Madison farmer’s market was AMAZING!!!!! I have so many pictures to share but let me back up a bit first. This morning I snacked on half of this yummy bar from the UK before hitting the gym—

It was delicious! Very soft and chewy!

I dragged Ryan to the gym and we had a great 40 minute workout! Waking up early and exercising is a great way to start a vacation

I started out with 5 minutes walking on a steep incline on the treadmill to warm up then did walking pushups, tricep dips, bicep curls, lat raises, chest press and crunches on the stability ball finished off by 10 more minutes walking on the treadmill while Ryan finished up. Afterwards I felt energized and ready to hit the market!

We were both SHOCKED at how large the market was! Definitely the largest I’ve ever seen in my life….I was like a little kid in a candy store! We made an initial loop around (took about 30 minutes) and stopped at this all natural bakery stand to get scones!

I got a cranberry orange and Ryan got a blueberry. Until today he didn’t even know what a scone was!

Note to self: recreate these at home ASAP!!

While we nibbled on our scones we walked and walked—probably for another hour or so. Here are some pictures from the morning!

Of course I dumped hot sauce all over it and ate it with tons of ketchup. It was seriously the BEST omelet that I have EVER had!! Check out all the fluffy, farm fresh feta in the middle!

To drink: fair trade rooibos caramel tea!

I love brunch!!!!

After eating we did ANOTHER loop at the market and finally made some purchases. Ryan bought me this bracelet that I totally fell in love with at a little stand—

Its a bracelet made from a vintage map of Italy! The girl who made it said she found all these all old maps in her grandparent’s basement so she started to make jewelry out of them. How cool is that??! I LOVE it!

We also bought some cheese……obviously

And that’s it. Of course we sampled a ton (I tried cheese curd for the first time! Sqeaky!!) but there’s only so much you can take on a plane home. I was so sad leaving all those gorgeous veggies though….the kale was calling my name!

I did get a cow cookie though for a treat later!

I just couldn’t say no. lol

I’m about to hop in the shower here in a second and get ready for the wedding. The weather is CHILLY and cloudy!!! Not good…hopefully it will clear up in the next hour. The ceremony is at 1:30 then the reception is at 4:00 at The Madison Club followed by dinner. Poor Ryan has to wake up at 4 am tomorrow morning to catch his 6:30 flight!

Have a wonderful day!

ps: Whoever is meeting tomorrow morning for a 3 mile run can you shoot me a quick email this afternoon to confirm? We are going to meet at 7:30 right outside the Hilton entrance. Yay!

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Morning!

I’m SO glad we didn’t go out late last night because I love waking up and feeling great in the morning. Makes me wonder how in the world I survived all those weekends in college where I thought it was “normal” to wake up and feel totally out of it, bloated from a few too many cocktails and searching for a bagel sandwich to cure my hangover.

This morning I had the same breakfast as yesterday—-two packets of Kashi Go Lean hot cereal with a banana and a scoop of Mighty Maple pb before we left to go to the Farmer’s Market

I can’t wait to have a Green Monster once I get home…..I’m missing them like crazy! Its weird, since I started having more and more Green Monsters for breakfast, meals like hot oatmeal almost seem too heavy for me and just sit in my tummy like a rock! A few of you have asked if GMs keep me full and the answer is YES.….when I make them with protein powder. They keep me full and energized all morning long. They never used to at first but then when I was more consistent with drinking them my body got more used to them and now having anything else doesn’t make me feel as good. Crazy!

After breakfast we walked for about an hour down by the market and around King Street. Everything was so pretty!

A gorgeous blue sky = perfect beach day!

I had a lovely piece of dark chocolate while we wandered:

And then we made our way to Kudu, an African coffee shop near Christie’s house that I used to frequent in college for some tea.

We are just waiting on Alissa to get here (she’s driving in from Charlotte for the day) and then we are heading out to soak up some rays all day. I’m trying to pack like crazy right now because, get this, I have to be OUT the door tomorrow morning at 6 am! I need to be home by 1:00 because tomorrow is my brother’s graduation day and the school asked my dad if he would accept the diploma for John. My family is going and sitting with the faculty and while I’m sure the service will be beautiful, it is going to be very, very, very difficult. I’m sort of mentally  preparing myself right now for it actually.

We are probably going to grab lunch somewhere near the pier and then come back later this afternoon and have an early dinner.

Also, if you have emailed me in the past two days and I haven’t responded its because, for some reason, my server is down here. I can recieve emails but can’t send them…..I have no idea why and haven’t had time to make the call and fix it because we’ve been so busy. I promise to get back to you asap either tomorrow or Monday; sorry for the inconvenience!

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