12.27 Friday Faves – The Fitnessista

Hello buddies! Pleased Friday! How’s your week going? Associates who’re celebrating this week: how have your holidays been?

Earlier than we head into as we speak’s submit, a HUGE congrats to the winner of this yr’s Favourite Issues giveaway: Mary Anne C. Keep tuned for extra giveaways arising within the new yr!

It’s been a tremendous week. We spent a few nights on the Scottsdale Princess, which is one in every of our favourite winter traditions. They’ve so many attractive mild shows, Santa, ice skating, rides, and the ambiance is so festive and enjoyable.

(Additionally they have a ridiculous scorching cocoa cocktail known as the Nutcracker that’s SO good.) We met up with buddies and loved the entire actions on property, and likewise had dinner on the new Toca Madera.

We have been blown away by the meals and the service. Every thing was cooked completely – we shared guacamole, chips, oysters, and the Pilot and I loved margaritas. For entrees, the children acquired truffle mac and cheese and a chopped salad with rooster, whereas the Pilot and I loved steaks and sides. We ordered three desserts (we need to strive all the pieces once we exit to eat lol) and the presentation was so distinctive – all the pieces was on a board adorned with a lit sparkler.

Whereas we have been in Scottsdale we additionally noticed the Ballet Arizona Nutcracker; one in every of my all-time faves!

The remainder of the week has been Winterhaven lighs and a celebration with buddies, Christmas Eve at my dad’s, and Christmas Day at our home. This week has been stuffed with all the pieces I like: household time, chill time, and superb meals.

(All of our pajamas are from Hanna Andersson)

We had the same old nana’s egg casserole, tamales, beans, and homemade cinnamon rolls.

The Pilot made his well-known egg nog:

and for dinner, we had an enormous charceuterie board, caviar + accompaniments, shrimp cocktail, and for dinner, beef tenderloin with horseradish mustard sauce, smoked turkey, maple brussels, and mashed candy potatoes.

Dessert was a yuletide log from devoted,

home made pumpkin pie,

assorted macarons, and one million cookies that madre and I baked 😉 These are a number of the cookie tins we took over to our neighbors:

We performed the saran wrap ball game and some different video games, and the Pilot and I capped off the night sitting by the hearth pit by the pool. It was excellent 🙂

It’s time for the weekly Friday Faves celebration! That is the place I share a few of my favourite finds from the week and across the net. I all the time love listening to about your faves, too, so please shout out one thing you’re loving within the feedback part beneath.

12.27 Friday Faves

Style + magnificence + random:

One of my friends said this was her favorite Christmas gift so I ordered one for myself. I’m excited to make use of it for our subsequent get-together to maintain meals heat.

This sweatshirt is so cute for Valentine’s Day!

A perfect classic sweater dress 

Learn, watch, pay attention:

Rules for modern life

Are you doing Dry January this year?

Health, well being, life, and good eats:

Whereas we have been in Scottsdale, I used to be in a position to take a Pvolve class at their new Scottsdale studio. It was top-of-the-line group health lessons I’ve taken in a loooooong time. The trainer had fabulous cueing and vitality, and I actually love the Pvolve exercise and format. It incorporates useful power coaching with distinctive positioning – plenty of inner and exterior rotation – stability parts, and the instruments are efficient at including an extra problem. It was HARD and I used to be pleasantly sore afterwards! My full blog post review is here.

SO many gross sales on a few of my favourite well being and wellness manufacturers. If you happen to’re trying to make use of up FSA/HSA funds as we end out the yr, check out this post. 

– EquiLife is having a huge sale on tests and supplements this week. If you wish to check as we head into the brand new yr, I extremely advocate beginning with the Big 5 or the Starter Kit. (If you happen to’d like me to be the one to go over the checks with you, ship me your affirmation quantity to gina@fitnessista.com topic TEST and I can be certain that the outcomes are tracked to me.)

– Final probability to get 20% off at HigherDOSE with the code FITNESSISTA20. If you need a sauna blanket, PEMF mat or red light mask, now could be the prospect.

Banana gingerbread muffins

January detox starts January 13th if you want to plan ahead! My code is FITNESSITA10 should you’d like to hitch in.

Thanks a lot for stopping by the weblog as we speak! Have a tremendous weekend and I’ll see ya quickly!

xoxo

Gina