One of my favorite traditions with my college girlfriends (plus Katrina) is our annual girls weekend every summer (or sometimes early fall). This is something that we started during the summer of college graduation back in 2007. I invited the girls to stay at my uncle’s Cape house before we all headed home from school. Who knew that one little getaway would be the start of an annual event?
Just for fun, here we are through the years:
2007 (Woof)
2008
2009
2010
2011 (this recap is on the blog)
In 2012 we unfortunately couldn’t coordinate a weekend, but here we are this year! A huge thanks to Bridget for bringing the weekend back at her family’s house in Ogunquit, Maine. It really doesn’t matter where we are, because the themes of the weekend are the same.
Mainly food. Some poop jokes and funny snap chats and drinks and catching up, but mainly food. We call this little getaway “No Carbs Left Behind Weekend,” or NCLB weekend for short. This originated the very first year when we got back from a bar, no pizza places were open, and we discovered two jumbo packages of mozzarella sticks in my uncle’s freezer. We tore into those bad boys, and the rest is history. We now have to bring mozz sticks wherever we go. And every year we try to bring more snacks than the last.
Don’t worry, Uncle Chris, we replaced yours. We wouldn’t leave you hanging like that.
Here are some scenes from this weekend!
Mustaches on wine glasses…
Prancersizing…
Walking along Marginal Way…
Perkins Cove…
Squatting like we’re hot…
Beers on the beach…
The annual random Slesh tackle…
Pretty views…
A yummy pizza dinner at Cornerstone… chicken fig balsamic, mushroom, and acorn squash. Yum!
Frozen martinis and fun at the piano bar…
Dance party…
Another great beach day…
Another great dinner – steamers and salad from The Lobster Shack!
Aannnddd another fun night out with the same circuit of frozen martinis at the piano bar followed by dancing across the street. Oh, and rum punches from Barnacle Billy’s too.
And finally, some browsing and lunch at the Stonewall Kitchen store.
As you can see, we had a ton of fun! As far as healthy living goes, during weekends like these (especially when they are named No Carbs Left Behind), I simply accept the fact that I am going to splurge. However, my body DEFINITELY cannot handle NCLB weekend like it used to be able to. That being said, I made sure to prepare both a quinoa salad and sweet potato salad ahead of time to have for lunch at the beach, and I tried to stick with either eggs or a bagel thin with peanut butter and bananas for breakfast. This way I could at least save most of my splurging for dinner, drinks, and late night snacks and mozzies instead of “waste” my splurging early in the day. Although I did have a few bites of those delicious donuts/muffins from Congdon’s throughout the weekend. It’s all about moderation, and because I went into the weekend with a plan, and a plan that did not include deprivation, I already feel back on track this week!
Tell me about a fun weekend you’ve had lately. Or a fun annual tradition that you always look forward to. Or how you plan to stay on track when there are lots of treats involved. Or anything you feel like!
Have a great Thursday, friends!
I love Maine!!! BB Rum Punch and the Front Porch are two of my favs! Looks like a blast. I’m totally like you, too. I pick a few areas to splurge and make conscious efforts to eat well at times where a splurge isn’t worth it!
I love Maine!!! BB Rum Punch and the Front Porch are two of my favs! Looks like a blast. I’m totally like you, too. I pick a few areas to splurge and make conscious efforts to eat well at times where a splurge isn’t worth it!
i love the pictures from each year, you guys looks so different!
i love the pictures from each year, you guys looks so different!