Cupcakes and Shopping

And just like that, Monday is upon us once again. Today is totally the kind of day that you want to stay snuggled up in your nice warm bed because it is still pouring outside, like it has been since Saturday night. Sadly, that isn’t an option today.

Despite the storminess, I had a pretty stellar weekend. I spent all of Friday with my little Munchkin. We lounged around in our PJs, got a workout in, cleaned out my car and made dinner. He is a champ at cleaning. I would spray the Windex and he had a blast wiping down the dashboard. Hopefully his love of cleaning sticks around!

For dinner, I was feeling Mexican, so I threw together something quick, easy and so yummy. Salsa chicken with Mexican style quinoa.

I marinated the chicken breast in some Italian dressing for about an hour before searing it on a skillet with some olive oil. Once the chicken cooked all the way through, I added in a whole jar of salsa that I mixed with about a tablespoon of plain Chobani and let it all stew together.

Meanwhile, I cooked up a cup of quinoa with chili powder and red pepper flakes. In a separate pot, I sautéed some a small onion with a few cloves of garlic. Once the onion became translucent, I threw in a can of well-rinsed black beans, a cup of frozen corn and a can of Mexican style stewed tomatoes.

I let all those flavors mingle before I mixed in the cooked quinoa. Delish!

Munchkin spent Saturday in PA with his grandparents so I could do some studying. I spent all morning and most of the early afternoon in my yard with books and laptop in work mode. Not only did I get through 7 chapters of material, I got a pretty good looking tan going on.

Once Tommy got back from work, we decided to do dinner. We threw some ideas back and forth and decided on our tried and true sushi place, Sakura. We were both feeling a bit of a sweet tooth after dinner, so we ventured out in search of cupcakes. Yelp led up to Brooklyn Cupcakes where I was exstatic to find Tres Leches cupcakes.

I fell in love with Tres Leches cake last year on vacation in Mexico, but haven’t had a piece since.

The cupcake was perfection, especially when served along side my favorite wine, Riesling.

Sunday was very rainy. We braved the weather and headed out to the mall to take advantage of some deals ending that day. I had a 20% off coupon for H&M and Loft was having their Friends and Family sale that make everything in the store 40% off. Also, since it was Earth Day, Origins was giving away free moisturizer when you traded in an old container, so I partook in that as well.

Munchkin made off like a bandit at H&M and scored some pretty sweet summer items, including Cars swim trunks. I couldn’t resist!

I got a really cute summer dress at Loft that I cannot wait to wear.

Shopping must’ve worn us out, because when we got home we knocked out for three hours and slept. There’s nothing quite like sleeping on a rainy day while listening to the rain beating down on the roof.

Have a great Monday!

What did you do this weekend? What’s your favorite type of cupcake?