New Moon Movie Review, New Recipe, New Shoes/Stuff, 12.5 Miles

Hey Ladies - happy Monday! I’m super pumped as I left the office and won't be back until Tuesday... next Tuesday – woo! I’m pumped, although I will have to do some work over the holidays. Boo. Hopefully not too much!

So… backing up! Saturday morning Me and Teresa walked 4 miles burning 184 calories. I also made great progress on my Big Boned book! Afterwards we had lunch, Garden Summer Pasta from Ohlivin. I'm still obsessed with it! (even though it's not summer)

Then we were off to H&M, Forever, Baker’s, DSW and Dick’s. I got a funky dress shirt, a pair of checkered leggings, cozy socks (gray/black striped!) and a new pair of running shoes! I replaced the ones I had – love having tread now woo!

Cozy shirt - love the gathering on bottom and on sleeves!


Fun checkered leggings - only $5! I wore them to work today with a purple dress and black flat boots!

Cozy socks - LOVE! Wore them under the boots today :)

Old vs. New!

New Tread - woo!

Then we were off to New Moon. MOVIE REVIEW (SPOILER ALERT): So I loved it. I loved the whole series, but this was my least favorite book so I was worried I wouldn't like it. Especially since my favorite was Twilight and I thought the movie was meh. However, this one was SO much better – better directing? Maybe. I just really felt like it told a story and developed the characters better. I thought it followed the book more, too, and made much more sense than the first movie. A few things I didn’t like: Edward/Cullens weren’t in it enough (nature of the story), they waited too long to cut Jake’s hair (he’s a doll with it cut…. I think he’s unattractive with it long) and there were a few random things that happened that weren’t in the book. Overall, it was MUCH better though – the acting, the sets, the story, etc. I can’t wait to see it again and was so glad to see it with Teresa – a fellow Twihard.

After the movie we raced home to let puppers’ out (she brought her Daisy and Cassie!) and then it was wine time and dinner time – a new recipe, Greek Pizza from For the Love of Cooking! Here’s my recipe for ONE pizza (one serving):


4 Oz. Trader Joe’s Dough
4 tbsp Trader Joe’s mushroom spaghetti sauce
28 grams Trader Joe’s mozzarella cheese
28 grams Fat-Free Feta cheese
15 grams artichoke hearts
10 grams Kalamata olives, quartered
15 grams Red onion, sliced thinly
3 slices Roma tomato, sliced thinly
½ tsp dried oregano

Let the dough sit on a floured surface for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Coat a large pizza baking tray with cooking spray then sprinkle lightly with corn meal. Roll dough into whatever shape you desire. Place on baking tray. Evenly spread sauce, mozzarella, artichoke hearts, tomato slices, red onions, kalamata olives, feta cheese and oregano on top. Place in the oven and bake for 10-14 minutes or until desired crispiness. Remove from oven and slice. Nutritional Information: 455 calories, 61 carbs, 12 fat grams and 21 protein grams.

We both loved it – super flavorful. I’ll be making it again for sure! We settled in for The Ugly Truth. It was SO cute, I’m definitely a fan. Then we tried to watch New in Town… meh. Had to stop it to watch The Proposal again. LOVE IT! I had lots and lots of random snacks and ended up at 2,398 calories, 302 carbs, 79 fat grams and 63 protein grams. EEK! Worth a wonderful day with a great bestie though!! Here’s what I ate.

Sunday we woke up to rain and lots of it! Teresa and her puppers took off and me and Reuben slubbed around… then finally cleaned… then I went to the gym and walked 1 mile, ran 1.5 miles and then walked another 2 miles. I’m so glad I got in 1.5 miles of running again, it’s just getting easier and easier! I did the 4.5 miles in 57 minutes, burning 253 calories. After the gym, I showered and then Austin got home – woo!! SO good to see him; he had a blasty in NOLA but I was definitely glad to have him back! We had dinner (another new recipe which I’ll post tomorrow: Chicken Philly Sandwiches) and then we watched the Proposal. He had never seen it but enjoyed it, although not as much as me! I passed out early and ended up at 1,811 calories, 259 carbs, 52 fat grams and 83 protein grams. Here’s what I ate.

Today was okay. I got lots of work done, was in a fabulous mood, Stacy was back (woo!), we walked 4 miles during lunch and it was all good. Then some stuff happened that made me angry/annoyed/frustrated/confused/etc. so I headed straight home to complain to Austin, then I got back to work even though i'm supposed to be on vacay. Grrr. Now i'm blogging though so i'm happy and i'm SO GLAD i'm on vacay - I need it. Fo sho. I'll post today's stats tomorrow (along with the Chicken Philly recipe). I hope you guys all had great days!

Have you seen The Proposal? What's your favorite "girl movie"?!

Have you see Twilight: New Moon? If so, what did you think? If not, do you plan to?