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Monday, September 22, 2014

I only gave it a 42% chance of succeeding

For everyone that knows us, it's pretty obvious that Kev and I have pretty different tastes when it comes to a lot of things. I like a few colors and Kev loves all the colors. It's cool and we can usually compromise, but there have been a few instances where we've disagreed, the biggest being on our dishes. 

Growing up we always had Corelle, heck, who didn't have Corelle? My first set of dishes was the Corelle with the green ivy border. Come on now, who didn't have that set or know someone who did? I had that set when he and I started dating and it was one of the things he wanted to get rid of immediately. As soon as we moved to NC, we donated it to the church. Sometimes I go there to visit them. Kev loves heavy stoneware. I don't dislike it, I just prefer to be able to hold 3 dishes in one hand at a time but what I really hate are the chips. Stoneware chips. Immediately. It makes me insane. Every single one of our dishes are chipped. We've had 3 sets of stoneware dishes in 9 years and they're all chipped and trashed.

For our anniversary we decided to get new dishes. The last time we picked out dishes, it took us 3 years. Seriously, 3 years. I didn't have high hopes that we would be successful. I put it at 42%, Kev put it at 100%. 

I learned a lot about dishes on Saturday. I learned that all stoneware chips and it will always chip. WTF? Why do they make it if it chips???  Why can't things last longer than 3 years? The manager at Macy's told us that if we really didn't want dishes to chip to buy Corelle. :/ No. no no no no. I also learned that Porcelain was pretty chip resistant. YAY! The only problem, it only comes in white. Just a boring white. 

After 3 stores and we finally had dishes!! 


Yes, they're all white. Thank you Target! Target has a procelain collection that hopefully will hold up a little longer than the last. I love that they have little bumps on them. When we pair them with some colored accent pieces, it will be lovely.


I also found these at Dillards. They were on clearance for $1.26 apiece. For $1.26, I couldn't resist. 

Completely unrelated, every single, and I mean every single one had at least one sticker on it. I busted out the doTerra oils. Any citrus oil will help dissolve stickers and it really does. I was amazed at how easily they came off.

 Saturday morning I went for a run, and I went again on Sunday. Saturday I was so excited to be running and it was 64 degrees, I might have gone a little too fast. Like faster than I had any right to be going. My first mile was 10:04 and I was cranky that I should have been 5 seconds faster. This is why runners have issues. Then I ran some more and by 2.5 I wanted to pass out. I'm still a little run down from my sick and the 2 cosmo dinner probably didn't help either.


But damn I love seeing those 10s on the screen.

Sunday I rolled it back a little.


And thought all morning about running another .10 or .60 to make it an even 4.5 or 5.

I had 7 on the schedule today and that just wasn't happening. I'm getting a little nervous about my half training. Being sick threw a huge wrench in my training, especially since I'm already on a shortened schedule. I'm going to try a 6 miler this week and see how it goes. I really want to do City of Oaks but there's another half in Raleigh 2 weeks later. I might have to roll it back and do that one instead. Grrr, and the very worst case scenario would be to do the Skinny Turkey half on Thanksgiving. Mainly becauseI ran it 2 years ago and that course is freaking hilly. (Who puts a big-ass hill at mile 13?!?!)

After my run I went to Whole Foods because they keep breakfast on the hot food bar longer than normal. Noooommmm, challah french toast. I love you Whole Foods.


After the baby sprinkle this afternoon I stopped at Super Target and saw this.



No no no no no. Nasty. I love bacon and maple things but when Betty Crocker puts fake bacon flavor in frosting? no.

What did you do this weekend?

Would you eat fake maple bacon cookies?

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12 comments:

  1. oh i love your new dishes, so pretty! we have corelle, like you said, who doesn't and i really love them! we also have some dishes from tj maxx that aren't stoneware but they are heavier than corelle, maybe they are porcelain - who knows? and what a great find at dillards!

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    1. Thanks! I really couldn't beleive that we actually found something we agreed on!

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  2. That weather is perfect to get some good runs in!! I'm glad you guys were able to successfully agree on dishes - its the little wins in life that make it great!

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  3. I am sooooo glad my husband and I aren't the only ones who can't decide on dishes! We still have dishes from our apartment when we were dating.

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    1. We have some dishes that Kev had when we started dating. THOSE don't have a single chip but the marks on the back have worn off and he has no idea where they came from. lol

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  4. I need Whole foods to be closer to me!
    Love those dishes!

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  5. Love the new dishes!! Can't ever go wrong with white :) So nice to be getting cooler weather for those runs!! I've had a garmin watch on my wish list for awhile and dying to make the purchase!

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    1. I LOVE my Garmin. I got it for my birthday 2 years ago and it's exactly what I needed. Tell me my pace and how far I've gone, :)

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  6. Those dishes are pretty especially the design ones from Dilliards. The weather sounds perfect for those runs. That french toast looks perfect. Yum!

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    1. Thanks! I really like the Dillars ones too. and for 1.26, I couldn't pass them up!

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  7. I'll be honest, I'm really nervous about the race. My training hasn't been the best and especially being sick, I'm just not where I want to be. I know I could drag myself through but I'd rather have a good race.

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  8. We looked at Corelle but I couldn't do the bowls. They felt really light. I guess I want more weight to my cereal bowl. lol

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