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Sunday Strolling

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I wasn’t the only one who was in Christmas party recovery mode this weekend! I woke up, feeling nice and rested, to a text from Val wanting to get some food and catch up on one another’s weekend festivities.  I convinced her to walk to Anthro first.

Take an extra 30% off of clearance items?  Yes, please!  Anthro dishes are by far my favorite.  I hope that one day my collection will be significant enough that I can easily set my table with perfectly mismatched goodness.  And yellow jeans?  Uh, yeah, couldn’t resist.  I had never tried on Pilcro jeans before, but I’m pretty happy with they way they fit (especially for the price point).  I may or may not be on the hunt for the green and gray pairs…

After shopping we headed to Hula Bay to soak up some of the last of this season’s warmth.  I ordered the summer citrus salad, which had a ton more fruit than I could have ever imagined.  Whether or not I actually read the description, I’ll never know.  Regardless, so much sweetness was a welcomed surprise!  And bleu cheese on salads…  My oh my.

Thankfully I didn’t have anywhere to be after lunch, because I somehow managed to get balsamic vinegar all over the place.  My shirt (in two places), both arms, my hair, probably some places I have yet to discover.  So gross.

Are your white shirts magnets to messiness?? 

Testing, Testing

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After a full day o’ yoga yesterday, Chrissie and I decided to fit in a little more outdoorsyness in our weekend by heading to Taste of South Tampa in Hyde Park Village.

The only tent that caught my attention,  mainly because it was the only tent that had something I could eat, was Rollin’ Oats Market & Cafe.

I was pleased to find out that they offer free cooking classes once a month!  I’m seriously entertaining the idea of attending “Cooking with Tofu” tomorrow after work.

After perusing most of the tents and not finding anything to eat (Chrissie is a veggie too), we decided to have an unofficial ‘best dessert’ contest.

The contestants were The Cupcake Spot, Gigi’s, Amelie’s, and Sweetbay.

So much dessert!!!

So much dessert that I caved…  I was so hungry and couldn’t resist the salted caramel brownie AND the rest of the mini cupcakes that were left behind.

Defeated.

It was unanimous that Amelie’s brownie was the best.  Gigi’s was a close second, but it was near impossible to top the salty, sweet, fudgey brownie!