Island in the Sun

Today was so fun! It was ridiculously warm outside today and we had to take advantage of it, duh. Hubs, baby and I headed downtown for a day of walking, shopping and eating. I didn't get to take as many pictures as I wanted to mostly because I was stuffing my face with food lol. But I'm going to say this is quite a pic-heavy post compared to my previous posts. Look how gorgeous it was today!

We went shopping and decided to buy shoes.

Matching shoes :) I know, we're so corny. Take a look at our purchase!

 His: Converse PC2 in Black/White (similar here)

Mine: Converse All Star in Black (similar here)  

My AS on me. Teehee. They're sooooooo comfortable it's unbelievable!

 

To end the day off before hubs went to work, he spoiled me with chocolate. But not just the regular chocolate from convenient stores... Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. YUUUUUM.

I wish I remembered the exact names of these things but I think the white ball is a cheesecake chocolate bomb, and the flat chocolate piece is a chocolate and caramel pretzel mogul. There was also another one that I quickly shovelled down my mouth right outside the store and it was a banana cream pie white chocolate bomb. It was soooooooo gooooooooood omggg. Then hubs bought some chocolate almond brittle for take-home. He really knows how to treat a woman ;)

To end the day...

DINNER: 

Grilled Chicken with Mushroom Sage Gravy

Garlic Bacon Mashed Potatoes

Garlic Pan-fried Asparagus

Goodnight!

♥B

Carefree

What do you get when you've been too busy aka 'just too damn lazy' to make a trip to the grocery store, leftovers, and instant food? You get this..

Instant 'Mi Goreng' with last night's BBQ Chicken, last night's sauteed cucumber with dried shrimp, topped with a sunny side up egg, & fried onion flakes.

A lot of ingredients from this meal highlights my roots and what I (&Belle) grew up to eat and love. This meal is a 'Malaysian/Asian' inspired meal. I came across a dry form of instant noodles 'Mi Goreng' and had to purchase! As excited as I was to try it, the flavours were far off from the real stuff - but what do you expect, right? Alongside with my noodles, I had leftover chicken which was reheated in a convection oven to crisp up the skin again. To saute cucumbers may seem a bit strange but it really does have an identical texture to a zucchini and could be a great substitute or change. Dried shrimps are used in many Asian cuisines but I am most familiar with it being used as sauces or pastes, Malay/Singapore style baby! Let's not forget, my kind of meals aren't complete without my hot sauce.. choice today: Sriracha. ALL IN ALL, I have to admit.. I felt like I was cheating on my diet once again but it sure was worth it. Don't deprive yourself of the good stuff, remember you just gotta work for it. Sometimes you just have to let loose and be carefree.

Just one of those 'hair up' kind of days & my fav chucks

♥M