Sept 8: Labor Day Weekend Recap

I had a pretty low-key weekend so the fact that I'm not writing in my blog until now is sheer laziness. Overall I stuck to the plan and had a successful weekend. I have been off wine for four days now and it is hard! It was hard to walk past that aisle at the grocery store this weekend. I hope it gets easier.

I started my Saturday with 10:00 AM Yoga class, which I haven't been to in a couple months. It was a rainy day and the class was absolutely PACKED. It was a great class and I left feeling refreshed and invigorated. The Hollywood District farmers market is a couple blocks away from my gym so I went straight over there after yoga. Despite the rain there were just as many people as there normally are. A little rain doesn't keep Oregonians indoors! I spent most of the day getting groceries, cleaning (with homemade cleanser), doing laundry, and cooking for the week. I made some empanadas con queso from scratch, including roasting poblano chiles from the farmers market. Yum.

Sunday morning I got my first 20-mile long run done on trails in Forest Park. It was raining, I was slow, and it hurt, but I got the miles done and that felt good. I always love coming back from a trail run muddy. I spent the rest of the day recovering between a long soak in the tub and laying on the couch downing fluids.

Monday morning Erica and Terri came over for a Labor Day brunch, instead of going out for breakfast. That was purely in an effort to save money. Go team! I meant to snap a couple photos for the blog but forgot. (Thanks to Andre for his Norwegian Pannekaken recipe - I made them!) Everything was delicious and it was great company. Afterward Terri and I went to the Pearl District to check out sidewalk sales. I ended up getting a top half off from Anthropologie, but I didn't need it and I think I'm going to take it back. Why do I keep rewarding myself for saving money by spending money? It just doesn't make sense. We did stop for coffee, but at least I chose the iced coffee for $1.60 instead of the iced mocha for $3 as I would have done before.

And now, back to the grind of the work week.