Home Sweet Home from our little mother-daughter weekend away, I’m feeling unexpectedly reFreshed after just a little time off from my motherly responsibilities. Happy to return home and find everyone in one piece and no mismatched socks were used inappropriately while I was away.

The blogger meet up at Fresh yesterday with Angela and the Oh She Glows readers (that sounds like the name of a band) was so much fun!

The menu was filled with so many fabulous choices it took forever for the 10 of us to decide on what to order.

Juice bars were everywhere in Toronto – at least compared to what’s available around here! (Read: Nada) Fresh was no exception and they had a huge array of fresh juice choices. I went with the Lung Lover which was comprised of pineapple, apple, ginger, lemon and cayenne. It was a hot beverage and it was strong and spicy! Apparently I like my juice just like I like my men.

Lots of chatting and camera passing ensued.

Angela brought us all Glo Bars to try and Kristin from the soon-to-be-launched Balance is Beauty blog brought us all her homemade macaroons!

More group shots – except this time with food!

I ordered their deluxe veggie burger made from almonds, grains, tofu and vegetables. It was absolutely one of the best homemade veggie burgers I’ve ever had. I’m totally inspired to try and recreate this sucker, or at the very least branch out and try some new veggie burger combinations here at home.

Served with cabbage salad, lettuce, tomato, sprouts, pickle and vegan mayo.

I snapped pictures of the delicious looking dishes to my right and left too.

On my right, Mel from Freshly Grated Nutmeg ordered the Tangled Thai that was made up shredded carrots, yellow beets and jicama.

To my left Angela ordered the beach bowl, which was red peppers, zucchini, sweet potato, sunflower sprouts and sun-dried tomatoes.

The food and company were both excellent, it was great chatting with so many like minded ladies!

The drive home was uneventful and seemed to go faster than the drive up. My mom and I really had a blast this weekend and I was so grateful to have an excuse for a little getaway!

After I got home I broke into the bag of Kristin’s macaroons. I only planned to eat one but it was so good I ate all three!

I also discovered that I must have left my Glo Bars on the table at the restaurant! I was so bummed – I was totally looking forward to trying Angela’s famous creations! But now I have a great excuse to buy some Glo Bars when Angela is ready to ship to the US.

Today has officially been declared a CATCH UP day, which means no official work out and I am chained to my desk until my children rise and force me out of my chair.

In honor of our Oh She Glows meet up, today has also been declared a Green Monster day.

Banana, spinach, flax and almond milk. Green goodness at my desk.

In other news:

• Be sure to check out Holly The Healthy Everythingtarian‘s interview at Health Blog Helper today!
• A huge congrats to Holly, Robin and Matt for all kicking some serious butt in their full marathons yesterday!
• I feel like I need one more bullet here but can’t think of anything else other-news-worthy to share, so this is what it’s going to be.