Favourites Lately

TGIF. Seriously. What a week. On one hand, the office was quiet because everyone was on spring break with their kids, and on the other hand, the fit hit the shan and it was a mess. I'm all out of baileys, so guess where I am stopping on the way home.

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Favourite Podcast - The Armchair Librarians

I'm actually not a huge podcast person, I'm more about the audiobooks, but lately books in general have been blah, so instead, I've been listening to people talk about books! Two of my favourite people actually, Steph and Jana! First they have the best books link up, then they have the best podcast. You need to check it out!

Favourite Purchase - these t-shirts from Nordstrom Rack

14th & Union Slub Scoop Neck Tee

I mentioned I bought 2 tshirts from Nordstrom Rack in my shopping post, but I was incorrect that they were sold out - oh, maybe they were sold out but I had the wrong link regardless. They are now in stock and here is the correct link, they are only $15.

Paying for shipping is extremely rude, but I bought 2 and with tax it worked out to be $20 each which is not bad though not as cheap as Target - though now that I have received them, I am not mad about it at all. They are definitely worth it, the quality is great and I absolutely prefer them over other t-shirts I own.

Here are some photos of me wearing the tshirts if you are interested. I am 5'9 and love how long they are! The navy looks see through online but it is not in person.

Other outfit details: Jeans and Shoes from Express, hair and face from 'I was in my pajamas before these photos'. Seriously though, these jeans? Absolutely AMAZING. If you are curious about express jeans and what they look like, how they differ from each other and how they fit - check out this post from Gina. It helped me choose which ones I wanted, not to mention the size.

Favourite Recipes

It's getting real, the cruise is just over 2 months away. 2 MONTHS. Guess how ready I am. Bikini ready that is. I mean, I know bikini ready = have a body, put on bikini, but I need to fit the bikinis, you know? Like I mentioned a thousand times in other posts, I am not feeling myself right now and I don't want to starve myself a week before the cruise, I'm trying to be sensible now.

I also have this condition where if I see a ton of complicated ingredients or something that takes a long time to make, my eyes glaze over and I close the web page. I just can't. Well, I can, but I won't.

That means simple but reasonably healthy food, such as:

Easy Falafel - I have never seen the word 'easy' next to falafel and it actually been true. This does look much easier than normal. We have only tried falafel at home once and it didn't turn out the best. I love falafel though so I'm willing to give it another go.

Easy Vegan Falafel

Stuffed sweet potatoes (hers are spicy, mine will not be)

Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

Portobello pizzas - I love portobello mushrooms and I've used them as 'buns' before (don't, too juicy, makes a huge mess) but I've never used them as 'pizzas'. Now I know this won't taste like pizza exactly, but I like the mushrooms, top them with other things I like, what's not to like?

Portobello Pizzas

Petite Vegetable Frittatas (or mini quiches, or egg muffin things, or whatever you want to call them but I really need to start making these for breakfast). Does anyone know how long things like this last in the fridge though?

Petite vegetable frittatas

Tomato & Artichoke Chicken - I wouldn't use thighs, but other than that, this recipe looks super easy and yummy.

tomato & artichoke chicken

Oh, and today is day 8 with no sweets or junk - candy, chips, ice cream, etc etc. This girl at work brought in a huge cookie pizza thing and I didn't have a single bite. At all. Can I get a high freaking five. Discipline!

Have a fabulous weekend everyone!