Yesterday

I'm the posting queen this weekend lol. I just figured I would try to catch up with my posts so I could get them out of the way. Yesterday I did end up going shopping. I guess the nephew and the girl were having cabin fever so they asked to go with me. I warned them it was about me shopping for clothes so they should prepare themselves lol.

We first went to JC Penney's where I did find a dress. I kept wondering what the heck is semi formal? I never did really figure it out. I finally located what I thought were formal dresses and then just looked around in that area of the store for something that fit. I kept worrying that a 16 wouldn't fit me in a dress because of my big rear lol but I picked one off the rack anyway. There really wasn't a lot I was willing to wear because everything had short sleeves or no sleeves and me and my turkey wing arms just can't do sleeveless lol. I finally found a cute dress with a black jacket that had sleeves that came to my elbow. So I took it in the fitting room and out of some miracle it actually fit and looked pretty good. It was 40% off too so I got it.

So then we headed off to the shoe store. I have weird feet. I have feet that should belong to a woman basketball player I think lol. They are long and bony, definitely not feet you would think carried around the old me. I use to wear a size 12 but I am now in a size 11. I had told myself that for once I was going to pick out a pair of shoes that had a little heel to them. I've never worn heels in my life so I was a bit worried about how I would handle wearing them. I'm also good at falling down so that's another factor lol. But I found a cute pair of black sandals that had a little heel that actually fit without making my feet look 2 feet long. I could actually walk around the store in them without twisting an ankle too so I got them.

Then I headed to Target for the few odds and ends we needed. The nephew bought some fireworks with his babysitting money and we were all happy. When we got home him and the kids set some off then later in the evening he set the rest off so we could all watch. Here in Maryland you can't buy anything big so though it wasn't a bit fireworks display it was pretty nice going out and doing it together.

Since we had our cookout the day before I just made some chicken rice stir fry. It turned out really good and I actually got hubby and the kids to eat carrots and several different kinds of peppers and onions in it. Making progress I guess.

Below is a review so if you don't want to read please stop now lol. I'm not a big review person but I must confess I get excited when I get an email offering something free (don't we all?). So when I saw fellow bloggers Tricia and Jack getting cases of POM Wonderful I was a bit envious. Then before vacation I got an email offering me some too. So of course I said sure. My 8 cute little bottles arrived while I was gone and my co-worker refrigerated them for me.

I have to tell this story about POM Wonderful and the co-worker because it is relevant. About 2 yrs ago he bought a bottle of POM. Neither of us had ever had pomegranate juice before so I was excited about the idea of trying it. Well as with my co-worker he tends to like to irk me at times. So he said it needed to be the right time before we tried it. So he put that bottle in the fridge at work and time started going by. I would ask about it about once a week and he would keep telling me the time wasn't right yet lol. Eventually the POM got outdated and he ended up throwing it out.

I was of course really irked. But I think he got some pleasure out of making me wait and then not letting me have any lol. Kind of like the fake apple he left on his desk for like 2 months that I kept asking when he was going to eat and he kept telling me the time wasn't right yet lol. When I finally found out it was fake I swear he's lucky I didn't hit him in the head with it lol.

Anyway, my POM arrived and he had to put all 8 of those cute little bottles in the fridge for me. It was kind of paybacks. Though the gracious person I am (and the fact he was scooping cat poo for me) I decided that he should get to taste POM Wonderful with me.

So when he came over the other night for a cookout I decided I was going to do as Tricia did and make some POM drinks for us, I had big plans. I bought all kinds of things for my drinks. I made a point not to look up any recipes online so they would be all my own. I set each drink up and took my pre-pictures. I was excited to say the least. Of course this isn't weight loss related but then when is drinking alcoholic beverages lol.

Well let me tell you my big plans kind of petered out lol. So my review of 4 drinks (I know ambitious) will only be 2 lol. I might try the other 2 at some other point but I have a feeling I will have already drank up my POM by then lol.

I will say too that this week I took a bottle of POM to work several days and it was a yummy treat to sip on it in the morning after my morning protein bar and hot tea. I also let each kid have a bottle of it and found that all 3 liked it even the picky one *smile*.

It has a distinct taste I can't really describe but I do like it and it was worth the 150 calories (8 oz). I'm guessing it was all in my mind but I felt like I felt fuller on the days I had a bottle. All 3 days I drank it in the morning I didn't eat again until lunch time. Maybe in my head, maybe not.

Anyway back to the drinks. My first one included:
This one was more the co-workers idea. I'm not a fan of the sparkling mineral water but I figured he scooped poop all week I should give in to his whim lol. So I mixed up, 2 oz vodka, 2 oz mineral water and 4 oz POM with a squeeze of lemon wedge. (this made 2 drinks)
It did seem this one went down quick. So I moved on to drink two.
This one was 3 oz vodka, 3 oz POM and 3 oz peach nectar juice with a squeeze of orange wedge. I forgot the orange in my picture but it was in my drink.
We both agreed this one was the yummiest out of the two. The 3rd one I had planned was going to be with Tequila, POM and mango juice. I was going to whip it up in the magic bullet for a frozen drink but after drink 2 and eating dinner I ended up having a 4 hour nap lol. I wasn't feeling the best before I started so I think the alcohol just zonked me lol.

So there ya have my review of POM Wonderful. I found the only downfall of POM was that it's a bit pricey but if I was going to buy juice (which I seldom do) I would definitely consider it in my top 3 choices.

Till tomorrow...