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This past Thursday, I accepted the Chevy mission to cruise down to my local Central Market in Plano, Texas for some shopping.  Chevy provided me with a little shopping money, which came just in time for my monthly grocery trip.

Shopping + Food = Happy Foodie

I invited one my girlfriends, Kirstyn, to come along with me on this shopping event. We both have busy schedules so we did our shopping later in the evening.

My favorite department of Central Market was the produce department. They have a wide selection of fresh produce.

We spent some time with an employee showing us around every department.

We even sampled the Fermin Iberico Ham, wopping $179.00 a pound….Whoa.

Best tasting ham I’ve ever had in my life!

After three hours of fun, we loaded up the Malibu with our bags of goodies and headed home.

Kirstyn and I are already planning another trip to Central Market next week.

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I went shopping with Kelsey and Trinity over the weekend too.  More fun pictures/video to come from that adventure.

Blogger Dinner 2009 Style

SATURDAY

The Blogger Meetup I have been waiting for all month finally arrived.

Dinner with Trinity(Haiku Tofu), Heather (Then Heather Said) and Kels (Kelsey Toney).

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The best Thai food I have ever tasted.

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Trinity baked everyone vegan almond crisps…she’s so sweet!

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I haven’t been to Sweet Basil in months, so I tried the Green Curry Chicken.

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The waitress asked how spicy, on a scale of 1-5 and I went with #1…I’m a wimp :)

The Curry was very spicy but also delicious.

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The Table was filled with good food.

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Dessert was on the Agenda and we had our eyes set on Froyo!

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My yogurt story:

  1. Raspberry yogurt
  2. Pistachio yogurt
  3. Mango
  4. Strawberries
  5. Raspberries
  6. Granola

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Heather and I enjoying the fro-yo.

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Trin and Kels being whimsical.

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A great Foodie Christmas and Blogger Dinner. I’m very happy to have blogger friends in Texas, but also in the same city!

What was the best part of your Holiday?  Did you enjoy time with family and friends?

Thanking every Reader for a great year, especially the past 5 months of blogging at this domain. I’ve met so many lovely people and appreciate all the comments, advice and love you’ve shown me. I can’t wait to see what 2010 brings…I’m ready!

See You In 2010

Welcome Oprah, Texas loves you!!

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Renee and I were so excited to see Oprah today!  We had to be at the park before 9AM to get into the main stage area, but we couldn’t make it :( However we stood behind the barrier and was able to get awesome pics of’ Oprah, Gayle, Nate Berkus and Ali Wentworth, who performed with the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders and special performance by Martina McBride. (I was closer to Oprah then I was to Britney at her concert weeks ago)

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Oprah can tape me anytime. lol

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My favorite three people…

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Hey, I almost wore yellow today like Oprah.

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Oprah did an early surprise visit Sunday & purchased boots and a cowboy hat, for today.

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Ali Wentworth on the right side of Oprah as a Cheerleader!  She did an awesome job too.

I really wanted a candy apple

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But instead I had corn with cayenne pepper…Holy Yum.

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Renee tried the Fried Oreo, she said it tasted good.

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They did look good, not greasy like I had pictured

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Later we made our way to the petting zoo

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Most of the animals had been fed already so they were not interested in our food.

It was still fun

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One more…

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We visited the horse stables

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Watched the ”African Acrobat Team” perform.  These guys were awesome.

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Sampled food:

jalapeno peach jelly

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Rum cake

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cheese quesadilla

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Met the Borden Cow

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And her adorable sleeping calf whose 4 months old.

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Tired from the adventure we said farewell to Big Tex

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See  you next year…



Blogger Fun

I’m not the type that likes crowds, but I had a good time at the Grape Fest and met up with fellow blogger Katyee (Kaytee Says Eat)

She is so sweet.  I have to say sorry, once again b/c I ended up running really late b/c of furniture movers.

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I finally found  Kaytee and we grabbed something to eat from a Mediterranean stand that was grilling.

We both tried the chicken & hummus sandwich.  They really loaded on the hummus too.  I was a bad food blogger and didn’t catch the name of the stand. Ooops

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”Tropical lemonade” which was really just regular lemonade but I was just happy it was cold.

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We felt it was too warm outside to walk around sipping wine, so we went with dessert.

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Yummy!

I went with the Mango Gelato, which was extremely tasty :)

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Checked out the artwork.

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Walked around while chatting about food, blogging and boys!

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Had a great time and thought it was Nifty having my first ”Blogger Meet Up” and happy to meet Kaytee!!

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Currently Loving my new furniture!!

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Now I’m off to a parade and picnic, if I can get over this bad headache.

Do you enjoy meeting up with other healthy living bloggers?

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