in a same size Tim Horton's one the cappuccino was probably about 250 calories so I skipped the morning snack.

For lunch I had some left over pasta from Thursday's Boston Pizza trip. My sister had a free pasta coupon because of her birthday. They give such huge portions there though. I ended up coming home with about half of it. I only just looked up the nutritional info on their website and I can tell you this, next time I go I am going to check the site before I leave the house. I had the Spicy Italian Penne and it was pretty good. It wasn't 1,530 calories good though! That is almost what my daily intake is suppose to be. I only ate about half so 765 calories for a meal, still not great but much more reasonable then 1.5k. Lesson learned.

Tonight my sister wants to go out for a couple of drinks since she just turned 19 today. Happy Birthday!! We are going to the Argyle in Halifax and I am going to have a mango daiquiri. I always get one when I am there. I might have another drink while I am there but going to try to nurse that as long as possible. Gotta wake up in the morning after all :P

I might have a lighter supper so I can also get some calamari while I am out. So yummy!