Food

Sponsored | A Candy Ambassador

No Comments

I participated in an Ambassador Program on behalf of Millennial Central for MY M&M’S. I received product samples to facilitate my review and to thank me for my participation.

MY M&M'S

Who knew that even existed? I’m participating in the MY M&M’S Ambassador Program. A Candy Ambassador, if you will! How great is that? Hashtag my ideal job.

This is the perfect place to start for organizing our wedding reception towards the end of the summer. Mind you, it’s going to happen in a different country and I’ll have to cart the personalized 5lb bag of M&M’S over the border with me, but I have absolutely no problem doing so.

I received a discount code to use to personalize these chocolate covered candies , which I thought was fitting as  anyone who knows me, knows I love candy, and this would be an ideal gift for the party favors. I ended up picking two items out of their clip art section (a “thank you” image, and a set of wedding rings). The other two areas of personalization I had written “The Guy & Nancy”, and the date we got married, December 30, 2013.

 MY M&M’S offers a unique opportunity to add a level of personalization and customization to chocolate and gifts. MY M&M’S is an exclusive online custom printing solution for personalizing an event or occasion. The collection consistes of 25 vibrant colours, 20 of whihc are available for adding custom prnted messages and images. MY M&M’S brings a whole new level of personalization to M&M’S Chocolate Candies to help make magical moments even more special.

What’s also great is that there’s tons of options of how you can get them printed and packaged. You can get so creative on the website to have messages and images printed on the candy. I thought about putting our faces on the M&M’S but thought it was a little too goofy for what we wanted. If you’re in a rush, there’s an option to have pre-packaged tins, or clear plastic one-serving sized bags. I thought about ordering them into tins but didn’t want silver packaging.

I’ll be posting one more time about the M&M’S as they just arrived to my house today. Here’s a sneak peek but I won’t show you it fully until later. MY MMs candy

I’m excited to share the wedding reception planning journey with you guys on my blog. As you know, this is still in the planning and beginning stages as we haven’t buckled down and thought it all through yet. I’ll be sure to share every step of the way on my blog. Including what I think we’re going to do with the candies, since they’re chillin’ out in a huge bag right now.

Continue Reading

Food

Easter was postponed

9 Comments

We postponed our first Easter dinner as a married couple. With good reason.

During the weekends, The Guy likes to get a couple of long bike rides in. Last weekend he biked 30km up a mountain while I drove up it just 30 minutes quicker. That’s how fast he is. Mind you, I did only end up going no faster than 25km/hr due to the fear factor of me not wanting to drive straight off the cliff. I felt so stomach sick, I was that terrified. The switchbacks were frequent, the roads were narrow. It took ages to get to the top.

But this time he was invited to go on a huge bike ride with a friend and he took the opportunity to do so.  I told him to go on and not worry about dinner because he works such long hours, I find that he doesn’t have as much fun as he should. Plus, we could have it the next night.

They went for 5+ hours with a group of cyclists and did some major ride around the area. When he came back he jumped in the shower for a quick scrub, then I drove him to downtown San Jose for an NHL Sharks game! I’m personally not into watching hockey on TV but if I’m there in person, I find it way more interactive, and entertaining. Unfortunately his co-worker’s friend couldn’t make it to the game and only had 1 ticket to spare. He asked The Guy if he wanted it, thus the rush for me to drive him downtown in time to make it to the game.

Monday night I ended up making our Easter dinner. I believe this was the tastiest Easter dinner I’ve ever had the pleasure of diving into. Gotta say, I am a pretty good cook when I want to be! Hashtag brag. Probably all thanks to my meat thermometer I got for Christmas. I can now leave stuff alone instead of constantly cutting into the meat and having the juices evaporate out of it and potentially ruining it.

Mid-cooking selfie.

easter dinnerI served up our plates with tons of cooked vegetables and delicious ham. I made scalloped potatoes, tri colour carrots (from Trader Joe’s), cauliflower, and broccoli. On the side we had spinach salads where I dumped anything and everything from the kitchen sink into it. Bell peppers, tomatoes, pecans, cucumber, cheese… I don’t even know what else. For dessert, simply cut up fresh pineapple and strawberries.

Easter DinnerI scarfed it down in no time. As you would. I posted two pictures of the same meal, different angles. Am I a food blogger now? Just kidding :)

So there you have it, a little postponed, but still pretty special. We had leftovers for days. I hate leftovers.

Come back tomorrow and I’ll tell you how I did something completely out of my comfort zone the other day! No cheating, if you already know :)

Continue Reading

CrossFit, Daily, FitFluential, Food, Health, In the Kitchen, OOTD, Photos, Running

Wait. Where Am I? What city am I in?

4 Comments

I’m not a good April Fools pranker, so there isn’t anything fun on the agenda to trick you here today. I woke up knowing what day it was, and I didn’t get fooled by any of the blogs unfortunately. I’m naive when it comes to that stuff and I think it’s fun when I get pranked when I read blogs, or websites playing tricks. I need to forget what day it falls on, haha!

We have to book our driving exam with the California DMV before 60 days is up, otherwise we’d have to do that written exam again. Thankfully, I called to book the appointment and we got one a week out. So let’s hope I can pass this one too. I need to remember the rules of the road! It’s obviously been years since I did a road test so a lot has changed. For instance your hands aren’t supposed to go at 10 & 2 anymore?! 

Trader Joes, California Trader Joes, We were fully out of groceries and I plugged into the GPS on my phone that I wanted to go to Trader Joe’s. I have no idea what city I ended up in, but I found one. I have to say, I commend Trader Joe’s on their customer service, the quality of their products, and the low competitive pricing.I’ve only been into two different Trader Joe’s on two occasions, and both times I was helped promptly and the staff were SO friendly, one guy even told me a story about Canada! Haha.

Trader JoesI bought all this stuff for $37 there, and some of it is organic, which I didn’t intend to buy!

Trader Joes shredded coconutLove their packaging, pulls me in. But I managed to refrain. I’m excited to make Trader Joe’s one of my go-to grocery stores. Along with Safeway, and Smart & Final, because they’re pretty decent too.

20-Min-arm-workoutMr. Spiffykerms and I usually head over to the gym a half hour before it closes, so I’ve gotten pretty good at making the most of my thirty minutes there. Last night I did a 20 minute arm workout, and followed up with a 1 mile run on the treadmill.

workout-selfieFor weights, I used 15lb dumbells in each hand. My arms were definitely burning by the end of it. As for the squats with the weights, I did it sort of like I would do at CrossFit. I rested the weights on my shoulders, with my elbows up in the air, and did front squats with them. I’ve been wearing my Mizuno Wave Riders, because they’re much more newer than my Nike Free’s and feel nicer when I’m running on the treadmill.

Now, off I go looking at my dream homes online. #WishfulThinking.

Have you ever been to Trader Joes?

What are some must-have’s on your weekly grocery list?

Continue Reading