girls Christmas lunch get together at the office...

Today at work we girls had our Christmas lunch -  I had a HUGE Italian salad - lettuce, cucumber, tomato, onion, pepperoni, bacon, provolone and blue cheese dressing - it was Delicious!   everyone else had the amazing meatball & mozzarella sandwich on garlic bread - ya it is amazing.

The girls are great ...  whenever stuff annoys me I stop to remind myself how lucky I am to work with such lovely people!

I got them all a box of German boozy cherry chocolates, a jar of my AMAZING coffee vanilla liqueur, cute little Christmas trees soaps I got a a little soap shop in Kenosha, Wisconsin - wrapped them up in a plain brown paper bag and tied on a glittery Merry Christmas ornaments with some culling ribbon  - yea, I am all about the bow!   sorry -no photos as I wrapped them in the car on my way to work - just call me mayhem  - lol...   no no, I have plenty of time at the stoplights...  1 hour to drive 16 miles - insanity - right?   ha ha hoo hoo hee hee =D


I LOVE all my gifts - seriously!!!  

festive stuff - a jingly charm bracelet charm,  snowman pin and this ornament -   love love love it...  it is a origami crane hanging inside a glass figural glass bauble, with  white sequins, pink metallic stands and a pink confetti piece that says "celebrate" with pink and silver bow topped with a tiny pink candy cane - love it

cute Vera Bradley organizer   cute and so light weight - I totally  NEED help with organizing & lightening my load  with all my traveling  - home, work, home away for home, visiting family .  where is my home again!?  

viva la vera

a box of amazing sugar free chocolates - YUM!!!

I have been sO missing candy with my new restricted diet  (Dr's orders - no wheat or refined sugar - you know they put that stuff in like everything <sigh>  had they told me no coffee - surely I would have run out of the office screaming) - I did not know such a thing existed! wonderful - gonna savor those...

gotta take off these bells and take care of my sick hubby  -  ear infection, fever, maybe pneumonia...  poor kid...     Hope you all are taking extra time to appreciate life -relax and enjoy some time with friends and family♥

... again with the salad - I am a bit obsessed with them at the moment I do declare!

My lunchroom associates admired my lunch so much today so I though perhaps the rest of the world may be almost as interested and spring greens are in season!

When I say "everyone" mean pretty much everyone you know there is always one.. Today it was one of the dudes who chimed in "ugh! I don't eat blue cheese, it is so fattening"   I thought to myself " ugh! shut up and eat your freaking Lean Cuisine!" now don't get me wrong I totally enjoy a Lean Cuisine now and again - enought to get myself a new  free lunch each year... but, because they are tasty and like no work to prepare!   Anyway, I let it go the age snippet of old wisdom out "moderation" and I did not even say a word when he went to  the crack... err, I  mean snack machine and returned with a bag of cheezits.... I mean those things are so fattening -  right!  LOL -  anyway we are bunch of charcters and have a good time a lunch mind you 90% of the conversation is about food and it is downright wonderful  =)

Here it is the latest & greatest of my salad creations...   Spring greens, cucumber, artichoke salad (artichoke hearts, pimento and olives marinaded in oil and seasoning)  blue cheese crumbles, my new fav "frazzled ham" (I made this fotunated discovery on "home" over there in the right column under "blogs I read" - pretty sure that is the one), balsamic vinaigrette, as well as some garden fresh garlic chives and sorrel....  yes, while the ham was cooling and you were not looking I strolled out to the garden to get them - its pure joy to be enjoying these thing in March!?


.. and lest not forget photo of the day!

Day 29 - Feet