• We’re going to Buffalo this weekend. I was supposed to see Justin Timberlake but his show has been postponed due to bruised vocal chords. My boo is going to Metallica with his friends and I am going to spend the weekend with his family, do a little shopping, and doing some wedding hair trials. I’m v. excited. 
• If consistency is key in losing weight (which we know that it is) then I am on track for success. I have been consistently doing my workouts over the last few weeks and eating well and it is starting to show. I am seeing a slight movement to the scale. Not much, but slight. And I will take it.
• I am currently thinking about applying for a job at my university as a part-time adjunct instructor of public speaking. They generally require a masters degree (which I do not have) BUT with this being such a shallow pool of applicants and the fact that I know the department head quite well, I MAY have a chance. It would just be something good to put on my resume in addition to my current title as Director of Media Relations. I need to ask my boss if I can apply first, and she has been out all week for events in DC. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?
• I am going to Orlando next weekend for the American Marketing Association Higher Ed Conference. My co-workers and I are going down a day early and hitting up Harry Potter World and I am SUPER excited! I went in 2015 but am always up for HP World. 
• Ingrid Michaelson has a new Christmas album out today. It is lovely and makes me very excited to start listening to Christmas music soon. Before Halloween is even too early for me! 🙂
• However! I did order some limited edition peppermint crunch Quest protein bars that are arriving today from Amazon. I am very excited to try them.

Have a great weekend, cats!

Hello friends!

Check me out! I did my hair today! Go team! I also picked out my outfit last night so it was super easy getting ready today. I love when a plan comes together!

In other news…

• I’ve started Christmas shopping. I bought my mom something today (though it might be for her birthday, as that’s December 14) and I bought my fiance something last night. I also have started addressing our Christmas cards and ordered Christmas stamps for them as well. I really want to be done with all of my shopping early. Most of my family have birthdays in the last few months of the year. Nephew 3 was Sept. 19, Nephew 2 is Oct. 28, Nephew 1 is Nov. 20, Dad is Nov. 22, soon-to-be-step-daughter is Nov. 26, Bestie 1 is Dec. 5, future Mother-in-Law is Dec. 7, and Mom is Dec. 14. Not to mention Christmas!! It’s an expensive time of year!
• We’re going to Buffalo for Thanksgiving again and I will be running the Turkey Trot there on Thanksgiving Day with my future bro-in-law. We did it last year as well. It’s an 8k, so just under 5 miles. I hope I don’t regret it if it gets too cold. I tend to wuss out when the temps get too low.
• If I talk about the bathroom standoff, do you know what I’m talking about? Maybe it is a girl thing, but when faced with the need to do more than number one in a public restroom with multiple stalls, many women will simply sit in silence until the other parties leave, so she can do her business in private. Well, that happens a lot around here (University campus, classes going on, everybody poops, etc) but when you do the bathroom standoff in a restroom with only TWO stalls, you make the line build up and people get cranky. JUST DO IT. We all do. 😉
• Pushing Daisies is now on Amazon Prime video! I LOVED that show when it was on tv in 2007. So now I only let myself watch it while I’m running. It makes the time go by very quickly!

Have a great week, cats!

• We ordered our Christmas cards last night! My goal for the last, I don’t know, 8 years, has been to get ahead of the holidays so that I don’t feel that stress. It became even more of a big deal last year when I moved from Nebraska to New York. I Amazon’d all my gifts and had them sent to my parent’s house so when I got home it was easy to wrap them up. Fun fact: I buy my mom’s presents from my dad, otherwise she would get crappy gifts that he buys on Christmas Eve. I’ve done it for the last 10-15 years or so. It makes me happy to give her a good Christmas.
• It’s 79 degrees here right now. I’m good with it! It’s supposed to be more of the same the next two days, then 49 on Friday. Ugh.
• I made my great grandmother’s pumpkin bread recipe on Sunday and brought the loaves to work with me yesterday and today. As of 2pm, the second loaf is nearly gone.
• I’m halfway through the Save $5,000 in a Year plan I’ve been following and I’m so freaking proud of myself! The next 26 weeks will suck a bit–there are a few weeks where I have to be disciplined enough to save $200 one week, and $150 the next! OUCH!
• I booked the wedding photographer AND they don’t require a deposit! I like that! I feel like I’m hemorrhaging money at times. 
• I’m going to see Justin Timberlake in a few weeks!!!!! I’m super excited!!
• That’s all I have for today! Have a good one friends!