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Weekend recap

Saturday was the last full day the Atlanta Superfriends were in town.

 Brunch
Around 11ish we headed to Lost Rhino Brewery, where I had a salad (100), nuts (135), and water (good!) plus some of Chris' nachos (250?) and beer (150) (bad!)
In fairness to me, I only drank two and a half mini glasses from the sampler.  I outsourced some (to Chris) and there was one that no one liked.  No lie, it tasted like smoke.
Then we went to the outlets, where I showed major restraint by not buying anything from Banana Republic.  I also joined the hoards of crazy people in Kate Spade, since all handbags were 50% + 20% off.  The line went out the door.  I got a purple wristlet for $50.  $50, people!  I also scored a $13 shirt from Ralph Lauren, and Brooke bought me a pair of flip flops from Vineyard Vines for passing the SPHR!  Thanks, Brooke!  (Kate Spade, Ralph Lauren, and Vineyard Vines?  I feel so New England-y!)

Dinner
Around 4ish we headed to Ford's Fish Shack, where I had another salad (150), raw oysters (50), lots of unsweetened iced tea (good!) plus many stolen bites of french fries (100), chips (75), and banana pudding and blueberry pie (250) (bad!)
In fairness to all of us, we scraped the caramel off the bananas.  That makes it healthy, right?
Note to self: learn to make some sort of healthy-ish banana pudding.

 Snack was iced coffee (90) and then I went for a 30 minute walk with Chris.
Mmmm, tastes like corporate.
Calories: 1350/1400 Again, not the must nutritionally dense, but still...progress
Water: 6/8 (sad)
Exercise: Yes, walking

 Could have been better, but not bad.  We'll give it a Johnny Weir, celebrating the 4th of July with a flag and glitter.
On Sunday it was again with the...

 Brunch!
We said goodbye and safe travels to our Atlanta friends.  I had Eggs Benedict Florentine, which involves two poached eggs (150), two pieces of wheat toast instead of English Muffins (150), a half cup spinach (5), hollandaise sauce (140), and some potatoes (150).  Also about 3 glasses of water.
Snack was an iced coffee (90) while sitting at the pool and reading.  Ahhhh....

 Then I cleaned out my closet and drank two glasses of water (exciting, huh?).  My closet often reflects how untethered I'm feeling, which over the last few months was a lot.  So it was due for an overhaul.

 Here's the before of the shoe explosion and collection of drycleaning plastic:

And where the dresser threw up necklaces and other assorted things:
Note the 2 1/2 pairs of earrings on the earring holder.
Here's the after, which involved two bags of clothes going to charity, and many dresses going to the guest room closet as motivation to lose weight/inches before wearing them again.

 And the after of the dresser.  In case you're wondering about the sunglasses, I lose them all the time.  So I have a bunch of $10 pairs from Target.  Also thanks to Amy for the cute bird bag.
Earring holder: now featuring earrings!
Dinner was turkey porcupine meatballs (200) and brown rice (215), with two glasses of water.

 Then I went on a two mile walk with my lovely husband, followed by Fit Sugar's 10 Minute Arms, and finally 35 minutes of yoga for stress relief (an awesome dvd from Amazon that you should buy).  And two more glasses of water.

 Snack was two cups of cherry tomatoes (50), some hummus (70) and pita crisps (130) from the farmer's market.  And (all together now) two more glasses of water.

 Calories: 1350/1400
Water: 11/8
Exercise: Walking and strength and yoga!

 Clearly today deserves a Kate.

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