It’s the last day of March and the first quarter of the year is just about finito. How was that for time flying? The last Friday of the month means something else as well: The Runfession Friday Linkup is open!
If you’re just joining us, this is where we put it all out there so we can start April as fresh as spring flowers….or something like that. Let’s get started:
Man bun giving me the side eye….
Remember in last month’s runfessions I told you about the man-bun guy on the treadmill next to me who engaged in a little desperate racing? Well it turns out, I hadn’t seen the last of him. He seems to be everywhere at the gym….wherever I am, that is, just like American Express. While he hasn’t taken the next-door mill since, I’ve noticed him staring at me from the weight machines when I’m running…staring at me from the sauna when I’m swimming…the kicker was when he turned up in my spin class. It took everything I had not to bolt out before class even started. I’ve changed up my schedule to shake him off. Who needs a creepy man bun in their life? Not I.
Speaking of Spin Class, I runfess that when a woman joined our class 30 minutes late, and expected the instructor to dismount her bike to come help her adjust hers, then proceeded to ride for a mere 10 minutes before slinking out of the studio, it’s a good thing I was unarmed. #whatiswrongwithpeople
Coffee tastes even better out of pretty cups
I runfess I really love Starbucks new spring cup colors. I love the Tiffany blue one so much I may be ordering Grandes just to get one.
I runfess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but I’m not sure how I feel about Women’s Health Magazine getting in on the Runfessions game.
I runfess I’ve been having a bit of a problem at the grocery store. The cashier is frequently distracted or engrossed in convo with the bagger and as a result I’ve come away missing items I’d purchased on more than a few occasions. The other day the woman in front of me ran back to grab a couple of forgotten items. She raced back, apologizing profusely as she added a bag of chocolate chips and a pound of Kerrygold butter to her order. I smiled. We’ve all been there. No worries. Except when I got home her chocolate chips and Kerrygold were in MY bag. I immediately felt bad for her because I knew these were things she really needed and now doesn’t have. Of course I returned them to the store. I runfess that while I know returning the items was the “right” thing to do, I feel like I was helping out the store, rather than the lady, since she’d have to come back to get her stuff anyway. Not sure a store can even sell food that’s been returned. Sigh.
Your turn: Would you return something put in by mistake? Keep it? Any gym stalkers? What have you to runfess?
I’m linking up with Meranda, Lacey and Rachel for the Friday Five.
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I hate when people come late to class and then disrupt the class – that is uber annoying and so rude!
That was nice of you to return the items to the supermarket, although the cashier really needs to be paying attention. I can see why that would annoy you!
Ha! Stalkers gotta go! There is a co-worker who stalks my blog (comments/likes, etc.) but totally avoids face to face conversation with me in the office. Yes, I can’t make that stuff up
That was nice of you to return the stuff to the store, but you are right that its only helping the store- and they may have had to throw out the items anyway! I got Starbucks (grande dark roast) the past 2 days and didnt see those cups!
Eww! Gym stalker. That’s actually REALLY creepy. And the spin instructor should have told late Linda to adjust her own bike, although really I think she should have asked her to leave.
I probably wouldn’t even have returned the food, I runfess!
Ah the adventures of the grocery store!…they never end 🙂 And the spin class? As a former instructor – NO, just no.
Man bun should be shamed publicly. First of all, aren’t man buns passe? And second of all, a man bun?
Does Man Bun have the hots for you? I totally agree. No time for creepy man bun. ?
It peeves me to no end when the cashier and bagger are in deep convo and ignore customers. Grrr.
Oh manbun!!!!! You knowers not who you are messing with.
I am a five your old inside. I would want to reach out and touch the man bun.
Sounds like you have a gym admirer! I say you kick his butt in spin class and show him who’s boss 🙂 I also love the spring Starbucks cups saving that for the coffee date tomorrow 🙂 Right there with you on the grocery store lines-what is up with that? Thanks for the linkup!
I work at the gym in the afternoons and there are always more men there. I try not to make eye contact lol, but they do stare. I only have to go in the employee office to fill out my paperwork and then I am out of there as fast as I can! I haven’t seen anyone with a man bun yet ?. I RUNfess that I’ve had a pretty good month as far as mileage goes even with sick kids and a hectic schedule. Our spring break starts in just a few hours! Praise!!
I guess I need to head to Starbux. That’s the only sign of spring I will see. SNOW here today…………..
About ManBun, perhaps he knows you as the famous Marcia from your blog and is working up the courage to ask for your autograph. 🙂 Or perhaps he’s just a really creepy guy. Just be careful and go with your instincts!
Seriously, Women’s Health? What are they thinking? Are you going to contact them? As always, thanks for the linkup! Those that know and love your linkup, know that you were the brainchild behind Runfessions!
If you haven’t read my reply to your comment on my Runfessions, check it out. Now I’ve got to add that as I got ready to submit this comment I saw that Kim from Kooky Runner’s info was in the spaces where my info normally is when I comment. I just had to pop by up to let you know. Not sure if it’s my laptop, WordPress, or what, but it’s crazy!
I would return the items especially if I would never use them!
no stalkers but at my old-old-old gym there were twin brothers that were ALWAYS at the gym when I was there. I quit that gym after a while and went to another gym. After a few months the brothers were there again and ALWAYS when I was there. I quit THAT gym and moved on to another gym in town. A couple months later… you guessed it, they were there again! And while and my new gym I haven’t seen them… I do see one of them here and there at random places in town. They are not creepy at all though, in fact I thought they were kind of cute. It was just odd (and still is) that I see them OF ALL THE PEOPLE I’ve seen at the gym, in random places in town. We aren’t a big city but we certainly aren’t a dinky little town either.
I runfess I don’t generally see much bad behavior in gym classes because I just don’t go. I’d rather have my headphones on doing my own thing. People in classes bug me in general. Although, it’s probably me and my insecurities. Usually there is at least one or two people in class who think they know more than the instructor and at least one who sucks time, attention and energy away from the instructor. I don’t have the best experiences with classes, though I do keep trying so there’s that…
You know I am kind of a fan of man buns but you have to be the right kind of man, not creepy gym guys- yuck! But you gotta like a man who has great taste in women- just saying! HA, I don’t do much grocery shopping so I don’t ever get any bodies stuff- it would be nice to score a bottle of wine or something but hey, I might would return it. Nah……to much trouble.
That’s why I prefer the self-checkout counters now. When I’m at Target on Saturday mornings, of course there’s only 1 regular lane open, so I completely bypass it now and checkout on my own. I feel like I’m faster anyway.
Oh the man-bun man! He must be jealous of your energy or something 😉
That is the worst when you come home and the items you’ve bought are not in your bag! Good of you to return them. I would also be annoyed at Women’s Health Magazine – not cool!
Oh my gosh how bizarre about Mr. Man Bun! People’s gym behavior never ceases to amaze me – 30 minutes late for class?!?
oh… creepy stalker alert! I think I’d keep the stuff from the store, I don’t think they can sell returned food… so it would go to waste.
OMG, Man bun is definitely checking you out!
I’ve never had anything extra put in my bag. I hope the lady was able to get her items returned to her.
Oh my Marcia! I’d go all GI Jane on his ass for sure!! Keep an eye out for creeper for sure! You are amazing fir returning those items to the store. Heaven for sure! 😉
Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! Man bun dude has a crush on you! 🙂
….and ANYTHING Tiffany blue is ..well, just fabulous!
I can’t yet wrap my brain around a man bun. Is it just me? I’ve never gotten someone else’s items in my grocery bags but they’ve sure missed a few of my own. It’s always the very thing you need too. I haven’t seen the new Starbucks cups. I gotta go today. Seriously. Thanks for the linkup!
The stalker guy is too creepy. I think I would go to another gym class or slap him if I were you, absolutely can’t stand it. That was nice of you to return the stuff to the supermarket. I do love Starbucks too.