I hope you guys had a great weekend!
Our Sunday was a typical Sunday. Pancake breakfast. Church. Errands.
After church, our errands took us to the grocery store and Old Navy.
On Friday I was sent a $50 gift card from Old Navy to use toward some new workout apparel from their Active by Old Navy line. Obviously I was pretty pumped and headed into the dressing room with a bunch of new workout clothes to try on. $50 goes a long way at Old Navy!
Old Navy got some big-time bonus points from me when I saw that most of their long-sleeved jackets and pullovers had thumbholes!
I know many of you share my love for thumbholes. No more naked knuckles! I ended up buying the Women’s Active GoDRY Running Top you see in the above photo for $15. (Just FYI, their entire Active line is 40% off today through January 16.)
The one item I waffled back and forth on was the Women’s Active Compression Jacket in retro violet.
In the end I decided against it because it felt like it might be a little too warm for running in the winter in Florida since it never really gets that cold. The material was nice and thick and I loved that it featured compression technology, but in the end I left with a super-cute heather gray stretch pullover ($15) that was slightly more lightweight.
I love this top. It’s really long (great for my crazy-long torso) and has a really unique and feminine neckline. It reminds me of a scarf wrapping around my neck or something. I’m a fan.
I also bought the Women’s Compression Leggings in blackjack ($18) that you see in the above photo. They’re really long and ride up a little higher than other compression tights which I am hoping will make them a much better fit for running than the shants I wore on Friday’s long run.
I wore the leggings and pullover on an early evening hike with Ryan and Sadie to give them a test and felt comfortable the entire time. They stayed up and didn’t chafe and the pullover was lightweight enough to keep me warm without making me sweat profusely.
Sadie was protesting our picture together since I didn’t buy her anything.
Lunch
After our shopping adventure, Ryan suggested stopping by Feta, a new Mediterranean restaurant that opened in Ocala less than two months ago.
Our meal began with fresh rolls that Ryan and I had no trouble polishing off as we waited for our entrees.
For our main meal, Ryan and I decided to share the True Village Greek salad and the mousaka.
I’ve never tried mousaka before, but oh my goodness it was amazing! I would love to try to make it at home but I’m a little intimidated so if any of you out there have a fabulous mousaka recipe that isn’t too complicated, I’d love to give it a go!
We made sure to compliment Chef Demitri on our way out and he was so kind and gracious.
I spent the rest of Sunday hiking with Ryan and Sadie before working for a bit and enjoying a light dinner before bed.
It was a nice lil’ Sunday!
January Book Club
With 53.6 percent of the votes, the winning book for the PBF January Book Club is The Secret Keeper! We will be discussing this book on the blog on February 4.
Happy reading!
This post is sponsored by Old Navy. Check out Old Navy’s Active wear in stores or at oldnavy.com #GetYourActiveON
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Hi Mousaka lovers, 🙂
I would like to share a simple recipe for mousaka Serbian way. I do it all the time and my German and Belgian friends love it.
You”ll need:
6 big potatoes
1lb ground meat (beef or pork)
1 onion
1 cup of yogurt
1 egg
Peper, garlic powder, salt, paprika powder
Cut the onion into the cubes, fry it untill it turns yellow. Add the meat and the spices and keep frying.
Peel and slice the potatoes
Put a layer of potatoes at the bottom of your baking dish. Then comes the layer of meat/onion mix. Then comes one more layer of potatoes. Prepare a cup of water with a tbsp of oil. Pour it over the mousaka. This way, the bottom potatoes will be cooked and the upper layer will baked. Bake for 30 minutes at 200 celsius.
Mix the yougurt and the egg and pour it over the mousaka. Bake for 5 more minutes. Voila!
This amount yield about 4 servings. I would like to note that this is how my mom does it in Serbia. Greek recipe is a bit different. Enjoy! 🙂
Oh my goodness that sweater looks so comfy! Looks like I need to go and check out Old Navy.
Just bought some of their active pants in a Tall (I’m 5’10) and I love them!!!…they are so tall and comfy…most tall pants come at a huge price but I love the price of Old Navy’s stuff!!!
Wow, absolutely love that grey top from Old Navy! It looks so comfy. Man, I’m disappointed for book club for February 🙁 Was so hoping for The Fault in Our Stars. Oh well. If people voted for this one, it must still be good then!
I bought those same tops at Old Navy (online) last weekend! I can’t wait to try them!
Thought you would enjoy this radio segment I heard, it’s about your January Book Club book – http://www.wuwm.com/programs/lake_effect/lake_effect_segment.php?segmentid=10036
After I read this post, I went to Old Navy’s website and looked at their sales. I am currently deployed but I wanted to jump on this sale. I love the Active Shirts. I sent my wife a list of what I wanted. Hopefully she will be able to find the colors that I want and they will be waiting for me when I get home.
Oh, and I really enjoy reading your blog. Some of the food you post pictures of makes my mouth water. As of right now I have no way to be able to cook for my self and I am at the mercy of the Air Force when it comes to food. You have a new subscriber from SC, currently in the Middle East!
Thank you for serving our country~
I will have to go get one of those as I also LOVE thumbholes! I already have a few of their compression capris and wear them all the time! Thanks for sharing the good news on some new digs!
I too, am OBSESSED with thumbholes! I’m going to be headed to Old Navy once my third child is born for some of these tops! You look great too! Thanks for sharing with us! 🙂
I love the longer tops with thumb holes. I’ll have to go check them out. For me, the long tops are more for bootie coverage, since I’m plus sized. You look amazing and are very inspiring to this mama trying to get back in shape!
OOO I love what you picked from Old Navy. It’s funny, I hadn’t really bought much there for a few years and this past year I have bought a ton there (loving their skinny jeans) for me and my son. I haven’t spent much time looking at the Active Gear, but I’ll have to check it out!
I love Kate Morton! Have you read her other book, The Distant Hours? It’s extremely beautiful and haunting.
Thank you so much for posting this! I have been looking for good quality, affordable workout clothes! My husband works part time at Academy and even with his discount, I’m paying way too much for workout clothes.
How FUN to be featured by Old Navy!!! So glad to find your blog. My hubby just got me the jacket with the thumb holes for Christmas in the gray. Love it. I also just made a renewed commitment to eating healthy so I am happy to find your blog. Yay. 🙂
I love old navy workout stuff AND THE THUMBHOLES! Just a recommendation for those of you in colder climates, i do run in the compression jacket – definitely too warm for Florida but awesome for the Boston area this time of year. Its one of my fave cold running tops 🙂
Eeeep! Mint green top! Cheap! Ahh, I need it.
I love thumb holes, too, especially since my hands always get chapped in the winter 🙁
So happy to see Old Navy has your blog on their Facebook page now – that’s awesome girl! Glad to see such an incredible blog out of Central Florida, I’m at UF just an hour north. Keep up the awesome work, I adore reading your posts and hearing your fitness story!
I was checking my facebook today and a post for Old Navy was on my newsfeed … and guess whose picture I saw and blog they were plugging!!!! Yours!!! So awesome!
40% off?! That’s amazing. I love Old Navy’s activewear! It is really nice quality and you can’t beat the price.
I have the compression jacket in pink – a Christmas gift from my sister-in-law who loves hers. It’s fantastic! Keeps me warm is perfect for my night runs (which can be pretty chilly!). Old Navy on FB got me to stop here, I’m definitely coming back! Great blog!
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Hey Julie!
The first thing that I noticed when I saw your pancakes was that they are perfectly shaped! Do you have a secret way of doing this?
At the gym where I work, I’ve seen a lot of women wearing the heather gray stretch pull-over. To say the least, I’m tempted to buy it!
Hey Julie!
The first thing I noticed when I saw your pancake breakfast was that they are perfectly shaped! Do you have a secret way of doing this?
At the gym where I work, I’ve seen a lot of women wearing the stretch pull-over. To say the least, I’m tempted to buy it!
I love that Active Pullover, too! I haven’t been to Old Navy in years. Time to go back!
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