Fall Adventure Day

I love fall.  I don't like pumpkin but in the spirit of early fall, which is what I am planning anyway, I made myself a pumpkin shake tonight.  But first, let me back up.  This morning I went to our local Farmers Market and it was Grand!!  

 Chesterton Farmers Market

The weather was beautiful and the Veggies are in full bloom just bursting with color and flavor just wishing someone would pick them.  Harry is at a race so my Saturday adventure started here.  

I got some tomatoes I am canning tomorrow

Some green beans for dinner one night

And a great new apron.  It has chickens and roosters on it!!  A big bonus....It's reversible!
I can't wait to wear it!!

I then went about 45 mins away to a town called New Carlisie and went to the Village Shoppes.  A great home decorating place.  I had a bunch of gift certificates to spend so I bought some fall stuff for the house...

While I was out a friend of mine called me to tell me about a night bike ride our town is sponsoring tonight, and asked if I wanted to go with her...What?? Really??  Of course!!!!  We just got our bikes a few weeks ago but I have been out on mine almost every day since we got them and I love it!  We needed to get lights for the bike and we were set!  Needless to say I am super excited but also super nervous!!  This will be the longest I have ridden, PLUS I forgot to mention, my friend, she;'s also my trainer so she is in GREAT shape and rides a lot!  She assures me we can go slow and stop any time.  It's a fun ride not competitive so we can go at our own pace, er I mean my pace!  

So after the  Village Shops, I went to where my sisters works about another half hour down the road and bought these cute items for my book shelves.

This is also a small home decorating shop and is filled with cute items.  She has a lot of her stuff there to, you can see her items on Etsy under Woodland Herb Garden.

I headed home and decided for dinner I would make myself a protein shake to get myself ready for the ride.  After a great fall shopping day what flavor should I have?  Well, Pumpkin of course!  It was great!

Super easy recipe, super yummy (and I don't like pumpkin!) and made my day complete!

Pumpkin Protein Shake

2 scoops Vanilla Protein Powder

2-3 T Pumpkin Puree

1 Cup Almond Milk

1 t Cinnamon

Put all in blender and add as much ice as you like and Viola! A great Pumpkin Shake.

I sprinkled a little more cinnamon on top to make it look pretty.

I am off!  Ready to ride under the stars....How cool is that?!?!