date night with L

i woke up this morning knowing i had to do laundry. the usual piles here and there had turned into mountains. gross. so when i woke up naturally at 7:30, i took a shower and headed out the door to do some laundry at my favorite spot. i was out of there an hour later, put away my clothes and headed up to the atlantic station La Fitnesse (this is how i say it, so this is how i spell it. it's really L.A. Fitness) for the 11am kickboxing class.
i used to follow this one kickboxing instructor around to two different La Fitnesse's and one day he disappeared. Kickboxing classes haven't been the same since. Kinda like Keiko back in Burke at Burke Racquet (remember, M?). Once you find an instructor you like, it breaks your heart (seriously) when they leave you. i didn't reunite with my favorite instructor today, but the instructor today wasn't too bad...but i have to say something and i'm in no position to say any of this given that i am probably just as jiggly if not more so...
lately, my dance and fitness instructors have been on the heavy side. i mean if these ladies did the class they are making us do on a regular basis, they would have bangin' bodies, but most of these ladies have been looking kinda heavy. i don't understand. i want to be inspired. these ladies haven't inspired me. anyway!
so after kickboxing (which kicked my ass), i went to publix, went to sell some clothes at Rag O'Rama in L5P (sold a whopping $20 worth), came home, made lunch and took a nap. Got back up an hour later to get ready to meet L for movie and dinner.
I'd suggested we see The Secret Life of Bees. IT WAS AWESOME. YOU MUST SEE THIS MOVIE! i will warn you, though, that you should not see this movie with someone you are not comfortable crying in front of. you do a lot of crying. some parts are crazy heart-wrenching, but so poignant. watch this movie! you will not regret it.
after the movie, L humored me and walked around with me because i thought i was finally going to plunk down some serious money for a new bag. i have been threatening to buy my botkier for awhile now. i really thought i was going to buy it today, but in the end i didn't. i just couldn't pull the trigger. :( i want a nice purse, but i can't justify $600 when things around me are so uncertain. i just can't.
we went to beleza for dinner after the movie. i know you love this place, L and i think parts of it were good, but healthy food is not my style. hahahaha! i mean if i liked to eat healthily when i went out, i probably wouldn't look like this. eh. i will say the drinks are fabulous. i can't remember what the name of our drink was, but it had muscodines, cava and vodka. very good. we shared quinoa (decent), salad, tuna (probably would have been better for me if both hadn't contained beets. hate beets) and shrimp in coconut sauce with basmati rice. we also shared a pumpkin and chocolate tart. this sounds like a lot for two people, but the way everything is prepared at beleza and the portion size (which i'm sure is probably the perfect amount), just wasn't my style of eating. again, when i go out, i want a meal. going out for me (should be) a treat - so i want um, heartier. i had a good time chatting with L, like i always do, but i probably won't go back to beleza.
afterwards, we ducked into chocolate pink (dessert spot) because i'd never been. i didn't buy anything else to eat, but did manage to slather on one of the sample lotions in the front. i think it was "buttercream" flavored. all i know is i can still smell it on me now and i may want to eat me.
we ended the night in front of CVS. L, like she always does and i love her for it, gave me a bunch of her magazines. can't wait to dress myself in fleece (it is freezing here tonight) and read them. she also sold me her camera, so expect to see more "anonymous" pictures of me and my debauchery. anyway, thanks L! you are the best!