Time to get serious!!! I mean... seriously!!!!

2011 Turkey Trot is almost here!!! For the last 5 years I have been saying I'm going to do this 5 mile race and every year, I don't!

So am I doing it this year??? I was sure I would preregister online by November 17 but then November 17 came and went!  Susan just called me saying while she was in Crocker Park, she decided to pick up all of our packets (what a sweety!) but when she gave them my name, they said I wasn't registered.  She even had them check different spellings.  No, she had the spellings right! I skipped preregistration!!!

I have been going back and forth with this. I remember why it's so hard to train for this race... training starts right about the time that it gets dark earlier and I'm not as adventurous as I used to be when I would gladly run in the dark, alone.

So, the deal is... I AM going to do this race.  The only excuse I really have is that I have not trained at all (unless you want to count the mile I ran yesterday and that I'm definitely feeling today.)  The kids are going to be at a friends and hubby will be playing football so I have the day for myself! Besides, most of my girlfriends doing it with me have not run much either!  We are all gonna be slow pokes but we are gonna have fun!

Oh, and in case you are wondering, you have plenty of time to train for the next race.  

 The next race after this (yes, I'm already talking about it.... ) is the big Chili Bowl Classic in February and it's only a 5k!!  I have done this race 4 years in a row and even though it's sooo cold, it's always been so much fun!  See if you can spot Rachel and I in the huge fuzzy crowd (we cross at about 1:37 on the video time:

OK, after this race, I am seriously going to get serious again!

Crazy Coupon Girl???

I just got a book at the library called Be Centsable and I thought I might once again try my hand at couponing...especially after the deal I got this week at Whole Foods... they had a coupon in their flyer for $2 off their store brand of chocolate chips. My friend Paytra found it and so I ended up getting a couple bags of chocolate chips for only 29 cents each.  I'm thinking it was a mistake in the flyer since online, the coupon is for only 50 cents off.  Good thing I grabbed a few extra flyers.  I am hoping to pick up a couple more bags before they expire in December.


So far I am still skeptical though.