I headed straight to my girlfriends house after work yesterday to meet up with everyone for a Christmas gift exchange. We are definitely running  a bit late this year but we still had a blast and no one complained about the present coming late.

We all got completely spoiled by my lingerie store employed friend.

She got all of us  bathrobes, adorable cupcake mugs, fuzzy slippers and some comfy pj/yoga pants.

Along with that I got some Lush bath goodies.

and Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

I got everyone some maple and chocolate scented body butters and a face mask with a few food goodies on the side.

All in all a great night not to mention I got to spend quality time with some old friends.

I slept in until 10 today!

Probably because we only got to going to sleep at 3 am. Nothing like a girls night in to throw off your sleep clock.

We had a slow morning and I eventually made my way home in the afternoon.

Where I was greeted by a less than happy Parrot,

Apparently he didn’t get his regular breakfast this morning since we were all out of my last batch of bird bread.

I thought I’d better make something to fill his tummy quickly before he jumped out of his skin feathers.

Feathered Friend Mini Muffins

This was a basic muffin recipe I modified using ground bird pellets instead of flour and baby food for added vitamins.

He went absolutely crazy for them. Good thing too because I made about 4 dozen!

I got Chico off an internet classified at the beginning of the summer. They had him advertised as a semi-trained bird with some behavior problem. I saw a picture and knew I needed to call them and find out more. They warned me he only liked men and would scream and bite if you went near him. I took a chance and turns out they were keeping him with 30 other birds in their small house! No wonder he was stressed and would scream and bite! Anyways he has never had any problems since we got him. He never fails to make me laugh and loves snuggling in my hair, taking showers  and joining into the noises of the Galaxy nature channel.

He has been known to, ride my dog, Ginger, around the house while she tries desperately to get him off, dance to swing music, try to take baths in my teacup and he will do anything for some sunflower seed butter (like mother like parrot).

Birds really are great pets if you can handle the mess they make and the occasional noise. They also take some commitment since even the smaller species live up to 30 years and needs regular company and lots of love.

Who couldn’t love a face like face?

After the baking, I settled in with my new book and a big mug of ginger, lemon and cinnamon tea.

Oh!

Went and got fitted for some real runners today!

Highlighter yellow! Stylish don’t you think.

I took them out for a spin at 5. What a difference! I felt like I was being propelled forward. I know that I ran faster and I had no pain in my arches for once.

I ended up doing 5 miles with no walking. It took me 51.22.

I was also eying the Nike Ipod accessory in the running store but decided to wait and think about it.

I’ll be going back on Sunday for the morning running club anyways.

My after run dinner tonight was

Root vegetable soup with flax meal, some avocado sprinkled with nutritional yeast and brags , a few Shefu tofu slices cut into stick and my usual handful of baby carrots.

One handful of dried fruit was dessert.

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I will start posting my full day of eats again tomorrow,

See you later,

Emma