Friday Musings #10

This is going to be me tomorrow. Except a LOT more green. I'm running my first ever 1/2 marathon (of the Rock n' Roll variety.) I've actually trained for it so hopefully it wont be too bad, but I'm still a little nervous thinking I have to run 13.1 miles 18 hours from now.

If you haven't seen Run Fatboy Run - you should go rent it immediately. Not only does it have a SUPERB cast (I LOVE YOU SIMON PEGG) it is hilarious and heart warming all at the same time. It's about a man who tries to run the London Marathon to win back his ex.Whenever I run I just think of this movie and it makes me laugh and forget how I'm dying slowly. At least I have this to look forward to afterwards:

Happy St. Patrick's Day!! 

Somebody's Stolen Me Lucky Charms!

Two years ago St. Patrick's Day was on a Wednesday, the night I have bible study. The girls in my study decided we should all bring green desserts in honor of the day. We had green éclair cake (our study's signature dessert!), green jello jigglers (in the shape of the great state of Virginia!), green lemon bars, and I made cupcakes (of course).

I put a lucky charm on the top of each one. Nothing too fancy, but cute for St. Patty's when you're in a time crunch. And then you have a whole box of Lucky Charms left over to eat! WIN.

Shamrock Gift Bags

I couldn't find St. Patrick's Day themed gift bags anywhere. Even Target didn't have much in their dollar bins! I ended up buying up their green supply of mini Easter baskets and then a few blue ones as well. 

I bought green sparkly shamrock foam stickers at Michaels and put them on the baskets to make my own gift bags. I also bought large foam shamrocks and used them as a thank you note.

Next year I'll have to look at party stores and online!

Friday Musings #7

Baking a lot this week was fun and delicious but also caused me to gain approximately 800 lbs. It's hard to cut back on the sugar when you've been ingesting it all week. Luckily I'm also training for a half marathon so hopefully I can burn a lot of those excess calories off in my long run this weekend. The half marathon is on St. Patrick's Day. I need to find a cute running outfit. I wanted a green sequined running skirt but they're around $30. I looked in fabric stores and can't find what I want either. My only hope is that target will sell something similar in the little girls section closer to the race. If I can't find that, maybe I'll resort to dressing like this kid:

Beard and all!