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–What I failed to mention about our company retreat last week, is that my old granny knee gave out on me while I was getting out of an SUV at the hotel Friday morning on our way to the airport. I fell and busted it open because I was wearing a dress…Luckily, I don’t  think I flashed anyone…unluckily a few of my co-workers saw me go down like a bag of bricks. No one laughed, except for me. Maybe I work with adults.

–Because of said fall, I have been walking around like the hunchback of Notre Dame. Don’t mind me!

–There was a super annoying kid behind me on the plane that was playing his DS at full volume. I turned around twice and gave both the kid and the parent evil eyes. They ignored me. I wanted to throw the kid DS out of the plane. Get the kid some damn headphones!!!

–I am in a lunch rut. A bad, bad lunch rut!!!! I have got to come up with better ideas of stuff to take to work. I have been eating the same boring things week after week. Please tell me what you do! Only healthy stuff…..

–….because I have been eating like shit too often lately. I had a coming to Jesus moment over the weekend. My fat pants fit. My skinny pants wont button. I feel icky. WTF Nadine?! I know this has everything to do with throwing all my hard work out the window every weekend. I want all of the bad things in large quantities. I do so well Monday to Friday morning, and then Friday night hits and I want everything. It is a vicious, ugly cycle that needs to be broken.

–Maybe you noticed that my social media follow buttons have been missing for months? I didn’t. Oops! Sooooo if we aren’t already following each other on social media, shall we? I know I am guilty of missing  a few follows myself. *shameless plug*

Confessions in ecards:

Also, if you are looking to PUMP UP your Wednesday and get into the Halloween mood, Chris has released his free Halloween mix! He is guest posting over at Magic City Bloggers today with it so you can download it from here. For Birmingham people, there is a limited time discount code in the post for Young Frankenstein at the Red Mountain Theatre Company too! So be sure to check that out! The show was funny and amazing!

–As you are reading this, I am probably in the air somewhere between Birmingham and Atlanta or Atlanta and Orlando. I am probably faking a look of being ok in front of my co-workers while trembling life a five year old on the inside.

–I am going to miss Chris while I am gone. I don’t sleep well in an empty bed any longer, and I enjoy the few minutes I have with him in the mornings before work…and the few hours after when we have dinner and watch TV.

— I ended up taking the entire week off last week from my work outs. It felt so good to just take a break. I was getting frustrated and burned out and when I started back first thing Monday morning….it was refreshing.

–I drank a can of full calorie full sugar Cheerwine on Monday and regret nothing.

Confessions in ecards:

Oh hey, Monday! You came way too soon. WAY TOO SOON! I had a super busy weekend, so let’s just get right to it…shall we?

Friday – I met up with my friend Chris for lunch Friday. We met at Jimmy John’s down the street from my office and it is always a pleasure to have lunch with her 🙂 I ordered the beach club…because avocado….and it was delicious as always!

Friday after work I met up with Laura to go to the Southern Women’s Show! It was ladies night out on Friday Evening. There were a ton of venders there with cosmetics, clothes, services, etc.

At 6:30 pm there was a firefighter fashion show to benefit breast cancer. Laura and I are glad that we stuck around for it! The show was PG 13, the guys came out in some very nice outfits provided by Macy’s…and they might have started taking off their shirts 😉 Then at the end they all came out in uniform. The sacrifices that Laura and I make on a Friday evening for charity…and blogs….ya know….

Saturday – I woke up early Saturday morning and got a few things done around the house. I then got ready and met up with my mom in Trussville for a little while. She was at Kohl’s when I got there so we walked around there for awhile. I tried on some things just for fun and she ended up buying me a bunch of it for Christmas! Soooo can December get here please? After that, I headed out to my friend Courtney’s bridal shower.

Chris, Rashmin and I will be heading to Houston Texas for Courtney’s wedding in November! Girls trip!

The bridal shower was at 2:00 pm and the Bama game started at 2:30 pm, so after the shower I raced back to Trussville to meet up with Chris at his parents house to catch the last quarter of the game. It was a sad day for Bama fans as we fell to Ole Miss. At least my GA Dawgs won.

Sunday – I woke up early Sunday morning and finished cleaning the house. We met up with Laura and B at World of Beer for a mimosa before we headed to Breaking Bread.

We had media passes for the Breaking Bread and we were super excited! Laura and I talked about how when we were in high school, we both really wanted to be in journalism some how when we grew up. While neither of us are writing for a newspaper or TV station….having those media passes made us feel super awesome!

This event was amazing!!! We could not have asked for better weather for the day! It was perfect! There were a lot of people there, but not so many that it was uncomfortably crowded or anything like that. We didn’t really have to wait in lines for food either. You basically walked right up to each restaurant and could talk to each of the people working about the food, or their venue, or anything else you wanted.

And you guys….the food…..the food was AMAZING. Some of the best restaurants in Birmingham were represented and you could tell! I let Laura take most of the pictures for with her fancy camera, but I did snap a few with my phone for this post today.

Braised short rib over slaw

Homemade ice cream with warm apple cobbler

Salmon on a sweet potato chip

ham and cheese sandwich

different types of sausage, one was dipped in pepper jelly and there is a sausage spread on the piece of bread that was just delicious!

Not pictures was tons of amazing food! Hot waffles with pork and a balsamic glaze reduction, sausage over corn bread pudding, scallops, sausage sliders, pumpkin cheesecake, chocolate beer pudding, and so much more!!!!

I am so happy how far Birmingham has come. It really has turned in to a foodie town and these restaurants make me proud. The event was held at Railroad Park, which in itself is another huge accomplishment for Birmingham. The park is beautiful! I may share some of Laura’s pictures later this week with you!

After eating all of the food, sitting through a wine tasting and drinking lots of local craft beers in the beer garden, we made our way over to the lawn to sit and listen to some live music. They had a great band there that was playing what Chris called “whiskey music.” Just take a look at how beautiful the sky was!

I tried to be all artistic and get the skyline in Chris’s glasses

After we left Breaking Bread, Chris and I headed to Target to get some groceries for the week and came home and called it a night…watching reruns of How I Met Your Mother while doing some laundry.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

Favorite Thing to be Excited About: Breaking Bread – I am beyond excited about this Sunday you guys! Breaking Bread in an annual event in Birmingham that is being held at Railroad Park. While the main feature of this event is the food (yum); there will also be a beer garden featuring local brews, wine seminar and tastings, activities and live music, animals from the Birmingham Zoo, pumpkin carving, boat races, and REV Birmingham will be offering a farmers market where local produce may be purchased.

Here is a list of the food and beverage presenters:

If that didn’t sound awesome enough, did I mention that it is unlimited food and drink with your $50 ticket purchase? Because, it is! You also get a gift card to a participating restaurant of your choice. Most importantly, this event will benefit Camp Smile A Mile and Make A Wish Foundation of Alabama, two local charities that are doing a lot of good in our community!

So if you live in the area, be sure to wear some stretchy clothes (so you can eat of of the yummies) and come hang out on Sunday because this is going to be awesome!!!! The event is from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm and you can purchase tickets here.

Favorites Song: Plumb – Don’t Deserve You

Favorite Delivery: October Julep box. Not only did this box have a beautiful deep purple and sparkly silver foil color with some hand cream, it had candy corn. Um, yes, please! When I get around to painting my nails, I will share this color in more detail!

Favorite Recipe: I make a Kung Pao chicken that I really enjoy, but I think I might want to switch it up and try this…

Favorite Funnies:

How I feel when I go out:

How I look when Chris asks me to watch his DJ stuff if he has to walk away for a minute

How I look when I walk in the break room and some rude person brought delicious foods to torture me with

Laura and I are hitting up the Southern Women’s Show tonight, tomorrow I have a bridal shower to go to for a dear friend of mine (during the Alabama game so you know I love her) and Sunday is Breaking Bread! Busy, busy, busy! I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!