263: Emily's Birthday

So of course on a big day with a plan for a big dinner, like poker or a 40th birthday I am wanting to watch what I eat. I have to start with two pieces of toast, because Ruby and I wanted to wake up Emily with flowers, and we had shopping to do. For reasons known only to the divine, there is no AM kindergarten today, so we are off on a some boring adult ventures like filling up the car with gas. However, at the supermarket she gets a banana-chocolate chip muffin (which she continues to eat the next day) and at Starbucks we run into one of her friends whose mother has to pay for her coffee drink with an American Express card. I try to slink out of the store, but Ruby and her friend are jungled up like a barrel of monkeys so I have twist her the right way to get her out the door. Aside from all that, people come to assess Magnolia and there's all kind of stuff going on. It's one of those days were you really could eat irresponsibly, if you weren't paying attention.

Breakfast
Two slices When Pigs Fly Harvest Wheat and Pumpkin Seed
Peanut Butter
Tea

Snack
6 slices toscano salami
few oz's cheddar cheese

Lunch
6 oz Blueberry "yoplait" lite yogurt
6 dried apricots
1/4 cup almonds/cashews

Metadinner
Hamburger (that I fed to Ruby and Magnolia)

Dinner: Le Soir
Rolls, etc.
Appetizer—Confit of Duck
Appetizer—Scallop wrapped in Bacon
Dinner—Steak
Pomme Frites (with Spicy homemade ketchup)
Asparagus
Sweet Potato Puree
Flourless Chocolate Cake

Emily and I did not get out to dinner until 9PM—which is usually when we're relaxing after putting the kids to bed, but we were sure hungry. I believe we did not overdo it, but I did allow myself a few exceptions—a bite of a rye roll (it was lousy with fiendish caraway seeds); some ciabatta bread crust with tapenade butter, and some pomme frites, probably around a dozen. We split the steak and only had one bite of the dessert. The appetizers were frugally sized. I'll tell you, I don't remember specifics, but I can tell you Emily and I have walked out of more than a few birthday dinners ready to keel over from over-eating. Happily, this was not the case tonight. But she's going out a few more times this weekend—fortunately, I'll be staying home and eating spelt.