"She's a wild onnne"

Well, if you consider Lifetime, cleaning and shopping wild - then I'm your gal!
Really really enjoyed (and needed) this relaxing/productive weekend. I'll give you a rundown - prepare yourselves :)

Thursday I had work and class, ran by the grocery store, prepared a lovely salad for dinner & then watched a new episode of Grey's - FINALLY! I'm glad they are getting back to more of the "relationship" issues on the show...George & Izzy, oohh I'm sure we all can't see what's going to happen there - George is my fave, what a cutie.

Salad (I'm not claiming this as a new or wild recipe, but I really enjoy it)
I like fresh romaine (chop it myself), I sliced a few seedless red grapes, threw in some almonds and some great tomato basil goat cheese (yum!) and tossed it altogether.
Made my own dressing with some olive oil, white vinegar, some seasonings & a little water.
I'm a huge salad lovahh - I'll just throw anything that I have in the fridge on some lettuce but this one turned out good!

Friday - I worked and ran to the mall to pick up some new running shoes where they had the buy one get one 1/2 off sale, why not right? I got some pink Nikes for working out and these great lightweight New Balances - they are a little crazy but very comfortable and more for easy walks and running errands. And I have a Lands End tote in the exact same colors. Word.

Then, I spent, oh I don't know about 2 hours in Target - its therapeutic to me. Picked up some new workout tees & they have these Champion running shorts (catching a theme here - Battle of the Bridal Bulge is on!) in black and hot pink which are so comfy but run EXTREMELY big, so beware. I'm putting together a "few of your favorite things" package for Fiances birthday - just some random stuff like vitamin water, beef jerky & Ferris Beuller DVD (only at Target, I tell ya). Then, I watched some episodes of season one The Office - that show totally cracks me up - esp. Steve Carrell.

Saturday I ran around doing some cleaning up, laundry, recycling & stuff like that. I also went by Gold's Gym to see about their membership programs & personal training. It seems pretty cheap to join, I can do personal training by month - that would work really well for me. I can do it for a month, see how it works out and if I want to continue on I can. ALSO, they are moving to a location less than a mile from my apartment...which is perfect because I could walk (or ideally run) there.
The weather here is finally getting warm and springlike...yesterday was incredibly nice, I downloaded some new music and just took a loonnngg walk - it was so enjoyable. Then, I watched French Kiss (one of my all time favorite movies..."my ass is twitching") and My Big Fat Greek Wedding (I think I had seen it a long time ago, but totally related to it - so funny!)

Oh and then perusing online I was looking at LL Bean & found these little items...
I love love love my Polo t-shirt dress & I thought this pink one was cute & so cheap ($35.00). I wear stuff like this alllll the time, so I ordered it -


I live in skirts in the summer and this looks like a perfect classic skirt I could wear with a tee-shirt or dress up with a cute tank top and all for $19.95!


I've never ordered clothing from LL Bean, so I'm going to check these out, see how they fit and probably order more.
Today I've just been doing some work for papers I have due and watching some Lifetime. ;)
Thats about it for my wildly relaxing weekend.

Oh, when I was at the store I decided to buy some fresh artichokes just because, but I've never cooked with fresh ones. I haven't looked around yet online for any recipes but if there are any good artichoke recipes - let me know!