Pumpkin and Spice

I started my morning with something new (to me) that I found at Whole Foods- Fage 2% yogurt with dippin' sauce. I'm sure that's not the actual product name but it's a pretty accurate description. It's about a half-cup or so of plain 2% Fage, and about a tablespoon or so of "sauce"- in the case of the ones I bought, cherry and strawberry. They also had a honey one, but I only got two, just in case I didn't care for it. I usually buy the fat free Fage, and while it is delicious, the 2% was brilliant! It was creamy and rich and tangy. Yum! The sauce was jam-like and just sweet enough to compliment the tartness of the yogurt. It was so so soooo good. I really wish I'd got more of them- I'll have to add them to the shopping list for my next trip to Whole Foods! You can also see the Quaker Oatmeal Squares I had with it in the background.

Fortified with yogurt and Oatmeal Squares, I set to the daunting task of figuring out how to work the iHome alarm clock Sissy brought. There was no instruction book, and she couldn't figure out how to work it. I looked up the info booklet online, and figured out everything except why my iPod wouldn't play in it. After more investigation, it turns out that we don't have the right adaptor for it. The adaptor is that funny black plastic thing that comes in the box with your iPod, as it happens. I never knew that! I wondered what that thing was for. I called Kyle and he promised to send it.

I walked to the post office to check my mail (I have a PO Box.) Guess what I got in the mail? A package from Kyle! Yay! I had asked him to send me some t-shirts to wear to the gym and around the apartment but he also tucked in some surpises-
Ornaments for my tree! (Those straw ornaments are actually shrimps woven out of straw. Weird, yes, but I think they're cute.)

And the stocking my great-grandma made me when I was little.

And my ultra-nerdy Minnie Mouse Santa hat. (Kyle has a matching Mickey Santa hat.)

Look how cute the tree is with the ornaments from home-

He also sent a string of Christmas lights, which I put up on the balcony, but didn't take a picture of, as it was still daylight. After decorating, I went to the gym for a kickboxing class. Unfortunately, the instructor was sick, so the class was canceled. Instead I did 30min on the eliptical and 30min on the treadmill. I'm still a little wheezy, but it's getting better...

Once home I was starving. So I did what anyone would do after just working out- I asked Sissy if she wanted to order Mexican. I know, I'm horrible. My defense is- there's a Mexican place a block away, and we had a menu for it and wanted to see if it was any good. It was research! I ordered a combo plate with a chicken enchilada, a chicken tamale and a chicken taco. It was pretty darn terrific- and huge! I only ate about half.

I really need to not undo my efforts at the gym like this... I really shouldn't  make my food choices when my blood sugar's low. I'm very impressionable when I'm hungry.

Tomorrow there's another kickboxing class in the morning (taught by a different instructor) so I'm planning on going to that. I'm a little nervous about embarassing myself by wheezing  and panting in the middle of class. Wish me luck!