1. Rock N Roll Half Marathon
Every year around this time Keith and I start talking about how we should run a half marathon. There is typically one in St. Louis every fall so summer time is when our training would need to begin. We both like to run and we think this would be something really cool that we could do together. Every year it seems that something comes up or our motivation just fizzles for one reason or another. Well this year the same thing started to happen. We started talking about running a half marathon and we were getting excited about the idea. Then I logged on to the website and found out that the entrance fee is $105 PER PERSON! Man this is annoying. I can not wrap my brain around why this would be so expensive. I know that this particular marathon has a live band at each mile but come on, what bands are we talking about here? Taylor Swift was just in town and I am positive that tickets to her show were less then $105. (Is it weird that I just made a Taylor Swift reference? It's cool I am OK with admitting that I think she is awesome.) Getting up the motivation to do the run was hard enough, now I have to justify spending $210 so Keith and I can participate. While we haven't totally ruled out signing up for the run trust me when I say I can think of many other ways I would like to spend $210.
2. Running shorts that ride up
While on the topic of running I would like to mention that it has always bothered me that running shorts seem to find a way of riding up your inner thigh. I used to think this was all a matter of buying the correct size shorts. I now see the error of my ways. After trying many different types of running shorts in varying sizes I have finally found the pair that doesn't ride up.
God bless the makers of this product. These shorts are amazing. Not only do they not ride up the tag is on the side of the shorts rather then the back. What genius thought of this? I love it! I don't think I will ever buy a different type of running shorts again.
3. Babies R Us
There is a long list of things I could say about Babies R Us and the ways they annoy me but today I will just mention their coupons. Babies R Us is one of those companies who sends out booklets full of coupons on what seems like a weekly basis. And they always sound so great 15% any item, but one get one free etc etc. The fine print on these coupons are RIDICULOUS! We went in to buy a new activity mat for Tessa, similar to the one below, and tried to use the 15% off coupon, we were denied. Why you ask? Because the activity mat is considered to be a 'toy' and 'toys' are excluded from the sale. I would love for someone to explain to me how an activity mat is a toy. And please let the record note that these are not listed under the 'toys' on the Babies R Us website.
Then today I went in to buy diapers because I had a great coupon, or so I thought. Basically it said "$8 off any large box of diapers and large box of wipes" I thought this meant either $8 off the wipes or $8 off the diapers. No, no, no, it means $8 off the diapers AND the wipes. You have to buy both. While in both of these cases the coupon did state these rules and exclusions I am totally frustrated with the various ways they can be interpreted. From now on I am going to do my best to stay away from this place all together.
Thanks for listening to my small rant. After looking over this post the thought crossed my mind that if these are the worst things plaguing my life right now that I must be one lucky girl. And you know what, I am! I even have some pictures to prove it.
Tess loves her swing so far. Thank God!
Yes, Colin does wear this shirt a lot, I promise I wash it after each use.
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