Third Times A Charm

The first weekend we moved to Florida we went to a local furniture store and purchased a couch, only to get home and find that it wouldn't fit through the front door. We ended up returning it and purchasing a couch online that would fit through our tiny door frame. After a couple weeks of waiting we contacted the company only to find that the couch never shipped.

Because we have our first guest coming this week we decided we needed a couch and we needed one now. We hopped in the car and made the hour drive to the nearest IKEA hoping that we would find something that would meet the following criteria: 1: It had to fit through the front door, 2: It had to fit in the car in one trip, and 3: We loved it.

When we got to IKEA it was a mad house! There were people everywhere. I'm not sure if it's always that busy or if people were out shopping because of the holiday weekend. After walking around for what seemed like forever, we found the couch section of the store and decided on a couch that we prayed would fit.

When we were packing it up into the car we ended up having a few difficulties. To make sure everything would fit, we had to take pieces out of the boxes and put all of the seats down flat except the drivers seat, which meant someone had to sit in the back. Because I'm way shorter than Jon and the drivers seat was pushed up as far as it could go, he was sent to the back.

You should have seen the look on the people's faces next to us when he climbed in the back and I shut the trunk door! Naturally as soon as we arrived home I got my camera ready to snap a picture of him right when I opened up the trunk and I'm glad I did. Imagine stuffing something so full that when you open it, you have to be on guard to catch the things when they fall out. That was what it was like with him back there!

I am so glad we finally have a couch. I mean, it only took 3 tries and stuffing people into the trunk to get the perfect one! ;)

Question: Have you ever had any challenging or interesting moving experiences?

Cute Band-Aids Make Everything Better

When I went home last weekend for my grandpa's funeral I thought that my black heels were at home when in fact they were actually back at school. This wasn't so bad because it gave my mom and I a reason to go shopping. I picked up a new pair of black flats from Kohl's. I figured that I would get a lot of use out of them because next year I have to dress up for clinicals.

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Anyways, I wore these flats all day on Monday and had no problems in them what-so-ever. I wore them on Tuesday for a couple of interviews and still no problems. I wear them today for about 2 hours and ended up with a gross bloody blister. Don't worry though, I won't show you a picture of that.

I went back to my room, cleaned it up, and put one of these fun giraffe band-aids on! My mom bought me these last year and bought my sister zebra ones. Giraffes are my favorite animal so I adore these. I am pretty sure they come in cheetah print too! (Please note, that while I am not 7 years old, I do love me some cute band-aids!)

Hopefully they do the trick because Saturday there is a 5k race back at home I am running in. I am guessing that it will be a rather small race because it's being put on by some frat boys at one of the college's back at home. I just want to see what my time is while racing since I haven't raced in forever and have the half-marathon coming up.

Sock of the Month

You're in luck! ProCompression just shared with me their Sock of the Month! The ProCompression Socks of the Month for April are purple and baby blue! A select portion of the sales from SOM will go to the organizations Team in Training and Train 4 Autism. Just use the code SOMF4 at the checkout to receive 40% off any purple or baby blue pair of socks and free shipping!

Question

How do you heal blisters? Do you have any tricks? Do you still run when you have them?

A Day With Good Friends

Yesterday afternoon two of my good friends from back home came to visit me at school. Their spring break is this week while mine was last week so we didn't see each other when I was home. We have all been friends since elementary school and I'm glad we have remained such good friends over the years. With going to school, working, and living in different cities it's hard to keep in touch but we manage!

Yesterday they picked me up and we headed to Scotty's Brewhouse for lunch. Scotty's is more common around college campuses and has a wide variety of foods but are known for their burgers.

I ordered from the lunch special and got the Half Buffalo Chicken Wrap with Three Wise Men seasoned potato chips on the side. The wrap was spicy but not overwhelmingly spicy and the chips were tasty! The first time I went to Scotty's I got the Buffalo Chicken Wrap (not the half version) and I could hardly finish it so I was happy with the half size during lunch. We also sipped on some delicious raspberry iced teas while we were there.

We finished off lunch by sharing a piece of Salted Caramel Cheesecake. The cheesecake was gone before I could snap a picture! It had a sweet and salty almond crust, caramel cheesecake, and was topped with buttery caramel. Delicious!

After lunch we went to Target. All 3 of us LOVE Target so nobody had any problems going there. Plus there's not much else to do in this little college town.

When we were there I spotted some fun spring colored tanks and shirts. I am loving the mint green and the light teal color that are floating around stores right now.

I also saw these.

Now, let's be honest. I will probably only wear them once in my life. But you never know when you are going to need some sparkly high heels! And the fact that they were $4 and fit, well I just couldn't pass them up.

I also bought this fun pink sports bra which was also on clearance. (This is a fitness blog so I can show you my sports bra, right?)

Overall, I had a blast catching up with them and can't wait until summer when I can see them more! I also managed to get out of Target spending less than 30 bucks which may be a new record.

Be sure to check out the awesome t-shirts that I am selling for my aunt. There is also a giveaway that you could be entered in if you buy one. Details here

Question

Have you ever been to Scotty's before? What did you think?  
Have you ever been able to go into to Target without spending every penny you own? It was hard for me!

Roommate Bonding

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I feel like I hardly have any time to fit in blogging lately with this new job because before it I was always writing my posts at night. Now I am trying to do everything when I get off work at 9:30 so it feels pretty hectic. I think that if I do them earlier in the day I won't feel as rushed at night with studying and blogging so we will give it a run for it's money this week.


On Saturday Jancee and I went to the mall and then to AT&T so she could get a new sim card for her phone. At the mall we spotted a few great deals at GAP. Alex's sister told me they were going out of business and everything was 50% off! I couldn't let this deal slide by so we went in and checked it out.

I picked up a running jacket, sunglasses, and some socks for me and because I couldn't walk out of there without something for Alex, I got him a plaid long sleeve shirt. As soon as I got in the car I immediately put on the new sunglasses I bought.

After all of the shopping we did, we were pretty hungry. If you follow me on Twitter you probably already know what we ended up picking up... Pita Pit! This was my first time going to this amazing little restaurant. Jancee recently got a job there and has been talking about it a lot so I had to try it.

I got the Gyro, which is seasoned beef strips, and I added green peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, and their Tzatziki sauce. The sauce was good and this combo was delicious. I will definitely be going there often to try out more combinations. Since it was my first time I was afraid to go crazy with the combos but I am sure next time I will change it up!

It was definitely a fun day with Jancee! Even though we live in the same tiny little box of a room together, we hardly get to do anything together very much with our busy schedules so it was much needed.

I actually wore the jacket I bought at GAP on my run today and it was super comfortable. It didn't bounce around even with heavy things (ie. keys, ID) in my pockets, kept me warm, and it even has thumb holes! My run today was my first official run of my half-marathon training! I will post my full training schedule soon.

It was nice outside and in the high 40s so I took advantage of it and ran 3 miles outside. I'm pretty sure that it is supposed to drop down into the 20s by the end of the week. It felt good to be outside but it was super windy and I felt that no matter which direction that I ran in that I was running into the wind.

Giveaway

It seems like it's been awhile since I've had a giveaway on the blog so I think it's time for one! I still have some awesome stuff to giveaway as part as my New Years Resolutions Blog Giveaway!

This week's giveaway is from Chobani. One lucky reader will win a variety box of Chobani yogurt!

If you have never had Chobani Greek Yogurt then you are definitely missing out! They have several different delicious flavors, low-fat options, dessert flavors, and fun squeeze tubs that are perfect if you are on-the-go. Chobani yogurt can also replace sour cream, butter, oil, and a number of other ingredients in your cooking to make it healthier. Check out some of these awesome recipes by clicking here and see how you can make your cooking a bit healthier with Chobani.

How to enter

Mandatory: Check out Chobani's website and comment telling me which flavor you would like best.
Optional: Like my Facebook page and leave a comment saying you did.
Optional: Tweet about the giveaway and make sure to include @trufflesntread and @nothingbutgood in the tweet! Comment below saying that you did

I will choose a winner on Thursday! Good luck and have a great week :)

Possibilities

 Today we woke up early (9am!) and headed to Auburn with my mom, her friend, and my sister to do a little bit of window shopping and to eat lunch. We went to an antique shop and a general store before stopping by my favorite shop of the day, Possibilities.

It was such a cute little shop. Don't you just love their "Open" sign?

They had some furniture, tables, picture frames, jewelry, chalk boards, signs, and little knick-knacks.

They had so many different and fun clocks that really caught my eye. I debated buying one but had no idea where I would put it. They wouldn't fit anywhere in my room at school so I figured I would have to stash it away in my closet until I have a place of my own. 

My mom came here awhile ago to do some Christmas shopping and actually bought me a chalkboard similar to the ones here.

My sister actually ended up buying this watch for 10 bucks!

After doing some shopping we were getting hungry. We went to a nearby restaurant called Auburn's House of Pancakes and Restaurant.

I ordered the Chicken Fajita Wrap. It was really good and stuffed with fajita chicken, mozerella cheese, peppers and onions. I was stuffed and couldn't even finish it all.

My mom and sister saw a deer in the addition last night and ever since then they think they are deer or something! We had some fun taking pictures in the restaurant.

When we got back I decided to go outside and run a quick mile. It was cold outside and the wind was super chilly. I also forgot some of my warmer running clothes at school so I didn't want to stay out in the cold for too long.

Notice something new in the above picture?! I bought a Garmin Forerunner 10 with my Christmas money and absolutely love it. I am so happy with it. I used it the other day when I walked my dogs just to test it out so today was my first time actually running with it. I love that it has a lot of different fun options, like telling you if you are on pace, counts your calories, and has a run/walk option. It's fun to download the run information to the computer and see all of your results too.


Do you have a Garmin watch? What are your thoughts on them? I love mine so far!