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3 Awesome Things From Memorial Day Weekend

May 28, 2012 by Mary

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Hello friends! 

Hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend (the Americans at least). Happy Memorial Day to all my friends and family who are currently serving or have served our country. You guys are amazing.

I had a wonderful weekend because some great things happened.

Mom Time

I spent a bunch of time with my mom this weekend and that made me really happy. There were some moments of conversation about the upcoming surgery and funerals that I wish I could have skipped, but overall it was great. I love being able to see my mom on the weekends. Having lunch with her on the weekends is one of my favorite parts of the week.

New Books

Another benefit of spending time with my mom is coming away with borrowed cookbooks! My mom is a great cook and always trying out new cookbooks, especially healthy ones. She just got this 400 calorie fix book and cookbook so she let me borrow it. 

Cookbooks 

I flipped through this before I borrowed it and thought the material and recipes looked good. Once I give them a good look I’ll review them if they are worth buying.

New Jeans

Another awesome thing that happened this weekend: I bought new jeans. Size 14. Yeppers. 

 Jeans

When I first got back to Memphis I bought some size 16 jeans at Target because that is my size, right? Well they were annoyingly big on me so I went to a thrift store and picked up some 14s instead. I can’t wear every size 14 out there but I bet I could wear at least some of the stack now. I’m wishing I had not left them in NZ! 

Other fun things from my weekend: went to the Zoo, bought supplies for a tutorial at Hobby Lobby, slept late, and dressed up as a Zombie:

Zombie 7

How was your weekend?

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  1. sana says

    May 28, 2012 at 5:10 pm

    Yay! I am glad you are having an awesome weekend!

  2. Jody - Fit at 54 says

    May 28, 2012 at 7:32 pm

    What a wonderful weekend Mary!!! Congrats son the jeans!!! :-) LOVE that last pic! :-)

  3. Roz@weightingfor50 says

    May 29, 2012 at 12:09 am

    Glad you had a wonderful weekend Mary. YAY for the jeans!!! Have a good week.

  4. Amilja says

    May 29, 2012 at 12:58 am

    Good to hear about your weekend. I must say you look scary on the last picture. Good job on makeup !

  5. Miz says

    May 29, 2012 at 4:48 am

    NOT as good as yours :)
    you look zombieAWESOME!!

  6. Kandi says

    May 29, 2012 at 6:27 am

    Buying new, smaller jeans is the best feeling! Congrats. Keep up the great work!

  7. Carolyn @ All Beginning Triathlete says

    May 29, 2012 at 8:32 am

    Yes, it was an awesome weekend for sure! I LOVE our weather out here in San Luis Obispo, California.

    1. Awesome weekend for listening to the Doobie Brothers, Tower of Power and Taj Majal concerts on the beach in Avila.

    2. Bought 3 pairs of sexy underwear. Yippy.

    3. Swam 1 – mile without my shoulder aching.

    It was an awesome weekend.

    Have a great week everybody!

    Carolyn

  8. Carolyn @ All Beginning Triathlete says

    May 29, 2012 at 8:33 am

    PS: Mary…I LOVE the Zombie photo! Looks like you had a great weekend too. XO

  9. The Mrs @ Success Along the Weigh says

    May 29, 2012 at 8:59 am

    Congrats on the smaller size jeans! YAY!!!

    Love the zombie garb. Brainsss…braiiiiiiiins! Sorry.

  10. merri says

    May 29, 2012 at 5:54 pm

    i love your zombie costume!! you look great, or i mean..undead? Yay for new jeans! my weekend was not so eventful as yours, mostly spent getting over a cold and a foot injury but long weekends are always awesome.

  11. mimi says

    June 4, 2012 at 5:56 pm

    1. your eye make up looks fabulous in the zombie pic.
    2. CONGRATULATIONS on going down a size! That’s the best feeling in the world.

  12. Sophia says

    June 16, 2012 at 3:55 pm

    Wow mary!! Can I say your face looks HOT!!.
    I didn’t realize how good looking you are. You should definitely amp up the makeup once in a while. I mean, that face is worthy of going into a magazine, for god’s sakes!

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