Remember how wonderful my willpower was for resisting those sweet treats this afternoon? Well, don’t be too proud of me. The minute I walked in the door to our apartment after work, I popped myself a huge bag of buttery popcorn and demolished about 3/4 of it. What can I say? This “no desserts” thing is really making me want salty goodness!
After I annihilated the popcorn, Ryan and my sister arrived home and we all changed into play clothes to take Sadie on a 40-minute walk before dinner.
By the time we arrived home we were ready for our St. Patrick’s Day feast.
On the menu for this evening was crock pot corned beef and cabbage with a side of garlic butter whole wheat penne pasta.
I love the way you can just pull apart corned beef. Every bite is tender and flavorful.
Ryan, my sister and I had no problem polishing off all of the corned beef. So much for leftovers!
Ryan and I are now trying to be respectful of Leslie as she tries to knock out some homework before hittin’ the road back to school. We’re keeping quiet by watching Harry Potter!
Sadie, on the other hands, has other plans for Leslie…
I wish Leslie was staying the night again this evening but she is leaving on a fraternity date function early tomorrow morning.
I miss date functions! They were some of my favorite memories in college! Any of you SAE-lovin’ girls out there remember Paddy Murphy and Superfunk? I wanna go again!
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mm dinner looks good! and if i were forgoing treats, i’d definitely be into the popcorn. in fact, i dug into some last night! you’re not alone sista! 🙂 glad you enjoyed your visit with leslie!
Looks delicious!
Aww looks like Sadie doesn’t want your sister to go either!
The same thing happens to me — if I am trying to avoid sweets and candy I go right for the salty stuff!
Your dinner looks delicious — I’ve never made corned beef but I do pretty good with a crockpot 🙂
I miss spending time with my sister!! We are 7 years apart but super close. Hopefully one day we will live closer, so we can see each other more often!
the salt cravings always come when you are getting rid of the sweet ones!
Did they like their treats you got them earlier?!
They did! The whoopie pie got the best reviews!
mmm garlic butter penne sounds so tasty!
Im the same way, when I dont have sweets, I want SALTY! 🙂
Happy St Pattys Day!
Date parties were the BEST! I loved getting dressed up with all my sisters (and our date) and having a liiiittle too much fun 😉
yum! this is making me excited for my own corned beef and cabbage that’s currently in the slower cooker…i got started a littttttle late on it so I won’t be celebrating for another hour and a half!
Look like a good time!
I’m definitely a salty/savoury snacker, so popcorn sounds great! Happy St Patty’s Day Julie, and have a great night!
Aww, that pic of your sis and Sadie is so completely adorable! Pup snuggles at the end of the day are the best.
yummy!!! Can you believe that I’ve never actually tried corned beef? Now, I really want to! 😀
We had a traditional Irish dish, too. I’ve never had corned beef, though. It didn’t sound too appetising when I actually ate red meat..and now it’s not in my diet!
mmmm that looks great!! 🙂 Popcorn is dabomb diggity !!
Seriously I want corned beef. Asap. It’s got to happen!
That dinner looks awesome! We were on our way to Dexter’s for dinner tonight and I think I saw the 3 of you walking. I saw this gorgeous dog and I told my husband, that looks like the viszla in on of the blogs I read. He wanted to shout out the window “she reads your blog,” but I held him back. Husbands… lol.
Aww you should have said hi! 🙂 hope dinner was yummy!
“but I held him back…Husbands…” HAHHAHA! amazing.
I’m not a meat eater, but that garlic penne sure sounds delicious! Anything with garlic is a winner. 🙂 Enjoy the rest of your movie!
I wish I liked corned beef 🙁 That pasta looks yummy though! Sadie looks so cute cuddling Leslie!
Ahhh, I so miss the days of fraternity and sorority socials. My husband and I were all into those fun times! 🙂
I dated (and am still dating) an SAE so I can relate to the love of Paddy Murphy and missing socials! We didn’t have Superfunk though– haha– not sure what that is. The fraternity did have an incredible “spring formal” though which was pretty much just a beach weekend with a formal date function thrown in the middle…. I miss college!
oh college. the days i could bare waking up at 7 only so that i can start drinking by 8 in honor of st patrick. sigh. lol
garlic butter penne sounds great! was it homemade or from a mix?
That dinner looks amazing, I love how festive it is!
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That corned beef looks great! We had that at work and I love the saltiness of the meat.
I think all the time, I’m into salty foods moreso than sweets. 🙂
your dinner looks great!!! thats so nice to see your sister- i havent been to college just yet (close!) but ill look forward to these functions you’re talkin’ bout!
My husband & my dad were SAE’s! Is that what Ryan was?
yes it is! phi alpha. 🙂
Your “tablescape” with the St. Patty’s day decorations is very Sandra Lee. But way less tacky =)
Yay for KDs who love SAEs (and vice versa)!!!! 😉
woop, woop! 😀
You dinner looks great! I also had corned beef that I made in the crockpot. It was just so tender and had so much flavor. So good! Sadie is so cute!
Sadie makes me want to have a pupppppp. You take the most adorable pictures of her!
Aw, I miss the spring date functions, too! And isn’t this horrible… I have neither read or seen ANY of the harry potter movies?! I’m so deprived… haaa!
My previous comment still stands, you rock girl!
I was never in a sorority so I have no idea what a “date function” is, but I totally miss certain fun aspects about being carefree back then.
Sounds like a great St. Patty Day’s to me! Everyday is a great day for Harry Potter!
I am SO impressed you were able to resist those sweets today — they looked heavenly!! My will power is not quite that strong 🙂