24 hours in the Windy City

A very brief weekend in Chicago. 
- Incubus & Linkin Park concert
- CorePower Yoga Sculpt
- Walking around the downtown Farmers Market
- Breakfast at Yolk
- Shopping at Macy's, Whole Foods, Athleta, and Sports Authority
- New pink Asics!

Run Run Run.

The current rotation....Asics needs to start making color!

DPP #20: Even my Panther Purple kicks didn't help at tonight's game. But the boys cheered them on anyway!

Black Friday. Death to my wallet.

I had numerous games on Black Friday, so getting up at the buttcrack of dawn was not going to happen. (Let's be honest, it probably wouldn't have happened anyway), so my black Friday was spent pouring over Amazon's Lightning Deals. From my bed. In my pajamas. With my cats. Definitely a win.

A bigger plus was the haul that I got. Now, it might have all been for me, but Ill shop for everyone else later! Not off of Amazon. With more thought! But this was sheer impulse. Never a good thing for me. Oops ;-)

But in the end, I ended up with the following, (not including the breadmaker that my mom passed off to me two days before):

new earbuds (list price: $300. bought for $30)
new Asics running shoes
a toaster oven (hello kitty no longer will be making my toast)
Kitchen Aid stand mixer (I've craved for years)

Now, if you know my kitchen, you know my problem for the past four years. NOW add in 3 big appliances....

Later on I added two more pairs of running shoes to the pile as well as some swank UnderArmor socks from Dicks (but only because my Mommy and Daddy love me dearly) and some new Christmas Moose cat toys for Myla to annihilate.

And now we are going to Boston for four days? Over the Christmas Shopping Season? My wallet is screwed.

Blurp!

Uncle Sam stole my money. Lots of it. So did my dentist, but I feel like he actually earned that money, or most of it. Argh.

I feel like my bank account is steadily growing smaller, and we haven't even left yet. Last weekend, in Chicago, my lovely adorable awesome parents bought us two trail packs and a smaller pack for our trip. I love them. The trail packs are gorgeous, and the smaller one is BRIGHT orange. A few years ago, I would never have picked it, and now I wish I could carry it everywhere!

Tim and I also splurged at REI and bought ourselves waterproof hiking shoes. Mine are hideous. Why buy hideous shoes you ask? Because they were more comfortable than the cute ones. But hobbits really can't be judging MY feet, right? ;)

PS. During my training session this morning, she had me flapping like a bird in the hallway. Nope, not humiliating at all....

Pile of Shoes.

I was cleaning out my closet recently and decided that I must bite the bullet and rid myself of some running shoes. Running as much as I do, I go through a LOT of shoes. But not as many as I should. I should probably have twice as many if I put only the recommended milage on each pair. But I just find it hard to buy new pairs until the old ones are physically hurting me. Some blow out, but others just collapse. It's those that are dangerous cause I run far further on them than I should. This pile has lasted me for about a year and a half. Whoever said running is free, is a LIAR!