The other day I was transferring all of my pictures from my laptop to my new external hard drive that I got for Christmas.  My computer has been really slow lately (partly because it’s also really old), but partly because it got bogged down once I turned into a vlogger.

Well, as I was going through some of the old pictures, I realized that back in high school, I totally thought that “duck face” looked cool.  I have no doubt that my friends thought so too, or else they probably wouldn’t have been my friends, but’s it’s clear that throughout high school and yes, I’ll admit, community college, I was obsessed with the well known “duck face” picture.

Because I’m a blogger, and embarrassing myself comes with the territory, I thought I would share with you my uncanny amount of “duck face” pictures.  You’re welcome, world.

It is FINALLY here.
Tomorrow is the day.  Tomorrow is the official grand opening.
Jackson, MS is now the proud owner of a Whole Foods Market.

I was so excited to have the opportunity to attend a tour of our new store!
It was ahhh-mazing!  It made me giddy inside and was perfectly tailored to my beloved state!

I have BIG ideas, people.  I can’t wait to meet with their Marketing Store Leader to discuss what I want to do and how I want Whole Foods Jackson to be a part of it!  I’m pretty sure the rest of my tour group was not as excited as I was.  I quietly listened and took in all the information, I perused the items that were already on the shelves, deciding what I wanted to try.  I was at the front of the group as often as possible.  I eagerly sampled my helping of goodness.  I eagerly spoke with my tour guide letting him know that I AM A BLOGGER.  I WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS STORE.  And he was SO helpful.  At the end, he asked if I wanted to know anything else and if I got all the information I came to get.  I said yes, but requested a picture, and he quickly replied, “Yes, of course!”

Say hi to Jarrett!

At the end of the tour, they gave us goody bags, of course!  It basically came with an entire meal – pasta, chicken broth (they weren’t giving out vegetable broth, although they offered to check the shelves, I told them my parents would eat it) and pasta sauce.  Also, I got a booklet of coupons and their February calendar of events!  Unfortunately, no one was able to attend with me, so it was rather difficult to get pictures of myself throughout the tour, but here is a sneak peak into the Jackson Whole Foods!

A few weekends ago, I made the trip to Atlanta and it turned out to be a wonderful weekend.  On Saturday, we did shopping and I tried my very first macaroon.  We ended the evening with the perfect game & wine night.

Sunday was all about the FOOD.  Just about every picture I have from that day deals with the delicious food I ate that day.  Every single meal I tried was unbelievable!  I’m not exaggerating.

We stopped by World Market first.  Not the Cost Plus World Market, but an actual World Market where you can do grocery shopping and they have food from all across the world.  It was an interesting experience.  Extremely busy on a Saturday, but worth the trip.

After we visited World Market, we headed to a cute area outside of Atlanta for lunch.  We found a place called Lawrence’s Cafe where they serve authentic Lebanese cuisine.  I don’t believe I’ve ever had Lebanese before, but they had an unbelievable vegetarian menu, so I knew it’d be worth a shot.  I tried their special for the day and it was amazing!  Perfect taste, perfectly cooked vegetables, perfect rice.

There was a cute donut place right next door and we had already decided to have donuts for dessert.  I was really looking forward to these donuts and again…. I was NOT disappointed.  Their menu was amazing and they noted the donuts that were vegan/vegetarian.

I chose the Raspberry Sprinkle Yeast Style Donut (VEGAN) and Nick chose the Dark Chocolate Baked Cake (VEGAN).  Loved these donuts.  Again, another place to frequent when I visit Atlanta.

After that huge meal, we all went back to the apartment to rest and enjoy our last evening together.

Like I said, Sunday was all about the food and I was one happy girl!

Just a few random notes:  I really badly want a fancy camera now.  I’m enjoying picture taking, but my pictures are definitely lacking in quality.  They are so expensive…. I think it’ll be worth saving for though!  I also promised my dear friend Meg that I would link-up for her Kitchen Mix Up fun, but I haven’t yet.  I figured out what I want to cook finally and I’ll be working on that ASAP!  I would have done it tonight if my parents didn’t take me out to dinner.  We went to Newks.  It was delicious.  Bless your soul if you don’t have a Newks in your area.  I got the veggie pizza, it’s amazing!! I’m so surprised at myself… veggies are starting to taste good!