TYT – Page 5

(first published on blogspot on June 24, 2014)

It was exactly 4 weeks ago that I had my second interview with the company I am now in my second week working for! I also realized that in exactly 4 months today, my yoga teacher training begins! I am so excited for that! So far work is going well, but I always get antsy at the end of the day when I am ready to get moving and head to the gym.
Anyway I wanted to recap my weekend in Buffalo, which didn’t start off so well, but it was great seeing friends that I haven’t seen in a couple years. So here is my weekend in pictures as well as some wonderful treats.
Friday morning I left at 5am to start the drive, however, at 6am this happened…

I really have the worst luck with tires. This is the tire that my boyfriend kindly removed the nail and screw from almost exactly a month ago and patched it. It is also my 3rd flat in 4.5 years….So anyway after unsuccessfully getting a hold of my boyfriend, at least I got a hold of my dad and called our roadside assistance, but then roadside assistance couldn’t help because I was on the Penn turnpike so the Penn turnpike roadside assistance had to help. Eventually…2 hours later I was back on the road and made a stop in Allentown, PA for a new tire.

At least I had a friend to keep me company while waiting for my new tire to be put on.

Finally made it to Buffalo at dinnertime (instead of lunch time like I planned), but still got to meet my friend’s baby, who is now 9 months old, and catch up with my old roommate.

Saturday morning was my friend’s wedding and brunch reception with some really good food and cake.

I loved the salad bar obviously!

We had fun at the photo booth. My boyfriend and more old friends from college reunited after years.

Me and the bride

Saturday night we drove to Rochester to meet up with one of Brian’s friends and my old roommate again. The Jazz festival was going on so we walked around there.

And I enjoyed a strawberry smoothie and rice krispie treat at a local cafe.

Sunday, we had breakfast at the hotel and then headed on the road. It was a great to see everyone again and catch up on our busy lives.

It was a bit of a long drive because my stomach was not too happy with the way I ate on the trip. I guess my stomach is really adjusting to eating more nuts, salads and less processed foods. It was finally feeling better yesterday at least now that I am back to my regular eats.

And since it’s Tuesday, I am linking up with Becky because I did enjoy this delicious treat today. I love the food trucks at Love Park, or more specifically, the cupcake truck that comes occasionally.

That wraps up my weekend and treats. Of course it was also a great treat to spend a couple nights with my boyfriend I rarely see and catch up with my friends.
Hope everyone has a great week!!

(first published on blogspot on June 3, 2014)

In the last week, there have been a lot of treats for myself so it was only fitting that I join Becky this week for Treat Yourself Tuesday.

First, going back about 8 days, it was memorial day, so I went to the mall and finally picked out some sheets for our new Queen sized mattress. Before, I was just using a fuzzy blanket. To be honest I was never really a sheet person. Of course I had the fitted sheet, but sleeping under the top sheet I was never really a fan of. I like blankets more. But these sheets which were over 50% off thanks to Macys morning special and they are so silky soft and so comfy. Now I wonder how I slept without them.

Also at Macys I picked up a 10 piece Pyrex set. As much as I love Tupperware, I also have been waiting for the day that I had my own place so I could have some Pyrex glass dishes around with lids to store things in and easily heat things up in the microwave. I just feel like they get clean better and look prettier with all the different color lids LOL.

Now onto the exciting news, which I think I already mentioned, but I will be starting a job in 13 days!! I had my first interview with them about two weeks ago and then was called back for a second interview. Before heading down to the city for my second interview I saw that Love Park Philadelphia was near by the office building and decided to take a walk there after my interview was over. I happened to be there at lunch time and there were a couple food trucks and a cupcake truck. I wasn’t a fan of the food options from the actual food trucks, but I love trying new cupcake places, so Cupcake Carnivale was my new cupcake place to try. I got a simple vanilla cupcake and also a red velvet cake ball which is basically a cake pop without the stick. I enjoyed them by the fountain at Love park and then took the train home.

Wednesday was a great day! I had a phone interview which meant I didn’t have to leave the apartment, but it also meant that I was pacing the apartment waiting for the call. The phone interview was simple and literally less than 10 minutes after that phone interview I got an offer from the company I had had a second interview at. I accepted right away knowing how much I wanted it. So I was so excited and unfortunately had no one to celebrate with, but I walked to Starbucks and got myself an iced tea and a piece of delicious pumpkin bread.

Thursday was a lovely fill out all the paperwork day. I got the acceptance letter, but I had no way to scan it and unfortunately the library has no scanner or fax. I ended up paying over $2 a page to fax the 3 pages to my dad to email to me to then send back to the company. Knowing there were many more pages of paperwork to come, my boyfriend convinced me to go out to buy a scanner, so I guess you could say that was a treat to have a scanner.

I went to MicroCenter and TJ Maxx was next store so then I browsed there and left with Chia seeds and lemongrass essential oil. I have been hearing about essential oils a lot lately from other blogs and have been interested in trying them.

Friday, my treat was spending over an hour laying outside in the sun.

I got a little sunburned, but oh well. I enjoyed my sun time after the last few rainy, cloudy and cold days we had. In the evening, I headed home for the weekend for my sister’s graduation which I recapped yesterday.

Hope everyone has a great Tuesday!! I am enjoying as much outside time as I can before I start my new job in less than 2 weeks. EEEKKK!!

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