Product of the 80s

Proof:

I just bought a pair of pseudo-stirrup leggings. What is that..the 3rd pair of leggings I've purchased recently?? About a year and a half/two years ago, while living in SC, I bought a pair of black leggings. Then I bought a few fun colorful pairs: green, yellow, and white. I only wore the green pair once and that was for St. Patty's day....(I realized that I'm too old for the other colors)

Then a few months ago I bought those shiny latexy leggings. They were a hit and I honestly can't wait to wear them again somewhere.

And finally today I couldn't pass up the pseudo-stirrup leggings from Macy's. They were ON SALE. On Sale PLUS a 20% off discount.

I love how the new stirrups are more like extra long leggings with a whole cut out for the ankle. Remember when they looked like true stirrups (pants with a a piece of elastic hanging off the bottom)?

What's next...sliders/biker shorts underneath skirts? slap bracelets? goony bracelets? hypercolor tshirts???

Bullets

Today's blog is in bullet form (because I'm just too lazy to write coherent sentences)

• It snowed here a couple of times this past week. That's two times too many.


• I ran 3 miles today with hubby and I'm so happy he helped me get back out there (of course it doesn't hurt that the winds were only at 6mph instead of the 18 mph we tend to have...)


• I had a GREAT med/surg 2 rotation. My instructor was witty, sarcastic, and sassy without coming across mean or vicious. That said, this med/surg rotation left me thinking a lot about health care in America. One of these days I will organize my thoughts and explain...


• We spent part of the weekend at the King of Prussia mall. I finally broke down and am getting a North Face jacket for the holidays. Black, waterproof, ending just above the knee with a zipper and belted waist, it's sporty and feminine. And better keep me warm (especially for the price, although the jacket was an unheard of 40% off at Nordstrom)! I'm beginning to wonder if I hate winter because I don't have appropriate clothing. PS....King of Prussia mall has the best Nordstrom with the best sales. It's the second year in a row that I've gotten something sweet, luxurious, classic, yet trendy for a reasonable price.


• The Lucky Store. I've never purchased anything from the actual Lucky store (too pricey), but a few years ago I purchased a pair of peace earrings from Belk (the earrings are Lucky brand). Using a Belk coupon with a sale, I got the earrings for yet another ridiculously low price. For some reason this past weekend, I wanted to go into the Lucky store. Bad idea. I found a purse that I can't forget about.

I have thought of this bag every day hour since I saw it (yesterday). Here's the deal with me and bags: I rarely buy them. I'm using a used bag right now because my brown bag (which was a holiday present 2 years ago) broke. The bag before that was again, 2 or 3 years old and cost less than $100. I'm not the type to buy a new bag every couple of months or for every season. So part of me says that the bag is a definite buy. Scratch that. I KNOW the bag is a definite buy. It's just that it's $268 ($267 on Zappos) and I don't have a job yet (oh, please won't someone offer me a job??). I tried explaining to the hubs that that if I used this bag every day (which is reasonable when you think that I've used the same bag for 2 years straight), the cost per wear is less than a dollar a day! A serious bargain!!

• final bullet: I need to study for tomorrow's exam. please please please send well wishes that I get this bag do well on my exam. I really need the good vibes!

Red Carpet Moment

I had a red carpet moment today, complete with paparazzi.

Ok, so maybe that's a slight exaggeration.

There was an induction ceremony for the totally nerdy, study all the time, book smart extra-smarty pants student nurses. (Note that I didn't say we were any good in the clinical setting...) I'm usually running around like a complete ditz.

But anyways, we were all lined up, in alphabetical order, walking into the auditorium, which happened to have red carpeting. All these parents were turned in their seats taking pictures of us, aka their kids. It was pretty quaint, but it totally felt like my pre-school graduation (which shockingly, I can remember).

there you have it...my red carpet moment :)

Second Thoughts

Today was the first day in the clinical setting where I actually thought, "Why am I doing this?" and "Is this (nursing) the right move?"

Nobody yelled at me or anything (my instructor actually said, "What the hell is wrong them?" in reference to the students who made this week's patient assignments), but that didn't stop me from feeling incredibly incompetent today.

Hopefully tomorrow is better.

Today...

was the first day I had to wipe ass.

No seriously. I was flirting with the idea (to myself of course) that I might actually get through nursing school without wiping adult poop.

But for this med/surg rotation, I'm on a medical floor (previously I was on a surgery floor). A floor that has a history of lots of poop.

Ick.

Halloween

For reasons that should be left unsaid-and for reasons that you can only imagine, I'm banning myself from ever playing Flip Cup*.

But the party was so much fun! and the outfit was great. I loved it so much that I was planning on wearing it out again tonight, but I ended up sleeping in my clothes. I'm still wearing the outfit. I swear, it's that comfy. Stylish and comfy....TLC's What Not to Wear would be proud!

*how new is Flip Cup? I never heard of it until we came to Delaware. Seriously. Did this game exist at Florida???