It’s true — I’m back!
Although I am still coping with the fact that Charlie was more excited to see the Husband upon our return, I’m going to suck it up and deal with that.
Although our flight home was delayed over 2 hours meaning we did not land in Chicago until 1:30 AM, meaning we got home at 3:00, meaning I went to bed at 4:00 AM (and woke up at 7:00), I’m going to suck it up and deal with that.
Because in the week that I have been gone, I have had an absolutely amazing vacation.
I’m still sorting through many pictures and experiences, trying to decide how to give you the full Punta Cana experience, so until then, I thought I would give you a belated gift on account of my birthday which was yesterday.
(Fun fact: Did you know my dad and I have the same birthday? It’s true! I talked about it last year on my birthday. I think yesterday was perhaps one of the only birthdays we ever didn’t spend together!)
I’m so nice, right?
If you remember, earlier this summer I mentioned I had tried the Clearly Fresh produce bags to review. I have been using them for the past few months (especially in the fridge with greens). One of my favorite ways to use them is for spinach, romaine, and kale. In fact, my kale lasted for 3 weeks in my Clearly Fresh bag earlier this month. I kept taking it out of the fridge expecting it to be old and gross, but it never got to that point. It was a small miracle in my book.
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Clearly Fresh has now given me the opportunity to give not one, not two, but THREE readers a chance to try the bags out for themselves.
To enter this giveaway, all you have to do is leave me a comment about the best birthday you ever had.
For extra entries, you can do one (or all) of the following. Please leave each entry as a separate comment.
- Follow Clean Eating Chelsey on Twitter (@cleaneatingchel)
- Tweet about this giveaway: “Check it out! @Cleaneatingchel is giving away Clearly Fresh Bags to 3 winners!http://wp.me/p11BDk-1OV ”
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There will be 3 winners of this giveaway — it will end on Tuesday, July 26 @ 11:59 PM. Winners will be announced on Wednesday morning. Happy entering!
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My best birthday would be my 8th birthday when my parents rented a hot tub for our backyard so I could have a “pool” party, BUT it ended up snowing! haha. I still remember it being one of the most fun though!
happy belated!!!!!!! the best bday ever was… hmm well not yet but this year im having a big 18th at a clubbbb! lovee london!
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I’ve recently taken a fondness to drinking ice water with mint in it, and I’ve had to throw away the mint because it’s rotted before I can finish it. This might be a good thing to try.
So… birthday. Hmm. To celebrate my 27th birthday, 4 new friends and I climbed up onto the roof of a building on Camp Fallujah in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, and smoked some cuban cigars. It was a nice, introspective evening.
happy belated bday! my fave bday would have to be my 18th. I had a 1920′s theme murder mystery!
not entering the giveaway, just wanted to welcome you home!! You’ve been missed, pretty lady <3
p.s. I share the same birthday as my grandma and my dad's is too days later. Are our families twins?! me thinks they are.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
My best birthday was my last one! My 16th!
Happy belated birthday!!!!!! I hope you had an amazing trip
. Missed you in blog and twitterland!
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Glad to see you’re back safely and had a great vacation!
My love my birthday EVERY YEAR because my bday rocks! But the best kind of birthdays are ones where I get to spend them with my entire family! (My uncle and a I have the same birthday so it’s an extra special day in our family).
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Happy Birthday! I think that you should celebrate all day today! Birthdays are special. Have an amazing day! I already follow you on twitter!
Happy birthday! My best birthday was my 18th when I got a trip to NYC!
We’re twins - that was my birthday present!
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Happy Birthday, Chelsey! I was born on my Dad’s birthday too! We always sing “Happy Birthday to Us” over the phone.
Last year for an awesome birthday, I celebrated in Berlin
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday! I already follow you.
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Happy belated Birthday Chelsey!!!!
My best friend and I share the same birthday so every birthday is my favorite (although I’m older by 1 year).
Hope you had a great birthday soaking up the sun
My best birthday was my last one because I got my puppy, Maddux!!
Best birthday ever was when my son was born three days before my birthday.
My best birthday ever was my 21st in Dublin while I was abroad. My Godparents threw me a HUGE party and we stuffed ourselves silly, drank too much, and had a great time.
Happy late birthday!
My best bday was probably my 30th surprise party that my husband threw for me!
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I’m not sure I could come up with a ‘favorite’ birthday-maybe my 8th birthday? We were moving from one house to another (and on my actual birthday, no less), and I remember being very excited that we got to have my party at our old house.
Happy Birthday Chelsey! I love your blog, it’s my favourite! I read it every morning when I get into work (whoops!). Love all your recipes too but I live in England and can’t seem to find Tempeh ANYWHERE! If there are any other UK readers out there, pls let me know if you have been luckier than me in finding it!
Lizzie xx
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Now, more importantly: happy belated birthday! Truly and sincerely, you have one of the best blogs out there. It’s healthy living, emphasis on the living
All the best for the next year, I’m sure it will be GRAND.
Happy Birthday Chelsey!!!!
(and happy birthday to your dad too <3 that's sweet that you two share that!)
My best birthday: probably my 19th, the first one while I was in college. No huge gifts, but: my sister's birthday is the day after mine and people in my hometown would always tell me on my birthday, "be sure to tell Amy happy birthday, it's her birthday tomorrow, right?" completely missing out that today was mine… On my 19th there was never a mention of my sisters birthday, just mine. It was bliss!
best birthday was definitely going to Miami for my sweet 16
i hope your birthday was awesome!
Also, we (meaning all of your readers) are wagging our tails that YOU are back. More excited than Charlie was to see the husband!
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pretty sure my pony-ride-themed 9th birthday was the best
-that, or my 21st: a quiet dinner with 3 BFFS, and a huge platter of cupcakes (clearly i’m a wild child)!
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haha about Charlie. It’s okay he loves you too!
I tweeted about the giveaway and i could really use some of those bags! I am part of a CSA, so I get all my fresh organic fruits & veggies straight from the farmer every week, but since I’m only one small person and I can’t eat 4 bunches of kale in 6 days on my own, my veggies go bad really fast! I wish I had some way of preserving them!
oh and happy birthday!!!
Happy Birthday!!
I’m not sure that I have a very favourite birthday celebration. Every year my husband makes reservations at a really fancy restaurant, which I look forward to for months! It’s becoming a nice little tradition!
Happy belated birthday! I’m glad you had a good trip. These bags would be awesome, I just threw away a ton of bean sprouts, kale, and spinach because they got nasty in the fridge. I think my best birthday ever was the year all my friends were away on school vacation but my mom threw me a big family surprise party!
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Have a good week!
happy birthday, I follow u on twitter!!
I think my best bday so far was my 13th, it was my “golden birthday” and I got to spend a week at the beach, learn to surf, go shopping at an awesome outdoor mall, and enjoy it all with my bestie
it was teeny bopper heaven!
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OH and happy birthday, of course!!!!
Happy Belated Birthday Chelsey! That’s so fun that you & your dad have the same bday.
I think my best birthday was my 16th… I got a car, which is pretty much every teenager’s dream!
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The best birthday i had was last year.. for my 30th birthday I had my party at a local winery. It was perfect. I wish I could do it all over again this year.
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Happy belated birthday, Chelsey!
Best birthday I ever had was just this year. Very simple: mom, sister, sister’s boyfriend, and best friend came over for dinner and we sat around talking for hours. Nothing crazy, but just right.
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My best birthday was probably my 16th. I had a surprise party and loved it.
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My best birthday was my last birthday, my 30th. I was freaking out about it since it’s the big 3-0 but I had a great time. I ran my first half marathon and my best friend had a get together at her house for me. I accomplished a fitness goal and was surrounded by people who love me. Who could ask for anything more??
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Happy belated birthday! My best birthday was my 16th!
Yayyy happy belated bday! I’m following you on Twitter!
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My best birthday… probably this year! My sweet husband bought me a DQ triple chocolate ice cream cake! It was delicious.
the best birthday I ever had was the year I was at my cousins house..we had so much fun with the whole extended family there(: some amazing memories!
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Happy Belated brithday my friend!
Happy belated! My best birthday was THIS year! My bro came to NYC for the first time, we saw “Book of Mormon,” I went to a charity gala with all of my friends and then enjoyed a big soul food birthday brunch on a beautiful, sunny day!
I am glad you had a wonderful vacation! Happy belated birthday to you and your dad.
One of my favorite birthdays was my 25th, when my husband got all our family and friends together the week after my birthday and surprised me with the cutest little puppy you have ever seen. It was a wonderful night!
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Ooooh, narrowing down the birthdays to THE BEST is hard-but the one jumping out was my 21st birthday! I was living in California and none of my childhood friends from Hawai’i would be celebrating this debacle with me and while I missed Hawai’i, mani/pedi’s w/Mom and good friend was fun. In my family we always go out to dinner, and they were raving about this teppanyaki restaurant, so I was pretty excited-those places always remind me of home:) Anyway, we get to the restaurant and as we’re walking to get seated I discover 20+ of my friends shouting “SURPRISE!!” -and surprised I was!! Not only was this surprise birthday party a complete success, it was like a theatrical production! LOL!! My friends smuggled in my FAVORITE beer (Hinano) which was only the beginning of sweet and over-the-top-gifts!! Awesome memories:)
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A trip to hawaii on my 18th bday. The great memories we made was the best present ever.
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The best birthday was when I turned 16, my sister turned 21, and my mom turned 50! We had a huge joint party with all of our friends, and it was such a blast
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My best birthday was my 9th, when I had a Victorian tea party! It was AMAZING, my mom got this place that does tea parties professionally and they had little gowns and hats and fancy china for me and all my friends! We felt like princesses, it was amazing.
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I came home late from a really long day and found follows waiting outside my door sent by my brother. It made me so happy.
My best birthday was probably my 17th .. getting my license in the morning, followed my driving around ALL day just because I could & then having a bbq at my house with a bunch of friends. Simple, no definite plan & still a lot of fun.
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Happy belated!!
This years bday was pretty wonderful, my friends surprised me by taking me to a wonderful new restaurant…it was all my favorite people in one place with amazing food..perfection!
First…happy belated birthday!
Best birthday I ever had was my 16th…my Mom surprised me by throwing a luau party (in the middle of February) for me and a few of my friends! It was such a blast.
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hi there-not entering giveaway or anything but i stumbled upon your blog from a link on a forum and love it! great, wholesome & protein-packed recipes that actually taste good. one thing i’m particularly interested in is your Protein Muffins, but can’t find a link to a recipe anywhere on your site. could you provide me with one? i’d love to try them! thank you
Happy birthday! Can’t wait to hear about the trip! I already follow you on twitter!
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My best birthday was probably my 21st! My friends went all out with a big dinner, champagne, limo and club! It was so, so much fun!
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My best birthday was when I was 15 and instead of doing a party I went to Europe with my family
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Happy B-lated birthday!
My best birthday was probably my 21st. It was low-key at Dave & Busters. My older brother took me, and a couple of my friends came and hungout. It was also a hard one (my birthday has been the same day as the mid-night premiers of HP the past few years so my friends don’t come to hang out…)
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My favorite birthday was having my dad and little brother come to visit me when I lived in Boston. It was 80 degrees in April (a small miracle) so we had an outdoor brunch, did an amazing bike ride through the Arnold Arboretum, had my first iced coffee of the season
and then went out for a nice dinner. I’m smiling just thinking about it 
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Best birthday was actually my most recent one…15! My mom who’s also my best friend surprised me with a trip to San Francisco and we travelled to every vegan restaurant, went to Fisherman’s Wharf and honestly had the best time.
My best birthday was my 17th when my sister drove all the way home from Wyoming to Texas and suprised me!!
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The best birthday I ever had was the one I spent in Hawaii a few years ago. Beautiful place and a beautiful birthday memory.
My best birthday wish is to have my entire family go on a vacation together since we all have out birthdays in the same two months, November and December!
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My favorite birthday was last year. I didn’t celebrate with anyone except my sweetie, who brought home a delicious dinner from my favorite vegetarian restaurant in town. We ate by candle light on the floor of our living room.
Tied might be when my students found out my birthday date & coordinated with another teacher to decorate the room & bring in snacks & gifts = first period surprise party! It was a lot of fun.
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When I think of the best birthday ever, my 13th birthday pops into my head. Lame, I know. That was the day I got my very first cell phone (a pink razr). I guess my birthdays have been pretty pathetic since then…;)
My favorite birthday that I’ve had so far would have to be my nineteenth. My boyfriend took me out all day and it was one of the best days I’ve ever had. He even got a pedicure with me!
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The best b-day I’ve ever had was when my hubby (then boyfriend) took me to the beach and proposed. Funny, I don’t remember how old i turned that year but I’ll never forget it.
The best birthday I ever had I went jet skiing!
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One of my best birthdays was when my husband took me to go see Wicked. I’d been wanting to see it for so long. When we got to the theater I was to tired, however, and was worried I wouldn’t be able to stay awake for the show. Boy was I wrong - the show was so amazing I was wide awake for the whole thing because I didn’t want it to end!
I think my best birthday was my 21st, my family and friends did so much to make it extra special. Days like that remind me how lucky I am!
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I was in Guatemala for the summer when I turned 21. My friends there made it special - complete with traditional firecrackers!
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I’m not a big birthday person, but I do remember having an elaborate scavenger hunt that was staged throughout my neighborhood at my 12th birthday party. That was a blast!
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My birthday this year actually! I became 15, have gotten all A’s in school, I had recovered from my ED (on the outside, but still had some thoughts coming back which were often), my grandparents were here and we went to church and it was mother’s day, had a lunch/dinner at my favorite very vegan friendly restaurant in town and tried Zevia for the first time and made the most delicious (sneakily healthy that you could eat it for dinner) cookie cake i’ve eaten in my entire life and this time it was vegan!
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My best birthday so far was my 16th, a surprise party that I really wasn’t expecting.
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The best birthday I had was the first one I spent with my honey. He bought me cowboy boots and we went on a breathtaking hike! We still have pictures up in our house from that hike!
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My 8th bday when we still lived in Illinois! I remember mac and cheese with hot dog slices. My once a year treat!
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My best birthday would be my 21st… Not because I could finally drink but because my friends from all over the country came together to help me celebrate.
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My favorite birthday was last year when my fiancee and I announced our engagement to our friends
Well, I will be in China on vacation with my hubby on my b-day this year. I guess that will be my best b-day ever. Can hardly wait!
that’s so sweet! I was born at 12:31am and missed my dads birthday by 31 minutes but we still celebrate together every single year. Even this year when i moved 1200 miles away he and my mom came out to visit that weekend! I love sharing my birthday with my dad
The best birthday I had was last year on my 21st. I went to my cousin’s wedding, and we got to celebrate both events together - with all my family and an open bar!
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My best birthday was my 18th in Hawaii, the only time I’ve been somewhere warm for my birthday!
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I’d say my best birthday was age 20. I had a get together at my house with my parents and some friends the day before (a Saturday night) and then visited my friend at his school the next day (my actual bday) for a pre-St. Patty’s day celebration and to go to the parade in NYC together the next day. It was pure debauchery =)
My best birthday was when my hubby (then - boyfriend) made me a candlelight dinner in his backyard. Sounds corny - but it was the sweetest thing!
Best Birthday was when my husband surprised me with all of our friends at our house and had the food catered. It was so much fun and I was totally surprised! He’s too good!
Happy birthday!! I am hoping for a special birthday this year… my best friend’s baby is due!
Actually, my last one, in May I turned 31. For some reason I felt really loved and thought about, my friends and family went above and beyond this year, and I caught myself getting a bit teary over what wonderful people I have in my life.
I don’t know that I have a favorite birthday actually, but this last year was really fun-21st! Just a great day with all of my friends.
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My best birthday was my 28th, the day my fiance (now husband) and I finally go to live together, after living 4000+ miles apart for 2.5 years! It wasn’t a typical birthday as I was traveling and moving, but it was my favorite one!
Happy belated birthday! That holiday looks amazing, glad you had a good time
My best birthday memory was in 2006, when I was on a road trip holiday in America - it started with sunrise over the Grand Canyon, then ended with a (ever-so-slightly drunk) night in a beautiful hotel in Phoenix… happy days!
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I got my pup for my birthday last year… it was a complete surprise and I cried. best birthday ever!
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when I was a kid, I had a beauty and the beast themed party and it was the time. of. my. life. i wore a gold dress like belle, my mom came up with all these princess-themed games, and there was disney ice cream cake. joyous.
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best birthday was my 30th when my husband conspired with my mom to hijack our planned superbowl party and turn it into a party for me- complete with poster sized pictures from every year of my life. so fun and i seriously had NO idea!! he’s got a lot to live up to when 40 rolls around in the next few years…
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My best birthday was when I turned 17- I was on vacation on the East Coast and it was so fun to be traveling!
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My favorite bday was my 21st. It was during our last family trip and it was in Italy! Thanks for the contest.
The best birthday I had my my sixth birthday party. We had a moon bounce!
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