Party Recap & The Morning After

The Christmas Party was lots of fun last night. Our family has a wonderful aunt that throws a fun girls night Christmas party every year(for the past 27!!). There's always lots of laughing and good food, "bad food" and "bad cookies"! I had a bit of a light eating day, so I had some room to play. The food was laid out buffett style and guess what was there -PIZZA!! Well, it IS Friday night! I can never get away from it; it follows me everywhere!!! But, knowing that I had some free flowing Points and that I wouldn't make a complete pig of myself at a party, I decided this was a perfect time to try out some Friday night pizza, again. I took a small corner slice and chose a yummy tomato mozzarella salad and some carrot cranberry salad that I made...



Mission accomplished. I was able to eat A piece of pizza! Whoo hoo! I can't give myself all the credit, though. I think the main reason I was able to accomplish this major task of not waffling down tons of pizza is because I spent much of my time talking with cousin Katie about diet, exercise and running. We both want to try to run a race/marathon and we spent time discussing our trials and tribulations with running outdoors. So, THANK YOU KATIE for keeping me from shoveling massive quantities of pizza in my mouth!!!

I stayed away from the vast array of candy and chocolate that was lurking at every turn, but I did finally make my way to the dessert table to "just see" what was there. And what did I see...BROWNIES a.k.a. my kryptonite!! I ran to find some duct tape to put over my mouth, but decided it wasn't conducive to being social at a holiday gathering. Ugh. But, I did bring some lowfat Caramel Kiss Cookies, remember?? Oh, yeah. So, I had two of those. Then I sequestered myself to the other side of the room, far.. far... away from the brownies with horns:)

I didn't get home til 1 a.m. Whew, way too late for me. The husband insists I will be cranky all day today, but I am determined to prove him wrong . Happy, happy, that's me :) :) :)

I wasn't so hungry this morning, either. Nothing seemed too appetizing. I decided on some yogurt with a few really lame strawberries (they were deceased) and 1/4 c. of my Cinnamon Granola. I think my eyes were definitely bigger than my stomach, but after I started eating it, I felt like I wanted it (that's so weird, isn't it?) so I did eat it all...


A good healthy 3 Point start to the uncranky day I am going to have :)

Rush,Rush,Rush!!

I have been running(not in an exercise way) since early this morning! I woke up extra early so that I could fit in my workout - yay, me- before going with big daughter on an all day field trip to a cool museum. I was rush, rush, rushing because big daughter begged that I not be late - I'm trying to get better with that! So, breakfast was short and sweet. A Banana Date Breakfast Cookie and some Eggnoggin Tea - to go...

Before I left, I had to pack my lunch for the field trip. I thought a wrap would be a good thing. I finally found a suitable replacement for the other store brand tortillas that I was using and my store discontinued. These wraps are called La Tortilla Factory Smart and Delicious. They sure are! Each tortilla is 80 cal., 3 gr. fat, and 12 gr. fiber. Also, 1 Point. Yipee...

I made a wrap with 2 oz. turkey, a handful of baby spinach, slice of center cut bacon and a tsp. Kraft Light Three Cheese Ranch Dressing. I also brought an apple and bottle water. Perfect and not too sloppy!

We had to wolf this down in a nanosecond since the teachers had us on a tight schedule. I snapped this picture as quick as I could (people were looking at me strangely, too - the one side effect of food blogging!) and I gobbled it up.

It was nice to spend time with big daughter. She isn't completely embarassed of me yet, and did acknowledge my presence most of the time we were at the museum. We had a good time!

Then, there was more rushing to get home and also, rushing to make some cookies for a Christmas party I am attending tonight. I tried a lowfat cookie recipe from Aimee's Adventures called Caramel Kiss Cookies and regular Gingersnaps recipe that I make often at holiday time. I tried the Caramel Kiss Cookies and they were good! They are cute little guys and only 1 Point per cookie...

Betcha can't eat just one...... :)