Not-so Manic Monday

My mom spotted this while we were perusing the aisles of Winners and thought it was quite fitting considering what I eat. Funny - I had oatmeal just this morning! Gotta love it :)

I offered to buy my mama some Starbucks today. We had been sniffing out the fun flavours of coffee in Winners, and I suggested that we cruise on over to Starbucks - my treat! Grande chai tea latte and a venti non-fat sugar free vanilla iced coffee, easy on the ice (how smooth does that sound?)

We had been grocery shopping earlier & didn't exactly do so on a full belly, ergo the banana bread. We split a slice from Starbucks & also snacked on some fresh fruit that we bought earlier. Works for me!

As a thank you for my aunt, I bought her a Starbucks gift card. She paid for my registration for the run yesterday, ran alongside me & was great company. She deserves a caramel machiatto (or five!)

At an intersection: "Hey, take a picture of me and my cup!" Okay mom.

Stockin' up on some gum.

I know I said that I would post the watch that I bought yesterday, but every time I try to upload the picture it says, "server rejected." I'll get it up eventually - I know you're all holding your breaths until the moment it's revealed (ha, ha) - promise! All in all, my Monday was pretty good. I woke up a little too early for my liking (after thinking I had slept in - nope, 6:43 AM), curled up in bed & read Elle magazine, then watched Serendipity, browsed around on my laptop for a couple hours, ate some fruit before we went & ran some errands, then came home and went for a quick 5K run, voted, and I just devoured a big ol' salad! Phewf! Back to the grind tomorrow!

Hope you all had a great Monday!

Shopping haul: pictures!

1. Snacks for the road. Yes, I'm the girl that brings veggies along with me while I go shopping by myself.

2. I made a stop at Starbucks and replaced the water in my cup (which I downed in no time at al) with a tall soy latte with a shot of sugar free vanilla syrup. I also picked up the low fat (not so low in my opinion... 8 grams still? Come on, Starbucks) banana bread slice with mini chocolate chips on top (okay, now it's not so healthy) and walnuts (redemption?).

3. I spent a good hour sitting on the floor in front of the fashion section at Chapters. I tried to take a picture of myself sitting there... all alone... and of course someone walked by at that moment. Make yourself seem like a vain & insane idiot? Check!

4. An artsy snap shot. I'm so clever.

5. I ended up coming home with Whitney Port's new book! I have skimmed through it briefly now, but it looks great! Lots of fashion tips, but also pointers for throwing a perfect party, healthy eating & fitness, and tons of other topics.

6. Scott Schuman takes a mean photo, and I was so inspired when I was flipping through his book! It's amazing to see what people wear and pull off so well!

7. Remember these babies from my Currently Craving list? Yeah, someone returned them after ordering them online, and they were the last pair and also happened to be in my size! OH, and they were an additional 50% off the clearance price. Scoooore!

8. I also purchased these super cute boots (also 50% off clearance price). They have a wedge heel and look like a men's work boot, but obviously they are way cuter. They toughen up any outfit, and they are so comfortable too!

9. Outfit of the day! Apparently I deleted the pictures of the shirts I bought (whoopsies), but here is one of them (the other is the same, just pink & gray).

10. Making a goofy face for all of you! Pure by Alfred Sung long sleeve shirt, gifted scarf, Pashu skinny jeans, Spring Shoes wedge boots.

And more good news: I got a raise at work! This calls for a cosmopolitan. Or maybe not, because I have been eating so healthy today! What do you guys think?