Fun and Fearless Weekend Re-Cap

Happy Monday!  As I mentioned yesterday, I was down in Hoboken this past weekend to visit my best friend Samantha.  In addition to asking her to be my Maid of Honor, we had a blast eating and shopping our weekend away!  I only took two photos the entire weekend and here they are:

Saturday night at Willie McBride's

Brunch at Amanda's

When I got back to Boston early Sunday evening, I got to have a belated birthday dinner with my friend Alex.  Some of you may remember that we visited Alex in Washington, D.C. last month and she is another one of my closest friends.  Alex was up in Vermont skiing this weekend and she needed a place to crash before her flight this morning.  My home is always open to friends and guests so it was great to see her for the night!

This is a short blog post today since I have a lot on my plate that I need to catch up on but I have an exciting announcement coming up tomorrow and a pretty cool giveaway!  In the meantime, here are some thoughts I'd like to share on Monday morning:

1.  I will never ever think it is okay to wear real fur.  Perhaps I am a hypocrite because I am a total carnivore and have countless leather/suede shoes, purses, belts, and wallets, but I cringe every time I see a person wearing real fur.  It is just not okay in my book.

2.  Even though I love when Bret does sweet gestures like buying my flowers, nothing warms my heart more than when I come home and he has unexpectedly done tons of laundry, tidied up the apartment, dropped off the drycleaning and sent packages at the post office.  I'm not sure what it says about me when housekeeping and errands warm up my heart.

3.  As some of you know, I've been eating very low carb and sugar meals since January 1st.  I've also kicked up my exercise regimen to almost every day.  I weighed myself this morning and was happy to discover that I've lost ten pounds this month!  While I don't intend to keep this low carb lifestyle forever, this month has been really awakening for me to discover that I can make smarter decisions to eat less and still feel full without sacrificing flavor or taste.  I've also realized that between the close proximity of the gym to my office and home, and the addition of an indoor bike at our place, I have no excuse to not get exercise in at least five days a week.

Tell me, what has you smiling this Monday?