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My boyfriend and I apparently have very different ideas when it comes to fashion. I am definitely not the high fashion, must have a Coach purse and a Burberry coat kinda girl. Quite the opposite. If I can find something that looks similar to these brands and costs less than, let's say, $30...it's mine! Keki, however, is a name-brand-having-fool. We were at Park Meadows Mall this weekend and he insisted on spending money at Lucky. Natch, $277....on four, yes 4, items. Craziness I tell ya! One pair of jeans for him and three tops for me....$277. The following day we went to Kohls and, mind you I only planned on spending about $75, bought two pairs of jeans and about 8 tops, all for me, for a grand total of $222. Much, much more reasonable. On top of the $100 we dropped at Target, I'd say we did our part in contributing to the (failing) national economy.

I went for a run on lunch today. I don't know why I thought it would be a great idea to run when it's 85 out, but run I did. My 5k is in three weeks and since my heel injury (playing football on the beach with my nephew, brother-in-law and boyfriend) has slowed me down a little bit, I'm trying to pick the pace back up. Like I said, all I want to do is finish. As long as I'm not last...or close to last...and I don't fall....or trip on the stairs at Red Rocks....all will be well. I can just see it: Red hair frizzed out from the cool morning, face looking like a tomato from not being used to running at altitude, shorts riding up my (still chubby) thighs, and I trip going up the stairs in the last part of the run. Okay, as an athlete I know all about using my mind to envision a picture perfect finish, running the whole race with ease and finishing with a personal best, but come on, don't tell me you can't see it too. Like some Saturday Night Live skit with Tina Fey as Sarah Palin, trying to shoot an eight-point buck and not being ready for the kickback from the shotgun and being sent flying right onto her butt. (BTW, what is with those horribly ugly jackets she keeps wearing? I guess it's an uptight Republican thing, but everyone knows she's hot -- no matter how much we Dems hate to admit it -- so why not try to get some other votes and dress the part? Just a suggestion...)

A girl I sorta knew in high school is trying to get a group of women together to do a sprint triathlon in the spring of '09. I am seriously considering doing it. I'll already have the run down and riding a bike for 12 miles isn't too big a deal. I'll definitely have to work on the swimming since I haven't swam 800 meters since I was a freshman in high school ( a really long time ago), but I think I can do it. If anyone has ever done a triathlon before or knows anyone who has, and has any suggestions, please let me know.

I'm going to sign off for now and pretend to actually do some work. Pray that I hear something about a new job soon. I need some change....