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hey — what happened to noblocleanmo?

November 24, 2008UncategorizedNaBloPoMo 2008, NoBloCleanMo, shoesLauren @ mostly i run

I was off to a good start trying to do a little cleaning up around here. I was pretty focused … for the first two weeks.

At this point I’m looking at complete failure.

But the month isn’t over yet. We do have a long weekend coming up, so maybe I’ll be able to get rid of a few messes here and there.

I’ve got a bit of an emergency situation going on in my closet. I’ve pulled out nearly all of my fall/winter shoes without storing the spring/summer ones. It just took me 15 minutes to find a match to one of my shoe options for tomorrow. (Yes, I have options planned. It is raining now, and tomorrow’s weather will influence my decision.)

Did I clean up any shoes during my search?

Nope. Just moved them around.

See, I have an idea in my head to catalog all of my shoes. I want to build a shoe database. (Yes, I am a dork.) And I’ll be teaching myself a new (to me) technology in the process.

What I’m teaching myself will be helpful for my job, so it’s not just something goofy. But it will probably take a while to get a system in place. I’ve been putting off organizing my shoes because I want to build my database first.

I think it’s getting too bad to wait, though. I may have to start with a spreadsheet!

dead flowers, crunchy leaves and autumn skies

November 23, 2008UncategorizedNaBloPoMo 2008, weekly winnersLauren @ mostly i run

November 16-22, 2008

Summer is definitely over.

We got a dusting of snow on Friday night, and a little bit was still around Saturday morning.

Finally, the sky was really interesting one night as I was leaving work.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have any place to put the camera for a clearer shot … other than the roof of the car!

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no boots for me*

November 22, 2008UncategorizedNaBloPoMo 2008, shoesLauren @ mostly i run

A few days ago, I placed an online order at Ann Taylor for these:

While I do already have a pair of tall high-heel boots, they’re a few years old and starting to show their age. Also, I’m guessing with the original price of $228, these would have been much nicer. These are dressier, too, so I would still wear both until the old ones wear out completely.

They were marked down substantially and I applied a coupon to bring the final cost to $66 after tax. Amazing deal, right?

Well, it was too good to be true. I just got an email today telling me there was an “incident” with my order. The boots were sold out before my order was fulfilled.

Boo! Isn’t online shopping inventory updated in real time? I’ve definitely had things sell out before I could place my order on a few occasions.

The note said my order was shipped without the boots. I really hope that was a mistake from a standard form-letter response, because that would mean there is an empty box in the mail for me. At least I got free shipping.

They didn’t even offer a discount when they were “apologizing for the inconvenience” of screwing up my order. This has happened once before at Piperlime.com (again with the shoes!), and they sent a coupon.

I always have coupons, but it still would have been the nice thing to do.

I have quite the order history with them!

* Well, there should be some ankle boots in the mail from a recent Ann Taylor LOFT order. That one has already shipped, and I received no “order incident” messages, so I’m assuming the boots are in the box.

it’s snowing!

November 21, 2008UncategorizedNaBloPoMo 2008Lauren @ mostly i run

Well, maybe just a dusting …

OK, fine. A single snow cloud sneezed on my back deck.

And in the hour or so it’s been since I took these photos, most of it has blown away.

That’s a good thing — tomorrow morning will be my first run of the season in truly cold weather. I’ll be much happier without snow on the ground!

a few of my favorite things

November 20, 2008Uncategorizedmy favorite things, NaBloPoMo 2008Lauren @ mostly i run

I was inspired by Gretchen to share some of the items I’m loving right now. Also, I didn’t have anything else to blog about tonight!

Sunsilk Sea Mist from the Waves of Envy line.

My hair is naturally curly, but the curls don’t behave well on their own. If left to air dry without any hair products, I’m left with a fluffy, frizzy mess.

For years I’ve been playing around with different products, and I’ve learned I need to use a gel/cream/mousse of some sort first, followed by a spray to keep the frizz away. The problem that always resulted, though, was crunchy or sticky hair.

The Sea Mist gives my curls definition, without the crunchy/sticky feeling. I do still like to put something else in first for some hold, but it can stand alone. And it’s cheap!

Trader Joe’s Baked Cheese Crunchies.

Uh oh — we’re almost out! Last time we went to Trader Joe’s, we picked up three bags. I know I ate the first two. My husband had this last bag in the basement (aka his playroom) so I had to go downstairs to retrieve it.

Me: I need to borrow the cheese crunchies.

Him: You can take them upstairs before I finish it.

Me: I’m not planning on eating them. I just need to take a photo.

(I couldn’t finish that sentence without laughing.)

My new laptop.
(Well, I bought it a month or so ago.)

Now I can blog / shop / attempt to make Google Reader stop saying I have 1000+ unread items while spending some quality time with the DVR!