Breakfast on the patio

This morning I slept in (yay for my first night with no coughing!) and decided to have breakfast on the patio.



I bought this little coffee table months ago on sale at Target but we never seem to eat outside. It's a nice patio and the table is nicer than our dining table (which we never use BTW!)



I want to love Kashi Go Lean crunch but it hurts my teeth. I usually pair it with creamy yogurt to soften it up a bit. It's much more enjoyable this way. I measured out my serving and it's a little less than 1/2 cup. I can't each more than that. This is the only cereal I don't binge on.



Fresh raspberries. There is nothing better. I remember growing up and playing in my Nana's backyard with my cousins. We discovered a raspberry and blackberry bush and ate them until our faces were covered in juice. Then we played vampires. This is another story entirely.



I found a $2 off coupon for this new flavor of Naked Juice and decided to drink half of it with breakfast this morning. I figured I could use all the superfood I could get with this illness lingering.



I won't lie to you...the addition of chickpeas and 91! corn kernals kind of bugged me out. I smelled it first. Kind of smelled like beets.



Then I poured myself a glass. (1/4 of the bottle)



It looks like beets. It tasted like chalky tomatoes and sweet berries. I couldn't stomach it. It wasn't necessarily bad but the texture got me. I'm going to add this to my next smoothie and see if that goes over well. I'm too chicken to drink it straight up.



With the raspberries and kashi, I had this amazing vanilla bean greek yogurt. It's expensive at $1.69 a cup but so worth it. 12 grams of protein too! It's funny because normally I don't love vanilla flavored yogurts but this one I love. The little specks of vanilla bean make it.

Eating breakfast outside was such a nice change of pace for me. I actually managed to score a sub job tomorrow (the last day of school) so I figured I might as well take some time for myself. I'm taking it easy with the workouts, sleeping in and lazing around. I don't want to be sick tomorrow! Hopefully the 2 a day antibiotic/inhaler plan works out for me.

I finally got my eyebrows done and I can't wait to show you. I went to the spa at Coldwater Creek and can not gush enough about the experience. My eyebrows are a mess ever since I tweezed the hell out of them in high school and I'm slowly trying to get them to a more natural shape. Drives me nuts.

2 questions for today.

1. Do you fill your eyebrows in with a shadow or pencil? I might need to start. Fill me in!

2. Do you like fruit/veggie juices. Normally I do but today's juice was blech.

I am obsessed with J. Crew

I'm going to be 100% honest with you. The reason why I want to lose weight and tone up? So I can shop at J. Crew, Banana Republic and Anthropologie and feel comfortable and cute. I shop at all of those stores now but I don't feel comfortable or cute really.



The other day I went to J. Crew and tried on a million things. First up this beige cardigan and a off-white and gray top. I would never wear them together, I was just being lazy.



Then this pink and white cardigan, which I purchased. It's so cute! I just have no idea what to wear it with. It's more off-white than white.



I tried on this top with the cardigan but felt like a clown. Maybe it's just me but this was no bueno.



I ended up buying the gray & off-white top because I already have a cardigan that matches.

(I own over 10 cardigans. It's an addiction, really.)

Anyway enough with my shopping. Just wait until I start losing more weight...I will annoy you all with my daily shopping excursions. Shopping is so therapeutic for me. I'm actually debating a job at J. Crew in the mornings!



I've discovered the perfect pre-run food. 2 clementines and almond butter & banana toast. YUM.



And half of this Mighty Mango Naked Juice. It's way too acidic for me to finish in one sitting but it's delicious!



Also, I just have to share because it's so cute. I wrote myself a note reminding myself of produce in the fridge that I needed to eat up and Andy wrote, "Kiss Boo." Aw! I love him.

Where do you shop? I'm always open to new places to shop!