These are only a few from one shoot – all taken by the amazing Jaime Huffman.

Yesterday’s workout is also share worthy. Check out that plank time. I’ve been doing Tina’s plank challenge and am seeing some awesome results. I could barely hold a one minute plank a few weeks ago, and now I’m up to 2 and 1/2?! I’m hoping on Friday I can hold a 3!

Speaking of challenges – I kind of left you guys hanging on Courtney’s yoga challenge. While I did incorporate yoga at least once a week, I was hoping for 3 times a week, and I totally bombed. Running took over more so than anything, but I’m working my way back into splitting things up evenly, so we will see!

Last but not least – my inner teeny bopper is ecstatic over two things. The entire Taylor Swift Red album, and this One Direction song:

Please tell me I’m not the only one still obsessing on boy bands at 25?! Even if I am, I’m totally embracing it up. Time to do the big girl thing and get some work done! Half way there!

I’ve been running, attending weddings, and enjoying family and friend time as much as possible. This past weekend was the last wedding we have to attend until ours and I am thrilled. As much as I enjoy weddings, Matt and I really need to use the time we have left to plan our own. March 23rd is sneaking up on us and we still have so much to do!

So for the next few months expect to see a lot about running, yoga (my two fitness loves right now), tons of wedding planning (gotta document some how), and lots of holiday celebrating!

The Pink Grapefruit is now back to regularly scheduled blogging! Hope everyone has a fabulous day!

Cards from Matt and Cruise. The one from Cruise is so him.

Birthday present from Matt! The Garmin Forerunner 10! Best. Fiancé. Ever.

Birthday gifts to myself. I have a problem.

Beautiful plant Matt’s aunt had delivered to me.

On my way to dinner with Matt!

City Range. If we are celebrating something, this is where we go.

Drinks at Main Street Pub. Annnd our friend, Wade photobombing the picture.

25 feels CRAZY! I can’t wait for the upcoming year!

A very very small example of lunch and dinner this week. Veggie overload.

Midweek treat from my boss. Mini blueberry cheesecake cupcake. If any of you are in Spartanburg and haven’t been to Sugah Cakes – GO. Best. Cupcakes. EVER.

Ferris wheel at the fair. I didn’t ride but my sister did. I’ll ride all sorts of rides at amusement parks but fair rides freak me out. I mean, some guy just put that took those rides down and put it back together. What if he had a bad day? Not for me!

Matt and I waiting on my sister to finish riding rides. All I wanted was a funnel cake and to see the animals!

Goats on the left, alpacas on the right. Please look at the alpaca – he was trying to eat the fence, AFTER he tried to literally take the money out of my wristlet. Thief.

And finally, I got that funnel cake I was waiting for! OMG So, SO good! Pay no mind to my mother in the background, she’s just about to burn her mouth from the bite she stole out of my hand. Karma, I tell you.

I also enjoyed one of these over the weekend. I’ve been doing pretttty great at keeping my sweet tooth at bay but there are a couple of things during the month of October I can’t resist.

Pumpkin spice doughnuts from Krispy Kreme take the number one spot for those things. The runner up would be funnel cake. The fair started this week, so I can promise I’ll be enjoying one. Another thing that I just couldn’t resist? The Vanilla Chocolate Chunk Chobani I finally came across at the grocery store last week. This stuff is deeeelish.

And that yoga challenge I mentioned I would be participating in? It’s going pretty great. I have the same goals as Courtney. At least 3 yoga sessions per week. Week one was a success and included 2 rounds of Jillian Michaels Yoga Meltdown and one free session from YogaDownload. I’m new to YogaDownlaod but I’m loving it. I did a 20 minute session this morning that focused on core and let’s just say it was very humbling. I have a feeling my abs will be on fire in the morning but that’s a good thing right? Toning up my core is something I definitely need to be doing so I’m hoping the yoga challenge will help! So far, so good, right?

Some other fun things going on: I got my hair colored – it’s hard to tell in the picture but it’s a more subtle ombre.

Annnd I have the sweetest fiance ever. Just in case any of you were ever curious!

Like I said last post – TV series premieres are taking over my life and tonight is the very last Gossip Girl premiere. Time to prepare!

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Anyways, like I said, I’ve been busy. Mostly with wedding planning – we’ve been able to knock some things out which has been such a relief for me! All 11 of my bridesmaids’ dresses have been ordered (which was a job in itself btw) and Matt and I finally chose a wedding band! By band I mean musical band, not the rings you wear on your finger, however, we have chosen those also.

We picked our flowers, and have finally narrowed down about how many we’ll have to purchase. Our wedding flower is hydrangea and we are getting them all from Michael’s and going the DIY route. We chose artificial flowers because my allergies are nuts and I do not need to be walking down the aisle sneezing in my bouquet. Now that would be a complete disaster.

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I haven’t even taken any pictures of my food because honestly, it’s not anything you haven’t seen before. When I started this blog I had intentions of blogging my food daily but that changed real quick. I mean let’s get real for a second – I work 9 to 5 and around that time I have to work out, find time to cook dinner and eat every other meal, and spend time with my little family. I do not have time to blog every day, much less blog everything I eat and it make sense. I’m also getting married, and wedding planning should have its own day of the week if you ask me. I’m seriously random, and my life has little routine. What you see is what you get, it may not always be food – or exercise for that matter.

Speaking of exercise – running and yoga is where it’s at lately. I’m doing Courtney’s October Yoga Challenge, and am also running 3 to 4 days a week. I’m improving tremendously with running, and I fall more and more in love with it every day. I’m hoping I can sign up for my first little 5k soon, and that Matt will do it with me. (hint, hint)

That’s it for now. It’s Grey’s Thursday, and I have to emotionally prepare! So close to Friday!

This was my first month participating in Foodie Pen Pals so I was probably overly excited when my package arrived from Ashley. Not only did she include some seriously sweet finds, she also included a super cute hand written note explaining each item.

The first thing I dug into was the coffee toffee. I’m not going to lie when I tell you that stuff only lasted a couple of days in my house. It was so good! It’s probably a good thing it’s not sold around here otherwise I might be a little heftier.   This was also my first time trying real maple syrup. I haven’t actually topped it on any waffles yet, but I tasted a little on my finger and OMG – I’m seriously missing out! It’s amazing!

And the Monkey Chews? Total save for the morning I was almost late for breakfast! It was yummy and filling, and I was able to eat it on the go!

I’ll be honest when I say nothing from the box lasted more than a week except the syrup. Thank you Ashley for sending me such tasty items, and for the awesome note! You rock!

Along with the cooler they sent me an information packet to let me know what their company and their shakes were all about, and some other cool stuff to hand out to whoever I chose.

“Frush is a company who’s all natural offerings include shakes in strawberry, blueberry, peach and strawberry banana flavors available in 8.4 oz and 32 oz. sizes. Their mission is committed to developing healthy, affordable, tasty, and innovative foods that offer healthy alternatives for today’s fast paced lifestyles. They believe producing value-added products gives their customers the nutrition they need while fittings seamlessly into their lifestyles.”

 The first flavor I tried was peach, which tasted great! I’m always down for anything peach flavored and this was right up my ally! Matt tasted the strawberry banana and was sold – he tried every flavor and loved both the taste and the texture! Being a yogurt smoothie, it is thicker than most but I sort of liked it better?! Other than Matt and me I took them to work and let a couple of coworkers try them, and took them to my parents for them and my siblings to try. My 13 year old sister is one of the pickiest eaters/drinkers in the world and she loves these. I think they are perfect for a snack for kids! The only complaints I heard were about the texture. Some people just weren’t into the thickness but I was a fan.

I know some of you may be interested in the health and nutrition value of the smoothies – obviously, right? Frush has 50% of your daily value of calcium and 9 grams of protein per 8.4 oz bottle. Not too bad right? The one thing that did bother me was the amount of sugar in the drinks. 33 grams is pretty high for me, especially with me trying to cut down lately.

Overall thoughts – I like the company, and what they stand for, and what they are trying to do. I think the shakes taste delicious, but with the sugar content it’s not something I would purchase regularly or keep in my house. I think these would be perfect for kids – especially the one’s who are totally against being healthy.

For more information about Origin Food Groups and their Frush shakes head on over to their websites.

Disclaimer: Origin Foods provided me with a cooler of their Frush Shakes for your review. All opinions are my own.

Random mostly. Delicious, nonetheless. Healthy with a little indulgence here and there.

Things I’m loving lately:

Dark Chocolate. These little Dove chocolates are not only delicious, but inspiring as well. One or two is enough to satisfy my sweet tooth.

Wedding Planning. It’s fun to see things start to come together! It’s also a nice feeling like I’m starting to get things accomplished! *Remind me of this love in a couple of days when I’m so stressed out again, okay?

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Running. I’m obsessed. I’m assuming because I’m getting so much better, and my endurance has improved drastically. I think it may be time for me to register for my first race? We’ll see!

Yoga. Because with all that running, my muscles need serious stretching. And my foam roller. God bless that foam roller!

The dermatologist. Because I had my first skin check yesterday and I left with a clean bill of skin health!

Pumpkin and cooler weather. Seriously, who doesn’t love fall? More time outside, and tons of sweet treats. Not to mention sweet pumpkin treats can be pretty easy to healthify!

What are you guys loving lately?! Share!