Bloggie Meet Up, Chicken Burrito Recipe, Successful Shopping Day and Halloween Costumes are (almost) Solved!

Oh Saturday. I continued lying around watching Friday Night Lights, then I showered, ate dinner, watched Mystery Science Theater 3000 with AustinAustin ordered pizza for dinner. Yes, we had other meals planned/cooked/in the fridge. But he wanted pizza. And I wanted comfort food. And it was GOOD. :) I tried not to overdo it, and it was fabulous. Then we watched Auburn get stomped by LSU. Lovely. Then I was off to bed early with baby Reuben. I ended up at 1,699 calories, 216 carbs, 68 fat grams and 78 protein grams. Not amazing, but not awful. Here’s what I ate.

Today I woke up (after having slept in) and felt SO much better. My appetite was back (I was actually craving food – the other days were more like oh…. I need to eat) and I was ready to get out of the house!! We had leftover pizza for breakfast (while making the planned breakfast. Hehe). And I heard from a fellow blogger! The lovely homecookedem had posted her past Halloween costumes. Hilarious! I was truly inspired by her Juno/Bleeker costumes and told her so, of course! She responded and said I should do it and could totally borrow Bleeker if I was in her area. And guess what? I was! She might live 2 miles from me! What are the odds?! Love it! We made plans to meet up at 7 p.m. at a Starbuck’s that was 5 minutes from each of our houses – how exciting!

I mean come on - who doesn't want to totally copy their costumes?!

Picture from homecookedem

In the meantime, I got to work on my Juno costume, and got it all together, but still needed a plaid skirt (to wear over my jeans) and a pregnant belly. Hmmm. I got ready and headed out to Forever 21, H&M, Macy’s, Hallmark, Halloween Store, TJ Maxx and Target. I came home with the following:

H&M: 2 Sweaters and 1 pair of cool long fingerless mittens
Forever 21: 2 pairs of patterned tights, 1 dress, 2 pairs of pants, 4 tops/cardigans, 1 hoodie, 3 pairs of socks and 1 recylable bag
Hallmark: 2 books of stamps
Target: 1 Halloween costume for Reuben, skirt for Juno costume, ball for Juno belly, umbrella, box of envelopes, sleeve of tennis balls and a laundry basket.

VERY successful day with lots of sales. I mean, the H&M sweaters were buy one get one FREE – are you kidding me?! I’ll take pics of clothes tomorrow – so excited! Anywho, raced home and had the Slow Cooker Chicken burritos – LOVE! Here’s the recipe for FOUR servings– a definite keeper for us:



1 pound chicken, boneless/skinless
1 14.5-oz. can diced tomatoes with green chiles
1 envelope taco seasoning
Other: 8 mission carb balance tortillas, 4 tbsp fat-free sour cream, 4 tbsp salsa and 4 tsp canola oil.

Place non-cooked chicken in slow cooker. Mix tomatoes and taco seasoning. Pour over chicken. Cover. Cook on low 6 hours. Remove lid and turn off heat. Shred chicken with two forks. Measure out four servings. Divide each serving onto two tortillas.Seal. Heat pan over medium heat with 1 tsp canola oil. Spread oil to cover bottom of pan. Once hot, add two burritos seam side down. Cook for 2 minutes, then flip and cook for 1-2 more minutes until brown. Remove, and repeat with other burritos (add 1 tsp canola; add 2 burritos). Then top each burrito with ½ tbsp sour cream and ½ tbsp salsa. Nutritional Information (2 burritos per serving; 1 tbsp ff sour cream; 1 tbsp ff salsa; 1 tsp canola oil): 450 calories, 48 carbs, 11 fat grams and 37 protein grams.

Hope you try and like it! After tacos, I tried on my Juno costume and realized my ball was too big. Dang! Back to square one on preggo belly. I hung out with the fam and then it was time to meet Homecookedem! She was SO sweet! We had yummy tea and talked and talked about everything from our our weddings, to weight, to cooking, exercise, families – you name it. I so enjoyed her company! By the time we got up to leave we realized we had been there for 2.5 hours – it was 9:30! Wonderful bloggie meet up – so appreciate her offering to lend us the Bleeker costume and so good to meet her! I headed home, threw together a quick Thai Kitchen single serving and am now watching a West Wing and blogging – woo! I ended the day at 1,690 calories, 243 carbs, 52 fat grams and 69 protein grams. Here’s what I ate.The pizza got me again…. Imagine that!

Well I hope you guys all had wonderful Sundays! I really appreciate you hanging in there with me through my blah/sick weekend!! Tomorrow I plan to post:

• Halloween costumes (mine/Austin’s/Reuben’s!)
• 2 Recipes: Country Egg Scramble (tomorrow’s breakfast) and Oriental Chicken (tomorrow’s lunch)
• New clothes – yay! I’m excited about my inexpensive finds – I’m loving the new season (as per usual!)

K – I’m out – ttyt!