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Thirsty Thursday?

(Did you celebrate that in college? I certainly did and it was usually far better than a Friday or Saturday night out.)

Lunch today was a Kashi meal (lemongrass coconut chicken). I feel like this falls somewhere near “meh,” or yellow, on the healthy threat level. Its nutritional stats are fine, but…it’s frozen. 

But moving on to a more interesting part of my day, we did happy hour in a conference room at work.

A vendor sent my boss wine and cheese, and he didn’t feel like lugging it home to Jersey, so we called it a day a little early and popped open the wine and cheese in a conference room. I walked out holding my corkscrew and with red wine teeth, so I’m not sure how discreet we ended up being…

I wasn’t going to blog it (because I really don’t blog *everything,*) but Jessie, my coworker thought it would “be good for the blog.” You can thank her.

After I’d started happy hour, I decided that my outfit was too cute to head home, so I met Meredith and Liz for another glass of wine.

I cannot figure out how to turn off my flash when my camera is in auto mode (with the new lens), so excuse the semi-lame photo. That, and I don’t know where in my new apartment to take decent self-photos.

But the head-to-toe, especially since you can only see head-to-waist:

  • lots of Bumble & Bumble hair product, per usual
  • BCBG leather blazer
  • random Ann Taylor loft long-sleeved tee
  • J. Crew leggings
  • Coach heels

I’m such a conservative dresser (a holdover from my chunky days, and living in DC for seven years), that I do feel pretty awesome when I put together what I think is a badass outfit.

And a veggie pita and sweet potato fries from a vegetarian place on my way home. The sweet potato fries were a non-negotiable, but their best deal was pita + fries + a drink. I kept telling them I didn’t want a drink, hoping they’d come to some kind of deal, but no dice. Random bottle of water for the win?

Happy New Year!

I woke up this morning in my pajamas. With my makeup taken off. A New Year’s miracle. 

Last year, my New Year’s was AWFUL. I spent a lot of money on a hotel party, and we had to wait in line, in the snow, for an hour and a half. We got inside and there was no coat check. They were out of hors d’oeuvres. The drinks were in paper cups. (Once we got drinks, it was okay, but still.)

So this year when Ashley asked me to join her and a group of her friends for dinner, that sounded just my speed. 

After starting with drinks at Ashley’s, we went to a place in the West Village called La Lanterna di Vittorio for their 10:30 seating.

Even though none of us had wanted to go to a bar or club for New Year’s, we didn’t really want to go to a quiet restaurant either, and it was a little quiet when we first sat down. So we started the evening with shots. Straight vodka. Chased with water. 

The first course after our vodka course was salad. Arugula with fresh parmiggiano. 

Next up was sweet potato soup. This was AMAZING. Everyone that didn’t get this had serious food envy.

Dinner was pesto lasagna. We had a choice between three different lasagnas, but I asked which one had the least cheese in it. I love lasagna, but there’s usually too much cheese in it for my sensitive stomach.

Happy New Year!

How hungover are you today?