Hello buddies! Comfortable Friday! How’s your week going? Buddies who’re celebrating this week: how have your holidays been?
Earlier than we head into immediately’s submit, a HUGE congrats to the winner of this yr’s Favourite Issues giveaway: Mary Anne C. Keep tuned for extra giveaways developing within the new yr!
It’s been an incredible week. We spent a few nights on the Scottsdale Princess, which is certainly one of our favourite winter traditions. They’ve so many beautiful mild shows, Santa, ice skating, rides, and the environment is so festive and enjoyable.
(In addition they have a ridiculous scorching cocoa cocktail known as the Nutcracker that’s SO good.) We met up with buddies and loved the entire actions on property, and likewise had dinner on the new Toca Madera.
We have been blown away by the meals and the service. Every little thing was cooked completely – we shared guacamole, chips, oysters, and the Pilot and I loved margaritas. For entrees, the children received truffle mac and cheese and a chopped salad with hen, whereas the Pilot and I loved steaks and sides. We ordered three desserts (we need to strive all the things once we exit to eat lol) and the presentation was so distinctive – all the things was on a board adorned with a lit sparkler.
Whereas we have been in Scottsdale we additionally noticed the Ballet Arizona Nutcracker; certainly one of my all-time faves!
The remainder of the week has been Winterhaven lighs and a celebration with buddies, Christmas Eve at my dad’s, and Christmas Day at our home. This week has been crammed with all the things I really like: household time, chill time, and wonderful meals.
(All of our pajamas are from Hanna Andersson)
We had the standard nana’s egg casserole, tamales, beans, and homemade cinnamon rolls.
The Pilot made his well-known egg nog:
and for dinner, we had a large 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 1,000,000 cookies that madre and I baked 😉 These are a number of the cookie tins we took over to our neighbors:
We performed the saran wrap ball sport and some different video games, and the Pilot and I capped off the night sitting by the fireplace pit by the pool. It was excellent 🙂
It’s time for the weekly Friday Faves celebration! 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:
One in all my buddies mentioned this was her favourite Christmas reward 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!
Learn, watch, hear:
Guidelines for contemporary life
Are you doing Dry January this yr?
Health, well being, life, and good eats:
Whereas we have 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 lessons I’ve taken in a loooooong time. The teacher had fabulous cueing and power, and I actually love the Pvolve exercise and format. It incorporates useful energy coaching with distinctive positioning – a number of inner and exterior rotation – steadiness elements, and the instruments are efficient at including an extra 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. In case you’re wanting to make use of up FSA/HSA funds as we end out the yr, try this submit.
– EquiLife is having an enormous sale on checks and dietary supplements this week. If you wish to take a look at as we head into the brand new yr, I extremely suggest beginning with the Massive 5 or the Starter Equipment. (In case you’d like me to be the one to go over the checks with you, ship me your affirmation quantity to gina@fitnessista.com topic TEST and I can make certain the outcomes are tracked to me.)
– Final likelihood to get 20% off at HigherDOSE with the code FITNESSISTA20. If you need a sauna blanket, PEMF mat or crimson mild masks, now could be the possibility.
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 immediately! Have an incredible weekend and I’ll see ya quickly!
xoxo
Gina
