Refreshing Pineapple Cocktail [Guest Post]

This week I've been a little overwhelmed with things to do - that seems to be my summer though. Everyone keeps getting sick (Iman and I both have a bit of a sore throat and it seems our cat may be sick and I have a vet appt for him today.) I also spent all day yesterday doing baby shower stuff for my cousin - we have 9 days till her shower!! I picked up some extra shifts this week at work, plus my usual summer work for my regular company and that just equals a ton of stuff to do! Oh, and a wedding on Saturday. SO while I'm off trying to  breathe through each thing, I thought I'd get Jess to share a post with you guys!

By now, you probably know that Jess is one of my blog besties. Here's a picture of us and her post!

Ok, so we need to take more pictures together. 

If you ever want me to stop talking to you, just offer me a pina colada and I promise you I will walk away from you as quickly as possible. Let's flashback a bit, shall we?

My fiance Andrew and I went to Vegas last year and in the excitement of too much glitz and glam, we decided it would be a good idea to challenge each other to a pina colada drinking competition. I know, I know. What's wrong with us? I'll tell you now that I'm basically Monica from Friends. You cannot challenge me to anything because I WILL take it way too seriously and freak out if I lose. Naturally I wasn't going to let him beat me at drinking away a girly fruity drink...so we're guzzling away out of those giant Eiffel Tower cups you can get in front of the Paris hotel (click here for reference) and all is well. I'm totally beating this guy and I'm feeling like a champion...and then...we walked out into the hot Vegas sun.

Holy crap. I immediatley realized I had had way too much to drink and that I was severely dehydrated. We looked for a cab to get us to our hotel, and of course we picked the only cab without working AC. At this point I felt like I was about to faint die. So we're sitting in this hot cab, Andrew is talkative as ever even though the guy was clearly ignoring him...meanwhile I'm in the back, gasping for air...except when it's summertime in Vegas, the "fresh air" outside is basically like walking into a sauna. Seriously, my life flashed before my eyes during that 5 minute ride.

From then on I swore off anything creamy and overly sugary in regards to alcohol (they're a trap y'all!)...and I also swore off hot cabs after drinking. Any who, if this story has also made you hate pina coladas (which really, they should be banned forever), here's a quick and easy refreshing pineapple drink that won't make you feel like you just got hit by a truck after drinking it!

Cut off the top of a pineapple and carefully core out the center, scraping out as much of the pineapple as possible with a fork. Lightly mash your pineapple till it looks like weird baby food chunks. Next, Cut up a few strawberries and a lemon.

In a blender, combine your cut up fruit, a generous squeeze of your lemon, a shot of coconut rum, some ice and a little mineral water. I used half a can of La Croix, which is a cool peach-pear mineral water I found at Target. It's all natural, calorie free, etc etc if you're into that stuff. Also, how cute is this mustache shot glass??

Pour your drink into your hollowed out pineapple, and throw a flamingo straw in there (note: this is very important).

Enjoy responsibly, and please, please PLEASE, do not get in a hot cab after consuming this. You will hate yourself forever.

To read more about mine and Andrew's adventures together, come check out my blog here! Thanks Raewyn for letting me take over today!

p.s. everyone, I took that amazing picture of Jess holding the pineapple, as she made this at my house and I attempted to not have an allergy attack. Also, that's my adorable moustache shot glass - who else would you expect to own it?

p.p.s. If you make this drink without the pineapple, it is extremely delicious. I was lucky enough that she made me one!

 

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