Hello everyone! How are you guys doing? I am well! Today is my Friday, so that is exciting news! 
This week has been so busy I am ready to wrind down a little bit, for sure!
Yesterday after work, I headed to my part-time job for a meeting. When I got there I realized the AC was not on and it was about 90 degrees. It was a miserable sweaty hour and 20 minutes that I was there. In that time I somehow managed to loose my keys, I think the heat made me delirious! By the time I left there and got home it was 7:30 pm. After being a power house of productivity and having a very long day, a run seemed unappealing! So I didn’t go.
I went to talk to my mom about my wedding stuff and pick up my little pup. My mom told me earlier on the phone that she had a surprise for me and I was eager and excited to see that it was. When I got there, she surprised me with the most adorable Tory Burch flats!!!Here is a picture of the exact ones:
I LOVE THEM!!!!!
Dinner needed to be something quick, I was so hungry! When I went to take picture I realized I left my camera at work 
FAIL! But I made do with the iphone, not the best quality, but at least you get some pictures right? I took this bad boy out of the freezer and heated it up
While it was cooking I steamed some edamame.
I really, really love eating edamame out of the pod! Isn’t it so fun?!
I headed to bed early this last night because I had a 5:15 am wake up call!I was wiped out from a busy day and passed right out. I slept like a baby and actually felt great when the alarm went off! I hopped out of bed, put on my workout clothes and headed to Healthworks Beach Body Bootcamp. While on my way there I snacked on a banana.
Like Oscar’s bed in the background that he NEVER sleeps in? 
Bootcamp was fun today! There were a lot of different drills, sprints and TONS of ab work, which felt great. It was hot and muggy, but I still felt fantastic. I was a sweaty, dirty mess after and hopped right into the shower and got ready for work. On the way into work, I stopped at Starbucks and got a turkey bacon, egg white sandwich on a whole wheat English muffin.
I also had a grande skinny vanilla latte (hello, yummy!), but I deleted the phone picture by accident. It was probably not great anyhow!
I got to work by 7:30 am this morning! HOLY COW! I think this is the earliest I have ever been at work. It was nice to be alone for a while! I got a lot done! Around 10 am I broke into my snack. I had some leftover edamame from last night! It was fun to eat
Clearly, by this point I was reunited with my camera!
Lunch came around 12pm while working! I had a leftover turkey burger from Tuesday night’s dinner with laughing cow cheese on whole wheat bun with some salad.
It hit the spot!
Today’s Outfit:
My hair looks like a hot mess in this picture…sorry! The dress is from Arden B and the silver sandals are Steve Madden.
Giveaway!!!
Back my popular demand and because of participation in Healthworks Beach Body Bootcamp , Tazo tea is giving a lucky reader the SAME fun gift pack I gave away last week!!! WOOP!
To enter this giveaway, post a comment about your 5 favorite things about summer! You have until Sunday at 4pm to enter!
My five Favorite things about Summer:
- Flip Flops
- Running outside
- Sundresses
- Ice Cold Beer
- 4-day work weeks
Have a great Thursday!
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1. Boating
2. Outdoor workouts
3. Fireworks
4. Summer clothes
5. Pasta salad, watermelon, kabobs, corn on the cob–summer food!!
1. Watermelon Coolattas
2. Summer weddings
3. Beach days
4. Quiet Office
5. Concerts
Im so in love with that dress!! Its one of my favs that you have =)
Hmmm I love summer….
1. FLIP FLOPS!!! Enough said!
2. Beach days
3. Summer fruits
4. Passion tea lemonaide – i dont tend to drink any cold drinks in the winter
5. Parade Day!!!
1) Beach days with girlfriends
2) Lunch breaks outside
3) Messy/curly hair (too hot for a blowdryer)
4) Martha’s Vineyard
5) Purple Cow Ice Cream!
1. Evening walks
2. BEEEEEEEEEEEEER
3. Grilling
4. Falling asleep in the sun
5. yard sales/farmers markets
1. The Beach
2. Grilling!
3. Flip Flops
4. Fireworks
5. Summer Fruit
1. Pools
2. Heat wears the puppy out faster
3. Sandals
4. Dresses
5. Watermelon
1. Beach
2. Flip Flops
3. Beers on the beach, they just taste better outside
4. Trips to the dog park with my pup
5. Late sunsets
1. Warm nights
2. Flip-flops
3. skirts
4. berries
5. corn on the cob
Summer!! Yay! I love:
1. Running in the heat (crazy, I know, but I love the sun)
2. Fresh summer fruit, especially strawberries and raspberries
3. Cool sunglasses
4. Sunsets at 9 pm
5. Concerts and festivals
1. Grilling!
2. Vegas Pool Time!
3. Flip Floppies
4. Adult Beverages on a hot day!
5. Sundresses
Beach Days
Running outside
Summer Clothes
Longer Days
Watermelon
1. Beach
2. Flip Flops
3. Tanning
4. Sundresses
5. Watermelon and Strawberries
1. Flip Flops
2. Fruity Drinks/Beer
3. Grilling
4. Sundresses
5. Beach
1-ice water
2-running outside
3-ice cream
4-bonfires
5-swimming in the pool
1. cherries
2. beach
3. long days
4. summer nights out with friends
5. grilling
1. Iced lattes!
2. Summer berries
3. Outdoor workouts
4. Camping/cabin weekends
5. Farmers markets
i LOVE thos eenchiladas from amy’s. they’re like the bean ones from tj’s!
five things
1. flip flops
2. sun
3. beach time!
4. running outside and sweating buckets!
5. shorts and tank tops.
1) Sundresses
2) Sandals
3) Ice Cold Lemonade
4) Reading in a Hammock
5) Long Walks at Twilight
Awwww – LOVED your outfit, Ali!
And that turkey burguer looked amazing, btw
It´s not summer in Brazil, but my top 5 would probably be…
1- Sunglasses
2- Pools/Beach
3- Fro-Yo
4- The heat!
5- Fresh OJ with TONS of ice!
Wish you a great weekend, girl!
1. Sweet, delicious berries!
2. BBQ’s
3. Beach
4. Longer days(sunshine makes me happy)
5. Red Sox games @ Fenway!
My Fav Summer things are:
1. RED SOX
2. Sam Summer Ale
3. Beaches
4. Castle Island
5. Fried Clams
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1. Horse Shows
2. County Fair
3.Watermelon
4. Long days with lots of sunshine
5. grilling
1. Flip Flops and sandals
2. Dresses and Skirts
3. Fruit
4. relaxing by the pool or beach
5. eating outside!
1. Walking around barefoot
2. water skiing
3. swimming
4. grilling
5. binfires
=) all good times!
fun!
1. days on the lake
2. fresh berries
3. 4th of July celebrations
4. long, sunny days
5. swimming with my nieces!
Oh, where to begin?! Let’s see…
1. BEACHES!!!! (I miss them back in SoCal)
2. Dresses
3. Tank tops at night
4. Patio eats
5. BBQ!
1. Long days of sunshine & warm weather
2. Sundresses
3. Fresh food, especially out of my own garden! Mmm.
4. Boating/swimming
5. Cold, refreshing, drinks!
Btw–just started reading your blog and I love it!
1. sun dresses
2. pink lemonade
3. smell of sunscreen (silly I know, but it’s such a summertime smell!)
4. running by the Charles River
5. nighttime warmth
1. Summer clothes: shorts, tanktops, flip flops, sun dresses
2. Summer foods: watermelon, barbeque
3: Beach and pool times!
4. The warm weather
5. Walks along the boardwalk
1. Iced coffee!!
2. Brightly painted fingernails
3. THE OCEAN
4. BBQs or any eating that’s done outside…
5. Exercising outdoors!
1. Trashy Summer reading
2. Pedicures
3. Sunset bike rides
4. Tall skinny vanilla lattes
5. The feeling of getting on an Air conditioned bus after you’ve been waiting in the muggy heat.
Where do you find edamame in the pods? I’ve been looking everywhere!!
1. Cold yogurt mess breakfasts
2. Smoothies
3. Laying out at the pool
4. Outdoor concerts and festivals
5. BASEBALL
1. Longer days (ie..the sun still out at 8pm)
2. The perfect ice coffee!
3. Watermelon!! (mmmm)
4. Beach!
5. Agreed with the summer dresses!!
1. Summers off
2. Cottages
3. Flip flops
4. Beer on the patio
5. Long days and nice weather
1. BBQ’s
2. Beaches/Swimming
3. Roadtrips
4. Flipflops
5. Summers Off!!
1. Summer clothes – skirts, shorts, tank tops, flip flops, dresses!
2. The lake – camping by it & boating on it!
3. All of the amazing fresh produce – especially tomatoes, watermelon & cantaloupe!
4. Sitting outside, enjoying the fresh air
5. My birthday & anniversary – both are in July!
1. Fresh fruit
2. Warm weather
3. Sandals/Open-toed heels
4. Dining al fresco!
5. Cool, thirst-quenching lemonade
1. Watermelon
2. Summer vacation
3. Beach
4. Cold beer
5. Strolling around places in full bloom.
1. that it stays lighter longer (like 9pm-ish in Boston!)
2. bbqs and picnics
3. running, walking, kayaking / just being outside without jackets, winter clothing or rain gear
4. spending the evenings outdoors with friends
5. Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day fun
1. Flip flops
2. Longer days (sun sets later)
3. Outside events
4. Ice cold drinks
5. Vacations
1). Iced green tea
2). Family barbecues
3). Lounging by the pool with friends
4). Being able to sleep in
5). Cute summer clothes
the beach, ice cream, summer dresses, smoothies, bbqs!
1. BBBQ’ing (the extra B stands for BYOB)
2. Trail Running
3. Sweating Profusely after workouts
4. LOOOONG Days – Sunrise today 6/25 5:09am – Sunset 8:25!
5. Going on Motha-F’ing Boats!!
1. Beach
2. Backyard BBQs
3. Day drinking
4. Farmer’s Markets
5. Yoga on the balcony
1 Longer days
2. Warm weather
3. Spending more time wiht friends
4. Bootcamp
5. Picnics
1. Longer days !!
2. Iced coffee
3. Running outside
4. Fresh berries
5. Did I mention longer days? That is a big deal for me!
1. Longer days
2. dresses and sandals
3. outdoor concerts and festivals
4. no school!
5. picnics in the park
1. Cold beer
2. Reading in the sun
3. Running out doors! (so long treadmill!)
4. Fresh fruit
5. Sitting outside and watching the sunset
5 favorite things.
1. Walking.
5 favorite things.
1. Walking. 2. Watermelon. 3. Sandals.4. Walking out of the house without a jacket. 5. The sun!
1. Pool parties
2. Weekend trips to Mexico
3. Flippity flops
4. Trips to the lake
5. Long sunny days
1. sleeping in
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2. time to work out!
3. getting to see the 12123512341 movies that I didnt get to see during the school year
4. nice weather
5. a manageable amount of school work
1) Summer Vacations
2) New England Summer Breezes
3) Walks at Dusk
4) 4th of July
5) ICE CREEAAAAMMM!!!
1. barbecue
2. my balcony
3. sandals
4. sitting outside with friends
5. long days
1. Margaritas
2. Ice Cream
3. Flip flops
4. Barbecues
5. Tank tops
1. Flip Flops
2. Watermelon
3. Cookouts
4. Beach/Pool Time
5. My birthday! (June)
what’s NOT to love about summer? my list includes:
* flip flops
* South Haven fireworks (the best ever, in my opinion)
* watermelon
* longer days
* the BEACH
thanks for a fun giveaway!
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