Late Monday Runday & Thanksgiving Recap!!

So once again my internet has been on the frits..

I can't complain too too much though because my landlord pays for it, not me.

So here is my most that I meant to post earlier.

As most of you know, The Victoria Secret Fashion Show is tonight.

After tonight I will be LIVING at the gym. 

Freals. 

I envy them and hate them all at the same time.

#girlproblems.

So here are my runs for the week:

Monday:

Miles: 2:01

Time: 19.01

Pace: 9:22/mile

Treadmill run. I wanted to speed up my pace. Due to my running partner, I have kind of slowed down a bit. I can't run as far on a treadmill but I can def speed up my runs!! I am pretty sure this run I was 1 of 4 people at the gym so that was also nice!! 

Miles: 5.00

Time: 54:00

Pace: 10:48/mile

Second run of the night. A freezing cold night run. Always a little slower at night because I can't see where I am going. Not a horrible pace though, we went up quite a few hills. Felt pretty good the entire way especially for the second run!!

Thursday:

Miles: 8.35

Time: 1:31:00

Pace: 10:54/mile

Ahhh Turkey Trot. I ran with my running partner from her house to families house for a delicious Thanksgiving breakfast!! The last half was pretty up hill but overall the pace was pretty good. Stopped only once for a bathroom break. I felt amazing though. No cramps, no sore legs, nothing!! Absolutely justified the amount of food that I ate later that night!! 


Total Miles: 15.35

Thanksgiving:

Oooohhh!!

Call me a domestic to be!!

Family came over to our new apartment for my first time ever cooking for Thanksgiving.

Let me tell you, for those who have never cooked Thanksgiving before, it is HARD work.

For those of you who have. I can empathize and give you sooo much credit!!

It ended up being absolutely perfect!!
I love love love being with my family.

Not to mention in my family we decorate for Christmas on Black Friday so we went out to cut down our tree!!

Now standing beautifully in my living room is a gorgeous tree!!

Little festive Pilgrim Hats thanks to Pinterest

Oreos

Peanut Butter Cups

Gel Frosting.

Yep, that's simple!!

xoxo.

150 + Lovely Followers Giveaway Winner!!!!

& the winner is!!?!?!?!?!

Cait from Fit Fierce& Fabulous!!

Congratulations Cait!!!

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xoxo!!

2011 Christmas Wish List ♥

Christmas Wish List!!!

All three of these from Define Design!

Burton Women's Jet Set Jacket

Burton Women's Feather Snowboard

Scott Women's Dana Snow Goggles

Burton Women's Chloe Beanie

Steve Madden® Tweed Double Breasted Coat with Oversize Collar

Pleated Rosette Sheath Dress

Foil Print Fold Over Yoga Pants

Embellished Cutout Neck Top with Banded Bottom

 Floral Lace Print Cami

Open Vest with Lace Back

Lashstash from Sephora

Sadly there is a lot more!!!

What are some of the things on your Christmas list!?

xoxo.

Monday Rundays

After more than a week of being sick, I finally got my stride back!!

I ended up having a horrible sinus infection, so I started off a little rough, 

but I feel like I will be back to my normal self by the end of next week.

Tuesday: 

Miles: 6

Time: 1:07

Pace: 11:09/mile

First run after being super sick. It was a nigh run which are never my favorite, but due to it getting dark at 4:45pm there is not much time to do anything else. I always have to go kind of slower due to the fact that I can't really see where the sidewalks are uneven or rocks. I tend to stumble like 20x. A good start nonetheless. A nice long distance!

Wednesday:

Miles: 5

Time: 55:00

Pace: 11:05/mile

Another night run. Hardly a faster pace than the last run, but a little better. Felt pretty good during this run and had I been running in the day time, I bet I would have been around a 10 minute mile pace. If only New York State could even out their sidewalks!

Saturday:

Miles: 7:56

Time: 1:20

Pace: 10:34

Ohmygoodness. The first half of this run was STRAIGHT up hill. My legs hardly felt like they were moving. They were heavy and hurt. I thought I was running at a snails pace. In fact I am pretty sure I saw a snail beat me. But the second half was nice and flat. My pace picked up quite nicely, enough to bring in a nice average pace at the end. The furthest I have been since my half marathon!! I am sore now, let me tell you!! Even my abs hurt, which NEVER hurt after running! I am gonna have to find me so more hills!

Week Total: 18.56

♥

Honeymoon body here I come!!

Ps. Today marks only 5 more months until our wedding!!!

♥

xoxo.

Bathroom Redecoration Take 2: The Finale!!!

Okay, the paint is all dry.

The bathroom is cleaned up.

The fixtures are put back on

& mostly everything is put back in to place!!!

So here it is:

Out with the tacky old rack, in with a towel rack.

Multi colored light switch.

Sink with some brushed nickel decor

We are still waiting for the brushed nickel switch covers for the outlet and the lights. 

Sadly no stores by us sell a three holed switch plate in silver.

Annoying!!

What do you think!?!?

xoxo.


Don't forget to enter my giveaway!!

Bathroom Redecoration Take 1!

  So if you follow me on twitter, which I hope you do 

You would know that Beau & I are in the process of redecorating our bathroom.

So after about 24 hours of painting, scraping, drilling & cleaning, we finished!!!

Ugly peeling fishing boarder

Messy counter

Ugly shelf thing & boarder

Removal of ugly boarder

Beau taping up the edges

Taping lines for the stipes

Beginning to paint lines

Add second coat

Peel off tape
& the grand finale!?.........
....
will have to be posted tomorrow.
Everything is still drying & not all the fixtures are back on the wall!!
xoxo




Ps. Enter my giveaway!!!

150 + Lovely Followers Giveaway!!!

Yes, that is right after quite sometime, I finally hit 150 + lovely followers!!!

That is right 150 + amazing lovely followers!!!!

I can not even handle my excitement right now!!!

In celebration of 150 + amazing followers and my horrid illness that has been infecting my body for 6+ days, I will be holding a super fun, relaxing bubbly giveaway!!!

With that being said!!! Dun Dun Dun

I will be giving away 3 amazing books

& one awesome lush bath bomb!!!

All three books are super different plots and brand new.

The Hunger Games (NY times best selling Suspense)

Cherries in the Snow (a story of lust love & lipstick)

& Hot Trash (Super mindless good beach read)

Bathbomb from Lush is Cinders

Which I actually just used mine the other day and found the crackling quite soothing!!

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Please enter before next Friday 11/18

 I am super excited!!

Thank you to everyone!!

xoxo!!

Fetch & Co. I'm Saving One Pup At A Time

So do you all remember my pup!?

Let me refresh your memory!!

Well If you remember him, you may remember that he got really sick in September 2010.

So sick that he almost died.

So sick that they gave him less than a 25% chance to live.

So sick that even if he did live, he would mostly likely have a life span of no longer than one year.

So sick that he lost all movement in his back legs.

So sick that he peed his puppy bed because he couldn't move. 

So sick that he didn't eat or drink water.

So sick that his fever was 106 (dog temps are naturally higher by a couple degrees).

So sick that there was nothing I could do but pray.

He suffered from Lyme Nephritis.

Which is when Lyme Disease is not diagnosed quickly enough and it spreads to the kidneys.

But I prayed and prayed & asked you all to pray and pray for him!

& luckily he survived!

He made it through and his levels are back to 100%

But I will never forget how devestated I was!

♥

Now another bloggers pup is going through another awful ordeal.

Ashley from Adventures of Newlyweds's Yorkie Poo Bella 

is suffering from a Luxating Patella

Here is a blurb from her blog:

"If you are new here you might have no idea what I am talking about so let me fill you in.

Meet Bella. She is my 10 month old yorkiepoo baby.

Over the past few months I had been noticing a small limp developing which turned into a skipping gait.  She wouldn't bear weight on her leg at certain times, and other times would seem fine.

A few days ago, after the limp became pretty severe, we were told that Bella has a luxating patella.

This requires surgery. A very, very expensive surgery.  Upwards of $1,500.00"

♥
Well to help save up the money to save her pup she has come up with an amazing Etsy shop called:

Visit Here
 On her site she sells adorable bracelets, necklaces, mugs, and even Christmas ornaments.
All the proceeds go to fixing baby Bella!!

 As soon as I pick my top faves, I will be ordering!!!
I hope you take some time to check it out.
If you can't order, spread the word!!
♥
xoxo

One Year Ago Today!

My boyfriend stayed up all night playing Call of Duty

One year ago today, I woke up in bed by myself.

One year ago today, my boyfriend was late coming home at 6am.

One year ago today, I wore light wash skinny jeans, a pink Charlotte Russe tank and a  gray cardigan.

One year ago today, I went to my diversity counseling class in a huge watermelon sized smile!

One year ago today my boyfriend got down on one knee.

One year ago today, my boyfriend became my fiance.

One year ago today, my fiance asked me to marry him 

♥

One year ago today, I became the happiest lady ever!!!

xoxo.

Whatcha Gon'do, Whatcha Gon'do When They Come For You!!! Jkk!!

So after work all sickly today, 

Beau send me a text that says

"I accidently ate all the shredded cheese on my salad, can you pick up more for the lasagna?"

My first thought was 

"How the heck did you use all that cheese"

My second thought was

"Guy is a bottomless pit"

So I popped in a cough drop for my wraspy frog voice and headed to the store.

Well I was cold, it was raining, 95 percent sure I had a fever and my body hurts, so I set off in attempts to find a close spot (I usually park far away).

So I find a spot for someone pulling out, put on my blinker and wait. 

Clearly, it was my spot.

After the car pulls out, I notice on the other side another car pulled up and put their blinker on.

My first thought, are you friggen serious?! I was clearly there first.

So what happens? They go for the spot!

The aggressive small car driver that I am, I gunned it and got in the spot.

As I walked into the store, I felt daggers of eyes death glaring me all the way in. 

So I pick up the shredded mozzarella cheese, orange juice, more cough drops and cereal and head to the cash register.

As I ring out probably infecting everyone at the cash register, I think to myself how did I not run into dagger eyes.

So I head outside and see dagger eyes parked right behind by car...

So i'm thinking uhmm okay. 

So me in my bad ass 4 inch stillettos and fancy blue dress pants & suit jacket and backwards name tag I say:

What seems to be the problem.

Her: You took my f****** spot. 

Me: I don't exactly agree with that, I had my blinker on before you were in the row.

Her: Youre a liar (Although sadly I don't think she used the correct version of youre)

Me: Well, I'm not lying but can you please move your car.

Her: Nope

Me: Well then that's going to be an issue.

Her: What are you going to do, call the cops?

Me: Pointing to the sticker in my car from the NYPD (Did I mention my uncles a cop)

Dagger eye girls friend: Oh s***, she is a cop.

Her: Oh man, I am so sorry, I didn't know.

Me: So you would do this to anyone who you don't think is a cop?

Her: No, it won't happen again.

Me: I better not see it again.

Her & Friend: Drive away in shame.

Btw, did I mention that I never even said a single thing about being a cop!?

I literally pointed to the sticker in my windshield!!

Ahahahah. 

Oh lord, that was fabulous.

My wraspy throat helped me feel pretty tough which was awesome!!

Moral of the story: Don't be a jerk and park behind people's cars?!

How rude. 

xoxo.