Monthly Archives: July 2013
Refashioned
I know I’ve worn an outfit similar to this before, but I’ve refashioned it a bit. Which do you like better?
Blazer: Loft (this season); Tank: Old Navy; Necklace: Forever21; Belt: H&M (this season); Jeans: Levi’s (this season); Shoes: Lands End Canvas
Sweet Suite
This season I’ve made it to four baseball games…and none of them were the Brewers; three were the Giants and one was the A’s. The good news is I’ve only paid to attend one of those games. My company has a suite at AT&T Park and I was invited again last week to bring my KISA and join some sales directors. Of course we obliged…it is free food and drink (all you can eat/drink). It sure beat making lunch and dinner!
Now, I realize this isn’t exactly Giants attire, but I don’t feel like I want to go out and buy Giants gear and affiliate myself with them. Maybe one day when I’ve lived in San Francisco longer than Wisconsin.
Shirt: J.Crew Factory (this season); Necklace: Etsy (this season); Belt: J.Crew Factory; Shorts: Gap Factory; Shoes: Lands End Canvas
Guys Night
Saturday night I inadvertently crashed a guys night out. One of our friends had his best friend in town and asked my KISA and I to grab dinner and drinks with them. After dinner the night turned into whiskey and Red Sox baseball, so I took it as my cue to leave and go home so that I could have some alone time. It sure beats whiskey and baseball.
My inspiration:
Shirt: J. Crew Factory; Belt: J. Crew Factory; Jeans: Mango; Shoes: Old Navy
Athletically Insane
As I’ve mentioned, I’m doing a full marathon October 20th. If that weren’t enough, I also decided last week that I’m doing a half marathon in two weeks from Saturday. Crazy, right? Well, I forgot to mention one other race I’m doing: Tough Mudder, this Saturday. For those of you not familiar with what Tough Mudder is, it’s essentially a brutally challenging obstacle course for 10-12 miles…at altitude (it’s in Tahoe). My KISA and I like to go big or go home, so why not pick the toughest Tough Mudder they offer, right? He likes to consider it preparing for the end of the world. I’m pretty sure I’ll be eaten by the zombies, unless they walk super slowly like in the movies. Then I don’t understand how anyone is eaten unless you are asleep and couldn’t hear them coming. I digress.
So, what do I mean by obstacles? Well, diving into an ice water bath, climbing over walls, running through burning bales, carrying logs up a hill, and lots of crawling through mud. Sounds, like fun, right? At the end you are also shocked. And, not like surprised shocked, but electrical shocks. For most people, this is the part they dread the most. Not me – we used to shock each other with cow prodders growing up or would touch electric fences we didn’t know where on, so I know it sucks, but it’s not anything I haven’t endured. The part I’m dreading the most is called boa constrictor. In this event you’re in tubes going uphill that are filled with mud and water up to your chest as you crawl through, one person after another. I can sometimes be claustrophobic, so I’m pretty confident I’ll have a nervous breakdown during this part. I’ll make sure to have my emergency contact information on my necklace. And, I absolutely won’t be able to climb the walls or cross the monkey bar things. This is where my KISA comes in. He’ll be carrying and pulling me through these parts. That’s true love.
One of the predicaments I’ve realized is that I’m supposed to be doing a 10 mile run on Saturday in preparation for the half marathon. And, doing 10-12 miles of obstacles is definitely challenging, but not exactly the same thing. So, that gives me no choice but to do both. Only on different days (I’m not THAT insane). Tomorrow before work I’ll be completing my 10 mile run. Then excessively icing my knees, and doing Tough Mudder on Saturday. FML.
Date Night!
Last night was one of the first nights in a while my KISA and I didn’t have anything going on. We were both super chill and rather tired, so we elected to go out for dinner. We realized that there were a bunch of restaurants in our neighborhood just south of our place we hadn’t checked out yet (probably because it’s a giant hill going down…meaning it’s a hike coming back). We had a lovely dinner and I carb loaded in preparation for my long run today.
This was my inspiration for my attire last night:
Sweater: Gap Factory (this season); Top: Gap; Necklace: Etsy (this season); Belt: H&M (this season); Jeans: Levis; Shoes: Lands End Canvas
Sunburn
My KISA and I spent the 4th of July on inner tubes, going down the Russian River. It was in the triple digits, so it felt nice being in the cool water. Like a health-conscious person, I put on sunscreen and had even purchased the sport version for the occasion since it’s waterproof. The California sun didn’t give a crap about the sunscreen and I still got burned.
I’ve been proud of how healthy I’ve been eating and working out consistently. Well, you know how sometimes you feel more in shape that what you really are? I got a strong dose of this yesterday when I realized that my stomach was burned…except the white stripes I had from where the rolls on my stomach overlapped. Whoops! I guess I have some more work to do. Let’s hope when this burn turns into a tan it evens out.
Overachiever
So, ya know all this business about me doing a full marathon? Yeah, well it’s still happening. I’ve been running consistently the last few weeks and have found my runs keep getting easier instead of harder. And, my time has increased substantially. Who knew, right? Well, I got it in my head that I should probably do a half marathon midway through my training, like it suggests in almost every training plan. The week I should actually be doing it is when we’ll be out in Maine for a wedding. The weekend after that we have Outside Lands, which is a big music festival in the city we paid a bunch of money to attend. The following week there aren’t any races in the area. And, anytime after that is too late in the training, so it kind of defeats the point. After doing some research yesterday I realized my only choice was to do a half marathon on July 27th. Per my training plan I would have only been doing a nine or ten mile run that week, so I had to shuffle and lengthen my runs to make it work.
Last week I did a 6 mile long run, which meant that this week I was normally supposed to do 7 miles. Due to my hair-brain idea that now meant this week would be an 8 mile run. My KISA volunteered to run it with me, which I thought was really sweet considering he doesn’t really run consistently, although they do running for his boot-camp workout classes. I prepped him, warning that I had to get the 8 miles in and that if he had to walk or anything I’d have to go on ahead of him. He obliged and we set off for our run. I felt good for the entire run…as did he. When we hit mile 7 he picked up the pace and was a block ahead of me the entire way home. Apparently I’d been slowing him down this entire time. When we finished what was supposed to be a difficult run, he’d done his last mile in 7:30. It made my 9:30 that I’d normally be proud of at the end of a long run seem slow. What an overachiever. And, he didn’t even take his shirt off the entire time so that I at least had some eye candy while I ran.
Happy 5th of July!
Like I mentioned in my post on Wednesday, we went to the A’s game that night. Since we were going to be tubing all day yesterday and I’d be in just a bathing suit, I decided it was necessary to be patriotic on Wednesday. And, we were going to be watching the fireworks afterwards and what’s more patriotic than that? Plus, I don’t like the A’s and knew if I wore Cub’s gear I’d probably be shot in Oakland. Just kidding…that’s only for the Raiders games.
Sweater: Lands End Canvas; Tank: Old Navy; Belt: H&M (this season); Jeans: Express; Shoes: Zara (this season); Bracelets: Party Store
J. Crew Factory
I’m not sure if I have a shopping problem or if I’m just obsessed with J. Crew Factory. Probably both. If it weren’t bad enough to have J. Crew Factory stores at both the outlet malls near us, they also have to have an online store. Then, to make matter worse they offered 50% off for 4th of July. And, this past weekend an additional 10% off that. WTF? I need new clothes like I need a broken leg. (Although a broken leg would get me out of this marathon training.) This weekend I bought two new pairs of shorts (since it gets warm in the city, even though I was promised that it doesn’t), a leather iPhone case (the print is starting to rub off mine), a printed ruffle top (because again, it gets warm here), and an embossed ostrich belt (my belts are too big and I had to make new holes in them, which warrants a new belt and ostrich sounds interesting). Since I can justify every purchase that means they are things I need, right?
I got this shirt from my most recent J. Crew Factory store experience. It’s cute, right? And, at only $17 it’s a bargain. I would have felt bad not buying it.
Shirt: J. Crew Factory (this season); Pants: Gap Factory (this season); Shoes: Lands End Canvas
It’s Hump Day…!
And I get to work from home today and Friday! Woo-hooo!! We’re going to the A’s vs. Cubs game tonight with friends and tubing on the Russian River all day tomorrow!! Anyone else have fun plans for this holiday weekend?! I love ‘Merica!
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