Elise's Monthly Obsession: Lululemon Holiday Bags

Hi loves!  

If you love Lululemon like me, you should know that every year they make a special holiday edition bag. Don't get me wrong, their red bags are super cool and are extremely versatile when it comes to usage, BUT a little change is always nice.  I love using their bags for almost everything; reusable grocery bags, lunch bags, gym bags, garbage bags, and whatever else I can think of!  This fall I noticed that their new holiday bags were a bit dark. They kind of reminded me of galaxy print things. They are mostly black with white speckles all over the bag. They are made out of the same material so they are the same durability, but I just think the pattern is extremely cute. On top of the holiday bags, Lulu decided to also give boxes for gifts this year. THE. BOXES. ARE. AMAZING.!!! I'm talking about Kiehl's style boxes people! They are all black and their logo is gold. I am so impressed with Lulu this year! The only thing is, ever since they started to add more "lifestyle" type clothes, they don't have as many cute things in my opinion.  Anywho, I still spend way too much money there- at least i'm in their R&D program 😬. If you haven't checked out Lulu's holiday stuff you should definitely stop by! 

Happy Holidays!

xoxo, E

 

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Bridge 2 Bridge 12K

     On Thursday of last week, I get a text from my friend saying "Do the Bridge 2 Bridge run with me on Sunday!"  Of course, me not knowing what the heck this run is all about, I check out their website and I am reeled in.  I paid the $60 something registration fee, and that was that.  Investigating more into this race, I found out that it is sponsored by Oral B and benefits special olympics.   More than that, their sponsors are the same sponsors for Bay to Breakers, and two other races which I forgot the names to already.  But, the cool thing is that if you participate in all four races (all 12Ks I believe) in one calendar year you receive a medal for each race plus an additional fifth medal for completing all the races of that "series."  My friend and I are planing on participating in those next year.  

     This run was actually my first 12K, for those of you who don't know, a 12K is about 7.45 miles.  So, this morning, I took a Lyft down to the Ferry Building, registered, had my gear checked, and enjoyed some of the sights.  There were some people who were dressed up, families participating together, and lots of friendly faces to chat with.  The run was almost exactly the run I did the previous day with my run group.  We started off at 9 a.m. at the ferry building, ran down past pier 39 towards the Golden Gate Bridge at Fort Point, turned around and ended up at Marina Greens.  The run was mostly flat, with the exception of a few STEEP hills.  At the end of the race, all of the runners were offered a lot of complimentary items (beer, wine, champagne, popsicles, chocolate milk, etc.).  Overall, I would love to do this run again, especially since it goes to such a good cause.

     After the race, my friend and I went down to Boudin's at Fishermans Warf to grub on some clam chowder in bread bowls, yum!

Here are some pictures I took from today.

xox, E

Nike+ Run Club: Long run

     This past Saturday, I was signed up to run with my run group that started at 8:03 a.m.  The night before, I was super tired from a long work week so I crashed early.  Being that it was the weekend, I didn't have my alarm set for the next morning.  Low and behold, I still woke up fairly early (at 7 a.m.), but doddled on my phone scrolling through social media, looking at people's Snapchat stories etc.  Not knowing what time it was until I checked my phone, I realized that it was already 7:15.  I WAS SO CLOSE TO CHOOSING NOT TO GO TO THE RUN GROUP.  At this point I was about 90/10 for not going.  I even went to the check in confirmation, and stared at the cancel button for a good minute.  Then, I thought to myself "If I don't go, I will regret it, and I have nothing better to do this morning."  Let me tell you, I AM SO GLAD I WENT!  Sometimes the hardest part is just getting up and going.

     When I got there, I decided to do the 8 mile run instead of the 12 mile run.  We ran down to the Marina Greens like always to get some dynamic stretching in and to warm up.  Our route deviated slightly due to the new pacer I had, however we still ran along the water, did some hill work, and ran through the Presidio, under the Golden Gate Bridge, and back to Nike.  The weather turned out to be extremely nice too.  

Here are a few pictures from the run.  Enjoy!

xoxo, E