Monday Randomness

...Get it, because I used a random generator to determine who won my Gracie's Gear running top?!

Well, it's also Monday Randomness because Amy from Second City Randomness won the giveaway! Congrats, girlie!! Send your info to me (shesgoingdistance@gmail.com) and it will make its way into your mailbox :)

Thanks everyone for entering the giveaway! If you didn't win and still wanted to get at a piece of that top, you can find it in my shop. Lucky for you, it also comes in a pretty blue color:

Now on to my day of leftovers...

The morning started off with another piece of that hideous waffle and a cornucopia of fruits. Can I even say cornucopia if it's still summer? I guess fall's nearing closer and closer. So it was day two of ugly waffle smothered in frozen berries and their thawed juices, a slice of watermelon, grapes and the end of the butchered mango.

Enjoyed next to a cup of chocolate soymilk. I usually indulge in chocolate soy lattes if I have the time in the mornings, but it's just too hot for that here. Maybe I'll venture into the world of the iced latte, but to me, coffee tastes stronger when it's iced. Is that weird? Note the stemless martini glass. Move over Carrie, that's how I roll in the mornings.

Then the DirecTV guy came and finished up his job that was left partially completed last week, while Woodstock and I played catch in the backyard. After running around and doing errands, lunchtime came and went and I still hadn't showered. Yikes, I need a job.

More leftovers! Recognize this?

And yes, that's leftover orange mangosteen tea! I'm all out of my yummy Archer Farm's fruit teas. I think a trip to Target is in my future!

Dinner consisted of, big surprise, leftovers. We had two spinach chicken sausages left in the freezer and I wanted ravioli so J.D. got creative. He mixed up his tomato sauce, cooked the sausages and then threw them in. They went on top of spinach and mozzarella ravioli with a side of steamed broccoli and spinach. Wow, lots of spinach for one day. I hope I'm not green for tomorrow's interview.

The disaster of the meal, however, was the evening's beverage. We opened up a white bottle of wine given to us from J.D.'s parents. I nearly spat it out when I realized it was a SWEET DESSERT WINE. I am not a fan of ports or sweet wines. So that was upsetting to me. I dumped it into the sink and cracked open a Pilsner Urquell to go with my dinner instead.

After dinner we rolled up our sleeves -- once the sun set of course -- and washed our cars! Seriously, driving mine today was like reliving the Dust Bowl. I couldn't see out the windshield. Not the impression I want to make before my interview tomorrow. Despite the lack of sun, it was still pretty frickin' hot. I got super disgustingly sweaty during our 30 minute two-car wash and a trip to YOGURTLAND was very much in order. Much to my content, they had a new, awesome flavor: passion fruit lemonade. Deeee-lish.

I leave you now with some images of the beginnings of my bathroom décor. It mirrors the brown/teal scheme of our bedroom, but with a FRENCH bathroom-y beach feel. Thank you, Wal-Mart!

Good night, my loves! xx

My first time, sadly.

So guess what I discovered at Kaiser today?? I have bronchitis. BOOOOOOO!!!!! I don't think I've ever had it before. Luckily since my cold was nearly two weeks ago -- and the cough has lingered -- I'm in the early stages of acute bronchitis. The positive to take away here is that I am no longer annoyingly coughing, there's a diagnosis and I've been given a prescription now.

After my hour and a half jaunt at the doctor's, my throat hurt from all the coughing. Armed with my new meds, I needed food to wash it down.

You know what I'm going to say, don't you?? I ordered a nonfat frozen chai from Starbuck's ;)

I returned home just in time for dinner... and our weekday dinner plans had already been made in advance! I bought so much fun stuff at Trader Joe's (shocking) that we agreed on trying it all each day of the week. On the menu for tonight's meal was home-made orange chicken sort of like in a stir fry bowl. I bedded mine with brown rice and tossed in edamame, green beans, broccoli and some almonds.

P.S. Trader Joe's orange chicken is DELICIOUS!!! It's much healthier than the Panda Express orange chicken. I did use the chopsticks for a bit, but the edamame proved tricky so I eventually opted for a fork. Usually whenever we go out for Asian food, hot tea is always served out of cute little kettles. I was feeling in the mood -- and so was my throat! -- for some green tea. Enter my giant box 'o tea. From France (also, shocking, right??).

After dinner and getting owned by Jeopardy! (usually it's the other way around, guys!!!) my throat still bugged me. Despite amoxicillin. Despite Robitussin. Despite Halls cough drops. What's Monique's remedy then??

That's right.... frozen yogurt!! I mixed a little bit of blueberry, pomegranate and tart yogurt together and adorned them with dark chocolate chips, blueberries and kiwi at the yogurt shop. When I got home I dumped in the remainder of yesterday's mango. It's a surprise I'm not orange after all the mango I've been eating today!

And that's all she wrote, folks. Hopefully I'll get a better night's sleep now that the dog is accustomed to his cone and I'm on cough meds. (Yeah right....)

What's your favorite fro-yo flavor and topping combination?? I looove anything fruity, tart and dark chocolate-y.