Pizza, wine and bags of pastries
Oh yes, it was a successful Thursday night. 
I had every intention of coming home and updating you all on the September Challenge, night 2, but I headed up getting home past my bedtime and falling straight into bed/a food coma.
You can blame this:
We’ll get to those beauties in a minute… but let’s rewind.
Erin invited a few of us over for a dinner party. Next one’s at my place, girls! 
I made guacamole (avocado, onion, cherry tomatoes, fresh cilantro, a little garlic, a squirt of lime juice, a jalapeno and a dash of chili powder).
Erin got a pizza dough from Trader Joe’s so we could make pizzas. Such a good idea for a group dinner!
Zoe brought the bacon
and then there were the veggies.
So colorful!
It was definitely a night for a couple of glasses of wine while catching up with the girls. We go back to freshmen year of college!
Now, let’s get back to those pastries. Allie recently started working at Patisserie Poupon and gets to bring home bags of food at the end of the day. It’s all made fresh and locally in the AM but they won’t sell old food. So the employees get it!
She put together a tasting platter: croissants, almond croissants, apple turnovers, oatmeal cookies, chocolate-macadamia cookies, something with cream cheese, another apple-stuffed delight… what am I forgetting?
Oh, yes, we can’t forget about this cake.
You can have your cake and eat it, too!
There’s fruit so it’s healthy, right?
Yum. I would say day 2 of the September Challenge (jazz up nightly dinners) was a success. I stuffed myself with pizza, sampled a bite (or three!) of the desserts and have bags of croissants, cookies and even an entire brioche in my freezer. Expect to see them pop up from time to time as I eat my way down.
Having friends that work at bakeries should be mandatory.
Time to head to work before the three-day weekend. I think we’re road-tripping tomorrow — destination TBA. 
What’s your all-time favorite dessert? I have to vote for mint chocolate chip ice cream, no competition!
Holy moly. That’s like .. The perfect night! Glad your enjoyed yourself girl
It was pretty epic.
Yep, I’d be in a food coma after all that… looks delicious
Food coma, followed by a food hangover the next day.
Ooh, all of that looks so good! My favorite dessert would have to be strawberry cheesecake, yum!
I wish I liked cheesecake… more for you!
Yummm… I love mint chocolate chip ice cream too! It’s my fav flavor since the beginning of (my) time.
Such a great idea! I like girls’dinner night where the host provides the pizza dough and oven, and everyone brings their own toppings! I might have to steal that.
Definitely makes things easier when it’s a ‘make your own’kinda night.
That all sounds – and look – so good! My favorite is Boston Cream Pie. Love, love, love it!
I’ve never had Boston Cream Pie — sounds like something to try!
Ice cream is my favorite. Preferably some sort of soft-serve.
Yes! High-five for soft serve!