A winner has been picked for the Amazing Pirate’s Booty Giveaway! Thank you so much for participating. But before I give up the goods, I am going to make you wait, and tell you about my girls night out last night. My friends Kelly and Ashley and I were planning on cooking dinner and having a girls night in. Our plans fell through because of the horrible traffic, and we ended up having one of my funnest nights out in a long time. We headed to a Mexican restaurant called Guapo’s, which I was excited about because I love Mexican food. I try to eat a well balanced diet everyday so once in a while I splurge on a night out and just enjoy myself. And that is JUST WHAT WE DID!
I loved the look and feel of this restaurant. It made me feel like I was in Mexico. The restaurant was clean, and the staff was very friendly. It was just a very inviting, fun atmosphere. We started with a pitcher of margaritas and some chips and salsa. We also ordered guacamole for the table, which came in a small little tortilla shell and these amazing puffy flour tortilla chips.
Lots of talking, munching, and laughing later we ordered our meal. By that point I was so full from all the chips. I always eat too many chips at Mexican restaurants. For my meal I ordered the Tacos Oaxaquenos which was 3 tacos filled with strips of steak, green peppers, red onions, tomatoes, and cilantro; topped with fresh pineapple and avocado. The tacos were served with Mexican rice, re-fried beans, guacamole, sour cream, and salsa on the side. I had asked for flour tortillas, but my tacos came with soft corn tortillas, which was also fine. I usually have a really hard time deciding what I want from a restaurant, but this was easy because it was all my favorite things in one dish, and it was delicious.
I could only eat one taco, but I saved the other two for lunch today. After dinner we had a lot of time to let our stomachs rest, and just talked for a while.
The restaurant was really busy so our waiter didn’t come over often, which was good and bad. Good because it gave us more time to hang out together and we could take as long as we wanted, but bad because if we needed anything it was hard to get someones attention. Honestly-I was having too much fun to really care. We figured if we’ve gone this far, we should go all the way and ordered a Mexican coffee, which was coffee, Kahlua, tequila, and whipped cream. Surprisingly good!
And for dessert we ordered the fried ice cream and sopaipillas with ice cream to share.
The desserts were very good, but we had a hard time finishing them all.
It was such a fun night with my friends. We laughed so hard, and it was exactly what I needed after the week I had. Guapos had great food, friendly service, and reasonable prices. It is a little more expensive than your hole in the wall Mexican restaurant, but worth every penny for the food and atmosphere. I will definitely be back.
In ankle news-I went to Georgetown Hospital yesterday to see Dr. Paul Cooper about the 2 stress fractures in my ankle. He is supposedly the best in the area, and I was really happy he was able to meet with me.
(Source)
I had X-rays done there, and after he looked at my MRI and X-rays told me that not only do I have the fractures, but it looked like I had severe arthritis in my ankle, and I have the ankle of a middle aged person. He said the one stress fracture is 95% healed, so that is good news, but I wasn’t liking the sound of the arthritis. He thought this was a very unusual case and had me get a CAT scan done as well. I will be meeting with him next Tuesday to find out what my CAT scan shows, and I just hope it is better news than I received today. I’m very worried about why this is happening to me and what this means, but all I can do is stay calm and try to not worry about it until we figure it out. Easier said than done…right?
Ok now to the good news-I was so pleased with the amount of people who participated in the Pirate’s Booty Giveaway. I’m happy to say the winner is……drum roll please….
Missy from Missy Maintains
is the winner of a chest full of Pirate’s booty snacks!
CONGRATULATIONS Missy! Please send me your address to eatdrinkandbehopeful@hotmail.com. I hope you love all these snacks as much as I do.
And if you didn’t win-don’t worry because I am hosting another giveaway NEXT WEEK! You will have another chance to win another great prize.
Alright-I think this post is long enough for now. Have a GREAT (rest of your) weekend!
{ 1 trackback }
{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }
love the shot of you drinking your yummy looking drink!
and thx for the email you sent today..that was so sweet
So sorry to hear about your injury!! Stay strong, it will all work out. I know that this is the hardest part.. but it gets easier!
Your night out sounds awesome!! Sometimes all you need is a little girl time
Thanks so much for the comment. That Mexican feast is literally making my mouth water. Especially the dessert! Enjoy the rest of your Sunday
i’m so sorry to hear about your ankle, that is intense! good thing you are seeing the best of the best in the field though. he seems like a great doc. hope you’re not in too much pain! sopapillas are so good, i haven’t had mexican food in a while, yum. looks like a fun night out! thanks for stopping by my blog, yup i highly recommend the date + pb combo!