RAMBLINGS OF A MONDAY AFTERNOON

Monday, Monday.

1.  Anyone else completely stoked about the weather this week?!  Right now, it's still kind of dreary, but the end of the week is going to be upper 70's!  Woohoo!

2.  I went to Plato's Closet today.  The one in our area just moved to a huge location and it was really nice.  I went on a whim and ended up getting a few things.  Since it seemed silly to pay for everything when I had a bunch of stuff at home to sell, I ran home and grabbed my loot.  The ended up taking only about 6 pairs of shoes - for only $15.  This is my biggest complaint about PC, though.  Their buying criteria sucks.  But, I just kept repeating to myself "sustainable fashion, sustainable fashion."  I did end up with a few cute pieces for only $8 after my credit, but it's still not nearly as fun as thrifting.  And while part of me felt like I had sold my soul to the devil, the other part thinks that because I only sold heels, it was more like selling the devil back to the devil.  Hmmm ... chew on that.

3.  I ran a 5K yesterday.  For the first time in over a year, I'm totally back into a running routine and was really looking forward to whopping my time from the New Year's Eve run.  It was the most unorganized race I've ever run, so we ended up having to yield to traffic and run around pedestrians coming down the last stretch, because no one seemed to make much of an effort to point out that there was a race going on.  Whatever.  The worst part is that is was cold and started raining right before we started.  I was so pumped and felt amazing about my run until I crossed the finish line and heard the time.  It was even longer than my NYE time!  WTF?!  So at first I thought it was just the rain, but after I started thinking about the route, I had another idea.  Sure enough, I went home and plotted the race into gmaps-pedometer to find that the course was 3.45 miles, not 3.1 (5K).  In that case, my time was awesome and I was happy again.  Just wet and cold.  Here's a little sneak peek of what I look like after running a 5K (+ about .25 miles)

They're pretty blurry, but it was raining and John was having a hard time focusing.

That blur on the right is me.  Apparently, it was an attempt at an action shot.  hehe

And this is me totally P.O.'d at my time.  Fun fact:  even my running pants are thrifted :)

4.  I had a lovely breakfast this morning with a very lovely lady again.  If you don't have a weekly breakfast date with someone you love, I highly recommend it.  It's the perfect start to the week.

5.  After a brief hiatus due to other projects, I have finally gotten back to my Etsy shop.  Look for the official announcement later today or tomorrow.  Hurrah!