Week of May 7-13 Recap

I know it has been a long time (especially for me) not to write a post. The end of the school year is a crazy time for teachers. There has been a lot of eating and celebrating going on this week. Here is this week's recap...

It was teacher appreciation week. The teachers at my school were thanked with a breakfast on Monday (with food still lingering in the lounge until Wednesdayish) and a Chick-Fil-A lunch on Thursday. We also had other non-food goodies throughout the week such as massages, notepads, gift cards, etc.

Wednesday I went to a retirement party for a fellow elementary music teacher in my corporation. They had the event at a steakhouse. I don't eat read meat, so I ended up with a grilled chicken salad and some bread.

My Wednesday outfit. I think that I look thinner than usual in it, but you can't tell all that well from this picture.

Thursday our team (the specials- gym, music (that's me!) and library) had a wedding shower for the art teacher (the last of our team). I was lucky that I ended up with paper products, the invitations, and the gift from our group. The gym teacher (a male) did all of the cooking. He made a cheese and cracker tray, cream cheese rolls, tuna salad, a veggie tray, and bought chocolate eclairs instead of  a cake. (Although we all love Costco cake, it would've been the third one that week!) The shower went really well and she was so surprised with all the nice gifts and the shower itself.

My Thursday outfit.

On Saturday my hubby and I had friends from out of town over, so we went out to eat at Don Pablo's. My hubby and I split an order of fajitas for two. It was way too much food for me, but I'm sure that I ate more than I probably should have.

I forgot to take a picture at the restaurant, but here is the leftovers.

My weekend outfit.

Today is Mother's Day, so I went to visit my mom and give her a gift. I brought a salad and my sister made pizza and chocolate chip cookies. It was a nice day with my family, but once again I was eating what I shouldn't eat. When I was done at my mom's, I went over to my grandparents to visit them since they live next door.

My Mother's Day lunch with my family.

As for the other days this week without celebrations in which you eat stuff, the eating right has been a toss up. There have been good days and some bad days. I have made sure to walk my 8,000 steps a day for the walking challenge at work though. My plan is to get back on track like I have been for the several weeks before this one. I want to be 185 (or less) by the time I walk out of school on the last teacher day which is May 31st.

Here are some other random pictures I took this week:

My outfit from Tuesday.

More flowers blooming in my yard.

Lovely peonies from my yard.

My Friday outfit for work. That shirt took me forever to fit it, but I finally do!

A shirt I got for $3 at Wal-Mart.

A shirt I got for $3 at Wal-Mart.

Some cute earrings I found at Wally World for under $3.

I got all of these shirts on sale and with a coupon from the Dollar General for under $20. They are all a bit too tight, so something to work towards to wear this summer.