Stinko de Trial

On Cinco de Mayo some of my closest friends had a Stinko de Trial slumber party in my honor to commemorate the tragic end of my recent clinical trial.

The party was complete with Bren-friendly snacks, gifts, and Glamour Shots!

The players:

Based on this amazing Troop Beverly Hills moment:

Inspired by this "Welcome To My Home" Brenda Dickson awesomeness:

And then we retired back to the mansion for the night...

I haven't laughed that hard in a very long time- the best medicine and cure for the blues a girl could ask for!

Crying into my rice milk

What is this?! Why was it not invented 3 years ago?!



*sigh*

On a side note: Dear Ear Infection, this week really isn't good for me. Can we please reschedule your visit?

Snack Attack

I am blessed to have some extremely awesome people in my life who keep an eye out for things I AM allowed to eat.

These two items were recently bestowed upon me by one of my favorite people:

Chocola Tree Cafe Nori Nachos





GoRaw Super Cookies



I'd never had nori before and tend to hate anything that comes from the sea, but the chips were surprisingly good. I went on their website and found a whole slew of other snacks I'm going to try, all of which are pretty reasonably priced.

The cookies were really great, but I'm not really supposed to have dates, so I'll have to hold off on buying more of those, seeing as how eating only a couple of them a day, over several days, was a true test of self-restraint. Their website also has a lot of fun looking treats.

Also, I've noticed that pre-packaged snacks regularly come in miniatures. Because I have nothing better to do and I think it's funny, I've been seeking out snack-sized foods like these baby bellpeppers:

I lived to see 26!

As a treat to myself for not dying during my 25th year I ate one of these Gluten Free Lemon Dreams Cookie Bites:



No refined sugars, no dairy, no trans fat, no GMOs, no cholesteral, no casein (no clue what that is, but there's a 97% chance I can't have it), no eggs, no wheat, no corn, no soy, no cane or beet products. Basically, no good stuff.

So, what does that leave?! Rice, ginger, cinnamon and lemon...and they weren't half bad tasting, either...AND didn't rocket themselves from any of my orfices! SUCCESS.

Nana's Cookies

*Side note* Looked up Casein: Who would've thought, but I'm not allowed to eat it that!