WOMANIST
Life has been extremely busy lately. I started a new job February 24th, working for the government, so you know I try not to use their comps to blog and what not. LOL! I used to have to take my personal laptop to my old job, so I would blog at all. Not only did I start a new job, but my personal life has been really busy, so I just never made a commitment to sit down and blog.
Something I've been thinking about lately is the fact that I've been to about 6 weddings in the past 2.5 years since dating the BF. I've missed 2 due to work and we've skipped 1, so that's actually a total of 9 which could have been attended. I've become THAT CHIC who's at every dag on wedding. Granted, I adore getting dolled up, but after a while weddings become boring especially when it's NONE of my friends who are the ones getting married. I find myself sitting enjoying the good (or not so good) food and attempting to make small talk with others at the table. FYI: I'm absolutely horrible at small talk and talking to strangers, I'm not comfortable around people I don't know. So with another wedding to attend in May, a friend of my own actually, I've decided to skip the wedding. Well, one, since I just started my job, I don't want to take off of work so soon, it's not a good look, and secondly, I'm tired of weddings. It may be extremely selfish, but it's what I have to do to protect my sanity. I'd hate to turn into that bitter *female dog* like the women on Four Weddings who criticize and complain about every detail of someone else's wedding. So I'm putting myself on a wedding hiatus for maybe about 6 months or the next 2 weddings, whichever comes first, because the boos friends love getting married. Hopefully, I won't attend another wedding until my cousin's in the Bahamas, summer 2015. LOL! With that being said, it's really important as a woman to recognize the feelings you have. We experience a whirlwind of emotions and until we process them, it's easy for them to just spew out all over the place like a leaky water hose. Judge me if you like, it will make your life no better. Now moving forward...
DOMESTICATED
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| Story of my life. |
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| Story of my life, part 2. |
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I had Nando's for the first time with Jamie and our friend Ashley who moved to Dallas a while ago. This plate of 5 wings was $13, overpriced. The flavor of the wings were good, but the sangria was better. I'd definitely go back and get tipsy off of their sangria during happy hour.
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| The BF made bacon wrapped BBQ chicken sandwiches. YUM! |
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| As a late birthday gift, my friend, took me to eat at Hot and Juicy in the district. |
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| My mom says I cook like a "mother hen" and I def agree, I cook like someone's grandmother. Here's chicken quarters baked and seasoned, can't even remember what I seasoned it with besides ginger. Purple potatoes from Whole Foods thanks to a gift card and Groupon, seasoned with salt, pepper, fresh rosemary, and grated parmesan. Tomato stew, broccoli, and cornbread. |
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| The potatoes uncooked. |
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| Tomato stew. I had to call my grandma about how to make this. I was craving tomato with cornbread since I had the cornbread with tomato relish in Harlem for my birthday. |
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| So I must have added a little too much oil to my cast iron because that's what caused that ring indentation. I covered it in maple butter which I got from Whole Foods and let me just tell you, it's absolutely amazing. |
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| My usual broccoli. |
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| I cooked the rest of the potatoes I had in a skillet for breakfast and seasoned it the same way minus the parmesan. |
