This weekend was like Christmas in March April spring. Except all my gifts were bought for myself. Still exciting though 
Remember last week when I said, without a doubt, that I was going to buy new gym shoes this weekend? Guess who kept her promise on Friday …
Aren't they beautiful?
How BIG does my left foot look?!
These aren’t the kind of shoes I would usually wear – they’re a little flashy. But I had tried on a few pairs and wasn’t find anything I liked (or the ones I liked weren’t available in my size), when the lovely teenaged salesman suggested these Nikes. I slipped them on, and angels sang. The clouds parted. They are incredibly comfortable and they have so much cushion.
That was gift 1 to myself.
Gifts 2 and 3 were also fitness related (and also purchased on Friday).
They just look so delighted with life.
I’ve been meaning to buy some sort of resistance tubing, and found this on sale for $10! Would you like to know when I plan to use it? Well, I’ll tell you. I think I will dabble with this at night, in front of the TV. I’ve already established that I sometimes workout during my extensive nightly television watching. Why should I just sit there when I can be playing around with this new toy?! I can anchor it to my coffee table with no problem (it’s a REALLY heavy table) and experiment with it.
Gift 3 was a yoga mat.
Set up in the sunshine!
I haven’t taken a yoga class in a really long time (years), although I’ve been meaning to go to a class. I just have to find one that works with my schedule and won’t cost me an arm and a leg to attend. Does anyone else find the price of yoga classes stupid expensive? Or is that just where I live? Regardless, I do partake in the occasional session in my living room, using what I know (that’s very little) and some random videos online. So I bought this bad boy, set it up in the sunshine and stretched away on Sunday.
Gifts 4 through … 50 (??) were in the form of groceries, but I consider them presents! Look at all the good stuff:
I have a deep-rooted love for seeing inside other people's fridges...
I went grocery shopping on Saturday – and you’ll never believe it, but I WAS AT THE GROCERY STORE BEFORE 9AM. I shocked myself. I’ve only done that once before, and really enjoyed getting it done so early in the day. But it’s a rare occurrence. I’m not really a late sleeper anymore (ahhh remember those days?), but I tend to lounge around for several hours on the weekend before heading out to do errands.
After shopping was over, I met up with my mom and sister. They were also grocery shopping. So I did it all over again, but just as an accomplice this time I spotted something along the way that I hadn’t seen while I was completing my own list … so my mama was kind enough to purchase it for me.
I had never tried this prior to busting open the container yesterday. It’s like crack, it’s so good.
I guess I lied when I said all of my new things from this weekend were purchased myself, because she bought me this too:
There’s a bunch of great ideas in there! I love Rachael Ray.
That’s a look at all of my new swag (I’ll never use that word again, I promise). Did you buy anything for yourself this weekend?
ps. Happy Belated April Fools’ Day! Did you pull any pranks? Had any pulled on you? Before I left work on Friday, I tinfoiled every single object in a coworker’s office. I’m talking everything – his dual computer screens, his phone, chair, every single pen/picture frame/box of Tic Tacs … it’s quite a spectacle! I’m looking forward to seeing his face when I get to work this morning 
Enjoy your day!
i also love getting grocery shopping out of the way first thing on a saturday. plus, it is so nice b/c the store is not crowded. i HATE a crowded market.
That extra room to breathe is definitely nice!
I didn’t buy myself anything exciting this past weekend (well, some easter eggs, which I consumed… but we shall never mention them again!). But… I’m due to buy myself some new gym shoes – ones that are properly fitted and good for dance-type classes.
Perhaps they will be my present to myself.
I love your ‘swag’!!!
Deb
Do it, buy some!! I’m craving some Easter eggs now
Love the new sneakers! You just reminded me that I have had mine for well over a year and should really invest in some new ones…
I think Yoga classes are SO expensive. I used to take the classes for free at my gym but then made the mistake of going to a studio class which was a million times better. Since I don’t like yoga to begin with (I just like how I feel afterwards) it’s hard for me to want to spend $20+ on a class!
Love the tinfoil joke!! My coworker wrapped every item on my desk in saran wrap a few years ago. I swear months later I was still unwrapping pens and paper clips.
Hahaha love the Saran Wrap thing!
Wow, I’ve never seen sweet potato hummus, but I have no doubt that I would LOVE it! That looks incredible!
It IS incredible!!!
Sweet potato hummus?! Amazing. I just found Green olive hummus that is DELICIOUS. I can’t get enough!
Omg really?!!! I love green olives!!
I LOOOOOVE that idea about the tin foil…next year I must do that!
I just got some new Nike shoes from my brother for my birthday. Awesome gift…there’s nothing quite like Nike shoes!
It was a pretty good prank … his reaction yesterday was priceless!
I NEVER would have had the patience to do all that tinfoiling! You are disciplined, haha.
Those are some very healthy gifts to yourself! New sneakers are awesome. I got some this past summer and I already want more because now they’ve lost their newness luster.
Yoga classes ARE expensive, it’s not just you. I bought a Bikram Groupon recently but other than that I don’t “belong” to any studios. My gym has yoga but it’s a bit hit-or-miss so I just do videos at home. I have been too cheap to buy a mat. At home I just use the carpet…haha
I was using my carpet, but now I put my fancy shmancy new yoga mat to good use
Ugh, yoga studios are SOOO expensive. I sometimes do yoga classes at GoodLife but they’re nowhere near as good as the ones offered at actual yoga studios. I get around the cost by attending “pay what you can” classes and taking advantage of intro specials (although I don’t know what I’m gonna do once I’ve made my way through every yoga studio in my city — maybe create a fake identity and start all over again, hoping they won’t remember me?).