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Hey hey you party people!

Glad you enjoyed my recipe for that Chocolate Crack (and lemme tell you, despite some judging malfeasance, everyone at the picnic loved it too).

It’s been a pretty snuggly weekend, with a total of three naps and very little leaving the house, which I loved…. but that’ll change oh-so-soon with next weekend being the Healthy Living Summit in Philly and the weekend after being a wine-tasting themed bridal shower for my cousin in OCNJ! But enough about the future, here are the six silly things that I’ve enjoyed or thought about this week. For your viewing pleasure.

So that’s why they call them navel oranges.
Wow. Definitely an Inny.

If that’s not a belly button on a fruit, I don’t know what is.
I demand a revote!
Gimme a break!

Now, I know I may be biased…. but of the 5 desserts pictured here, mine didn’t even PLACE! (there were 1-3rd places with gift cards!) I’ll admit, the cool whip thing on the left was delicious and full of cake and berries…. but the one on the far right…. HAWAIIAN CAKE?! COME ON!! I gave them all a fair try.

A nice sampler platter of the competition's goodies.

Admittedly, I’m a bit sour grapes, so my mind may have played tricks on me, but I’m pretty sure the carrot cake was poison.

Luckily, the judging didn’t prevent people from eating the heck out of the crack. HA!
#WTF
AND a personalized note to boot!

Have any of you tweeted #WTF when you finish a box of Wheat Thins @crunchiscalling? If you DO you have a chance to have a brand new box sent to you!! And they even hand-write the note!! How nice is that?

And I can’t promise that I’ll send you boxes of Wheat Thins, but you should follow @foodsweatnbeers on twitter too for live, minute-by-minute updates on what I’m doing. Doesn’t that just sound great?!
A Blogger Meetup!!
UNC girls!!

I met up with Allison, author of Happy Tales, at the UNC School of Public Health. It was my first ever healthy living blogger meetup, a virtual dress rehearsal for the Healthy Living Summit in LESS than a week (ahhh!) It was great to finally meet someone IRL who I’ve read all about. It’s like I already knew her. Wonderful to meet, chat about HLS and our mutual love of dogs named Happy, and enjoy the company while spending some time on UNC campus again. It just reminded me how excited I am for Football Season!!
Another WTF. This time, chocolate bar style.
Oh, it isn't?!

Read a little about this Yorkie candy bar. And apparently it’s not for girls. So if you’re trying to eat it, and you’re a lady….

DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!
North Carolina’s Girls’ Pint Outchapter is making it happen!!
Sweet Swag

I had a fantastic meeting with the some of the finest Craft Beer Ladies in the Triangle tonight to discuss future plans for NC GPO… Things are going to get awesome, very very soon. Check out @NCGirlsPintOut on Twitter!! Our next eve nt’s going to be this Thursday(!!!!) at Busy Bee Cafe in Raleigh and I’m beyond pumped. Also in the plans…. two of my favorite words, combined into one event: KEGS & EGGS!!

Nothing’s set in stone, yet, but I’ll be working my booty off to get it set. Perhaps a tailgating event. That’s just my dream come true. Dream big, right Jordan?

Those are the little bits of goings on, and now I’m off to enjoy my froyo and a sweet episode of Mad Men. Yup, this is the first time we’ve ever watched it. And yup, I’m addicted.

Get inside of my belly.

Good night, friends, and best of luck waking up for Monday’s meandering.

Good evening (and a late one at that!)

The beau and I just got done our plans for the night and I’m pretty sure it was exactly like the Katy Perry hit, Last Friday Night (TGIF). In case you don’t turn on the radio, it’s something like this:

Yeah we danced on tabletops
And we took too many shots
Think we kissed but I forgot…

Yeah we maxed our credit cards
And got kicked out of the bar
So we hit the boulevard…

We went streaking in the park
Skinny dipping in the dark
Then had a menage a trois.

Anyone ever actually think about those lyrics? Quite a big jump from going skinny dipping and streaking to legitimately having sex with two people at once, IMHO. But hey, she’s Katy Perry, she’s got it under control, I’m sure.

: Yeah, Jordan, don’t worry about me…

But yes, our night was equally as crazy.

I started out ridin’ solo at the gym, with a fantastic Body Attack class.

: Not my best, but absolutely not even close to my worst.

My ankle was still bothering me a little but I focused on the lower-impact options (one of my favorite aspects of Body Attack is that they always give you options) to take some of the pressure off, and still managed to work up one hell of a sweat.

: Don’t you love when fitness classes turn into wet t-shirt contests?

Then, as Katy and her buddies danced on tabletops, we did a little dancing in downtown Durham.

He calls this one the "check me out!"

I call this one the "pose pretty with your dream purse". I'll be giving lessons at the Healthy Living Summit cocktail party if anyone's interested.

We took too many shots. And by shots, I mean slices of pizza.

: All pepperoni, half artichoke (me), half buffalo chicken (Ry)

From one of our all-time favorite pizza joints in the Triangle (and anywhere):

: Mellow Mushroom’s Mellow Menu

We definitely kissed a few times. But I didn’t forget any of them.

We didn’t have to max out our credit cards because my Uncle had given me a giftcard, but we ALMOST got kicked out of the bar…

Wait, not even a little. I did almost kick a woman out of the outdoor seating for smoking while we were eating, but she stopped (aka finished her nasty smelly cigarette) moments before the pizza came out (at which point I would’ve complained, loudly and obnoxiously. and then, maybe gotten kicked out of the bar.)

I enjoyed a delicious Bell’s Two Hearted with dinner.

: Thanks for the bunny ears, Ry.

Then, we hit the boulevard (aka walked back to the car).

The rest of the song gets into some pretty risque stuff and I’ll be honest….. we skipped that and baked (sort of) a dessert for his company picnic.

It may not have been the stuff Katy writes songs about, but maybe she’s missing out on a gold-mine of brilliant lyrics waiting to be written. Katy, gimme a call if you need any more inspiration. I’ve got gobs of this stuff.

Did you do anything wild enough to warrant a Katy Perry song tonight?

Did you watch the double play of Con Air on TNT tonight? BECAUSE I’M WATCHING IT RIGHT NOW!

Time to get back to the oh-so-classy and ever-so-well-dressed Nicolas Cage.