But not here – you’ll have to go visit the Chic Runner to get all the deets on the $75 towards Zensah compression products. I would prefer it if you DIDN’T enter, because that would lessen my chances, but I did promise to link to the contest, so here it is.
contests
Win Shoes!
You all know my deep & abiding love for shoes…and now you know how generous I am. I am linking to a blog entry that will allow you to enter for a chance to win a new pair of shoes (or at least $75 worth of shoes….). I am doing this because I love you readers. Although, if you forgot to go enter, that would make my chances a little better, and if I did win, I would post pictures of my new shoes (because again, I am a giver)!
So – go visit Steve (you should be visiting Steve on a regular basis anyway – that is one fantastic blog) and enter (or not) to win a gift certificate from onlineshoes.com (which contrary to what I told Steve in my blog comment may be the one online shoe store I’ve never purchased a pair of shoes from).
Happy Monday!
WINNER!!!!
This morning, I counted the contest entries from my Tuesday product review (actually, I just looked, and there were 10, not counting my own) & went to a random number generator site.
Commenter #1 was pulled out of the hat!
I have notified the winner, and she will be receiving her very own pair of performance grips later this week! Now she will have no excuses to not do more strength training! Emily – let me know how you like them!
In other news, I didn’t get my walk in yesterday, but the architect & I did go for a run together this morning. We ran just over 2 miles (although I forgot to hit my lap button when we switched from running to walking so I just counted the 1st two miles). We were pretty speedy this morning – the first mile was 10:08 & the second was 10:30.
I have a long run planned tomorrow with Junk Miles.
And lastly, I just want to wish the Ambitious One & Mr. Pi good luck on their marathon tomorrow. I know she’s feeling much better after her diagnosis of bronchitis earlier this week (something about 70 degrees & sunshine, I think she said), but am not sure if she decided to run the full marathon or the half.
Busy busy busy
Even though I am not at the job that gives me a bi-weekly check, I am busy this morning. I researched & wrote my Wednesday shoe porn post (that is SUCH hard work). I wrote tomorrow’s product review/contest post – I need one more product test tomorrow morning before hitting ‘publish’ on that one. I am writing THIS post! I tell you, the work never ends.
I love my Monday project days. Today is when I don’t do ANY housework. I work on blog stuff. I work on other writing stuff. I hit the library. I Bikram. I finally remember to pick up my damn boots already!
This week, I didn’t lose any weight – which is a little sad, although not if you think about the eleventy-million beers I had last night (to wash down the eleventy-million cups of coffee I had at brunch).
I still have a headache (which I believe to be completely unrelated to either the beer or the coffee). I am a bit concerned about the inversions at Bikram – I hope my head doesn’t fall off & roll away like it did when I was doing yoga at home on Saturday – that could be awkward!
I also wanted to share some of the wonderful things that have come my way over the last few weeks. I’ve had an incredibly lucky couple of months – between winning some cool stuff & getting a totally unexpected but awesomely cool gift & finishing some awesome home improvement projects. So, after a 3 month hiatus, here is the return of the Monday photo essay.
I have won so many things in the last few weeks – it’s been super awesome.
From Mizfit - I got 5 coupons for free Blue Bunny ice cream!
From ABDPBT - I got the awesome $100 gift card (and totally spent it on Target stuff & a night out with a friend – woot!)
From Back in Skinny Jeans – I won the Sephora/OPI nail polish – the color? Skinny Jeans, of course!
From Leslie at Never Say Diet – I won the edible arrangements – see what was inside!
Saturday, I got the most awesome package in the mail! My awesomest friend Margaret (she of the rum, and the scrabble, and the Prada shoes (which were the very first shoe porn shoes) sent me this beautiful hand-woven rug. From Pakistan, I’m guessing, since that’s where she lives now.
Isn’t that gorgeous? It totally puts our machine woven rug to shame! So beautiful. Isn’t Margaret the best? Shouldn’t she move to Portland?
Other things that got done – my beautimous new shelves that will soon be host to a variety of green & growing things:
And, finally, the rainbarrels are DONE, bitches! Done & full. I think I might need 50 rainbarrels to effectively harvest Portland’s rain. That is two 55-gallon drums completely full since Tuesday. Anyone need rain water? It’s great for houseplants (I think now I need a watering can!).
I am trying really hard to stay positive. Between the still-present headache, the work stress & the still-absent sun, it’s turning out to be a hard month. I know that on February 24, the sun will rise before 7 AM for the first time (incidentally, that’s my birthday), and that it’s all uphill from here, but January SUCKS, people. This year seems much harder than last year – which I am completely attributing to the fact that I’m not outside running during my lunch hour 3 times a week. I really can’t make that work at my new job – the one thing that I really miss about the last job. BUT – as soon as it’s light until 6ish or so, I’m hitting the trails near my current work at least twice a week AFTER work. And I can’t wait!
Now that THAT’S over….
It’s [insert the December holiday of your choice] time! And, if you picked Christmas, but have not yet purchased some Christmas cards, I am here to help!
There is a wonderful assortment of cards available at The Onion (as well as some gift boxes, if you have that kind of expendable income).
AND – if you leave a comment on this post between now & December 4 at 11:59 PM (Pacific time), you will be entered to win a fabulous winter holiday gift basket. It is fabulous because I say so, obviously. It is a sampling of the fantastic nearly free, but still classy gifts that I will be gifting those who usually get gifts. You can keep the wonderfulness for yourself, or you can specify a recipient (thus cutting down on your gift budget this year).
Items may include: bath salts, pumpkin butter, cookie collections, maybe something more manly than bath salts, and definitely something chocolate. And probably a surprise (as I’m still working out the details).
