~ Qapla'! ~
Woke up to snow on the ground this morning. After work today, I'm going to zip off to the Owyhees to ride the race course once more before the big day (which is this weekend). Hopefully, it won't be snowing during my ride. I'm going to time myself to ascertain whether I'm in the running to compete with the racers in my category from last year. I haven't been training nearly as much as I had hoped. I have, at least, been putting in some long spin sessions at the gym, but it's not the same.
I had my incredibly tedious budget class last night. There seems to be general consensus that this is a truely torturously boring class. Ah well, it'll be over soon enough.
I seem to have simmer-downed a bit on the knitting end. You may have noted that, for some time, I was going bananas over knitting. Right now, I'm finishing up a sleeve on a seemless v-neck cardigan. I'm trying to decide if I should re-knit a section of the lower body (it may be too tight). I haven't picked up Iceland in about a week.
In the way of going bananas, I have been shopping without dropping! Two weekends ago, I purchased three pairs of discounted high-end jeans. I love them. One pair is a nicely-fitting pair of Joe's, another is an awesome pair of Audrey Hepburn-ish Hudson's, and another J-Brand grey skinnies. I bought all of them at less than the full cost of one pair. Which I felt pretty good about...in fact, Qapla'! In the way of shoes, I'm getting to the point of needing to throw away several pairs of shoes that I have worn the soles away. Also, except for the snow, I'm certain that flip flop weather is just around the corner and I have been eagerly searching for a pair of flops. As I do an incredible amount of walking, I have decided that I am the sort of person who absolutely must have high quality ergo footwear. This weekend, I splurged on a pair of Ugg Tasmina's which are the embodiment of comfortable glory! The salesperson swore to me that these flops will "last forever" even after I tried to explain to her exactly how much walking I do on an average summer day. Normally, I wear through about two or three pairs of cheapo flops during a single summer...so we'll see how the Uggs last. Even if they can get me through the whole summer, they're worth it.