Man was I spoiled this year!
So many people made my day special and I feel so grateful!
I kicked off my day a day early by getting a facial and my nails done on tuesday, it was so heavenly.
I went with oxblood with some festive dots.
Yesterday started with my favorite breakfast, Panera bagels!
I have this love affair with Panera and every other "bakery" ish place just pales in comparison, zupas, kneaders, don't even get me started, I'll have to do a review on the three one day on here so you can understand my reasoning.
Anyways, having been eating very plain and healthy breakfasts while doing Insanity having
my favorite asiago cheese bagel with cream cheese was a GRAND treat
because I usually either have oatmeal, or eggs, it gets pretty boring.
After breakfast with my husband I got busy doing my online class and wrote and submitted a paper, very productive.
Then my husband came home with our favorite tostadas from our favorite
Mexican place for lunch and worked from home the rest of the day.
After lunch I took a nap and then it was time for my Insanity workout.
It was easy to be motivated to do it yesterday because I knew we were going to
Texas De Brazil for dinner PLUS I knew it was my last time doing that specific workout
as this week is my last!
So after sweating it out for 55 minutes It was time to get ready for dinner.
I had bought a special "birthday shirt" at nordstrom last week so I was excited, I know
how lame that I bought myself a present? But sometimes those are the best kind of presents.
Then it was off to the land of unlimited steak.
Something you may not know about me, growing up I would not eat red meat, or much of any meat for that matter, I would only eat fish.
Not because I am some weird animal rights activist or anything like that,
it just grossed me out. I actually got mono and became severely anemic in high school
so I decided I should probably eat more iron so I could be healthy, but still I wouldn't eat red meat, like I hadn't had a hamburger in about 10 years!
Then Russia came (it kind of changed me in every way possible if you can't tell by now) and I was eating even less meat because I was afraid of the sanitation issues so by the time I returned to the
states I was CRAVING meat, any kind. So long story short after 10 years of not eating a cheeseburger
or ordering a steak I started making up for lost time because now it is my favorite, although
I still try to eat it sparingly.
Hence the choice to eat at Texas De Brazil last night, a Brazilian Churrascaria.
Also, I signed up for all of these restaurant email clubs and TDB sent me a FREE dinner.
It's a pricey restaurant so we were excited about that.
My favorite was the paqana a special brazilian cut of steak, so yum.
Just a tip for someone going to a Churrascaria for the first time, they try to distract you with a huge
salad bar buffet, and all these different meats like chicken, lamb, and pork,
but keep your eye on the prize...
the expensive cuts of steak like filet mignon, flank, and of course the paqana.
Here are some pics of us at the restaurant. Logan is just the most handsome guy around.
Oh yes, Logan gave me my 2nd band for my birthday! We found a killer deal at an estate sale
and it perfectly matched my other band so I really lucked out! They look so pretty all together.
I love the uniqueness of my ring, the sapphires are the best.
We FINALLY got a picture together, oh happy day.
My family really hooked me up! SO many fun goodies, including a vest i've
been eyeing at J. Crew and a gorgeous framed, signed print of a Walter Rane painting.
I have 2 sets of the greatest parents around I believe.
Anyways, that raps up my favorite birthday to date.
I am so grateful for the many people who made it special!
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