Hello pals! Glad Friday! How’s your week going? Associates who’re celebrating this week: how have your holidays been?
Earlier than we head into at the moment’s put up, a HUGE congrats to the winner of this yr’s Favourite Issues giveaway: Mary Anne C. Keep tuned for extra giveaways arising within the new yr!
It’s been an incredible week. We spent a few nights on the Scottsdale Princess, which is certainly one of our favourite winter traditions. They’ve so many beautiful mild shows, Santa, ice skating, rides, and the ambiance is so festive and enjoyable.
(Additionally they have a ridiculous sizzling cocoa cocktail known as the Nutcracker that’s SO good.) We met up with pals and loved the entire actions on property, and in addition had dinner on the new Toca Madera.
We had been blown away by the meals and the service. All the pieces was cooked completely – we shared guacamole, chips, oysters, and the Pilot and I loved margaritas. For entrees, the children acquired truffle mac and cheese and a chopped salad with hen, whereas the Pilot and I loved steaks and sides. We ordered three desserts (we wish to attempt every part once we exit to eat lol) and the presentation was so distinctive – every part was on a board adorned with a lit sparkler.
Whereas we had been in Scottsdale we additionally noticed the Ballet Arizona Nutcracker; certainly one of my all-time faves!
The remainder of the week has been Winterhaven lighs and a celebration with pals, Christmas Eve at my dad’s, and Christmas Day at our home. This week has been stuffed with every part I like: household time, chill time, and superb meals.
(All of our pajamas are from Hanna Andersson)
We had the same old nana’s egg casserole, tamales, beans, and selfmade cinnamon rolls.
The Pilot made his well-known egg nog:
and for dinner, we had a large charceuterie board, caviar + accompaniments, shrimp cocktail, and for dinner, beef tenderloin with horseradish mustard sauce, smoked turkey, maple brussels, and mashed candy potatoes.
Dessert was a xmas log from devoted,
selfmade pumpkin pie,
assorted macarons, and one million cookies that madre and I baked 😉 These are among the cookie tins we took over to our neighbors:
We performed the saran wrap ball recreation and some different video games, and the Pilot and I capped off the night sitting by the fireplace pit by the pool. It was good 🙂
It’s time for the weekly Friday Faves celebration! That is the place I share a few of my favourite finds from the week and across the net. I all the time love listening to about your faves, too, so please shout out one thing you’re loving within the feedback part beneath.
12.27 Friday Faves
Style + magnificence + random:
Certainly one of my pals mentioned this was her favourite Christmas present so I ordered one for myself. I’m excited to make use of it for our subsequent get-together to maintain meals heat.
This sweatshirt is so cute for Valentine’s Day!
An ideal traditional sweater gown
Learn, watch, pay attention:
Guidelines for contemporary life
Are you doing Dry January this yr?
Health, well being, life, and good eats:
Whereas we had been in Scottsdale, I used to be in a position to take a Pvolve class at their new Scottsdale studio. It was top-of-the-line group health courses I’ve taken in a loooooong time. The trainer had fabulous cueing and power, and I actually love the Pvolve exercise and format. It incorporates practical power coaching with distinctive positioning – numerous inner and exterior rotation – steadiness parts, and the instruments are efficient at including a further problem. It was HARD and I used to be pleasantly sore afterwards! My full weblog put up assessment is right here.
SO many gross sales on a few of my favourite well being and wellness manufacturers. Should you’re trying to make use of up FSA/HSA funds as we end out the yr, try this put up.
– EquiLife is having an enormous sale on assessments and dietary supplements this week. If you wish to take a look at as we head into the brand new yr, I extremely advocate beginning with the Massive 5 or the Starter Package. (Should you’d like me to be the one to go over the assessments with you, ship me your affirmation quantity to gina@fitnessista.com topic TEST and I can make certain the outcomes are tracked to me.)
– Final likelihood to get 20% off at HigherDOSE with the code FITNESSISTA20. If you would like a sauna blanket, PEMF mat or pink mild masks, now’s the possibility.
Banana gingerbread muffins
January detox begins January thirteenth if you wish to plan forward! My code is FITNESSITA10 when you’d like to affix in.
Thanks a lot for stopping by the weblog at the moment! Have an incredible weekend and I’ll see ya quickly!
xoxo
Gina
