Unlucky, but Lucky
I thought my pizza-beer lunch would hold me over until dinner with no problem, but my stomach started to grumble around 4:00 pm. I knew dinner wasn’t for at least another 3+ hours, so I decided to snack on a Peanut Butter Cookie Larabar. I was excited to try this flavor, mostly because of my love of peanut butter and cookies, but I really wasn’t impressed by it. The peanut butter flavor didn’t come through as much as I had expected. It was just kind of bland… and now that I’ve had the Coconut Cream flavor, it’s going to be very hard to top!
Wedding Dress Shopping
My sister didn’t have much luck at Priscilla. She tried on a couple of nice dresses, but being samples and all, the quality of the dresses was rather poor… basically like a lot of people had already tried them on! Most of the dresses were just handled too much– and not really worth the money. My sis has plenty of time to find a dress, so she wasn’t upset about not having any luck.
Birthday Dinner
My sister wanted a have a margarita to celebrate her 27th birthday, so we decided to have dinner at the Catcus Club, which is always one of my favorites. Dinner started with chips and salsa.
Of course, I agreed to have a margarita with my sis. I got mine on the rocks with salt.
I haven’t eaten many veggies lately, so I opted against a Mexican entree, and went with the boring, but healthy, garden salad with creamy balsamic on the side. The salad was fresh, but it was your “standard” garden salad. It had the basics, but nothing fancy.
My mom, however, ordered a wonderful salad! In her salad: greens with sliced apples, gorgonzola, walnuts, and drizzled with a raspberry vinaigrette. Mmmm… much more exciting! I should have gotten what she ordered!
Tonight, my mom brought a bag of fall goodies for both my sister and me. Inside our bags: 2 apples and a carmel-walnut-covered apple from my mom’s work and an eggplant from her garden. I get very excited about food gifts! 
I cut into my caramel apple within minutes of arriving home. I LOVE caramel apples! They remind me of many good times in my childhood. My mom would always treat my sister and me to one when we went pumpkin picking each autumn. Ah, memories. Anyway, over the course of the evening, I’ve pretty much peeled all of the carmel off my apple. So good!
I have my last day of training at Healthworks tomorrow, followed by lots of studying, a possible art show, and dinner with Mal’s parents (aka my in-laws!). Another packed Saturday for me!
P.S. There may be some “issues” with my blog tomorrow morning. I apologize for the inconvenience– mostly everything should be up and running by Saturday night.
Posted by: Tina 17 comments
Posted in: restaurant
on Sep 20th, 2008 at 5:23 am
You didn’t like the Peanut Butter Cookie Larabar!??!?!?!?! **faints** Ah well, everyone has different taste preferences
I’ll GLADLY accept any leftover PB Cookie Larabars that you may have, and don’t want to eat!!!! 
Ahh, so sorry that your sister didn’t find THE wedding dress for her – hope she has better luck with that soon!
Gorgeous autumn goodies, for sure! Yum!
Good luck with your last day of training at Healthworks!!
Personally, I love the new blog layout as well!
on Sep 20th, 2008 at 5:25 am
I love the new look of the blog, very fresh!
I kind of agree with you about the peanut butter cookie larabar, it was good, but I think all the hype that got me excited about it made it a little bit of a let down. Oh well, that only means I get to try more flavors!
on Sep 20th, 2008 at 6:27 am
I LOVE the new layout! It looks great and the colour scheme is so much fun. Good job!
Too bad about your sister’s wedding dress but at least she has lots of time to find the perfect one still. No use in settling!
Mmmm caramel apples. How I love fall.
on Sep 20th, 2008 at 6:44 am
The new layout and color scheme is great! I love the banner. That apple looks so awesome. Fall foods are the best!
on Sep 20th, 2008 at 6:50 am
Finally! Someone who agrees with me and was not impressed with the PB Lara Bar. I was SO excited to try it but was sadly disappointed. Cherry Pie, Cinnamon Roll and Pecan Pie are still my favorites!
Keep up the great work on the blog and remember, you can’t please everyone!
on Sep 20th, 2008 at 7:10 am
You eat your caramel apple differently but what a great idea…I always used to get caramel all over my nose =P
on Sep 20th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Love the new layout- so professional!
on Sep 20th, 2008 at 8:57 am
Ooooo, the layout is way nice!
on Sep 20th, 2008 at 9:50 am
tina i LOVE LOVE LOVE the new layout….. and the cupcakes on the banner look deeeeeeeelish! happy saturday!
on Sep 20th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Love the new format, what a fresh look! Good luck with the new career path too!
on Sep 20th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Oh, I like the new layout! And your caramel apple looks wonderfully delish.
on Sep 20th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Tina, I like the new layout! I also don’t think I’ve commented before but I love that you drink beer and eat pizza and don’t freak out about it! I can really relate to what you eat.
on Sep 20th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Love the new header!
Those apples look amazing!
on Sep 20th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
tina! love the new site. congrats to you and your friend. great job!
sorry to hear ur sister didn’t have any luck at priscilla. maybe next time? good luck tomorrow!
on Sep 21st, 2008 at 12:30 pm
P.S. I like the new comment section a lot more because you can read the post while commenting.
on Sep 22nd, 2008 at 4:47 pm
I have never had a Larabar, but I have heard alot about them, where do you get them? What are the good flavors, I am always on the hunts for good bars!
on Sep 23rd, 2008 at 8:33 am
Beckie,
You can buy Larabars at just about any grocery store now. I buy mine at Stop & Shop, but specialty stores like Whole Foods have a much better selection of flavors.
My favorite bars are Coconut Cream, Ginger Snap, and Cherry Pie.