I Have Been Bad!!!!

This past Sunday, June 12, Mark and I celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary.  And we did it in style.  We went to Las Vegas Saturday the 11th and came home today, the 14th.  We had such a wonderful time.  Now before you get all yucky on me, let me reassure you that Mark and I are NOT gamblers.  *cue Kenny Rogers*  I would be lying if I said I have never slipped a buck or two into the penny machine, but honestly we do not go to Vegas to gamble.  We go to EAT.  Oh my heavens!  The food in Vegas is phenomenal!!!  Everything from the $2.99 egg and steak buffet to a 15 course meal that costs $240 each!  (we have NEVER eaten there)  Let me take you on our culinary vacation.  When we arrived, we drove straight to the Bellagio to eat their dinner buffet.  It is amazing!  So many delicious delectable things to choose from.  And the desserts!  They are so fancy!!!  We stayed at New York New York this time around.  I really like to stay on that end of the strip.  It seems to be hip place to be.  Sunday morning we kept it simple and ate breakfast at McDonald's at MGM.  For lunch we ran around the town some and made plans to have a burger at In and Out.  If you are ever on the west coast or in Vegas, you definitely need to try In and Out.  Super good fast food burger.  We even had to wait to sit down.  It was packed!  For dinner that night (on facebook I commented that I hoped I would have a better meal than I did for my actual wedding night.  We pulled through a Back Yard Burger in Fort Smith the night of our wedding.  It was good, but wasn't too special you know!)  So this anniversary night we decided to go to the buffet at Planet Hollywood.  It was yummy.  I had lamb for the first time and really liked it.  I did try to eat a lot of protein so I wouldn't load up on carbs.  As I was stuffing my face we hear the people in the restaurant begin to scream.  Of course, in walks all of the Miss USA contestants.  The pageant is this coming weekend and they are staying at Planet Hollywood.  I know I have lost 50 pounds and all, but my heavens these girls were tall and lean.  I wanted so bad to go up to one of them and look at her plate and say "Are you sure you really need to be eating that?  Do you know how much your state has riding on you?"  haha!  I didn't though!  They were all so nice!  A lot of the foreigners in the buffet area wanted their pictures made with them and even though I am sure they wanted to eat, they did stop and take all the pictures everyone wanted.  For breakfast on Monday morning we hit the breakfast buffet at the Luxor.  This was my favorite buffet!  I am a total sucker for a breakfast buffet.  I again tried to stay away from carbs, but I did have a big, fluffy waffle.  We did not eat lunch on Monday and for dinner we went to my favorite Mexican restaurant in Vegas, Gonzales Gonzales.  I had a barbacoa (shredded beef cooked with ancho chilis) chimichanga!  It was super!!!  And for dessert, we hit the It's Sugar store and I bought a 1/2 pound of Mike and Ike.  I am still eating on those as we speak.  I was totally suprised that when I got home, the scale said I did not gain any weight.  I guess it helped that we walked 3 miles nearly everyday!  I know this vacation is not for everyone, but it is something that Mark and I both enjoy.  I have been married to my very best friend for 18 years now.  He loves me and I love him.  We have a blast together wherever we go and I know we will have many more trips to adventurous places!!!  I will try to have a new recipe soon!