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In like a lion…

On November 2, 2009

…and hopefully out like one too! I’m feeling more optimistic, more hopeful, and more… ready to take on the week than I have in a while. I’m sure it certainly helped that I got in a FULL workout this morning. I set some other things in motion this weekend that made me feel like less of a waste of space. I exercised a little bit more control than usual. And this morning, I am rewarded. Let’s break it down…

Doctor doctor:

I went in and got the blood work done – and pretty much everything showed up in the normal range! My overall cholesterol is 142, my fasting sugars are in the 90s, everything seems to be rockin’. The only two things that showed up ever so slightly outside were my white blood cell count (slightly low) and the size of my red blood cells (slightly larger). Apparently it was not anything to worry about, as they didn’t call me in to have a follow up, so I can rest assured that I am in good condition and rock and roll with my life.

When We Pretend That We’re Shred(ed):

Currently listening to L7 right now, so I had to go there (if you get it, YAY!). Ok, soooo… I shredded 5 times again last week. And life went on. I did level 1 on Monday and did level 2 the rest of the week. I’m not sure if it was that level 2 is actually EASIER or that going from just regular weight training to level 1 was just so much more of a system shock than level 1 to level 2 (I’m guessing that’s it), but I was just fine this week. The two days of rest started me out fresh, and while I definitely felt it working, I was not cripplingly sore. The lunge/squat and hold seems to not affect my legs as much as the in and out of it motion. The cardio I can tell is a little harder (though honestly – it’s still tame compared to speedwork/sprints/just about anything else I do). The abs – I’m torn. I’m again less sore than I was last week but I feel like it’s being worked pretty well so I’ll call it a tie.

I am still going to call it a great little workout if all I had was a half hour from start to finish, and much better “bang for the buck” strength training than my home strength workout that I’ve been doing for over a year now, but it will not be replacing my cardio any time soon.

Week In Review:

It was an interesting week.

Monday I just shredded and curled up on the couch and died (<3 u TOM). I also ate only about 1250 calories.

Tuesday I shredded and ran a fairly fast paced 5k, and ate around 1450.

Wednesday, I shredded, did a few DDR songs, and then went on a 30 minute walk with Zliten, and ate about 1600 calories (there may have been a margarita, oopsie).

Thursday, I shredded WAY early before the vampires got my blood to test, and then ATTEMPTED a 5 mile run and my shoes died on me 3.5 miles in. I walked about 1 mile between my warmup and getting home (of course they died on the FURTHEST point of my running course away from my house), so I think it was 4.6 in all. I ate about 1500 calories.

Friday, I got revenge by buying new shoes, shredding, and then rocking the 5 miles (5.3, actually). I ate a very healthy and lo cal breakfast and lunch (and then oops, forgot to track the rest of the weekend), and then snacked and indulged in some rum at night. I had INTENDED to actually order a garden burger and/or a salad at least at the bar, but I just ended up not being hungry enough to order my own food. Until about 3am, when I put the kiebash on food and resolved to just eat an early breakfast/lunch.

Saturday, I rested. Rum + no real dinner = headache. I snacked on very healthy stuff for breakfast/lunch (gardenburger, fruit, pistachios, popcorn) and then went with the parents out to dinner. I had a filet mignon, broccoli, and a salad with just a little bit of dressing. HOWEVER, I also had a roll or two. Then – we went out for Halloween and there was beer and snackies and I partook. But a lot less stupidly than last weekend.

Sunday, I erranded. We had mexican (which was not SUPER healthy but I did ok) for lunch and then got shopping and other randomness done, so while I didn’t get a workout, I definitely didn’t sit on my ass until after dinner, which was a healthy whole wheat spaghetti, super lean ground beef and meat sauce, with green pepper, onion, and broccoli. I had some frozy pineapple for desert along with 2 pumpkin spice kisses (um, yeah…can you say LOVE)

So the verdict? I slacked over the weekend a bit sure, but I didn’t go as nuts. I got more rest than normal. I didn’t track or weigh this weekend. My high weight last week? Let’s not even go there. My second highest weight? 158.8. Yeah. My low weight of the week? 155.2. Where am I starting this week? 156.2. For that, I say yippee, as it’s the lowest Monday weight since before the wedding.

The plan going forward = lots of morning workouting due to the time change. Trying to have a pretty lean and mean calorie week. Otherwise, it should look berry, berry familiar.

Monday: shred level 2 and 30 mins DDR in the morning, 1400 or less calories.

Tuesday: 5 mile run in the morning, shred level 2 at night, 1400 or less calories.

Wednesday: shred level 3 and yoga in the morning, 1400 or less calories.

Thursday: shred and 5k in the morning, 1400 or less calories.

Friday: shred level 3 and 30 mins DDR in the morning, 1500 or less calories.

Saturday: CLEANING. 1500 or less calories.

Sunday: rest or bike adventure. 1500 or 2000 calories or less depending.

We have planned a MELLOW week after the last few of crazy parties and general revelry. I am looking forward to it. I know by Friday/Saturday I might start feeling a little lame/cabin fever-y, but I think it’s for my own good.

NaNoWriMo:

Well, this sure snuck up on me. I had decided to participate and was going to write out an outline and then life got hectic and holy geez, yesterday was November 1st! I had 1667 words to write!

So I’ve determined that this month, my house is either going to get super clean and everything on my to do list is going to get done due to procrastination, or I’m going to write an effing novel. Blogging, I can bust out 1600 words in an hour while twirling a plate with one hand and directing an orchestra with the other while the house crashes to the ground around me. Fiction writing, I need a bit more order. We had to lunch. Then errands. Then groceries. Then laundry. Then other stuff. Once I got everything else settled and felt ready to write it was almost 9pm!

However, once I was in the zone, I rocked it. I got 1677 words done, and it’s not horrible. I am torn between coming up with a plan for the novel and just letting it flow. It’s sort of a fictional adaptation of earlier parts of my life (write what you know, right?), so it’s already has a shell of a story so it’s not as if I’ve just created some random characters meandering around my head. I think I will try tonight to just continue the flow tonight and not worry about more structure until I get stuck.

That’s about it for update Monday. Send me good thoughts this week so I can rock out the rest of the week and maybe start seeing more of those lovely low 150s. Who out there is doing NaNoWriMo? Anyone shredding? What’s new and exciting in November?

Five Random Things

By Quix

On October 28, 2009

In Uncategorized

I don’t have another coherent post in me today, and I realized that what I was going to post today was much more appropriate for Friday, so welcome to the return of 5 random things.

1. Somehow, I’m not sure why – but an easy 5k has now dropped to about 28 minutes (so 9 minute miles) – just in the last week or 2. Is it that the shred strengthening muscles I didn’t know I needed stronger? I’d say is it the shred warming me up, but it even happened yesterday when I shredded in the morning and ran at night. Is it the new music I have? Is it the cooler weather (it’s odd – I wear a sweater and a jacket when I’m out in it to go to work, and then I go running in just a tank and I’m fine)? Is it that I can run at night again? I don’t know, but I’ll take it. Now, just as I’m hitting my short distance stride, I’m about to change it up and start distance training next month. 25 minute 5k, maybe next year…. I’m going to do one more probably next month but I haven’t been training for it so I don’t have high hopes.

2. I’m playing EverQuest again. Yes, this game that I spent years and years in front of a computer playing, eating delivery pizza and drinking bourbon. The fun thing is – we’ve been able to get on and play for an hour or 2 a night in place of just sitting in front of the TV and me dorking on the net and Zliten playing bejeweled for hours. It’s kinda fun to reconnect with some people we used to play with and relearn how to maneuver our characters again. It’s always good for the soul to get into a game again. It’s also reminding me that I do have that chunk of time from about 9-11pm each weekday night to get things accomplished instead of zoning out EVERY night and watching TV.

3. Speaking of finding time in my day – I’m contemplating NaNoWriMo. I’ve even got an idea for it. The only problem is I’m pretty sure the blog will suffer. Maybe not, but it’s possible. All I have to say is that wanting to pursue multiple interests sucks when you also are required to get 7-8 hours sleep at night and work full time. When I’m working out as intensely as I am, having a weekday 4-5 hour night to get caught up is just not an option. And then when I do it on the weekends it just makes Monday soooo hard. I figure though – worst case, I come up with the idea, start on it, and even if I don’t finish in November, I’ll can certainly tick one more thing off the 2009 to do list – something creative!

4. I’ve realized that 30 means being more concerned about fitting in my workouts around a lab appointment to draw blood to check my numbers tomorrow than the needle itself. Fun fact about Quix: I HATE NEEDLES. I especially hate needles around where they draw blood (the inside of my arms… I don’t even like people touching me there). However, I have to watch the entire process, like I’m guiding the nurse’s stabby stabby procedure with my eyes. I love the idea of tattoos and piercings and would probably have some ink and be pierced a LOT more than 8 times (three in each ear, one in my cartelige, once in my tongue – though the tongue and one in my ear closed up so I only have 6 now) if I could get over that.

5. We’ve been eating at home a lot more. We have a constant lunch date on Fridays with a group to eat pho (Vietnamese noodle soup), we typically end up having a meal or two out on the weekends, but that’s about it now. We come home for lunch just about every weekday and cook dinner every night. Last year this time, we ate lunch out every day, and most weekend meals out, and generally cooked dinner about 4 days a week and that was it (if we weren’t crunching and getting dinners provided at work). We are eating a lot healthier (maybe not lower calorie, I got good at that, but definitely more good stuff), it’s saving money, but bugger if the dishes don’t have dish babies in the sink! I don’t usually make a production out of dinner, it involves maybe a pan, a tupperware, a salad bowl, two plates, and two utensils – but somehow the sink is full every day. It takes me a long time to notice it’s an issue (if it’s not overflowing then who cares is my motto) and it annoys Zliten to no end. In fact, he was the one who suggested this topic for my fifth random thing. We badly need a kitchen fairy that can do dishes for us every night. Like the gal above. =)

There is my random stuff. Tomorrow I forsee work kicking my arse, plus I have aforementioned doctor appointment and a shred and a 5 mile run to do, so I’ll be back Friday for the mysterious post I did not write today. Ciao, internet!

Shredhead, Coming Back to Earth

By Quix

On October 27, 2009

In Uncategorized

Few things to talk about today so it’s sort of a scatterbrain Tuesday! Get ready for the smorgasbord!

Yesterday:

*Ok, squeamish boys, you might just want to skip this section – go on then.*

So yesterday, my post kinda reeked of melodrama. I wasn’t sure what the heck was going on in my brain. Sure, that number on the scale was enough to floor me but then little things at work were affecting me more than I should and I was just feeling awfully ill. I went to empty and fill (my bladder and my water glass, respectively) and started freaking out because I thought something was wrong with me.

After a few minutes of puzzling out what day it was – it’s the first time I’ve been early for TOM in… years probably. But only a few days so I don’t think it’s anything to worry about. I am under so much less stress this month than I have been in about a year maybe (taking it easier on the workouts, wedding stuff done), that my 33-ish day stress induced cycle is off. Once I realized that’s what it was, it made so much sense. THAT is where probably half of the bloat came from (the other half salt). THAT is why I was really feeling ill. THAT is why people at work were making me emotional.

I came home, took pain killers, and curled up on the couch. Yes, I even skipped my workout. I’ll make it up later this week. I needed it. I’m down 2.1 of the 7 lbs today and I expect they will fall off this week as it progresses.

Occam’s razor – most often, the simplest explanation is the right one.

Shredding:

So I’ve been doing the 30 day shred, and it’s been interesting to say the least. I always discount short workouts a bit – I can do anything for 20 minutes, right? Well, Jillian definitely pushes that theory to the limits.

The videos have you doing her 3-2-1 system – 3 minutes of strength, 2 minutes of cardio, and 1 minute of abs. During the strength portion you do one sort of isolating arm move for 30 seconds, then arms and legs for 1 minute, and then repeat. During the cardio section you do one exercise for 30 seconds, then a different one for 30 seconds, and then repeat. During abs, you do abs. For example, one circuit is chest flys for 30 seconds, then side lunges with anterior raises for 1 minute (then repeat) for the strength portion, then jumping jacks for 30 secs and punches in a squat for 30 secs (then repeat) for cardio, and then bicycle crunches for 1 minute for abs.

So Day 1 I had no respect. I was like, ok, this is cake, and went for a 5k immediately after. The next day, I was kinda sore. Which isn’t too hard to believe – I worked different muscles than normal. Then I realized I had to do it again. The second day – that was tough. The third day? I decided it was a shred and yoga instead of the additional cardio I had planned because I was so incredibly sore. Day 4 I felt better because of my little rest and ran again after, and that made me sore as hell for Day 5, where I blew off the rest of my cardio. I was pretty sore through the weekend, but I think that was also attributed to being on my feet most of the day on Saturday and then dancing my hiney off at the party.

By yesterday morning (Day 6) I was feeling better and though I blew off additional cardio it wasn’t because I was sore. This morning I moved on to level 2 and I have 2 words for you – SQUAT THRUSTS. Ugh. Some of it was easier (the ab workout was pretty weak in comparison I thought but we’ll see what’s sore later), some of it was harder (hiya, cardio, you actually felt like a workout), and I can tell different muscles are sore. The plan is to stay with this another 6-7 days, and then move on to level 3 and finish the 4 weeks out there.

My impressions after a week-

The Good:

-It is a kick ass workout if you only have 30 minutes to spare from start to cooldown/stretch. Even a 5k takes me longer and that’s typically my shortest workout.

-You will most likely find some new awesome moves. Lunges + bicep curls? Painfully awesome!

-I haven’t been this sore and also felt this much improvement in the strength side of things in a while.

The Bad:

-While I definitely feel an intensity to it, I don’t think it’s enough time. I need some running, DDR, and yoga in there. 6 mins of cardio bursts per day doesn’t feel like it’s doing my running any service.

-The first week of almost utter and complete soreness made it really tough to WANT to do anything else. I had the best success going for runs immediately after shredding because I was warm (and might continue that trend on short and fast runs), but splitting workouts into morning and afternoon is NOT optimal with this as I cool down, get sore, and then have to get back into something else 9 hours later just as my body is starting to repair.

-It is rough on your body. I trained for a half marathon with very few aches and pains and this short workout gave me minor knee and ankle aches. I question whether doing it every day (ok, 5 days a week for me as I just don’t do a week with no rest days) or even consecutive days is good for you. As Jillian says it helps you adapt quickly, but at what cost?

-It’s boooooring doing the same things every day. I’m trying to follow instructions for now but I think I’d rather rotate between the levels during the week.

The verdict:

Gonna stick with it for the next 4 weeks, 5-6 days a week. After that – I think it gets thrown into the strength training rotation. I expect to look a little firmer once it’s done but I don’t expect miracles unless I really put a little more effort into my consumption. I think this would also be the PERFECT workout for crunch time at work when 30 mins is about what I’ve got and just do it every day before work.

I am going to make doing the shred my first priority. That is, if all I can do in a day is shred, that’s ok. I have 2 yogas, 2 DDRs, and 2 runs planned as well, but I have to listen to my body. If I’m going to die, I need to rest. I have 2 weeks post-shred before a 5 mile race, and then that week I start half training. I don’t want to come out of this weaker than I was. That being said, I cannot forsee doing this more than 2-3 times per week max if I want to also continue running.

Zliten also tried it yesterday. He has been complaining ever since. ::grin:: I don’t think he’s going to do the every day shredding, but it’s an option for him on days he doesn’t want to leave the house.

So, my dear internetians… I leave this in your hands to continue the discussion? Ever had TOM just completely sneak up on you and you thought you were going crazy? What’s everyone else think of the shred? What’s going on with your Tuesday?

Pictures from nataliedee.com… because they are adorable.

Where Everything Falls Apart

By Quix

On October 26, 2009

In Uncategorized

So my big thing is no guilt. No regrets. But it’s hard not to regret and rib yourself a bit if you treated yourself so poorly over the weekend that you are feeling physically ill about it. And by “you”, I mean me. Consider yourselves my proverbial priests, while I give you a full confessional. I’ll give you a play by play of the carnage.

My first mistake was going out Friday night. I knew I had a party lined up the next night, yet I couldn’t wait. I didn’t go too crazy and I ate well (I was a good girl and ordered chipotle tacos with meat, lettuce, salsa, and that’s it, and that was the worst thing food-wise I had all day), but there was definitely whiskey involved. And I was up until almost 5am. And I skipped the DDR part of my workout. Mostly because I was sore and wanted to die, but partly because I didn’t have time – friends were already over and food was sitting on the counter after Jillian kicked my butt.

My second mistake was sleeping in Saturday, lazing around, and then having to run all over town getting things for my costume. I missed my sixth day of Shred. Six days is more than I usually do, but considering 2 of those days were only 20 min shred workouts, I still owed myself a workout. And I didn’t do it.

My third mistake was following my advice for parties – I had a very small and what I thought was filling snack before I headed out, but I guess a gardenburger wasn’t enough. I was so seriously hungry I downed an OBSCENE amount of junk food there because I was STARVING. On top of that, I could only obtain a one liter of diet soda and had to move on after that to sugared punch and soda. Ugh.

My fourth mistake was lunch on Sunday. It wasn’t that it was so unhealthy – it was just so BAD. We went to try out what we thought was a new soup and salad bar, but it ended up being more of a straight buffet, and probably the worst one in town we’ve had thus far. Everything was fatty and greasy and bleh (except that salad, that was alright- but the topping bar was pretty small).

My fifth mistake? Not making up my skipped workout on Sunday. I had convinced myself somehow that I should rest today so I didn’t tire myself out, but I think it was more about the hangover. I usually punish myself by working through hangovers but not so much yesterday.

My sixth and final nail in the coffin was dinner. Calorie-wise, I was a freaking saint. We got chinese takeout and I had wonton soup, veggie delight, and one bite of orange chicken. And about half a cup of rice. The problem is – I ended up with a gigantic portion of the wonton soup + broth and it was especially salty, so I am Bloaty McBalloonperson today.

I will say some good things about this weekend though:

1. I didn’t partake of the late night fast food runs either night. I had a few fries off Zliten’s plate Friday but that’s it.

2. I did dance my ass of for a while at the party Saturday. Plus I was shopping for 3 hours – shopping is cardio, right?

3. I made good food choices with what I had to work with Sunday. I went for non fried stuff (minus one small taste of fried fish which was honestly the best thing on the buffet :P) and loaded up on veggies and non-sauce covered protein. Chinese, I ate probably just about the lowest calorie foods on the menu and was actually pretty satisfied with what I got instead of feeling diet-punished.

However, the truth is today the scale is saying unthinkable things that I am going to throw out as a mulligan. I’ll give myself a day or 2 being healthy to detox and I should be back in business. The problem: I have just about the same weekend to face next weekend. I have high hopes going into each weekend and then it all falls apart. It’s one hundred percent my fault. While I’d love to get persnickety about people around me not being the best influences and yadda yadda yadda, I am the one making the choices. I am the one who controls my destiny.

I am the one who had to have her heart jump out of her chest practically today because of what she saw on the scale. Yeah, it was that ridiculous. Who gains seven lbs in 2 days? That would be me, people. I am really going to have to get it together if I want to accomplish project: the last effing 20 lbs.

But really, all I can do is analyze, figure out how to be better next time, and move on. So that I will. This week, I will stop letting those close to me be enablers. If I choose to go out drinking and find myself hungry because of it, fuck it. Being hungry is not the worst thing in the world. If I have the strength to run a half marathon, and the capability to come up with a training plan – I can figure this out. I’m not a dumb bunny, but I sure played one this weekend.

So, I guess here is last week by the numbers:

Monday: under 1400 1500 calories, Shred Lvl 1, 30 mins DDR 5k run (had an itch to run, so I ran instead)

Tuesday: under 1400 1500 calories, Shred Lvl 1, 5k run 30 mins DDR (switched from Monday, and at lower intensity than normal because – um, sore!)

Wednesday: under 1400 1500 calories, Shred Level 1, 30 mins DDR yoga (was about to die from soreness so I yoga’d out)

Thursday: under 1400 1500 calories, Shred Level 1, 5 mile run 5k run (just didn’t have a 5 miler in me)

Friday: under 1500 1700 calories, Shred Level 1

Saturday: healthy eating until the Halloween party, Shred Level 1

Sunday: under 1500 calories (who knows), rest

So this week is:

Monday: under 1400 calories, Shred Lvl 1, 30 mins DDR

Tuesday: under 1400 calories, Shred Lvl 2, 5 mile run

Wednesday: under 1400 calories, Shred Level 2, yoga

Thursday: under 1400 calories, Shred Level 2, 5k run

Friday: under 1500 calories, Shred Level 2, 30 mins DDR

Saturday: under 2000 calories, Shred Level 2, yoga

Sunday: under 1500 calories, rest

So yes, pretty much a do-over of last week, and moving up to level 2 of the Shred. Since this post is already looking to be like a novel, I’ll talk more about the shred and other random stuff tomorrow.

How was your weekend? Anyone else want to pull up a chair to the confessional? If you had a saintly weekend, wanna give me some tips? 🙂

Pick Myself Up, Dust Myself Off

By Quix

On October 19, 2009

In Uncategorized

What is it about weekends? You are a perfect little saint all week, and then Friday hits and BAM! it’s on like donkey kong. It was like the sin trifecta – Staying up too late, eating and drinking too much, and not exercising come together to form the voltron of not sticking to my plan of awesome.

Thursday, there were a few drinks (but I totally budgeted for them so it barely counts). Friday, we stayed up until 5am playing Uncharted 2 and watching How I Met Your Mother season 4 and about 2am started mowing down on pistachios and jerky because I was HUNGRY (to be fair, it HAD been about 6 hours since I ate dinner so it made sense). Saturday was a WAY OVERBOARD drinking night and I think I might had tripped and fell face first into a handful or 2 of chips. Sunday, we went out to Italian and let’s just say I didn’t order the pasta with red sauce.

There were some successes this weekend though. Each choice, I actually evaluated in my head. Is it worth eating/drinking this if it might possibly negate some of the work I put in this week? Each instance, it was yes. Pistachios and jerky might have sent me a little over 1500 calories that day, but they were actually a pretty healthy snack. Saturday was a freaking blast and we found a great new hangout, and though I may have had a few chips, I turned down the 2am fast food run even though I was in the car and stayed up ’til almost sunrise again. Sunday, I hadn’t had Italian in a loooooong time and I split the meal between lunch and half of dinner. Spinach and chicken cannelloni in white sauce may not have been the best choice, but it was actually a pretty small portion. Also, I may not have formally worked out, but we spent most of the weekend shopping, so I was up and about.

So, nothing to do but move forward. No guilt, no regret. I had fun this weekend, and I’m starting the week at 157.4, which is better than last week. Onward and downward.

Today, I start the Shred. After thinking about it, I think I’m going to try and do it daily (perhaps give myself one day off per week if I need). I’m looking forward to it – I desperately need to try something different and ass kicking. I’m going to take measurements and photos tonight too since a lot of people lose inches doing that and not lbs. The full week plan is:

Monday: under 1400 calories, Shred Lvl 1, 30 mins DDR

Tuesday: under 1400 calories, Shred Lvl 1, 5k run

Wednesday: under 1400 calories, Shred Level 1, 30 mins DDR

Thursday: under 1400 calories, Shred Level 1, 5 mile run (need to start getting used to medium distances again if I’m going to run it on Thanksgiving)

Friday: under 1500 calories, Shred Level 1

Saturday: healthy eating until the Halloween party, Shred Level 1

Sunday: under 1500 calories, rest

If shredding proves to be enough of an ass-kicking, I may omit some of the DDR, but I need to get at least 2 runs in. Saturday night is a huge Halloween party which will have lots of yummy food and drink, so I’m going to just try to eat healthy up until then and be reasonable there. I think as long as I can follow the rest of my plan this week some indulgence there won’t kill me. I’ll let you know how it’s going next Monday (I think writing the wrap up on Friday made me feel somehow DONE with the week and then the weekend kinda went off into the weeds).

Shopping:

Sooo, I am loveloveloving the boots/tights/skirt or dress look this fall. Like this. I would so steal that entire outfit, I’m a sucker for plaid. So, I went out in search of some new things to apply to the bottom half of my body (I do need to get some new cold weather tops too, but I also need to clean out my closet and see what is too big first). I picked up two really cute dresses that are office appropriate and a good handful of skirts that are the same. I’m pretty set on basic tights now and I have some fun patterned ones, but if that’s really going to be my fall/winter “look”, I’m going to need some fun colors – a red and a blue at least would provide me some non-nude/black options if patterned tights aren’t an option.

As for the boots – I have a great pair of brown ones that should last this season, but my three pairs of black boots aren’t really cutting it. One I just need to throw out as the sole is split (but they are just so damn cute I haven’t yet), one are falling apart and need some shoe glue love (and I’m not sure if that will even save them), and my third pair is totally cute and WAY comfortable, but they are lace ups and take way too long to put on in the morning. So, to that end, I ended up traipsing through a bunch of different stores and after trying on all sorts, I ended up with something like this, except mine has a fold over at the top and was only 25 bucks *grin*.

After I purge the shoe closet soon, I think I’d like to pick up a more casual black boot (unless these end up being super comfy after breaking in), and a pair of non-boot black semi-dressy shoes. Something like maybe this or this. That should probably get me through. Now on the must have cold weather list is a black super warm jacket and I think I’m pretty set. I am honestly kind of OVER shopping right now since I spent all weekend doing it and STILL have to pick up a halloween costume. And eventually pick up some cold weather running gear. It’s a hard life.

So, what’s up in your world? Starting anything new and exciting like the shred today? What is your must have clothing items this fall? What are you going to be for Halloween? Anyone want to tell me I *should* feel guilty for this weekend? Ciao, lovelies, and I’ll see you mon-ya-nah.

Oh, and the pics are some pretty scary looking costumes from Costume Shopper.

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“Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.” – Mark Twain

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