Last night was Diva Sista night. The females in our family try to get together at least once a month for a girls' night out. I told myself this weekend I was going to put aside the stress and enjoy my free time to the fullest extent. It was my cousin's 39th birthday and we went out to her favorite restaurant. It was sort of a Chinese fusion place. I enjoyed a strawberry chicken dish, battered chicken with pineapples and rice in a strawberry sauce. It was very yummy, almost more like a dessert really.
Speaking of dessert, my cousin had not one but two cakes, a traditional birthday cake and a pumpkin cake that was so good! We enjoyed it with cinnamon ice cream! I was so bad!! I will have to try hard to be good today.
We watched a video back at her house, the Proposal. I was probably the only female on the planet who hadn't seen this movie, but living with all men, I don't have many chances to watch chick flicks.
Today I'm hoping we can go used book shopping. We had a coupon for 50% off and I'm thinking we should use this opportunity to pick up a Christmas gift or two. Half off at Half Price Books could mean a great deal. I'm trying to find more opportunities likes this and be more resourceful.
With the unemployment stress, I've found we are only buying what we absolutely need, so in most instances, this means all of our consumer purchases have been at the grocery store. I haven't set foot in Target in over a month. Surprisingly, I really don't miss it, but then I was never a shopper.
Today I'm also going to take some time and try to plan a schedule for myself. I'm not a schedule type person, but with working more hours I've lost my exercise routine, and that is not good. I'm so grateful I've been able to stay relatively healthy, but I know if I don't get back to exercising, this will change.
I better get going. The rest of my nest is starting to wake up. I'll have to ask if they want Mancakes for breakfast.
5 comments:
Mmmm that strawberry chicken sounds sooo good.
I've never seen The Proposal either. Not much on chick flicks.
Have fun book shopping. Enjoy the day with your family
Oh I like the sounds of Diva Sista night, what fun. Glad you had a nice time at the birthday dinner, meal sounded yummy. Pumpkin pie with cinnamon ice cream, there would be no holding me back, I love it. I saw The Proposal and thought it was a cute movie. Sad though you don’t get to watch many chick flicks, they are usually light hearted and funny, just what us ladies need sometimes. Dawn, I hope you’ll be able to get exercise back into your routine especially during these stressful times as it will help a great deal. Enjoy your Sunday!
What fun! The food sounds well worth being 'bad' for an evening. I don't think I've seen 'The Proposal'. I am really behind on my movies. And, what am I watching right now? 'Beach Party' - Frankie and Annette. LOL!
Big hugs! I totally understand about the money stress caused by unemployment. We've cut back drastically. That includes snack items, most 'nice-to-haves', and so on. We even canceled our Netflix subscription. Mike has been out of work now for over 6 months. It's been rough. But, we try to bear in mind that the important thing is...we have each other. And, some good has come out of this, I finally have a grocery budget and pay more attention to sale items and make fewer grocery impulse purchases. Hugs again as long as you all have each other, you'll be fine. :-D
Glad you had a good evening out with "the girls". Hope the book shopping went well today!
OH I am glad to hear you had a good evening with friends!! You know with Jeremi being unemployed since January I've tried to stay out of the stores!! It can be very depressing at times when you go in there and espeically around this time of the year!! The food did sound very yummy!!! Hugs to you!!
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