Did you all have an enjoyable weekend? I’m finishing mine out on a very high note. I feel exhausted and Peter kindly figured out a way for me to have some time to relax this afternoon. I need it too after a busy rest of the weekend. At least it felt busy to me. In fact, everything was pretty low key.

Last night when dinner time rolled around I craved a burger and fries. Apparently my body goes through phases where I can hardly fit anything in my stomach for days…followed by days on end where I feel I can endlessly eat. I’m in one of the latter phases. A burger and fries sounded incredibly good last night. So, what’s a pregnant-hungry-picky-about-her-beef girl to do? Pat herself on the back for being prepared for such an occurrence with the perfect Groupon.

Awhile ago I purchased a Groupon to a place called The Counter – a burger joint with numerous toppings, sauces, types of burgers, etc to customize your perfect burger.

Even better? They serve only 100% natural, hormone-free, humanely treated beef. I may not ever become a vegetarian, but that doesn’t mean I can’t be picky about the meat we buy and be thrilled when a restaurant serves similar. I really looked forward to dining here. I even loved the decor.

Sadly though, the rest of the night didn’t quite live up to my expectations. The service was very slow and poor. For example, we never got refills on our water/soda and received our sides of sweet potato fries at least 10-15 minutes before our burgers came out. I will say that the food tasted great, minus the fries getting cold by the time we ate most of them, and I loved the variety of options. I ordered the beef burger with blue cheese, grilled onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, lettuce, and a roasted garlic spread on the multigrain bun.

Luckily burgers out don’t normally appeal to me so I doubt we will ever want to return. Peter actually found it surprising I craved a burger. I guess so much so that he wanted a picture of me eating mine?

Attractive, no? And oddly enough this picture reminded me of something I have noticed recently. After dying my hair back to its natural color and letting it grow out, I keep seeing more red. I’ve never noticed red in my hair before because I have had highlights for over a decade.

Well, I had more to talk about but I will just save that for another post. I’ve had some mental games recently related to food and body image I want to share with all of you, but don’t feel like adding it all on here. The beauty of blogging flexibly. 😉 Funny how it works out that when I say I plan to cut back I end up with tons to say and need more posts to do it in. That’s how it always happens though, isn’t it?

• Am I a redhead??? Do you see it too or is it just me?
• For what type of dish would you love to have a build-your-own restaurant with loads of options? My first option already exists – self serve fro-yo. It would also be cool to have a design/build your own sushi place!

No, not “gettin’ jiggy with it”. And no, not cheeky like wearing chaps cheeky. I’m talking Cheeky as in my all time favorite Mexican restaurant Cheeky.

I haven’t been since sometime this summer, until now. Now….I have dined there twice in the past 24 hours. Oh, yes.

Last night I had Mom’s Night Out with my friends from the mom’s club. I thoroughly enjoyed getting out with them and chatting without the kids. If only I could have enjoyed a margarita or dragonberry mojito with them as well. Sadly, I didn’t get any pictures of the crew all together. You can picture 8 women enjoying kid-free girl time with non-stop talking and ever-flowing chips + salsa. Sounds fun, right? 😀

I headed back to Cheeky today with Em. We had decided at our last visit we would hit up Cheeky. She had never been before and had to see what I always rave about. And I can hardly believe that the next time I see her she will likely be holding her little boy in her arms!

We shared the chips + salsa, then each ordered two tacos + beans. I had my go-to combo of one fish taco with the chipotle poblano slaw and one pork taco with the mango pepper slaw.

Yum yum yum yum. I did switch it up the night before with one fish taco and one crab cake taco. What? When I like something I will order it over and over again.

I don’t have any plans the rest of the afternoon so I plan to play with my little miss ‘tude, if she’ll have me. If she won’t, I have other things to keep me company.

Only 100 pages in and it already intrigues me so. It is different than I expected, but I adore dark and mysterious storylines. Have a great rest of the Saturday all!

• Do you tend to order the same things at restaurants or always mix it up? I have a hard time branching out if I know I love something.
• What types of books/movies do you prefer? I love suspense in both. Romantic comedy movies are fun too though.
• Have you entered yet? Ends on Monday night!