Rain Rain Go Away

Well Folks- I bring you another ICKY day! Rainy and cold.

YUCK! This is definitely a day for my rain boots. I present to you: The Rain Boots.

Instead of getting down because of the rain I warmed up to this delicious bowl of pumpkin oats for breakfast. I love my Halloween bowls…aren’t they just the cutest? My pumpkin oats was part of this complete breakfast.

I also lit my candle and watched some girly TV-Drop Dead Diva on DVR. Does it get any better?

My pumpkin oats started out with this packet of this original oatmeal.

I wanted the maple sugar packet, but there are far more calories than in the regular. I had some leftover pumpkin puree that I added in as well as cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin spice, and truvia. This was fantastic and absolutely perfect for this cold rainy morning.

I had a side of fruit planned, but after the oatmeal I was pretty full so I saved the fruit for a mid-morning snack.

And of course a perfect cup of coffee.

What a great morning so far!

Sometimes I really don’t mind the rain. It makes me feel cozy, but it also makes me not want to leave my house. Such is not the case today because work calls. I just have to get through today and then I have my weekend. My weekend is usually Fridays and Saturdays.

The oats actually kept me pretty full all morning, and I didn’t even need my fruit.

Lunch was quite interesting, but somewhat creative. I had leftover pasta from last week with a few toppings. I don’t normally like pasta, but this pasta is probably the best pasta I have ever had, and I got it in Italy so I couldn’t let it go to waste.

And remember that tomato soup I didn’t finish last night? Well I actually used that as my sauce on the pasta. I mean why not?

I topped the pasta with leftover turkey pepperoni (thanks Kelly for leaving that-it has come in quite handy this week), baby portabellas, a some light Mozzarella cheese.

I also had some kale on the side. Kale is so much better with hot pepper flakes or balsamic vinegar, but I forgot both today! I decided to add a little Fat Free Italian dressing and that worked just fine!

Filling and satisfying. I should be good for a few hours. The rain is supposed to hold up the rest of this week and weekend. There go any running plans I ever had. Shucks!