A Sweet Date

Little Diva had the day off of school, so I decided to bundle them up and load the munchkins up in the marathon mommy minivan for a full day of fun. It was so good for all of us (despite it being the coldest day of the year!).


I had heard about a new cupcakery that opened up at Hilldale Mall in Madison. GiGi's Cupcakes (HERE) sells all sorts of awesome specialty flavors. And, they taste just as awesome as they look adorable. We ordered three huge cupcakes and came home with half of what we ordered. Couldn't splurge the extra calories on 2% milk -- had to get skim of course!

Little Diva, of course, ordered the Miss Princess cupcake. It was precious and was topped with a pink tiara.

Little Dude ordered the Peanut Butter Cup cupcake that I also happily tasted. Even better than a Reeces!

My mad love for sweet potatoes, inspired me to order the intriguing Candied Sweet Potato Cupcake. It was awesome, and topped with candied pecans, toasted marshmallows and cream cheese frosting. YUM!

The shop is absolutely adorable and smells delicious. We loved the pink table and chairs and being surrounded by the scent of cake batter. This would be a great place to take your kids for a special day or to meet up with some girlfriends.

We did things a little bit backwards, and followed cupcakes with lunch at Sonic. The kids love sitting in the van and watching a movie while they chow down. Not to mention, it was free, because they had free vouchers from their birthdays last month. We also had a blast using gift cards at Toys R Us, because we absolutely needed more toys right now!

I stopped by Endurance House (HERE) at Greenway Station. They currently have their Great Race Giveaway promotion (HERE) where if you spend $150, you get a free entry, or discounted entry into some local races. I love taking advantage of this. We all now how quickly $150 can go in a running store! If you're local -- you need to stop out!

Little Dude and Little Diva enjoyed playing with the toys by the warm fireplace, while I wandered around. They also enjoyed looking at the "treadmallows" that they had handy for people to test out their running shoes. The store was quite busy for a Friday afternoon. I have a feeling they get a lot of business this weekend, because of the awesome promotion they're running.

I ended up purchasing two new pairs of Brooks Adrenalines and a PINK (!) handheld water bottle. I can't wait to start training now! And, what am I training for?!?!? With all that I have going on right now and how up in the air my schedule is, I didn't want to schedule anything big for the spring. So, I opted to get a free race entry for the Haunted Hustle. I asked them to sign me up for the half marathon in October. Then, on a whim, I said "Heck, I'll do the full". So, there we have it. I WILL be running another full marathon this year. It feels really good to have something on my calendar right now. As far off as it is.