The suite life

As part of a research project for school, I am being escorted across McConnell Air Force Base tomorrow and given the opportunity to observe a court-martial proceeding. Considering this is right up Career Goal Alley for me, I'm thrilled.

Since McConnell is three hours from home, I had to drive down this evening and shack up in a motel. Imagine my excitement when I fell upon a deal for suite for only $65!!!

That's right, I'm blogging from the middle of a queen bed decked out in crisp white sheets and a million pillows. I'm glowing with post-bubble-bath glee and blasting the a/c so I can snuggle in the night.

Since this is a special ocassion of sorts, and the start of my birthday month, I went all out. I hit up the grocery store and bought food to make in my suite's kitchen. I was planning to splurge on Kraft Mac n Cheese, but decided a suite night deserved sweets!

I found some neat things at the grocery store for a single person watching their calories. Dinner was Campbell's Red Pepper Soup and Smart Ones' Ham and Cheese Scramble. In total, it was 340 calories and lots of protein.

Then came the sweets!

Skinny Cow has these great little single-serving ice cream cups that are only 150 calories so I gladly grabbed a Dulce de Leche flavored cup. Then, because it's a rare microwave-filled evening for me, I hit up the baking aisle and grabbed a Better Crocker Warm Desserts individual chocolate cake brownie bowl - also only 150 calories!

After my bubble bath I made dessert, poured a glass of nonfat milk and snuggled in bed with my goodies. Imagine my surpass when I couldn't even finish it all!

Sure, tonight involved a splurge, but I'm proud of how reasonable it was, you know? I was able to satisfy cravings and make myself feel pampered and special without feeling guilty.

I'll take that sweet life any day!!!

She's my Cherry Pie

To celebrate Spring, the beautiful days we've been having, and my blossoming cherry tree, I invited a couple of friends over for a burger cookout this afternoon. I have a wonderful deck in front of the house that is right under the cherry tree and since the weather is perfect, I got really excited.

So excited, in fact, that I postponed studying for finals (two weeks away!!!) and baked a cherry pie instead.

Of course, you know me. It wasn't a regular cherry pie. It was a Hungry Girl low-cal, high fiber cherry pie! We haven't eaten it yet, and after seeing the finished product I have no idea how pretty it will be once served in slices, but who cares if it tastes half as good as it looks now?

I didn't have whip cream so I figure it's even less than the 90 calories Hungry Girl states. Also, since I don't have a blender or food processor, I put the Fiber One in a ziploc bag and hit it with the back end of a spoon. After ten minutes of that - and a lot of jumping around to 90s music - I'm pretty sure I burned the 90 calories!

YAY SPRING!!!