VA Beach and Richmond

Alright so as promised here is my post about the beach and Richmond! We left for the beach around 8 Monday morning and after many pit stops (I drank coffee and have the world's smallest bladder), a lunch stop (a quick chicken salad sandwich from 7-11), and getting lost from our google directions we finally made it there around 1ish! It had been raining off and on during the drive down but had been bright and sunny when we started getting closer to the beach. Of course as soon as we changed into our bathing suites, got sunscreen on, and went out to the beach the clouds rolled in. We were out for maybe an hour and half in the cloudy weather before it started raining. It started drizzling and we endured it but then it started raining harder so my mom and I went up and sat under the covered part of the deck. Eventually it stopped raining but it got cold! I sat outside longer debating about going back down to the beach or changing out of my bathing suite. Eventually I gave into the coldness and went in and changed. I was so glad I had packed a pair of jeans to take to Richmond with me because I definitely did not want to put the shorts and a tank top on that I had been wearing earlier. I went out to my car and dug around in my vera until I found jeans and a non tanktop shirt! Then I wrapped my towel around me and went back out onto the deck so I could at least still see the ocean while I was reading!

Once Emily got off work I headed over to her house and then we went out to get Mexican Food at a Mexican restaurant that I can't remember the name of. I ordered Seafood Chimichangas which were absolutely delicious!
We spent a long time talking over dinner, then went back to her house and hung out more, we even ended up talking in the driveway for a while as I was about to leave. Even though we had seen each other a couple weekends ago at Stephen and Mandy's wedding we really didn't get a chance to catch up as much as we needed to, so we had a lot of stuff to talk about! I hate living so far away from my friends and I feel like I never get to talk to them or see them anymore!

Anyways as soon as I got to Richmond I went with Maggie and some of her friends to Sonic where I got an unpictured limeaid chiller. Other than that it was a pretty laid back night!

This morning we hung out around the house for a while and then took Corbin to the River. We decided to have a picnic lunch there so we stopped at Noodle and Company for food to take to the river with us.


It was pretty good. My noodles had pesto, mushrooms, tomatoes, basil, and parmesan. My only thing was this was something I could have so easily made at home and made it better. So even though it was good I'm not sure how I feel about paying for something that I could make better (but I guess I really couldn't have made it at Maggie's because she doesn't have a working stove). They have three different sections of their menu- Asian, Mediterranean, and American. I think if I were to go back again I would definitely try some of their Asian noodles instead because even though all the Mediterranean ones sound good I think they would all be similar to this and would be something I would rather make at home. Oh and the American noodles really didn't sound very good, except for maybe the macaroni and cheese.

After eating we played with Corbin in the river.
Then we stopped at Baskin Robbins on the way home for ice cream. I got a lemon custard with pineapple toppings- yum!!!!! It has inspired me to make lemon pineapple raspberry ice cream sometime soon (the raspberry because Maggie had ice cream that had raspberry and we both thought it would be good with mine.)
Corbin was so exhausted from all the excitement he immediately slept when we got home.
Later we met up with Sara for sushi at Mai Sushi (they don't have a website). This is probably the best sushi place in Richmond (it is in the Village shopping center by Ukrops for any Richmonders). We use to always go to Akida (which is also really good if you want sushi closer to VCU its on Robinson between Grace and Broad) but one time decided to try Mai because it was so close to Maggie's house and we have been hooked ever since. I started out with some miso soup.
Then I tried something new, a tiger roll.

It had shrimp, cream cheese, and asparagus inside and salmon and avocado on top. It was delicious. Shrimp tempura and philly rolls are usually my go to sushi but this kind of combines both of them together and its healthier because it doesn't have the fried shrimp in it!

After dinner Maggie and I played High School Musical Sing It for quite a while and now I am about to head off to bed! Goodnight everyone!

Maggie is Awesome!

Do you guys love my new awesome format of my blog! Maggie is the most amazing person ever! She made my banner at the top and then formatted my blog so it would be pretty! yay!!!!

So last we played High School Musical 3 Sing it and I have to say it was probably the best spent $25 ever (yes I bought it on ebay for only $25 microphone included haha). I also love how you can see Twilight in the background- we didn't watch it last night but high school musical and twilight pretty much sum up our weekends!

So after some intense singing we finally went to bed around 1:45 hahaha. This morning I slept in until 11:30ish and then had some yogurt for breakfast! I love the So Delicious Coconut Milk ice cream so much that I had to try the yogurt. It was okay, it was really thick but I think that I'm not a big fan of the chocolate yogurt. I am definitely going to have to try this in another flavor.
Then for lunch I had this Annie Chun's Udon Soup Bowl! It was pretty good, it wasn't as flavorful as some of the soup or noodle bowls but I would probably buy it again.
After lunch Corbin was running around outside trying to chase Brandy- Maggie's Aunt's dog that she is watching for the week. Either Corbin or the wind knocked over the trash can that had a glass bottle sitting on top of it. Corbin being the smart dog that he is ran all through the glass so he could try and eat the stuff that spilled. He cut his paw and was bleeding so we put some gauze on it and wrapped it up. Well he bled through that and then we put more gauze over the wrap and then tapped it. It seems to be holding for now but he is not too happy about it!
So I'm not sure what we are up to for dinner or for the rest of the night but I'm sure there will be some more High School Musical Sing It!

Also I got Jenna's Dessert E-Cookbook and I have to say it looks pretty awesome! I can't wait to try out some of the recipes, especially Ashley's Maple Almond Butter Cookies- I think I will be making those when I go home next week for Easter! If you haven't bought her cookbook yet you should- all the money is going to a great cause and you get this awesome 85 page cookbook full of delicious desserts!

Also there is a free e-cookbook that Spark People Sent out today with 10 recipes for less than $10 they wanted people to send it along to their friends so here you go!