Hello mates! Pleased Friday! How’s your week going? Mates who’re celebrating this week: how have your holidays been?
Earlier than we head into right now’s submit, a HUGE congrats to the winner of this 12 months’s Favourite Issues giveaway: Mary Anne C. Keep tuned for extra giveaways developing within the new 12 months!
It’s been an incredible week. We spent a few nights on the Scottsdale Princess, which is one in every of our favourite winter traditions. They’ve so many attractive mild shows, Santa, ice skating, rides, and the ambiance is so festive and enjoyable.
(Additionally they have a ridiculous sizzling cocoa cocktail referred to as the Nutcracker that’s SO good.) We met up with mates and loved all the actions on property, and likewise had dinner on the new Toca Madera.
We had been blown away by the meals and the service. All the things was cooked completely – we shared guacamole, chips, oysters, and the Pilot and I loved margaritas. For entrees, the children bought truffle mac and cheese and a chopped salad with rooster, whereas the Pilot and I loved steaks and sides. We ordered three desserts (we need to strive the whole lot once we exit to eat lol) and the presentation was so distinctive – the whole lot was on a board adorned with a lit sparkler.
Whereas we had been in Scottsdale we additionally noticed the Ballet Arizona Nutcracker; one in every of my all-time faves!
The remainder of the week has been Winterhaven lighs and a celebration with mates, Christmas Eve at my dad’s, and Christmas Day at our home. This week has been full of the whole lot I really like: household time, chill time, and wonderful meals.
(All of our pajamas are from Hanna Andersson)
We had the same old nana’s egg casserole, tamales, beans, and homemade cinnamon rolls.
The Pilot made his well-known egg nog:
and for dinner, we had an enormous 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,
do-it-yourself pumpkin pie,
assorted macarons, and one million cookies that madre and I baked 😉 These are a few of 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 hearth pit by the pool. It was good 🙂
It’s time for the weekly Friday Faves get together! That is the place I share a few of my favourite finds from the week and across the internet. I at all times 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
Vogue + magnificence + random:
Considered one of my mates stated 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 12 months?
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 among the best group health courses I’ve taken in a loooooong time. The trainer had fabulous cueing and vitality, and I actually love the Pvolve exercise and format. It incorporates useful energy coaching with distinctive positioning – a number of inside and exterior rotation – stability elements, and the instruments are efficient at including a further problem. It was HARD and I used to be pleasantly sore afterwards! My full weblog submit assessment is right here.
SO many gross sales on a few of my favourite well being and wellness manufacturers. Should you’re wanting to make use of up FSA/HSA funds as we end out the 12 months, try this submit.
– 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 12 months, I extremely suggest beginning with the Huge 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 be certain the outcomes are tracked to me.)
– Final probability to get 20% off at HigherDOSE with the code FITNESSISTA20. If you’d like a sauna blanket, PEMF mat or purple mild masks, now could be the prospect.
January detox begins January thirteenth if you wish to plan forward! My code is FITNESSITA10 in case you’d like to affix in.
Thanks a lot for stopping by the weblog right now! Have an incredible weekend and I’ll see ya quickly!
xoxo
Gina