Bowling and Chickpeas

Last night I went to a Chamber of Commerce bowling mixer.  My dad invited me and the BF (although he had to work late) and told me “bowling attire” was required.  Well I don’t bowl often enough to have proper bowling attire so I sent the BF to Goodwill with specific instructions.  If he couldn’t find a real bowling shirt with someone else’s name on it (my first choice) then I wanted a button down hawaiian print shirt.  I think he did a fine job:

Deb & Dad – do we look good or what?!

My dad already had his shirt.  Can you see where I get my fashion sense?

While picking out that beauty for me, the BF ran across another fabulous bowling shirt.  I brought it for whoever might want it.  Our 4th (or “my date” as she called herself) was WAY overdressed and promptly decided that some team spirit was in order.

I think my stepmom was embarrassed that she didn’t have a cool shirt like the rest of us.

Aren’t we a fine looking team.

Good thing we look good because we can’t bowl worth a darn!

Whoa! Is that a 65 for me?  I was too busy doing this:

And maybe a little of this…

And I might have joined her in this… Can’t let her drink alone!

Of course that drinking might have contributed to this form…

Although mine was not any better…

I sure didn’t inherit my bowling form…

We didn’t win any door prizes, but a good time was had by all.  See… Look how happy I look while disinfecting from said “good time.”

You’re probably wondering where the chickpeas come in, right?  Luckily, they have nothing to do with bowling.  I made chickpea salad today.  It’s like a vegetarian version of tuna salad.  It’s quick and yummy.  I did my first swimming workout today and boy was it tough!  I swam 10 laps which is something pathetic like 0.4 miles, but it felt like longer.  I was out of breath almost immediately and my arms were almost too tired to shampoo my hair afterwards.  I’ll definitely be doing more swimming though.  It was a great workout!

So for lunch I threw together some chickpea salad.

Chickpea Salad

Ingredients

• 1 cup chickpeas (mine were previously cooked and then frozen for convenient use later)
• 1/2 carrot, chopped
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 1-2 TBS mayo
• 1 TBS spicy mustard
• 1-2 TBS dill relish