Even when colds suck, there's nothing like spending a whole day in sweats, alternating between couch and computer. :) I got a lot done, actually, despite my laziness. I caught up on How I Met Your Mother (a big thanks to tacologic and alcestis for introducing me to the show!), watched Van Wilder, bought an overdue engagement gift online and watched raw footage from ( Read more... )

Pictures from the walk, courtesy of laughingirl!

Running sneakers: $90
Various pairs of socks: $30
Money raised for the Avon Breast Cancer Foundation: $3,085

Walking 39.3 miles and not getting ANY new blisters? PRICELESS

It will be hard to even begin to describe how awesome this weekend was, and I'm sure laughingirl will come through soon with photos, but I was so surprised at how much I enjoyed walking ( Read more... )

Sitting here in my fuzzy pink socks after a nice hot shower, and actually don't feel too bad, save for a lotta heartburn (probably from all the cupcakes/chocolate brownies/enchilada I had. After all, calories don't count when you walk 26.2 miles!) and achey calves/thighs. Not looking forward to getting up at 5:30, but it's to bed in a few...

It's going to be a looooong day.

As some of you may know, today's the big YK, aka the Day of No Food (Until We Have an Awesome Brunch-y Thing Hosted By Stepbrother-in-Law's In-Laws). selftoken has to study, so we're skipping out on the big to-do at Temple Emanu-El. In fact, right now he's reading comp-sci that I don't understand to me out loud. Yes, like I ( Read more... )

selftoken and I have tickets to the Freedy Johnston show tonight, but he has to stay late at school to do some group work thing. I have an extra ticket. The show's at 9:30 at Mo Pitkins. Tickets were $15 each. If you're interested, please comment ( Read more... )

Apparently there is some eColi outbreak that they think might be linked to bagged spinach ( Read more... )

I love the fact that I have a Trader Joe's just 8 minutes away from my office. First of all, I can get 2 weeks' worth of lunch and snacks for just 35 bucks! And decent things, like veggie burgers and organic burritos (although, the burgers they have other than the Nirvana burgers are kind of eh. Good thing I have organic ketchup!). I can get ( Read more... )

This weekend was full of some interesting suprises. It held the birthdays of two wonderful friends, blergeatkitty and laughingirl, with two different celebratory events. One of them commenced Saturday morning with what was supposed to be an 18-mile walk around the border of Manhattan to train for the Avon Walk. I'm really enjoying the training walks, despite the chunk of ( Read more... )

OK girlies (and shoe-interested guys). I need some fall office shoes, and decided to scour Zappos because, A. They actually carry my size (4.5), and B. Carry some less expensive models than the special "petite shoe store" on the Upper East Side that pretty much only sells Anne Klein, Stuart Weitzman and Marc Jacobs. If I had $200 to blow on shoes ( Read more... )