It’s hot as Hades here in Atlanta and humid to boot – but after MM reminding me that I have a half to train for and them a full marathon in January I headed out for a run this morning. Miserable? – Yep. Imagine running in a steam room or a sauna. I started thinking I’d do 8miles, then changed my mind to 6miles after heading out of the door, then after 2miles decided 4 would be just manageable. Ah well as Nike say ‘you either ran today or you didn’t’ and I did.
It helped a little that I had some super cute Lululemon attire to wear. Not sure what is going on with Lululemon at the moment – their Facebook page has been covered in complaints about colors bleeding and changing after wear – not good – especially at their price points. Their response is a little fishy stating that it depends on the wearer’s pH – hmmm – Nike don’t seem to have this issue so seems fairly odd to blame imperfections on your paying customer. We’ll see how it evolves. I have one incidence of color bleed on my blurred blossom pace setter skirt where the flash pink waist band bled into the skirt at the back during a wash – not happy as I always wash sports gear on cold. Having said that I adore the pace setter skirts and have yet to find anything more comfortable or flattering to run in.
Pre-run this morning – Lululemon pace setter skirt in seaside dot, run swiftly tank in black, Newtons and bed hair:
After sweating my t*ts off I had an hour to fill before picking Poppy up from tennis camp. Foolishly I decided to head to Zara to ‘browse’ their sale racks. I had palpitations the moment I walked in. The racks were packed with huge mark downs on items that I hadn’t seen before as I only started shopping in Zara around May time. Within 10mins my arms were laden with tops, pants and jackets to try…it was like the Krypton Factor, or It’s a Knockout for more hilarity – I kept looking at the time worried about leaving my daughter stranded with her tennis racket. In the end I decided that jackets were not needed as I have bought quite a few, especially my favorite Zara jersey jackets. Prioritizing I decided to try the tops – I wear jeans so often that having a great selection of tops to wear for casual and ‘going out’ is beneficial (nearly wrote essential – but they’re not really!). Plus the tops were dirt cheap – the most I paid for one was $25 – the others were $15 or $10 – brilliant!
The first is this lovely black long sleeved tee with skinny arms and a zip up the back – the zip is a bit too yellowy gold right now but it should fade with wear. It will look great with jeans or my leopard print crops.
Then I got this lovely off white top – it’s knitted at the front and has a longer silky back – great for a night out with the girls!
This pink long sleeved tee is gorgeous and so soft – I can imagine wearing it under a jacket for work or with shorts around the house.
Here’s my favorite purchase – I think it is some sort of animal print at the front – and it is silky with a matte/stretchy material at the back – again a little longer at the back. It’ll look great with black jeans or under a black jacket.
Now I’m off to take Hugh for a haircut – this could be the day all his locks go – he has been asking for it short for a while and I’ve resisted as he has such gorgeous long hair but I’m getting so irritated with people mistaking him for a girl…you’d think no guys in the US ever had long hair – it only happens over here and I am completely befuddled by it as to me he is obviously ALL boy!
Today I wore my new H&M purchase – the bird print dress I got back in England for a bargain of 12.99 GBP – it’s lovely and stretchy and has a cute flirty skirt to it. I’m wearing my pink Tory Burch Revas with it for a splash of color.
Happy weekend y’all!
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