Went to REI today to return a child carrier that we bought last week. The upcoming RV trip to Yosemite or Zion has been cancelled! I'm not telling where we'll be going instead just yet, but it's a place that's magical and...I've never been there.
To my surprise REI finally got their shipment of the Merrell Trail Gloves in stock. Not big on my radar, but curious. They felt ok. The toe box was huge which makes me think maybe my feet are on the narrow side since I read so many people say how wonderfully roomy it is. From just running in the store, I think I'll stick with vibrams in the minimalist dept.
It's an interesting thing to watch too, everytime I come to REI ( once a week!) there are ALWAYS people trying on vibrams and usually other people watching and asking questions. The sales people must whip those puppies out all day long. I stood there today and listened to two young guys discussing their thoughts on the minimalist running movement. Not the first time I've heard this discussion. Today the feeling was that it may not be the real deal, but it's getting people healthy which is good.
It's rare that I ever buy anything at REI either, but I splurged today and now own my first ever piece of North Face clothing. Ya know cuz moving to FL , I'm going to need an flourescent orange shirt running in the woods.
Driving home, I passed a man pushing a shopping cart down the sidewalk. He had a small dog on a leash next to him. I was talking about a crazy dream I had the night before where I was in a 'bat fight' with Bradley Cooper when suddenly I just stuck my finger out and yelled, "what the heck is that!" Liz said, 'Oh his dog has one of those little sidepack harness dealies." I said 'NoNoNo NoNo. Didn't you see what that guy was wearing?!!!"
At this point we were way past this man and Liz had not noticed anything unusual about him. I told her he was wearing an armadillo suit with a long furry tail and a huge head mask on. She didn't believe me. Later at the next light, the guy in front of me was smoking with his hand hanging out of the side of the car, but he had a latex glove on, that only covered his two smoking fingers and half his palm and thumb. She didn't believe me about this either! This is proof that I say weird stuff that isn't true way too much.
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