Tomorrow is the Mercedes marathon here in Birmingham. I 'm going to run the half marathon in the morning, not the full marathon. My friend L and I went to the expo today to pick up our race numbers/chips and shopped a little bit. I found some really great deals on half off running pants and a long sleeve running shirt. I also bought another pair of compression socks, pink, of course, and a head band to match.
I tried to explain to the Murph how much money I saved on everything, but I don't think he bought it. I really did have a gift certificate to the The Trak Shak, a local running shop, that I needed to use. That took even more than half off my purchases. Win Win!!
A group of girl scouts were at the expo selling cookies so I bought some boxes just to support the girl scouts, you know. I got a box of Thin Mints for the Murph, but he wasn't as thrilled about them as I thought he would be. Apparently, he's eaten a ton of girl scouts cookies in his life when his daughter was in the Brownies and her mom was the Brownie leader. He had boxes to last all year. Oh well, they won't go to waste!
I looked at the weather for tomorrow and discovered that it isn't going to be as cold as I thought it was going to be. Nope. Instead of the 22F that was forecast earlier in the week, now it's saying that it's going to be a balmy 29F at the 7 a.m. start and sunny! No snow, no rain, no windchill! I'll take it!
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Good luck on your marathon today. I hope things go well for you. And my mom used to get girl guide cookies all the time, which likely explains why I get heartburn from mint as an adult.
ReplyDeleteYou and my wife have something in common too. When she goes shopping, she'll spend a bunch of money, but when my jaw drops, she explains that the stuff was on sale, therefore saving me money. You girls are great.
The thin mints were my favorite until I had to give up chocolate (migraine trigger). I'll probably just eat those thin mints anyway and take my chances!
DeleteThe Murph always says " Yes, but think how much money you would have saved if you hadn't bought those things that you don't really need in the first place." But it's too late by then. Already got them!
Good luck! (not that you need it..)
ReplyDeleteNice purchases.
Yes I need all the luck I can get just to get my butt out of bed! It's hard when I have the Murph on one side of me and Cadence snuggled in purring on the other side. And did I mention it was a little COLD outside too! I wore my new outfit on the run today. I liked it! Not as much as lulemon though.
DeleteBy this time I imagine you are done! I hope you had a good run, I love 1/2 marathons!
ReplyDeleteI had a great run! I do like half marathons better than whole ones. I can't walk after doing whole ones!
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