This morning I woke up with the intention to GSD.

About 30 minutes into the day, everything in the world took a backseat. You can thank the ovaries for that one.

Around 11AM, I finally mustered up some strength (and appetite) to get off the couch and get on with my day. Once again, my birthday celebrations continued (thank you everyone for making me feel so SPECIAL!) and I met up with Randy at Salad Republic.

Side note about Randy: We met each other during UniCamp in 2006. We were both volunteers for UniCorps (an older-camper program that served students between the ages of 15 and 17). We were two of about 30 people in this program and we both preffed each other VERY LOW – meaning we did not want to be paired together to be co-advisors up at camp. As luck would have had it, we got paired together. I threw a hissy fit about it. He thought I was a brat. I thought he was annoying. And somewhere along the way, he became one of my best friends in the entire world.

I can’t imagine my life without him in it. Even though weeks go by without talking now, I consider him my family and am so blessed that our program directors didn’t listen to our preferences. 🙂

Anyway. Enough sap for now. Let’s talk food.

I’m a big fan of customizing my food the way I want it. Restaurants that do not allow modifications stress me out. That’s why I’m a huge proponent of the “design your own salad” idea.

But after mulling over my options, I got stressed out over all the options.

So really I’m a hopeless case.

I decided to go with the pre-set “Mediterranean Salad.” It was good! But I think anything with feta is good. So maybe I’m not the best judge.

The sweet potato fries were super and so was the dipping sauce that went along with it.

Salad Republic is STEPS from Yogurtland so I was pretty much forced to get some. The Yogurtland gods were watching.

I also got my nails done so I pretty much win the productivity award. Or, at the very least, the eat-and-pamper-myself award.

I spent the rest of the evening purchasing some bachelorette necessities and packing for Vegas!

I probably won’t update again until after Vegas but will hopefully have some fun pictures and stories to share when we get back! Well…unless it becomes one of those “whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” trips. =)  Have a fabulous weekend!

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Have you ever COMPLETELY misjudged someone upon first impression?

What are some bachelorette necessities?! I searched long and hard for those penis straws (NO PUN INTENDED!)