Ten on Tuesday (Ok, so it's Monday night...Whatever!)

1.  This may sound like a little thing to many people, but that's the whole point of "ten on tuesday".  When I was off from work I had to go around running errands, one of which was to stop by the honda dealership and sign the title for my car.  The guy that helped me there throughout the whole lease to buy deal was nice to me the whole time.  On this day I was sitting in his office waiting for him to finish with another customer, and when he walked in the first thing he said was, "ok, first of all, who said you could come into my office looking so smoking hot?".  He went on to mention how good I looked that day several times.  I was wearing white pants and a polo, nothing crazy, but it's nice to hear that someone noticed the little bit of extra effort I put into looking nice.
2.  As mentioned in "fitness friday", I made some low calorie pre packaged snacks.  It makes me feel like I've "got my s*** together" when I do little things like this.
3.  Anyone that knows me, knows that one of my favorite simple foods on the planet is a good sandwich.  Well this week I decided to treat myself and make myself a really good sandwich.  I got a great sub roll, my favorite "made in house" roast beef, prosciutto, two different kinds of cheese, roasted red peppers, fresh tomato, pickles, and mayo.  MMM!
4.  On my day off when I was just hanging out at home, I got a surprise FB message from the last person on the planet I ever thought would be online.... Joshua!  Yes, Dani's Joshua!  It was nice to finally get a chance to talk to him a little bit, and I felt to special that in his very short amount of "back home connection time" he messaged me.
5.  As I'm sure you all know, Sex and the City 2 was released in theaters this past week.  To help myself prepare for the new movie I spend my free time over the past few weeks re-watching the entire series and the first movie.  I always like getting to see some of those old episodes, they are so great!
6.  I've always been a big fan of martini's, before I was legally allowed to drink, I liked drinking martinis.  I haven't had a martini in a long time, but this week I had a few "Asian Pear Martinis" at the Cheesecake Factory.  Although I haven't had a martini in a while, they are still as great as ever.
7.  If you ever want to know something you can do to make yourself feel great all day, the answer is:  wear cute shoes!  When I went to the movies to see Sex and the City 2, I wore my red glittered boots from the Patricia Fields store... they made me feel great!  The day I was off running errands and was "smoking hot" at the honda dealership, I was wearing my favorite white flip flop heels... they made me feel great!  And today, I wore my Prada loafers to work... they made me feel great!  So the moral to this story is, once in a while take a moment pick out a cute outfit, and be sure to wear some cute shoes with it, you'll feel great!
8.  I keep hearing all these people reference the movie "The Notebook", since I hadn't seen it I decided to netflix it.  Although overall I'm disappointed in the movie (it's pretty much exactly what I thought, a predicable chick flick) I was happy to see that Kevin Connolly (my favorite Hollywood man) was in the movie.
9.  When I was on my way home from the movies the other night I had to switch subway lines at the Government Center stop.  There was two cute guys walking in front of me, and when they turned to walk up the stairs to the street, the one guy turned, and when he looked at me said, "Hey there, how ya doing?".  Again this might sound like a stupid little thing, but this little hello made my whole night much better.
10.  I know I shouldn't be this excited about something on facebook, but this week Nikki and Anthony's engagement photos went up on facebook!  It was great being able to see them, and to see all the neat photoshop effects Dani did to the photos.  They all look so great, I have no idea how they are going to pick their favorites!

"Fitness" Friday

So the whole idea of sharing my weekly workouts on this blog was to help motivate me to actually workout.  So far, it isn't working as well as I had thought it would.  I wasn't able to make it to the gym at all this week. 
I am happy to say I have grown to have much better eating habits then I did before.  The June issue of Self magazine and a page with all different suggestions on low calorie snack ideas.  Yesterday I put several of them together so that they would be "pre-packaged" and ready to grab as I run out the door (see photo of golden grahams and marshmallow 100 calorie packs).  Also in an effort to both eat healthy (and save money) I haven't been eating out much at all.  No pizza orders, no fast food, I've even been making my coffee at home.
Work has been eating up a lot of my time lately, but if all goes well and I get out at a okay time I plan to go to the gym tomorrow.  We'll see how it goes!

New Sunglasses

By the request of my followers, here are my fabulous new Chanel sunglasses...



I picked these ones because brown sunglasses always look great on me, but I didn't want to get another pair of tortoise frames (I already have two).  I liked that these were brown but yet, the pattern of the thin swirled brown lines gives them a modern look.  Also the Chanel "c's" on the side aren't too "in your face" large, like the mother of pearl frames (the mother of pearl ones have been selling a lot, according to the sales woman, "Tiger Woods' wife has them", she told me.  Yeah, I picked the ones that Tiger Woods wife doesn't have, she isn't exactly a fashion icon, besides why would I want the same sunglasses that everyone else has?!?!?

Ten on Tuesday

1.  This past weekend was inventory at work.  It was the first inventory I lead, and it went really well! 

2.  On Friday night I was very happy to meet my dear friend Casey out for a drink after work.  I haven't seen her in over a month, it was great to see her and catch up.

3.  Since I only had to work in the morning on Thursday, I spend the rest of the day walking around Boston running errands.  I never get sick of walking around this beautiful city.

4.  On Friday, Boston was lucky enough to be graced with fantastic weather.  Since I didn't have to leave for work until 1:00 I decided to have a little picnic at Pier Park.  Pier Park is a park near my house, I love going there.  It was great to have a relaxing morning with a sandwich and a magazine.

5.  When you live in a city you get used to the noise.  But one thing I always notice and am amazed by is when the city is completely silent.  There's something outstanding about looking out at a city skyscape and hearing nothing.

6.  I treated myself to a pair of black linen pants (from lucky of course).  I haven't found an article of clothing that I liked this much in a long time.  They are so comfy, but they look so cute at the same time!

7.  It's been several months since I got my gift card for Saks, and I finally used it for a new pair of Chanel sunglasses.  I have had a pair of sunglasses for several years, and the frames have become really bent over time.  Turns out they got so bent that they are beyond repair, so now they will be my beach sunglasses.  But, lesson learned your sunglasses should be tightened once a month.

8. Apparently the rest of the country was excited about the finale of Lost, I could care less.  Grey's Anatomy on the other hand, WOW.  Anyone that watches the show will tell you that it isn't as good as it used to be, but this year's season finale was amazing.  It was even more fun because I was text messaging my dear friend Nikki during every commercial break.

9.  I've started researching my next vacation.  Just researching what to do, and where to go is making me so excited!  I haven't gone on a real vacation since 2007, so I'm big time in need of a vacation!

10.  I can't think of a number 10 this week!  I have great friends, how's that for a 10!

Fitness Friday

Well, I went to the gym on Monday and made it a little over 3 miles on the treadmill and did a little lifting (not as much lifting as I would have liked).  I was going to go to the gym on either Wednesday or Thursday as my second day, but on Wednesday I just flat out didn't feel like it (bad, I know) and Thursday was a beyond nice day weather wise, so I figured I would go for a long walk around Boston.  It served double duty, I certainly walked over 3 miles (although I have no idea really how far I walked) and I was able to get several errands done along the way.  Anyone that has been to Boston to visit me, and/or come out for a "little walk" with me around town can tell you, there is no such thing as a short walk with me, I always end up loosing all track of distance, I can walk around Boston for hours and not even realize how far/long I've been walking.  Although I must say yesterday it was difficult to walk through the commons and not give in to any of the vendors.  The lemonade, street meat, and fried dough were all out yesterday, but I'm proud to say I walked right by (even though I had to put my head down and try not to even look at the fried dough vendor).

Ten on Tuesday

1.  Sometimes we all (I hope) have those days, or moments that we feel like (excuse my french) we feel like we have our shit together.  For me, I had one of those days on Friday.  I went to the fastlane office to deal with a few violations (of course I have ezpass/fastlane but for some reason the toll booth misses it sometimes), and I paid all my bills.  I also went through ALL my mail (there's a lot) and opened and organized it.
2.  Yesterday I also had a "feeling with it" day.  I spend zero dollars!  I've been trying to save money, but everyday something always seems to turn up; need gas, pay bills, food, coffee, groceries.  But yesterday, I had my morning coffee in my new travel mug (see number 3), I packed a healthy (and cheap) lunch, and cooked chicken tacos for dinner.
3.  When Dani was up visiting during Marine Week, she purchased a cold beverage travel cup from starbucks.  It looks just like an iced venti starbucks cup, it even has a re-useable straw!  Several of my friends from college have it as well and love it.  I went and purchased myself one so I could use it (with the help of my keurig) to make iced coffee, on the go.
4.  One of my favorite healthy snacks is "blue diamond smokehouse almonds".  They are great because they fit that salty snack fix but are more filling then other salty snacks.  I like to mix them with a some M&M's for a great salty/sweet snack mix.
5.  Over the past week I've been watching the first four seasons of "Entourage" (and I'm working on season 5 right now.  It's one of my favorite shows, since there hasn't been anything good on tv lately (and I hate commercials) it's been nice to have something to want to come home and watch.
6.  For the past several weeks I've been listening to a CD that my dear friend Ashley made for me.  She's such a big music person that I shouldn't be surprised, but it pumps me up every morning, it's great.
7.  I've had a chance to talk to several of my friends over the past week, most of which I haven't talked to or seen in a while, I've got the greatest friends, it's always great hearing from them.
8.  Thanks to my amazing friends this blog now has two followers!  YAY!
9.  Recommendation:  Cook yourself an awesome breakfast at least once a week or so, it makes the whole day seem great.
10.  Eat some hershey kisses, you'll be happy!

Fitness (or lack of fitness) Friday

I'm sorry to report that I didn't go to the gym at all over the past week.  I had been planning to go a few different days, but realized after running out of the house that I had forgotten to pack and take my gym bag.  I haven't worked out in over a month now, so it's hard to get back in the routine.  But this week is going to be different, this week I WILL make it to the gym AT LEAST two times. 

As for the 5K, we tried to jog/walk it at the beginning but that didn't last long.  It was pouring rain, literally down pouring during the entire race.  Since we were not prepared for such a crazy storm we ended up walking almost the whole thing, but we finished, it took us 50 minutes.