Winner!

Thank you to everyone who entered my giveaway.

Seriously you are the most amazing people ever!

The winner is...

(please ignore my gym outfit and hair, the echo from the bathroom, my shiny nose, and overall nerdiness)

Elesie!

email me at comeflywithme (dot) mari (at) gmail (dot) com to claim your prize!

I will be back with a plethora of blog posts as soon as my end of the semester papers and finals are under control.

Waking Up

I hit the alarm clock when it read 6:08 Am.

I've let it go on already for an extra 38 minutes.

Ugh.

Gym clothes? check

sports bra? check

shoes, phone, ipod? check, check, check

laptop, backpack? check and check

keys? lets go

driving down the 60 in congested traffic is just enough to get me angry this morning

"no, breath, just breath"

I tell myself

''look in the rearview mirror and see the sun rise"

It's not so romantic when you're already late

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Late

story of my life

Shit missed the exit

wait no- signal, move, and out

next right, left, right, right, left

park

6:52?

fuck

I'm late

Insert key, turn doorknob

say hi to cats

two stairs at a time

turn doorknob, open door

and there he is

walk over, climb in and enjoy the rest of the morning right where you should be

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that is until that 10:45 class of yours just down the street

Happy Monday!

Heres to hoping you're right where you should be.

P.S. don't forget to enter into my custom chucks giveaway!

Be an All Star Giveaway

I live in Converse.

I have about 7 pairs that are more beloved to me than any pair of high heels.

I take mine to concerts, school, work, dates, and if you're gonna walk a mile in a pair of my shoes, you'll be doing it in converse.

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might as well be my closet

About two years ago I found out that you could design your own and quickly made these beauties for myself

For my first giveaway I himmed and hawwed over what I wanted to do. I wanted it to be something someone would really enjoy, something that would get use, something that meant a lot to me and something that was near and dear to my heart.

Then it occurred to me: Converse!

So for my first giveaway I am giving away, to one lucky reader, a $75 gift card to Converse.com to make your very own pair of custom chucks.

I love mine dearly and want to pass on the love to one lucky reader.

Here are the rules:

Giveaway open from Friday 4/23 to midnight Thursday 4/29

(I will announce the winner on Friday 4/30)

leave a comment telling me your shoe obsession = 1 entry

be a follower = 1 entry

tweet or blog about this giveaway = 1 entry (please link to your blog post and give me you twitter username)

I hope you all have an amazing weekend. I'll be appropriately dreaming about this:

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please make your way to my closet

Rah-Rah-ah-ah-ah-ah

I want your Bad Romance...

are we sure it's "Rah-Rah-ah-ah-ah-ah" though?

could it possibly be

"RRAHHH RRAHHH AHHHHHHHH!"?

The similarities are striking.

Even to the point where I'm positive Lady Gaga breaths fire too.

One more day until my first giveaway! Check in tomorrow to enter!

C

What to Eat Wednesday is brought to you this week by the letter "C"

Things that start with the letter C

Candles

Cars

Castles

Cream

Cookies

Candies

Maybe I've watched a little too much kids TV...

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The word I like that starts with C is

CAKE

Today's post is just some cakes I've done in the past couple months and I'm going to use it as a little inspiration to get myself baking this summer.

nothing says "I love you like" like Elmo?

"don't eat the fondant!" "is it edible" "well yeah, duh, why would I put it on a cake if it wasn't? but don't eat it!"

"blow, blow, blow!"

Happy Wednesday lovies...next week I swear I will cook something that isn't as unhealthy as cake is.

p.s. How amazing was Glee last night?? I might have to post on that or at least make good on a promise I might have made on twitter off Brittany's comment.

Fat Kid Syndrome

Surprise, surprise I was a fat kid.

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White bread eating, m & m loving, inside staying fat kid.

As a former fat kid now trying to get in shape I feel that I'm now suffering from fat kid syndrome

Fat Kid Syndrome: n; latin, stems from being an over weight child who was not active and now effects activity, energy, and ability when exercising in later life.

I hated going outside in the hot Arizona sun.

I loved arts and crafts and subbing my recess for reading time.

I ate like I needed to build up a layer of fat for hibernation.

I had asthma as a kid and would rather do long division than run.

Cut to the new me that is IITGI and spending more time at the gym then on the couch. I have shreded, yoga-ed, sweated it out on an the elliptical and bike but was still too scared to try to run.

That was until Friday night when I had to make it to that lightrail stop and needed to book it to get to it. I ran. My lungs didn't burn. I didn't want to stop after three steps. I actually felt like I had great form and speed and was really having fun.

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I really thought I had something like Fat Kid Syndrome that kept me at the back of the pack or from really trying because I knew I'd just fail. That short Friday sprint was the boost of confidence to keep me going on.

before my hike Sunday

Fat Kid Syndrome can eat it...I'm going for a run.

some things I've learned

Education doesn't just happen in the classroom.

Here are some things I learned this weekend.

#1

That if I get dolled up Mr. Better-Than-Prince-Charming will dress up too and take me out.

#2

Giving a night time tour of ASU can be more fun that Disneyland and that Old Main is beautiful day of night.

#3

The elliptical not only is good for exercise but improves your cardio so much that when you have to run for the light rail you're the first one there.

#4

Even if it is Arizona check, double check, and triple check that the pool isn't freezing if it's 1AM. Shit it felt like jumping into ice water.

#5

A hot shower will cure anything. Especially when there's someone else who can get your back.

Happy Monday everyone! This is post number 100 and I have made it to 53 followers so expect to hear from me everyday this week and for my first giveaway this Friday.