Bestie Birthday Sunday

Hello Butterflies! I hope you all had a great weekend! I have a few meals from last week, but yesterday was filled with delicious food (and a lot of it), so I figured I'd save the other stuff for later on in the week. First though, this is the most fragrant beautiful rose I've ever seen! T picked it for me from our yard! I can't walk buy without smelling it, it's so lovely!

Yesterday, we headed down to our parents houses, at the shore, to have one last visit and see everyone before the baby is born. She is due in almost a month, so we won't be making any long car trips. Our parents are about 40 minutes away and our hospital is about 25 minutes from us, so needless to say, we are hanging tight at home for the next few weeks. But Saturday was my besties birthday! I've mentioned before, my bestie is going to be my sister in law next Summer! She is marrying T's brother! I can't wait! Unfortunately, her Father passed away a few weeks ago. Some of you may remember the prayer request I had a few months back. I'm so sad for her loss. :(

When we got down there we headed to the farmers market to hit-up the only vegan lunch van in the country! Have you heard of the Cinnamon Snail? They hang out in Hoboken during the week and are stationed at the Red Bank Farmers Market on Sundays. T and I always hit it up whenever we are down there on a Sunday. We always get the same thing: The Maple-Mustard Tempeh Sandwich.

Holy crap, this is the best sandwich I have ever had! We LOVE it! The sandwich consists of maple-mustard glazed tempeh, some wilted kale, tomato, onion and Veganaise on spelt bread. We've had it probably only 3 or 4 times, and every time it's always worth the wait! If we lived down there, we'd probably be having it every Sunday! It's THAT good! I think I need to try to recreate it, SOON!

For dinner my Mother in Law made vegan eggplant parm. My bestie and my mother in law are both vegan (thanks too Skinny Bitch and ME!). Ha ha! I've been asked a few times how she makes it.. after cutting the eggplant in slices she coats them with olive oil and then covers them with gluten free bread crumbs. She bakes those until they are slightly cooked and then layers them in a casserole dish with sauce and a little Daiya (sometimes she leaves out the Daiya). The layers go: eggplant, sauce, Daiya, eggplant and so on. Then she bakes it until done. I've made it a few times at home as well. I actually prefer it without the Daiya. This time it only had a little. T obviously dished out the portions, because this portion was ridiculously HUGE and messy! Ha ha!

Of course there was dessert! We had vegan carrot cake from the The Twisted Tree and my Mother in Law made vegan peanut butter cups from The Kind Diet. As you may of noticed, that is her signature vegan desert! She always makes them and they are so delicious!

I was also lucky enough to visit the spiritual store with T and my Mother in Law. T sat and read the paper on the couch they had and some lady asked him if he could give her a "reading!" LOL!! T had to correct her and tell her he was just reading the paper waiting for his wife and mother! Ha ha! I bought a few energy stones (of course), for balance after the baby is born (as if a stone will help..he he). I also got this gorgeous bookmark (I have about 30 bookmarks, I think I buy one every time I am in a book store) and MORE oracle cards (another thing I have way to many of). These are Magical Messages from the Fairies by Doreen Virtue! The next ones I want to get are the Mermaid Cards! :)

We also bought the baby a Christmas dress and an adorable coat and matching booties from a boutique I had a gift card for. You will have to wait until after Christmas to see her in her little dress! It's so precious!! 

How was your weekend? Did you do anything exciting? Do you buy something in excess? :) Have a great day all!