12.27 Friday Faves – The Fitnessista

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

Earlier than we head into in the present day’s put up, a HUGE congrats to the winner of this yr’s Favourite Issues giveaway: Mary Anne C. Keep tuned for extra giveaways developing 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 gentle shows, Santa, ice skating, rides, and the environment 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 associates and loved all the actions on property, and likewise had dinner on the new Toca Madera.

We had been blown away by the meals and the service. All the things was cooked completely – we shared guacamole, chips, oysters, and the Pilot and I loved margaritas. For entrees, the youngsters 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 wish to strive every little thing after we exit to eat lol) and the presentation was so distinctive – every little thing was on a board adorned with a lit sparkler.

Whereas we had 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 associates, Christmas Eve at my dad’s, and Christmas Day at our home. This week has been crammed with every little thing I really 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 a large 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 1,000,000 cookies that madre and I baked 😉 These are among 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 fireplace pit by the pool. It was good 🙂

It’s time for the weekly Friday Faves social gathering! That is the place I share a few of my favourite finds from the week and across the internet. I at all times 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 had been in Scottsdale, I used to be in a position to take a Pvolve class at their new Scottsdale studio. It was among the best group health courses I’ve taken in a loooooong time. The trainer had fabulous cueing and power, and I actually love the Pvolve exercise and format. It incorporates purposeful energy coaching with distinctive positioning – numerous inner and exterior rotation – stability elements, and the instruments are efficient at including a further 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. For those who’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. (For those who’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 sure the outcomes are tracked to me.)

– Final probability to get 20% off at HigherDOSE with the code FITNESSISTA20. If you’d like a sauna blanket, PEMF mat or red light mask, now’s 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 in the present day! Have a tremendous weekend and I’ll see ya quickly!

xoxo

Gina