I’m a little drunk and have a scary amount of work to do tomorrow so I’ll keep this speedy.

I might not have gotten much work done this afternoon but I did have a very calming snack.

A Tazo tea sample pinched from my hotel room and Frog Hollow Farms cookies.

And I baked a pie!

We had an extra Wholy Wholesome WW Pie crust and Adam is a crazy person who has been requesting ‘smores pie minus the actual ‘smores crust.  I followed my grandmother’s recipe, but subbed chocolate chips for bars since that’s what we had in the cupboard.  You better believe I did some nibbling while I cooked.

Finally, it was time for showers and gussying.  I straightened my hair for the first time in my entire life and I think I like it.

The semi-formal was at the Samuel’s Grand Manor, which ended up being a very nice spot.  Dinner was actually a sit down meal and the company was great.  Adam is so lucky to be in school with such a great group of people. 

We hit up the open bar when we arrived; whiskey sour.  [I started drinking and the lights went down so my pictures were pretty much doomed at this point]

And I had a small appetizer plate.

Before the bar closed for dinner I had a bourbon and ginger ale.

Yummy salad.

Bread and butter.

Vegetarian entrée.

Since I don’t eat steak the waitstaff hooked me up with this veggie pasta plate.  I ate all the veggies but pretty much ignored the pasta.

There was ice-cream for dessert but it didn’t look exciting so I gave mine to Adam.  I did however, break into the centerpiece.

We totally took that candy cane home with us too!

After dinner Daniele delivered the bourbon and ginger that put me over the edge.

We hung out for a bit, but my foot hurts from my doctor’s appointment and without dancing we ended up leaving before 10:30.  We were actually almost to our house before I had the world’s most intense craving for chicken fingers.  It’s possible we drunkenly made our way to Denny’s (ew!) and I decided that this wouldn’t count towards the Challenge because I didn’t get enough dinner at our pre-planned event.

The craving –

I ate three and then decided I should probably be done.  P.S. I am totally sick.  Every time we’ve eaten crap this year it’s been confirmed for me that I just can’t.  I didn’t overeat at all (in fact my dinner all total was probably on the small side) but I feel like I’m going to explode.  My body can not tolerate fried food.

I also got embarrassingly excited about this –

Peppermint hot cocoa?  Yes please!  Honestly, it was worth Denny’s food to be able to sit with my husband.  We talked about my goals and possible plans for next year.  He is so busy and it’s hard to focus at home, it was nice to just sit and talk.

Now I’m going to brush my teeth (and possibly puke) and collapse into bed.  Please, God, please let me wake up and get some work done tomorrow!!!