Happy Birthday to ME!

Hello! Yesterday was my 23rd birthday, and it was a wonderful day at that. My 22nd birthday absolutely STUNK, because I had just moved up to NEPA and I didn't know a soul, so I ended up going to teacher orientation and then sitting in my apartment alone all day. Needless to say, this year was much better!!!

On Wednesday night, J.J and I went to the Harford Fair (which is a big deal up here, BTW), and I slept at his house, so I would be closer to the mall and the other shopping centers I wanted to hit on my way home. J.J had to go to work around 9, so we parted ways, and I was en route to Wegmans to get some breakfast. Now, I thought maybe I'd be a little bad since it was my birthday and get a donut, because, hey, it's my birthday, why not? Well, wouldn't you know, I stood in front of that donut counter for a few minutes and finally just said to myself "I don't want this. Don't even have a taste for it. Where's the yogurt?" So off I walked to the dairy aisle, picked out an Oikos Greek Yogurt, grabbed a raisin bran muffin, and out to the car I went.

Now, I don't really know why, but I was proud of myself. I'm not saying that I never eat junk food. J.J and I go out for ice cream usually once a week. In general, I have just lost my taste for a lot of junk food. I was telling one of the guys at my gym about it, and he said I had amazing willpower. I feel like a different person than I was a year ago...make that even 6 months ago.


Soooo, anyway about the yogurt.

I hate to say it, but I didn't really enjoy the Oikos. Birthday bummer. I love greek yogurt because of it's thick texture, and this was kind of runny, and there wasn't a lot of flavor. I just crumbled a few pieces of the bran muffin into it to help me get the yogurt down (I have issues with yogurt sometimes, but it is a very important part of a balanced diet, so I do eat it everyday- putting something solid or crunchy in it definitely helps). Wegmans doesn't sell Chobani yogurt for some reason. Oh well. Better than a donut!

Scranton is home to Cooper's Seafood, which has this great deal where they give you a free entree on your birthday. I rounded up my boyfriend, my roommate and a handful of friends and off we went. I decided to have lobster because it was FREE and I don't really get to have it very often. J.J and I split a cup of alligator soup to start (delicious) and we each had a nice side salad.

The lobster was pretty good. I love seafood, but lobster definitely is not my favorite of the ocean variety, but it was delicious nonetheless. It came with the LARGEST baked potato I have ever seen in my life, which I think I ate less than half of. I tried to rip off the skin and eat some of that, because that's where the fiber is. I used the butter dip sparingly and I was pretty full when all was said and done!

The guys!!!

And that was my birthday! I am very thankful for all of the blessings and wonderful people that have been brought into my life over the past year. Special shout out to my boyfriend, J.J- today is his 24th birthday!

J.J and I celebrating our back to back birthdays with his family last weekend!