Pathetic

On the first I made some goals for this month.  So far I have blown all of them :). Let's go over my failings...

• I haven't been to the gym yet so no progress on commitment club.  Going today and still have enough days in the month to achieve this.
• Ate like crap this weekend at the events I had previously scheduled.  I'm not going to beat myself up for that, but full disclosure I did not make my lunch today so I will be getting whatever $5 dollar foot long there is today because it's cheap.  Hopefully I will have a good paleo dinner.
• I did not run on any day.  I will be running this afternoon and everyday from here on out.
• Haven't surpassed my monthly budget nor my February transitional budget; however, blew my weekly numbers for both.  I think based on what I've got scheduled for the rest of the month I should be fine, but man this weekend was insane.
• Have not created a study plan, will be doing that today.
• Obviously did not blog every day. Will start today

One of my biggest weaknesses is discipline and self control, which obviously showed up with my lack of progress on goals.  The only solution I have is to try and try again.  

This weekend was more intense than I expected.  Let's recap...with bullets because honestly I love bullet points.

Friday

• When I got home from work I opened my winter Eat Boutique box.  It's a lifestyle box that I subscribe to for foodies that highlights small batch goods.  Not everything that comes is paleo, but for the most part it works and what doesn't can be incorporated into my cheat days.  I can't remember everything in the box so I'll post the rest later..but I do remember. Two really awesome looking cocktail (I love cocktails) recipes that used some of the items that came. A cool sticker. White chocolate with caramel, cocoa nibs and sea salt from EH Chocolatier.  I'm not a fan of white chocolate but this was amazing.  This was the only thing I've tried so far. Preserved Meyer lemons from SQIRL.  This jar actually was open, either from shipping or just a bad seal. :(  An apricot and pineapple jam by We Love Jam.  Some seed and fruit filled granola by Tom's Best Ever Granola.
• That evening my friend Sam and I went to The Bruery, which is a local brewery that makes some really amazing award winning beer along with some awesomely strange and weird creations. Every first Friday of the month they release a firkin, a quarter of a barrel, of some interesting/new/strange beer.  This First Firkin Friday they released "faro-style ale with pineapple."  Your first sip was sour but then it finished quite smooth with nice taste of pineapple.  The Bruery served this particular beer at "cellar temp" which is a bit warmer than Americans are generally used to.  I personally like my beer at cellar temp as you can taste more distinct flavors, I think it is a hard concept for some people to get over though.  I liked it, Sam did not. For our second beer we had "Grant is pAle" a nice Belgian style pale ale. It was a bit hoppier than most Belgians in my opinion but it was actually quite nice.  
• One of my favorite things about Sam is that she also really likes sushi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For dinner we headed to Sake Sushi in Placentia which is very good and well priced.  I ate like a madman.

Saturday

• At the gym I've made some really good friends and randomly Friday we decided that we should go wine tasting on Saturday instead of on 2/16 as originally planned so we did.  Five of us met at the gym and we picked up the sixth on the way out.  We went to Doffo, which happens to be my favorite winery in Temecula.  I am in love with their 2010 Zinfandel although their Grenache was stellar as well.  After we stopped at Wiens, I don't know that their single grape varietal wines hold up all that well other than the Barbera (which is sold out).  But they have quite a few blended table reds that are very tasty.  Lastly, we stopped at Leoness and to be honest other than their port which is amazing and maybe one of the best ports I've had, I don't think Leoness's current reds are anything to write home about.  In fact I think I am going to drop my wine club.  The restaurant at Leoness is absolutely wonderful, seriously if you ever go to Temecula for wine tasting have your lunch at Leoness.  I had the pan seared halibut which was killer as usual.  We got an order of the Parmesan and bacon fries, the melted Gorgonzola fries and the mac and cheese for grown ups to share and they were all heaven.  Thus concludes our wine tasting trip!!
• Saturday night my friend Dani (another of my favorites and bests) and I went to The Observatory to see He's My Brother She's My Sister.  Which is a really fun band I love, they're a little bluesy and a little rockabilly and a lot of fun.  I wanted to dance and dance and dance.  The opening bands were a mixed bag, the first was eh nothing special but the second Jenny O was kind of fun.
• Before bed we watched an episode of The Following, the new show on Fox with Kevin Bacon about a Poe obsessed serial killer and his followers.  The show is very well done, it has the potential to be the best thriller on TV.  I'm a sucker for the police procedural but this so far is more.

Sunday

• Dani and I got massages!!!! She had an awesome massage and my massage therapist annoyed me by not working on the areas I highlighted.  Ugh ridiculous.
• Then Dani got her haircut by Brooke.  Two favorites at once, it was overload ;p.  That took forever...because Dani has insanely long hair...and a lot of it.  I thought the color looked great and the cut, however it was trippy to see Dani with straight hair and bangs (this kid has never had bangs before).
• After that we went to a Superbowl party at my gym.  It was pretty chill and low key with some beer pong and giant jenga.  

Which concludes my crazy weekend and brings me to now. 

Next week or so is Valentine's, which I think is a bogus and lame corporate created holiday.  I think that if you're with someone you should do nice/sweet things and celebrate each other often.  Anyway so that night I am going to see The Vaccines with one of my favorite people and bests Brooke :).  This makes me immensely happy and we are also going to Parish, a restaurant that looks killer.  I'm a little excited.  I also just got her a cool present...haha :)