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Running Sunglasses Review

You know how there are some people who just cannot go without sunglasses?  I’m not one of those people.  Sure, I have a pair or three, but I often forget to bring them with me when I go places.   I know that in my mid 30s, I should probably make more of an effort to wear sunglass when I’m outside to protect against wrinkles, so when Sunglasses Shop offered to send me a pair of running sunglasses, I was definitely game to try them out.

Sunglasses shop is based in the UK and offers all kinds of different sunglasses from designer sunglasses like Oakley and Ran-Ban (I’m not going to lie, I wish they offered me those) to motorcycle glasses and even skiing googles.  Even though it was coming from the UK, the order shipped pretty quickly.  They offered me a pair of the SXUC sunglasses and I chose the black matte color.

These came the other day and I was able to try them out during a walk with Murphy this afternoon.  While I wouldn’t really wear these as fashion glasses, I think they’d work fine for running.  They seemed to stay on my nose really well, although I wish the nose bridge was made of something more rubbery than hard plastic.  They blocked a fair amount of light without being too dark, which was nice.

Sunglasses front

I’ll definitely try to remember to bring these with me on runs.  Although they aren’t big lenses, you can see that they definitely protect a good bit around the eye which I think is helpful for preventing wrinkles.

Sunglasses Shop would like to send a reader a pair of the same glasses.  All you have to do is like them on Facebook and leave a comment telling me that you did so.  I will pick a winner on Wednesday, January 2nd.

Happy New Year’s Eve Eve!  I’m meeting a friend to see Djanjo Unchained.  I have tomorrow off.  It’s kind of awesome that it feels like Sunday night (and is), but it’s really kind of like Friday night.

Disclaimer: I received these sunglass for free to review.  I was not paid for my review and all opinions are my own.

Greek Frozen Yogurt Winner

The winner is…

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Runner26!

Email me your address and I’ll send it to the people at Ciao Bella!  inmytummy@gmail.com

Who Wants Greek Frozen Yogurt?

Some people love baked goods or cookies or even a good piece of chocolate.  My dessert of choice, however, is always ice cream/frozen yogurt.  Ask Jason.  I can take or leave anything else, but we almost always have some sort of frozen treat in the freezer.  So when Ciao Bella asked if I wanted to sample their new Adonia Frozen Greek Yogurts, well you don’t have to ask me twice!

I was really excited when I came home from work last week and found a ton of frozen yogurt in my freezer.

Ciao bella yogurt

Ciao Bella graciously sent me their full line of yogurts  - key lime, vanilla, espresso, wild blueberry, raspberry, mango and peach.  (Peach had an accident and leaked all over the freezer, hence the reason it’s not in the picture.)  They also sent their frozen yogurt bars in peach and wild blueberry.

 

Ciao bella yogurt bars

I haven’t had a chance to sample them all yet, but the peach bars, the key lime yogurt and the vanilla yogurt all have been very good.  In fact, I think the peach bars are all gone.  Someone else liked them too.  Per the norm, I took way too many pictures.

Ciao bella yogurt

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Instead of eating it straight up, I’ve been making yogurt milkshakes with the Adonia.  Tonight’s dessert was a serving of the vanilla flavor, some chocolate soy milk and some whipped cream.

Ciao bella milkshake

Between the 9 grams of protein in the yogurt and the 5 grams in the soy milk, this dessert had great staying power.  Because great staying power is important for desserts.  Really. Otherwise I’ll just eat more.

All of the yogurts that came in cartons have 9 grams of protein, 130 calories and no fat per 1/2 cup serving.  The bars have 5 grams of protein, 70 calories and no fat.  Pretty good!

Would you like a chance to try the new Adonia yogurts?  Ciao Bella has offered to send a package to one of my readers.  Just leave a comment telling me what your favorite dessert is.  I’ll pick a winner at random on Thursday at 10pm.  Sorry, this contest is only open to residents of the U.S. If you don’t win, check out Ciao Bella’s facebook page where they are having a contest to be part of their Ciao Bella insiders group, all of whom will get to try new flavors before they hit the shelves.

Disclaimer: Ciao Bella provided their yogurt to me free of charge.  All opinions are my own.

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