Things I love Thursday - 2/17

Hey hey, look at that its Thursday and I have a hot minute to blog about what I love this week.

Life has been revolving around

a. midterms, for both me, and the undergraduate students in Toxicology, the course I am the graduate student instructor for.  You'd be surprised how much prep goes into writing and preparing an exam for a group of 60 students to take.  Their exam is going on right now, I have another exam in a week, and a paper due on tuesday.  Fun stuff.

b. Spring break prep!  although it is not nearly spring, The semester break at Michigan occurs next week and I am headed on a Bahamas cruise for 4 days.  very excited for sun and relaxation!

Anyway, here's what I'm loving:

clarisonic mia 

i snagged this baby from beauty.com for 20% off and i am in love.  while i have yet to see results (they say a sin cycle is 20 days, and im only on day 8 with the clarisonic), it has made me notskip a single face-washing.  so thats definitely a great start.

mott's fruit snacks

so ignore the crappy picture that someone from amazon took of the costco box that they are reselling, but these babies rock.  i dont feel bad eating them because they're made from a bunch of fruit and vegetable juices and taste great.  

lululemon slipless headband

i'll be honest, i have yet to use this in a workout situation but just from lounging around the house, its perfect.  stays in place and doesnt budge

30 rock s4 on netflix instant play

i always forget how FUNNY this show is.  its my go to for background while eating dinner, or other similarly mindless tasks.  liz lemon, you are my hero.

I Love Breakfast

oh hello blog, nice to see you again.

I have a bit of time as I gather enough strength to stand in the shower for ten minutes.  I just got back from the great ass-kicking yoga session at the Lululemon Ann Arbor Showroom.

So now I'm just enjoying my barney smoothie and some applesauce.

What's a barney smoothie? So glad you asked!

This baby is just a combo of the following ingredients:

baby spinach, almond milk, blueberries

so green + purple = barney.
I always want to wear green and purple clothes together, but I'm always reminded that I will just look like barney.

so things have been busy. i think january is always a breeze and then february is just NEVER ENDING TO DO LIST. thankfully i have a bahamas cruise to look forward to at the end of the month ;)

for the past week, however, I have been making AWESOME breakfasts. lots of variety, lots of healthy delicious-ness. good stuff, all around.

I love breakfast - just like the adorable little girl in knocked up

Knocked Up - Ben Tells The Kids That They Are Having A Baby - Click here for another funny movie.

but breakfast is one of those meals that can be hard to squeeze in. luckily everything i eat is easy. and i don't have class until 11:30 every day, so I'm allowed to have lazy mornings.

Regardless, here's what I've been eating.

trader joe's british muffins - whole wheat cinnamon raisin

trader joe's has probably had these forever, but i just discovered them last time i was there.
i LOVE cinnamon raisin english muffins, but am always bummed that there's not a whole wheat version.  boy was i wrong.  these are perfect toasted with a pat of earth balance spread.  also not sure who desraeli and gladstone are, but i kind of love them.

trader joe's oats&flax + org blueberries

This was the sample at trader joe's the other day.  I had already picked up the organic blueberries because organic fruits are so hard to find in the winter.  and then i tried the sample of the oats + blueberries and fell in love.  such a simple delicious breakfast.

trader joe's multigrain waffles + dark chocolate dreams

Multigrain waffles with dark chocolate dreams.  LOVE.  also delish with bananas, but i didn't have any on this day :(

Obviously, trader joe's rocks for breakfast foods.
And seriously, none of these take longer than 5 minutes to make.

Things I Love Thursday - 2/3

This has been the laziest week of my life.  Thanks to the tuesday night "blizzard" and the lack of anything of significance being due this week, I have done very very little.


I have gone to the gym consistently though!  that's good?  


and i finished "something blue" by emily giffen -- bringing my 2011 book total to..... two.  Woooo!


Surprisingly, despite my doing very little I do have quite a bit to blog about, but no motivation to type.  


So we'll start it out easy with the things I love:

evol burritos

i have always been a fan of the convenience of frozen burritos, but i can't say i've ever loved them.  i love evol the burritos (which shouldn't be surprising since their name is love backwards!)

my favorite type is the regular old beans rice and cheese.  i'm a simple girl, what can i say.

plus they're a company with "whole food" morals, which i can always get behind.

and they have an awesome website!  

An (essentially) empty email inbox

Do you see that?!  1 unread message in my gmail!?  i dont think that has ever happened before!  and to be fair, the one unread message is a myspace deactivation link as a reminder than i need to save the pictures on there and then DELETE DELETE.  because when you search 'lauren alysse michigan' that's what comes up.  not good for potential employer/googlers!

regardless, the empty inbox is so freeing.  I LOVE IT.

Cancelled Class

although UofM does not have snow days, my Professor decided to cancel class on wednesday anyway!  so that meant i did not have to give a presentation that i was definitely not prepared for.  110% YAY.  And luckily class was cancelled about 2 hours after it started snowing, and before it was realized that we weren't going to get nearly as much snow as predicted.

Glee-inspired Nails

So the Glee Sephora by OPI collection made its way onto my nails this week.  I painted on Sunday night as well as Tuesday night during the snow storm and I'm so in love.

This is "I'm a Gleek"

and this is "Sue Vs. Shue"

Pom Cranberry Juice

i've been searching and searching since before 2011, and i FINALLY FOUND IT.

soooo delish.  my two favorite superfruits.