Time flies when your getting ready for Christmas

The weekend has totally flown by but I feel SO ACCOMPLISHED!  We managed to go from 0% of our Christmas Shopping complete to 90%.  We cleaned, did laundry, set up our tree, completed our Christmas Cards and mailed them along with our Christmas packages!  Oh, and I think I may have relaxed a little too somewhere in there 🙂

I have totally been wanting to try out this super spicy Pepper Sauce we bought in Barbados.  They gave out samples that you drank out of the cup, I used my finger and well, The Husband drank it.  His face was so red I just knew it had to be THAT HOT and good.

I thought it was interesting that the first ingredient is mustard since it doesn’t really taste mustard like at all.

I used the sauce to whip up a FANTASTIC veggie scramble.

1/4 c chopped yellow bell pepper

1/4 c chopped red onion

1/2 c chopped mushrooms

4 cherry tomatoes, quartered

1 Egg

1 Egg White

Splash of Fat Free Milk

Splash of Hot Sauce

Sea Salt & Pepper

Topped with 2 Tbsp Low Fat Cheddar Cheese

Preheat a nonstick pan with nonstick cooking spray over medium low heat.  Add the veggies and cook 3-4 minutes.  Combine egg, egg whites, hot sauce, milk, sea salt and pepper.  Add egg mixture to pan and cook until done.  Top with cheese.

I made up a Tropicana 100% Juice Spritzer to go with breakfast. 1/2 c OJ with fizzy water and ice.

I added extra hot sauce as I ate ~ SO GOOD!  I could totally eat this all over again and it was only 4 WW points.

While The Husband slept in, I ran around getting things done around the house.  I picked us up Starbuck’s to get our day started.  Today I got a DIRTY LATTE!  I LOVE ordering it – so fun.  Grande FF decaf latte with 1-2 pumps of chocolate (depending on how much chocolate you want to taste).  Each pump is 1 point and the grande latte is 3 points.  YUM – it was like hot chocolate that wasn’t super sweet!

When we got home we were both starved and wanting something warm since it has been raining all weekend.  I pulled out a box of the Campbell’s V8 Vegetable Blend Soup to try.

I have to admit when you pour it into the pan, it looks pretty nasty.  I was surprised at how thick it was as I expected it to be a broth based soup.  I honestly thought this soup was just ok ~ it was very canned tasting to me and I didn’t finish it even after doctoring it up with salt, pepper and hot sauce. (2 WWP)

The total highight of lunch were these Whole Wheat Lavish Wraps I bought at Whole Foods.

Check out these AMAZING stats ~ the entire thing is only 2 points.  I totally want to use one to make a LAVISH PIZZA!

I made a Cheesy Mushroom Quesadilla to go with my soup.

1 Whole Wheat Lavish Wrap, folded in 1/2

1/2 c sliced mushrooms

1/4 c Big S Farms HOT Habenero Salsa

1/4 c Low Fat Cheese

Cooked up in nonstick cooking spray.  It was AFTER I made it that I realized this would’ve been PERFECT in my new PANINI PRESS – ahhh!  Oh well, next time.

I LOVE these lavish wraps – they are like a cross between and pita and a flour tortilla but super soft and loaded with flavor. (4 WWP).  I had a baby organic Fuji apple for dessert that somehow went un-pictured.

After lunch, we broke out some of our Christmas decorations.  We decided to go simple this year with our Charlie Brown Tree instead of re-arranging for a big tree.  I LOVE our Jr TREE!

I spent the rest of the afternoon filling out Christmas cards and putting together packages to mail.  I had planned on making the Potato Chowder, but, decided it could wait until tomorrow (sorry all :)  I opted for leftovers ~ Delicious Arrabiatta Spaghetti with Meatballs a la The Husband. (8 WW Points).  I skipped my veggies with healthy oil for tonight.

I am off to curl up with 1 of the 3 magazines I bought this weekend and some tea by our tree!

Nite all!