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November Runfessions // December Coffee Date
If we were having coffee, I would runfess that my Black Friday/Cyber Monday shopping was pretty evenly split between gifts for others and clothes for myself. I couldn’t find anything I wanted at Athleta (mostly because I have so much from there already) but I got some pretty good deals on office wardrobe staples from Talbot’s.
Speaking of the holidays, if we were having coffee, I would tell you that the use of the word “gift” as a verb (gifting, gifted) really annoys me. Where did it come from? Why?
If we were having coffee, I would runfess that while I am still sad about losing my Xmas Playlist when I smashed my iPhone two years ago, this Christmas Classics playlist on Amazon Prime Music is pretty good.
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I runfess that I’ve gotten so lazy about making playlists, I am still listening to ones I made three years ago. Pretty soon they’ll be Golden Oldies.
If we were having coffee, I would runfess that even though I’ve got my bib, jingle bells, and hat, I’m not feeling ready for the Jingle All The Way 15K next weekend.
I runfess that for the first time in ages I didn’t do a long run over Thanksgiving weekend, and I’m a bit worried about running 9+ miles without Scooby to keep me going.
On the other hand, if we were having coffee, I would tell you that I am looking forward to my annual Christmas cookie bake-a-thon which is also next weekend. I’m making my usual eggnog spritz and ginger spice cookies, because why mess with tradition?
You can see the results of previous bake-a-thons here and here.
If we were having coffee, I would remind you that our next Ultimate Coffee Date will be well into the new year, on Saturday, January 5, but we’ll open up the link-up on Friday.
Did you score any great Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals?
Any trendy phrases that rub you the wrong way?
Do you make you own playlists or let Amazon or Spotify do it for you?
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I did find myself in Athleta on Black Friday and while I did indeed make a couple of purchases, overall it was a much lighter haul than expected. A good thing for sure. One can’t go wrong with eggnog spritz!
Really, I love ALL the Christmas cookies!
I didn’t score anything major on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, but I did do some shopping for both my family and me!
Love that hat and good luck on your race! I’m glad I’m not racing this weekend–the weather looks awful!
Thanks. This race isn’t until NEXT weekend — they have a really long packet pickup period at their store. 😉
Well st least you got a hat for your race. You will probably need that. I am so bad at making playlists. I finally downloaded a few new songs and made a playlist the other week. First time since this sunmer.
That’s better than me. It’s literally been years. 😮
I am not ready for Jingle at all. I will be doing intervals again and I’m fine w that. I have been looking for a playlist for the MRTT holiday party so thanks for sharing yours I will check it out!
Amazon Prime has good playlists. I think they have “dinner party” ones too.
Do egg nog spritz cookies have egg nog in them? I looked it up and the recipe I found does not. I looooove the taste of egg nog, would I like those cookies?
Definitely – I think it’s the nutmeg that makes them taste like eggnog 😉
I remember seeing pics from your previous cookie baking parties! Looks fun 😉 I have a race tomorrow (just a 5K), but the weather is looking icky…upper 30’s and rain! But, it’s the last race before almost two months of nothing, so….
Good luck! I bet you will find a race around the new year!
I ordered one gift card on Black Friday, and nothing on Cyber Monday. I know some stores have a 30-return/exchange window, and I didn’t feel like one day after Christmas was enough time. Thanksgiving was so early, and now I’m starting my shopping.
Oh, good point on the return period! I hope places would extend it for the holidays, especially with Thanksgiving so early this year.
Oh, man. I didn’t get the memo that the Coffee Date was today. I thought it was next Friday. I had a post written, but not published. I just quickly published it. 2 post in one day! 🙂 That will teach me to pay attention!
We got you! It’s always officially the first Saturday, but by popular demand we started opening the link up on Friday. So, technically, it’s the Friday before the first Saturday, which may be the first Friday or could be the last Friday. 😉
Right! I must pay closer attention!
I think this is the first time in a long time that I didn’t snag any great deals during Black Friday/Cyber Monday. I did take advantage of the deals on Shutterfly to get my Christmas cards done so that was a win!
Your cookie bake-a-thon always looks so yummy!
I did order stuff from Snapfish and sent my clients Peppermint Bark from Williams-Sonoma — free shipping is key when you’re got 15 orders!
I’ve been thinking about sprucing up my Christmas music playlist on Spotify. I’ve been trying to find some of the less popular/obvious choices, but some of the classics are still my favorite! I used to like listening to Amazon Prime Music at work but it’s blocked, ugh!
Cookies…yum! I’m hoping to step up my baking game this holiday season! I actually need to make some sort of dessert for a party tonight…
So far they only thing they’ve blocked at work is Gmail, although I haven’t tried to stream music, I can stream NPR. #newsjunkie Good luck with that dessert!
I didn’t end up buying anything for Black Friday/Cyber Monday this year–still trying to slowly declutter (and I also did a fair amount of shopping while I was in Hong Kong, haha). Glad you found some great deals!
Those cookies are so cute!
I runfess that I didn’t find too many Black Friday deals. I think if I needed electronics I would have scored big because those deals were really good!
Those wreath cookies are so cute and festive!
The experts says the best Black Friday deals are in electronics. I’d have to do research ahead to figure out what I want.
I was working on Black Friday and then I drive to a race – no time for shopping – probably a good thing.
Those cookies are making me drool.
Doesn’t sound like you missed much!
I have the perfect capris for the Jingle all the Way race and thought about running it with some of my friends, but then I remembered that I’m having a basal cell removed from my leg on Wednesday and won’t be able to run for two weeks.
I listen to the Amazon Top Pop station when I run or I’m listening to music on Alexa in my house. I’ll have to take a look at their playlists.
Thanks for the linkup!
Good luck with the surgery! I thought I’d ordered the InkNBurn ugly Christmas sweater shirt, but apparently after debating over the size I never hit “submit”. I’ve got my ProCompression xmas socks at least.
I didn’t do black friday or cyber monday but I did giving tuesday. I don’t really need any stuff at the moment (OK, I bought a new tiny A5 clipboard in the week, but that doesn’t count …). Love those cookies/biscuits! Very pretty!
Giving Tuesday is the most important one. 🙂 We used to use A4 paper at work — what size is A5?
Half of A4 so really cute! (just like A4 is half of A3, etc.). Five clipboards now though …
I’ve been watching the Christmas Cookie Challenge on the Food network. So all I want to eat is cookies! Your’s look delicious. I’ve also been listening to iHeart Radio’s Christmas classics. It’s a pretty good list but if I listen long enough I hear the same songs over and over. Thanks for coffee!
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Your eggnog spritz look amazing
Similarly concerned for tomorrow’s 15K