…garlic, roasted and lathered in olive oil and herbs laying atop vegetables.
…weekly lake runs, the only run consisting of further than 4 miles lately.
…handmade vegan soaps, because they SMELL SO GOOD.
…Wayward Vegan Cafe. I don’t eat a lot of bread, in fact I don’t even keep it in my house. When I do eat bread it’s usually in the form of a baked good, and often it’s gluten free. This keeps things moving right inside my tubes, and helps to ensure I don’t crash like a kamikaze plane.
Stolen from YELP
I’ve been dreaming about waffles for…forever, and I decided it was time to get one.
I didn’t take a photo, because I was too busy conversing with the adorable solo diner to my left. This place just draws you in to feel comfortable dining solo, which was prime opportunity for sparking up a conversation with my fellow diner.
My waffle was everything I’d hoped for, full of doughy bready goodness. Looks like I’ll need to go back for another one, oh darn.
…sunshine and coffee. Slowing down to sip and savor.
…alarm free wake up calls. I’ve been training a new hire at work, and he isn’t available until the afternoon. This means my early morning start times have been pushed to afternoon start time a few days a week. I don’t hate waking with the sun.
Aka waking up at 6am instead of 4am.
…giving back. My Starbucks family and I volunteered with our local park volunteers to help pull up one of the many noxious weeds – scotch broom!
…life. Pretty self explanatory.
Q: What are you loving lately?
Blissfulbritt 
63 thoughts on “Lately I’m Loving…”
literaturemistress
I’m loving the sunshine that made it back into my life – winter was WAY too long!!
And the start of the new semester and – so far – all of the classes I decided to take. 🙂
…those aren’t bite marks on the soap bar, right? O.o
Brittany
I do many weird things, but eating soap is not one of them. Haha! Glad to hear your classes are good!
Kelsey
I’m loving that our temps are warming back up – we were in a bit of a cold spell last week so having it be above 50 before noon is welcomed back with a huge hug! I’m loving my new blog journey and trying to stay more positive throughout the day; work can sometimes get me down, so staying happy has been a priority.
Brittany
Speaking of, every time I click your photo to go to your blog it takes me to your old one. What is your new URL??
Kelsey
Hmpfh. I’ll have to figure out how to change that… Totally didn’t even think about it! New blog: turquoiselining.com =)
Christie @ The Weekday Table
I love this post….
Yes to vegan soap!!
http://www.theweekdaytable.wordpress.com
Honey
I too am loving your posts…..and your beautiful smile 🙂
Brittany
❤ ❤
Jess @hellotofit
What I’m loving lately? THAT SELFIE OF YOU.
AlexF
Running outside! It is so much easier to run farther, faster and harder when I’m outside. I love the feeling of the wind in my hair and the sun on my face. I also think I’m improving as an athlete since I’ve started running outside.
kathy at real talk
YES TO SOAPS! i make my own soap so now i know what’s in them (pure goodness, that’s what)
lizlicorish
I love the cupcake picture! Lately I’ve been loving longer days, hazelnut coffee, and floral scents. 🙂
Amy
Oh my goodness, days without an alarm… Pure bliss!! I always feel so much better and happier. I need more days like that! 🙂
Amanda @ .running with spoons.
Your post — it made me smile, especially the last pic 🙂 Other than that, coffee, sunshine, singing birds, longer days, not wearing socks, watermelon, and chocolate smoothies. Life.is.GOOD.
Jessica @ VEGGIE RUNNING MOMMA
waffles. yumm. coffee yumm..
Love the positivity.!! : ) I’m loving the positivy around me lately, I feel like I’ve really needed it. and it’s helping.!
jessiebearwhat
You with that cupcake is absolutely adorable. Also, everyone should be loving garlic all the time haha. The world would be a better (and stinkier) place.
BabetaRuns
This is going to sound really vain but… here it goes…
I’m loving myself!
I guess after a break up, when you are heart broken, you always start questioning yourself. And now I feel that I’m back to being and loving me!
So BOOM… I’m loving myself and I’m loving how vain that sounds :)))
Brittany
YES! I love this comment SO much. Having been through all that you spoke of, finally getting to that point where you LOVE yourself, and LOVE your alone time is pure magic. You rock.
BabetaRuns
Likewise lady! :))
Melissa (I Crashed the Web)
Ahh I love that picture – you look so happy with that cupcake!
Lately I’m loving:
– runs with friends outside. it was a long winter of indoor treadmill runs or solo runs and i’m appreciating being outside and running with people!
– conversations while running with friends. they can be deep – and notsodeep- but i love them all.
– husbands who make me dinner while i’m working late. and also may make me breakfast. and also clean our apartment. there, i said it – i do nothing.
I love this post idea!! do you mind if i steal it? I may do a loving post soon!
Brittany
Of course you can do a post like this!! I can’t wait to read it. 🙂
Aja
I’m so glad the winter is getting nicer! LUSH has amazing stuff.
jejansonius
Oh my stars I wish we had a vegan cafe, the closest place for a good breakfast around here is Perkins…wa wa wa. Yeah I know disappointing. I love this post have a beautiful and inspiring day lady!
Laur
I guess the perks of training someone are the later wake up times! lol I’d take it. I have a love for diner pancakes… Like, I have them once a week kind of love. I understand your pain. Just enjoy the ride… with a side of syrup. :o)
Jane
Well, I’m loving your pictures and happy smile as well as the cooler Autumn temperatures here that are such a relief after the hot humid summer. It means I can get out and go on beautiful long walks! The blue skies are gorgeous at present. 🙂
Ashley @ A Lady Goes West
Hi Brittany! Yay for waffles, sleeping later and volunteering. These are all great things! I’m loving the hot weather in the Bay Area right now and all the sunshine. And, I got a bike! That’s the best! Happy Monday to you! 🙂
Arman @ thebigmansworld
awkward but you have cream on your lips.
Brittany
What can I say, my mouth is a prime target for cream.
Luv What You Do
The sunshine!!!
katalysthealth
Oh gosh those veggies and garlic…. gimme!
Right now I’m loving all my lifting progress. Going up in weight each and every week. I am woman hear me roar 😉
Ellie
I am loving running with people, later shifts this week (Holla!) and raw no bake desserts. No chance to burn anything!
charissarunning
Love that cupcake picture! There’s a gluten free waffle cafe near me too and it satisfies my soul…so good 🙂
Choc Chip Uru
I am having the weirdest vegetable cravings lately as well (weird because I never want vegetables :P) so I am going to try yours!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Meghan@CleanEatsFastFeets
I think you got a little something, something on your lip there.
I am loving life lately too, and it’s a beautiful thing.
An Unrefined Vegan
Not that long ago you were the one being trained at Starbucks :-).
Brittany
I can’t believe it’s been nearly (in just one month) two years since I started at the bucks. What a journey it’s been. I started training our new hires last summer, and love to relate my training experiences to theirs. I like to think it helps them with the anxiety. 😉
Heather @ HeatherRunsFast.com
Olive oil roasted garlic is like natures buttah! So divine. Good to know you have a carbalicious waffle when you want one, but not kept at the house… avoids midnight noshing. Ohhh scotch broom 😉
darwinontherocks
You know, when I saw the picture with thewaffles, I thought you put mayonnaise on top of it and I was thinking, what is going on????, but then I realized it must have been butter 😀
Brittany
HA, oh man mayo on a waffle sounds horrific and I eat a lot of weird things. It was good ol’ fashioned Earth Balance spread (vegan buttah!) Classic waffle staple. I now want another…
darwinontherocks
haha, I feel better knowing for sure it was not mayo ! 😀
The Chaos Realm
I love the “Dirty Hippie” soap! I hate alarm clocks. I have this great one, though, that wakes you up to nature sounds…or my favourite, foghorns!
GiGi Eats Celebrities
WAIT – only just LATELY you’re liking roasted GARLIC?!?!?! Um, wtf?! AHA HA!
Brittany
Oh hell naw, just EXTRA love for it lately haha.
Amy @ A Desert Girl
Roasted garlic is one of my favorite things. I can eat it clove by clove until the entire head is gone. That waffle looks great!
I am loving being home! Europe was great, but goodness I missed my house and my bed and my cats.
kim
I love fun soaps!!!
Traveling Rockhopper
great! 😀
Nicole Marie Story
i am loving your cupcake picture, for one!
so cute and adorable and happy.
for two, i am loving BRUNCH!!!!!!!!!
by eden… my raw mushroom burger and mushroom almond sausage. they only serve brunch on friday saturday sunday, and i’m already yearning for friday to come!!!!!!!!!
xo
Brittany
I cannot wait until I live in a larger city where brunch is happening on EVERY corner.
Emma @em-poweredwellness
Love this!! Coffee love, always. Lately I am loving green smoothies with fresh mint, my new Converse shoes, and my coworkers.
pangie223
I absolutely love, love, love that last picture of you! Now I’m craving some waffles 🙂
Change of Pace
Such a great last photo!!
And that coffee mug is awesome!
I’m loving being at home with my two boys (human and dog sons)!
Nicole @ Foodie Loves Fitness
Ah yes, I LOVE waking up on my own and not with an alarm! I always find alarms to be so disturbing haha. As of late, I haven’t had any early conference calls, so I’ve been waking up all on my own and it’s glorious.
Roasted garlic is awesome! I’ve only done it a few times, because it leads to me eating 1/2 loaf of bread – ha! – but roasting it whole with a bit of olive oil and spreading it on freshly baked bread is heavenly.
Brittany
I cannot buy the bread that comes in a giant long loaf. I will literally eat it all. Especially the sourdough variety. OHH man with garlic? You’re making my mouth water.
Leslie @ TriathleteTreats
I love garlic in every single form + not having to wake up to an alarm clock!!
I am loving the barley/tomato/mozzeralla/tofu/spinach salad I make pretty much every.single.week!! I am also loving being married!
jessie
I’m not sure whether or not Starbucks in the States are already doing this, but have they as a whole company thought about setting up some type of fund for the disaster happening in Nepal? I feel like it would be a fantastic idea.
To answer your question – I’m loving hard boiled eggs on-top of my salads. So good!
di @ life of di.
Loving the last photo of you – you look so happy 🙂
I don’t eat a lot of bread either (we have sprouted wraps + sprouted raisin bread at home but I don’t eat a ton of it); that said, I need to enjoy baked goods + pancakes + waffles more often. Life is too short to restrict myself from these delicious foods. I had pancakes for the first in three years yesterday (unfortunate true story) and it was so nice to enjoy them for brunch. Maybe not every week but definitely more often!
Rach @ This Italian Family
Mmm! I am always loving garlic! So yummy! Also, I’ve totally seen that “dirty hippy” soap in Whole Foods before. Cracked me up!
Kayse
So many wonderful things to love in this post! Mostly that adoooorable photo of you!!!
Lately, I’m loving the fact that I’m headed to the woods for three days tomorrow. Weeeeee!
Lucie Elizabeth (@CollectingLight)
Brit, its a true gift to be able to appreciate the little things in life, not many people are able to do that! Bless you, you are beautiful x
sarahmarie1219
I’m loving getting back into running…speaking of, what device are you using in that picture (that’s keeping track of your mileage and time)?
Brittany
I use the Garmin Forerunner 110! It’s fantastic and I’ve had it for about 4 years. They have a lot of options on the Garmin website, some even simpler that keep track of similar things!
sarahmarie1219
Thanks, I’ll shop around!
Barbara Bamber | justasmidgen
So much to love here.. esp that cute face in the last photo:) I love those soaps too! Aren’t they just the most luxurious treat?!