Book Review, Halloween Photogs and Holiday Overeating

Saturday really was a great day! Loved that I got to go walking with Teresa- good times – and then we chilled out and watched football under blankets in her cozy den. Before we knew it, it was time to get ready, finish getting the food ready, etc. – the party started at 7! We had a blast getting to know more of her and Forrest’s friends, playing Rock Band, hanging out with Reuben and seeing him with all of the other puppers, etc. Also GREAT to get to see Jimmy/Mary (our friends who had baby Emma) and Kelly/Ryan (our friends getting married in December). And of course, Teresa/Forrest – always a good time! Here’s some pics! (totally out of order - forgive me!)

Austin bumped into an old friend from Auburn who was partying across the street - so random!

Austin and his boys!

Teresa & Monica

Me, Mary and T!

The puppers!

Me and Austin rockin' it out

A new friend, Emitt! Reuben and Daisy loved him!

Who doesn't love Rock Band?

And Jell-O shots in syringes

Teresa made so much AWESOME food - and cute little signs

yum - ate lots of M&Ms

Most of the spread - tons!

Trying to get puppers to get it together

hehe costume time

Tried to get a good one of Reuben - it was hard!

T made this 'witch's brew!'

Me and baby Reuben!

See - he just wasn't cooperating!

Another attempt - love that it looks like he's wearing leggings!

My baby pumpkin!! He went classic th is year fo sho.

Me and Austin -not as good as homecookedem's pics but we were happy!

Teresa and Forrest went ALL OUT with the costumes!

This is just a small sampling - they did SO much!

Group shot of me and Austin with 3 of our favorite couples!

T, me, Kelly D and Mary!

So yes, I overate. I was just still kinda tired/still kinda feeling crappy and just let myself snack a lot even though I wasn’t hungry. All of the yummy chips and dips couldn’t be resisisted! So my calorie count was pretty high, ending up at 2,530 calories, 208 carbs, 79 fat grams and 108 protein grams. Halloween is once a year though, right? It’s all good – I’m back on track and honestly, am glad I had those snacks. How often do you get to have Velveeta rotel?! Never! Haha Here’s what I ate.

I mentioned I finished Karin Slaugter’s Faithless (the 5^th in the series). While it ended up being SO good, it took a while for it to get going. It was very ebb and flow and was one of the longest books of hers (530 pages). I dunno – I kept getting in and out and while I definitely was impressed with the twists and turns (first and last 100 pages rocked), the middle was muddy. Me and Stacy were talking and it’s like her first and second were AMAZING, then the 3^rd was meh, then the 4^th was AMAZING and now the 5^th was a little meh. I give it a 3/5 but definitely recommend if you read the series to read this because there was definitely some movement in their personal lives outside of the mystery!

This morning I got up earlier than the group, so I stayed in bed and started my book club book, Sue Miller’s While I was Gone. It’s great so far, but I only got 30 pages in. I definitely won’t be reading this on the treadmill – tiny font – so I’m going to start reading one of your recommendations! Sarah’s Key, The Lost Symbol, The Host, Happens Every Day and Julie and Julia are all GREAT ideas. I also love the Time Traveler’s Wife and Twilight suggestions, but I’ve read those (loved them all!). I think I’m going to go with the Host, mostly because it involves no effort – my awesome mom will bring it over Tuesday – woo! Then I’m thinking of putting these up for book club – Sarah’s Key and Happens Every Day especially sound like book club material. Thanks again! If you have any other book recs please send them over – love it!

So I’m taking a personal day tomorrow – woo! I don’t even know what I’m going to do yet. I know it will definitely involve reading, a library, a gym and some home organization though. We shall see!! I hope you all had wonderful weekends:

1. Did you have a happy Halloween?
2. Did you overeat like me?!