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Not feeling so good today...I've had one of those awful summer colds--terrible sore throat off and on--for a couple of weeks now. I was thinking of picking up a game tomorrow but maybe I should sleep in. For some reason I have not had a really good night's sleep for at least a week--not sure why since I was finally able to put up curtains, even if they don't block out *all* the light.
I walked home via Madison Avenue last night--what a nice avenue! Has a kind of "neighborhood" feel, more brick buildings. And the stores! LOTS of retail eye-candy. Speaking of retail I needed to spruce up my wardrobe so yesterday I went clothes-shopping. Went to H&M first--UGH. Everything there was bland, dull, not cute or trendy at all, the *worst* color pallette, all whites and blacks and boring boring dull wan pastels. I literally found only ONE thing to get, a short-sleeved tailored white shirt. Then I saw Banana Republic and decided to pop in there for a bit--BAM, found 4 cute things immediately.
I had no idea BR had so many items with yellow (my signature color!)! The best thing was these were all massively marked down--40% on top of 40%. As with J. Crew and Ralph Lauren, BR's clothes are preppy enough that there is no fear of shopping the sale rack--the styles will not be outdated for a LONG time.
Got home and hit the gym--I started utilizing it a couple of days ago. There's some sort of deal with the fios box/TV in the gym so that's not working just yet but other than that it's tiny but perfect. It's got everything--a couple of treadmills, a stairmaster, bike machine, weights (both free and bench)--everything. And it's in MY building--I can go any time I like. I am so, so lucky. So far, I've only seen a few guys there! But I tend to go late at night, after 10.
I took pictures of my apartment last night and would've uploaded them but our browsers at work are old so the interface with LJ sucks. Maybe I'll just do it directly from my phone.
I walked home via Madison Avenue last night--what a nice avenue! Has a kind of "neighborhood" feel, more brick buildings. And the stores! LOTS of retail eye-candy. Speaking of retail I needed to spruce up my wardrobe so yesterday I went clothes-shopping. Went to H&M first--UGH. Everything there was bland, dull, not cute or trendy at all, the *worst* color pallette, all whites and blacks and boring boring dull wan pastels. I literally found only ONE thing to get, a short-sleeved tailored white shirt. Then I saw Banana Republic and decided to pop in there for a bit--BAM, found 4 cute things immediately.
I had no idea BR had so many items with yellow (my signature color!)! The best thing was these were all massively marked down--40% on top of 40%. As with J. Crew and Ralph Lauren, BR's clothes are preppy enough that there is no fear of shopping the sale rack--the styles will not be outdated for a LONG time.
Got home and hit the gym--I started utilizing it a couple of days ago. There's some sort of deal with the fios box/TV in the gym so that's not working just yet but other than that it's tiny but perfect. It's got everything--a couple of treadmills, a stairmaster, bike machine, weights (both free and bench)--everything. And it's in MY building--I can go any time I like. I am so, so lucky. So far, I've only seen a few guys there! But I tend to go late at night, after 10.
I took pictures of my apartment last night and would've uploaded them but our browsers at work are old so the interface with LJ sucks. Maybe I'll just do it directly from my phone.