Well, we’ve finally arrived back to New York, safe and sound, after a long 12 hour car ride through the night.
Thankfully, a fully charged cell phone battery got me through some of the monotony of the drive, yet my Google Reader is still a disaster and will probably take at least a full week just to catch up on. Sheesh.
As sad as I was to leave OBX, the beach, and the carefree lifestyle that is a vacation, this little guy definitely helped peak my spirits as soon as we entered through the door early this morning.
I sure did miss the little bugger! Luckily, it doesn’t look like he did too much damage with the margaritas. I’m sure I did worse.
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So a few weeks ago, I was reading through Heather’s blog and happened to come across the recap of her recent Texas trip. I really liked her approach to the recap, so I thought I’d go ahead and attempt the same, just Outer Banks style!
Days spent in the Outer Banks: 6
Number of good friends we shared a house with: 7
Number of dogs I survived a week with (who were actually really good): 2
Hours spent traveling in a car: 24+ (including to and from, and other other driving while down there)
Nights spent sleeping on a couch: 5
Nights spent wishing I had a bed: 5
Days spent at the beach: 5
Number of Corona Lights enjoyed on the beach: 5
Number of other alcoholic drinks consumed: Who’s counting?
Nights I was able to stay awake past midnight: 1 (Yep, total granny)
Number of times I consumed ice cream or gelato: 5 (not sure what happened with that day six…)
Number of meals I made a deliberate attempt to consume veggies: 2
Amount of stomach pain I experienced while away: ZERO!! (we’ll get to that another time…)
Pounds of crab legs consumed: Probably 3ish
Number of disgusting seafood snafus: 2
Number of Dunkin’ Donuts iced coffees consumed: 4
Breakfasts enjoyed out on the patio in the sunshine: 5
Number of hours spent blogging from Dunkin’ Donuts: At least 5…our house never ended up getting Wi-Fi.
Number of hours spent running or beach walking: Between 2-3ish?
Number of minutes of other exercise/strength training squeezed in: ~45ish
Percentage I was worried about my lack of exercise: 0%
Numbers of SPF I used during the week: 30, 15, & 8
Number of body parts that peeled due to my terrible ability to apply sunscreen correctly: 2…helloooo peely nose (don’t judge!)
Number of new Old Navy articles of clothing worn: All 5!
Amount of peanut butter consumed: More than I want to know
Amount of gourmet popcorn consumed: 2.36 pounds…at least
Number of conversations centered around the idea of actually moving to North Carolina: Quite a few…
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And just in case you missed any, here is a wrap of all the week’s OBX posts!
Wine Tasting, Crab Legs, Ice Cream, and Tricep Dips
Paparazzi Blogging + Beach Walk Dreamin’
Seafood Buffet Snafus + Exciting News
So Hard To Say Goodbye…To The Outer Banks
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Thanks so much for continuing to read while I was away!
Carrie (Moves 'N Munchies) says
I LOVE this layout!! u are just stunning!.. seriously stunning!
i LOVE the amount of pb consumed! and the % of no exercise worry!
Courtney says
Thanks, Carrie! :)
Lindsay says
Wow, it looks like you had such an amazing time! You look awesome in all of the pictures too (so jealous :)) And I totally want to eat that much ice cream- all. the. time. haha
Emily @ Perfection Isn't Happy says
Looks like you had a great vacation…welcome back (at least now you have wi fi :))!
Whitley says
Don’t move to nc….I live here. It sucks.
The outer banks is notttt what nc is like.
Whitley says
Don’t move to nc….I live here. It sucks.
The outer banks is notttt east nc is like.
Gina @ Running to the Kitchen says
Looks like such a fun trip! The drive there and back from NY stinks doesn’t it? (I live just south of Albany and my parents have a house just south of OBX) We’ve done it through the night too, not so much fun!
Niki (Life's a Payne) says
I love the recap! I am even more jealous now than I have been all week!
I am making one of your cupcake recipes right now! They may indeed be the end of my healthy living… just kidding :) !
erica says
love this post! :)
Andrea @ Onion in My Hair says
I laughed out loud about the number of nights you were able to stay up past midnight. Story of my (granny) life!
Amber @ Stop and Smell the Wildflowers says
I like how you did this post. :) It looks like you had an amazing time!
Danica says
Glad you had a great vacation! And your pictures are beautiful!
Kelsie says
So glad you had a fun trip!! I live in Charlotte & absolutely love it! I think you should definitely consider moving here! :)
Sarah says
Such a fun week! Love this post… so unique!
Katelyn @ Chef Katelyn says
Aweeee I’m so glad you had a great time!!! When I’m on vacay I completely forget about exercise…and veggies. But then I start to crave both like it’s my job.
Abby says
So glad your back- but it looked really fun! We had the same thoughts about moving to our fav vacation spot in California- maybe some day! You’re my fav blogger though- so I’m glad to be hearing from you again!
Courtney says
Aww, thanks Abby! :-D
Grace says
That is a wonderful idea:)
Jamie aka "Sometimes Healthy Living Girl" says
Love the heart at the end! What is it about drawing in the sand that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside?? Also like your Dunkin Donuts coffee number. So you’re thinkin about moving to NC?!
Courtney says
You never know! ;)
Katherine says
Haha I love this!
Khushboo says
“Number of other alcoholic drinks consumed: Who’s counting?”–> if you were able to quantify, clearly you weren’t drinking enough :)
Yolie @ Practising Wellness says
Hey Courtney! I’ve been reading for ages, but used to be shy about commenting…but I’m breaking out, lol!
This is a lovely, creative post. Your holiday looks wonderful and I’ve been loving reading all about it. Thank you for linking all the posts!
Breakfasts outside in the sunshine look gorgeous – what a nice way to ring in the morning.PB is such a great travel food, eh?
I totally agree with you about not feeling exercise guilt on holiday (or lack thereof), it’s just not about that! :-) Letting go and learning to live it up is so wonderful and freeing.
I just wrote about my own seafood snafu today – what a minefield, lol! :-P It was my first time trying oyseters and not at all what I imagined! But that crab you’ve been eating looks incredibly delicious :-)
Hope you settle back into homelife easily and speedily, and enjoy treasuring all the new memories you’ve made! Whenever I feel post holiday blues, I always think of this quote: “Don’t cry because its over, smile because it happened.”
Take care :-)
xyx
Courtney says
Thanks, Yolie! So glad you decided to “break out!” :)
Miranda @ Working Mom Works Out says
Cute recap! Makes me antsy for my beach vacation in a little under 2 WEEKS!!
chelsey @ clean eating chelsey says
Such a beautiful trip! Glad you had a great time!
Liv @ The Salty n' Sweet says
The Codester must be so happy that you’re back! I love this recap, especially the amount of ice cream/dessert you ate :) And I’m assuming you didn’t have stomach pain because you didn’t eat too many veggies??
Casey says
two of my friends are actually going to the outer banks in a few weeks, it looks amazing there!!!! It looks like you had an awesome time :D
Lisa says
This might be a weird question: but when do you use what SPF numbers? I’ve heard that anything over SPF 30 doesn’t give you any more protection, but I don’t know much about the lower SPFs.
Shana says
I am totally in bed before midnight every night…even on vacation! Also, I am super curious to hear about the no belly pain!
kristen says
glad you made it back safe and sound! I really like this blog recap!