Happy Birthday to Me!

Hey there! So I just wanted to check in and say hello- how's your weekend? I'm finishing up a wonderful week- we celebrated my birthday and went on an awesome camping adventure. 


Mike's working today, so I'm focusing on relaxing and preparing my brain to go back to work on Monday. Here's what I have planned:

Lots of magazines for me to peruse!

A cucumber-rosemary gin and tonic in the late afternoon

Starting to dig into this!

Mani and pedi with Essie's Ballet Slippers

Eye Spy A Good Deal

This post brought to you by Zenni Optical. All opinions are 100% mine.

You guys know how cheap we are, right? Well, not cheap, more like we really REALLY enjoy a good deal. A few years ago, my aunt turned us onto this little website called Zenni Optical. You surf over there, choose some frames, enter in a valid prescription and BAM! You've got a brand spankin' new pair of specs and your wallet is only about $20 lighter. Sound too good to be true? I thought so, too, until I actually tried it. 

Now, I'm the proud owner of 4 pairs of glasses from Zenni Optical! This includes a pair of Jackie O-style sunglasses that I absolutely love. All for under $50- TOTAL! It rocks my myopic little world. 

Even Time magazine is getting on the Zenni train! A recent article about their editor wearing a $1000 pair of glasses was met with some sage advice from a Zenni convert- use Zenni + save $$$! It's simple- they have a great selection of specs for every face type and you can even upload a photo to "try on" your new glasses. 

Without Zenni Optical, I'd be wearing a $200 pair of glasses and regretting it every time I strapped them to my face. Now I can look in the mirror and smile knowing that my sight is 20/20 and only cost me ten bucks! 

Menu Plan Monday!

Happy Monday, y'all! How was your weekend?? We visited with family, celebrated my gorgeous mom's birthday and enjoyed the sunshine. 

Happy birthday, Mom!

Here's what we have on tap for this week's menu! As always, we're linking up with Menu Plan Monday over at the ever-fab Orgjunkie.com. Go check out the menu planning awesomeness!

Monday: Whole wheat pasta, marinara sauce and veggies (we'll use summer squash, mushrooms and zucchini). 

Tuesday: My birthday!! Out to eat- probably Mexican..

Wednesday: Chana masala, slow cooker dhal makhni, Trader Joe's naan

Thursday: Chipotle bean enchiladas, brown rice

Friday: Grilled veggie pizza with homemade bbq sauce, salad

Breakfasts: 

• McCann's Irish oatmeal with almond milk and blueberries
• Whole wheat pancakes with blueberries (mmm)
• Whole wheat English muffin with peanut butter and banana
• Fruit smoothie with greens and protein powder

Lunches:

• Microwave sweet potato with black beans and pico de gallo
• Whole wheat wraps- turkey and tuna for Mike, hummus and veggie for Ally
• Veggie burger wraps (we have been eating the Trader Joe's veggie burgers- yum!)

Snacks:

• Cut up carrots and cucumbers, Annie's Cow Girl Ranch
• Homemade trail mix
• Homemade granola bars
• Fruit salad

What are you cooking this week? Leave us a link to your menu so we can check it out! Have a great week!!!!