Well hello there! I hope you all had a good weekend – I certainly did, and a very busy one! My weekend really started on Thursday, so we’ll start the recap there!

On Thursday I met up with my brother and sister-in-law at McCormick Place (a convention center just south of downtown) for my swearing in ceremony! We were sworn in, I signed my license, and voila! I am officially a licensed attorney and can practice law in the state of Illinois!

  

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Haha so excited! We heard several good speeches, but luckily the whole thing only took 30 minutes! We sure appreciated their speed…

That evening, I met up with Kelsey, Lindsay, Erin and their significant others for a night of Halloween fun! I spent WAY too much money perfecting my Indian costume, but it turned out well and I had a great time!

We went to a bar that had a ton of arcade games in Wicker Park and it was incredibly entertaining! The weird part, however, is that instead of a normal band that you’d imagine at a bar, they had a marching band… It was odd but nevertheless amusing.

Halloween photos courtesy of Kelsey

Friday was much more low-key, mostly spent recovering from two late nights in a row and early wake up calls. Well, not early wake up calls but apparently I am unable to sleep in…

Saturday was my BIRTHDAY PARTY! I had a few friends over for a wine-tasting party at my apartment. I was SO excited to finally get to host – I love being a hostess! I had each girl bring a dish for dinner, and a bottle of wine in a paper bag. We numbered each bottle, and then each took a taste of bottle #1, discussed it, guessed the type and cost, and then unveiled it!

Photo courtesy of Emily’s Instagram!

We continued this with 7 different bottles throughout the evening, and then once we’d gone through them I pulled them all back out for us to finish enjoying!

The wine concept was a lot of fun, and gave us sort of an activity (drinking wine is an activity, right?), but also I love hanging out and chatting with these girls! Great birthday!

And speaking of my apartment, I’ll have an apartment tour for you all very soon, maybe tomorrow!

Sunday morning a few of us headed to a store in River North to help Lindsay try on wedding dresses and get an idea of what she likes. We had a lot of fun, and it was so great to get to watch her experience trying on dresses for the first time. And we had a little fun using her phone while she was in the dressing room…

Afterwards we walked around, did some shopping, and eventually I ran a few errands and headed home to relax! Fantastic weekend.

Now, on to workouts! Here is how my workouts went this past week:

Monday: 3 miles + Purely Inspire Workout

Tuesday: Purely Inspire Workout 3 (circuit workout)

Wednesday (MY BIRTHDAY!): 3 miles + Purely Fit Leg & Balance Workout legs were feeling dead so I added on some walking and skipped the weights

Thursday: 3 miles 1 mile + Purely Inspire Full Body Workout stopped my run early because of IT band pain – didn’t want to push it!

Friday: REST

Saturday: 4 miles

Sunday: 2 miles (to make up for Thursday) + walking + abs

 

Here is a look at what I have coming up this week:

Monday: 3 miles + Purely Inspire Workout #10

Tuesday: Moving Ladder overall body workout

Wednesday: 3 miles + Jump Rope cardio workout

Thursday: 3 miles + Purely Inspire Workout #9 (legs)

Friday: REST

Saturday: 5 miles

Sunday: Purely Fit Circuit Workout

Remember you can follow me on Daily Mile to keep up with training!

 

What did you do for Halloween?

When was the last time you had a birthday party? (lol no matter how small…)

If you’re married or engaged what did/does your dress look like?