I added 1 hour to my life today!

How was your day?

Today is the start of the American Heart Association's National Start! Walking campaign. The idea behind it is to raise awareness of how good walking really is for you and to support the fight against heart disease. Did you know that for every hour of regular, vigorous exercise that you do, you gain 2 hours of life? How cool is that?

The company I work for decided to participate in this campaign, so along with a few of my fellow co-workers, we took a 30 minute walk today to kick it off. I felt really good afterwards - unfortunately, it's been awhile since I've exercised since I haven't been feeling well lately and life has just been too darn busy. I usually get a little sleepy during the day (as do most of us who work behind a desk), and this was just the pick-me-up I needed to get me through the rest of my day. And, I added an hour to my life - woo hoo!

So go and do something nice for yourself and your family by extending your life a little bit. And who knows? Maybe you'll make it a regular routine and end up adding years to your life.

Happy walking!

I heart Crossroads Trading Company.

So after my little lament on Saturday about finding that cute red shirt on the Anthropologie website, I took a little trip over to Crossroads Trading Company after I finished running some errands, and I am SO glad I did. For those not familiar, Crossroads is a thrift store that sells gently used clothing for DIRT CHEAP. I go in usually once a season to see what's new, and I decided that Saturday (being my favorite day of the week anyway) would be a great time to see what they've gotten for spring.

I found this:











And this:













And these:










And these (complete with a cat toy in the picture) :













And I got it all for $60. The shopping gods were smiling on me! A special shout out to the cashier who talked me into buying the brown shoes, because they're FIERCE!

The moral of the story is, GO TO CROSSROADS! They're awesome and they have really great clothing. You'll thank me later, girls! :)

Curse you, Anthropologie!!

Occasionally I go to the Anthropologie website to gawk and gaze at their beautiful, fashionable pieces, so since it's the weekend and I'm feeling like window shopping, I decided to take a look.

And I found this lovely, lovely skirt:













And then this adorable shirt:













And then this other adorable shirt:













Oh Anthropologie, why must you torture and taunt me so with beautiful items that I cannot afford?? It hurts my poor little shopper's heart! Le sigh.

Trader Joe's has created a monster.

People, I'm warning you now - DO NOT BUY THE DARK CHOCOLATE COVERED JO-JO'S AT TRADER JOE'S. They have been manufactured with crack and you will not be able to stop eating them. Jo-Jo's are Trader Joe's version of an Oreo cookie (so they're not quite as bad for you as the real ones), and they smother them in a robe of dark chocolate and then throw a bunch of them in one of their little plastic containers. And one serving is one cookie. HA. HA. Ha ha ha ha ha!

And because I am an addict, I will probably be buying another container tomorrow.

I really wish I had something more exciting to say, but it's Friday night and I am so tired. Amazing how laying in bed for half of the week can still make you tired, but it does.

Looking forward to tomorrow - Saturdays are the best!!

A-MRAZ-ing weekend.

A few of my relatives and I went to visit my cousin who lives in Santa Cruz this past weekend. She moved there a year and a half ago, and sadly, this is the first time I've been to visit her. Her and my sister and I went to see Jason Mraz at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz on Friday night, and it was AWESOME: probably one of the best concerts I've ever been to. He's such an amazing singer - I can't even really put into words how great he was. The guy that opened for him, Bushwalla, was a lot of fun - he sang a song about how riding a bike is not very conducive to meeting women. The chorus of that song was "It's hard to be a gangster with a basket on your bike." Hilarious!

We spent Saturday walking around Capitola, eating pizza from Pizza My Heart (yum!), walking around downtown Santa Cruz, and then capped it all off with dinner at a place called Hula's. I had the Thai Chicken Bowl, and it was DELICIOUS. Unfortunately, I wasn't that hungry since we'd spent the entire day eating, but it was still really good - definitely a place to go back to.
I also got to see my cousin's cottage (so cute!) and the school where she teaches (also cute!). I only wish we'd had more time to spend - it went way too fast! Here are a few pictures from the weekend:

Me (left) and my cousin at the concert Friday night.

Me, my mom and my sister at the restaurant on Saturday night.

My aunt and my two cousins at dinner on Saturday night. Nice face, Kristie!!

Thanks to Kristie for showing us around all day Saturday. We all had a great time!!

Sick...again.

Sadly, I have come down with yet another cold, so I won't be posting anything exciting tonight. Sorry to disappoint all my fans. I'm off to rest and recuperate so I can tell you all about this past weekend.

Wish me well.

Quandary of the day!

OK girls - here's a tricky one for you.

What sort of outfit would the off white shoes go with?

I adore them and think they are so very cute, but I'm having a difficult time figuring out what to wear them with. If I can't come up with anything, I won't order them. So far, I've decided they'll go with my fancier work jeans, but with what color top?

Such trying times, aren't they?