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Day 189

Day 11 of Conga Lessons...

 Before we get to the food, can we take a diversion in to wedding planning?  First, I want to shamefully admit that Chris and I had a half hour discussion the other night about what stamps to use on the Save the Dates.  Muscle Cars?  Rosa Parks?  Innovative Choreographers? Latin Music Legends?  (These are all choices, by the way.)
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Major League Baseball All-Stars, anyone?
Tonight for fun, I tried to figure out invitation wording, which was hard.  I seriously cannot imagine requesting the honour of anyone's presence at anything, up to and including Kate Middleton and Jesus singing a duet of Summer Loving atop the Eiffel Tower.  

 The internet also suggest barf-worthy things (the harmony of love meets with the melody of life to create our beautiful love song...), stupid things, and things that start to seem reasonable after you've read all the barfy and stupid things (having your cats issue the invitation, "Your presence is requested as we vow to survive the zombie apocalypse together, etc.)
Oh gosh, Grandma will just LOVE this!
So anyway.  Breakfast was a hard boiled egg, a half cup of grilled tomatoes, a slice of whole wheat toast with jelly, a cup of green tea, and a cup of water.  I could totally get used to working from home and making an awesome breakfast.  Total: 5 points

 Then I did 30 minutes of wii fit (again, easy stuff/gentle yoga) and drank two glasses of water.

 Mid-day snack/lunch was a piece of banana bread and two cups of milk.  Total: 8 points
Today's Fine Art in Blogging is by Scott Moore.
Then we had a Groupon that was going to expire, so we went to Vintage 50.  We actually went there on one of our first "real" dates, many years ago.  Back then, it was pretty innovative--for example, Chris once got the boar spare ribs, and our favorite thing used to be pears stuffed with blue cheese and then deep fried like corn dogs.  Alas, they have turned in to more of a salad/sandwich/bar food place, but they brew their own beer and the food is tasty!  Plus, our bill with the Groupon was $18, and a few years ago, we would have paid $100 for dinner.  So yay for savings.

 We started out with the cheese.  It was delicious.  And a really big cheese plate for $12!


For my entree, I had the ahi tuna salad, and asked for some avocado so I could get my healthy fats in.  I also had a glass of wine (because wine and cheese, people!) and a glass of water.  Turns out that post-surgery, I can now get almost drunk on one glass of wine.  I'm a cheap date!  Then I came home and had another glass of water and 4 tootsie rolls.  Total: 16 points

 Liquids: 6/6
Dairy: 3/2 
Vitamin: 1/1  
Healthy Oil: 2/2 (counting the avocado)
Fruits/Veggies: 5/5
Protein: 5/2
Whole Grains: yes, whole wheat toast
Exercise: yes, 15 minutes of very light cardio, 15 minutes of gentle yoga
Total: 26/26 points
Weekly Points: 3/49 for the week

 In summary...
112/∞ pics of Catherine Elizabeth (♥)

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