Yahoo & New Running Shoes!

Today was a stressful day - won't bore you with the details but let me just say when you coordinate with IT peeps, they speak in a completely different language at times. Very frus-tra-ting. I was literally putting my phone on mute and banging my head on my desk while moaning. was that bad.  And I am fairly certain the IT dude was doing the same thing I was. Sigh....onward, upward & moving toward the positive....

I had my first weigh in since my "reality check weigh in" a week ago and YAHOO - I lost 6.8 lbs :) yeah! It's a good start for sure :) I was late for the meeting so I just chatted with the lady at the desk and we went through all my weigh-ins on the computer all the way back to 2005. Holy lord - major wake up call to see how much LESS I weighed five years ago. Dang. Time to find that girl again :)

So - I know it is bad to be late to the meeting, then even worse to chat it up with the desk chicky instead of actually going into the meeting but - i did have a good excuse for my tardiness :)

NEW RUNNING SHOES!!!!!!!!!!!

Aren't they beauts?? I cannot wait to test these bad boys out this weekend - I have been wanting to go into a specialty running store and get measured/fitted to find my perfect running shoe for some time now. I finally did it today - this is my Christmas present to me :) Well, guess it is a NYE present now but - YEAH! Love them!!

I went to FleetFeet in Fenton as this is by my job and wow, was the guy helpful and very thorough! He measured my feet, felt my arches, made me stand/sit/run with each pair I tried on (five!) - how is that for customer service! I knew as soon as I put these on that these were the ones for me....and they were not even the cutest ones ;) But they felt fantastic on my feet....they are Brooks Adrenaline GTS 12's. I've never owned Brooks before but I have a feeling this will be my first of many! I really learned a lot - how to lace shoes to prevent them from slipping off my heel (i have small ankles),  and that you really need to buy running shoes at least one size bigger than your normal shoe size to accommodate the action/movement of running and giving your toes rooms to stretch.

I also bought these inserts that Tiff has been telling me to buy for the past 2 years.... they also recommended them and they felt fantastic in the shoes - perfect fit!

And of course I needed new running socks! He said these were the bomb and that cotton running socks are the devil. So - I bought one in each color :)

I also picked up this cute hairband to keep my hair back and sweat out of my eyes. Love the skulls! :)

So ya see - i did have a good excuse for being late, shopping with a purpose! Cheers and Happy Friday Eve Y'all! Off to watch Anthony Bourdain eat tripe tacos! Cheers! :)