1. I love pumpkin things, this is not new. What is new is a type of chip that you need to go buy yourself right now. If you live near Costco, buy these. If you don’t live near Costco, drive to one and then buy these. They are unnnnrrreaaalll!
2. My friend gave me some apples from her garden, and when I bit into one I found a larva wiggling in the core. I had the heebie jeebies all morning, it was awful, and I wanted to cry.
3. I busted my cat looking at inappropriate things online.
4. Starbucks has a new medium roast coffee that will be released to the public on October 1st. It is SO good. It’s Ethiopian and makes me feel warm inside.
5. I made small talk with a stranger about PB while I was getting myself a fresh ground tub. We agreed it was the best PB in all the land, and this is what he wrote on my sticker.
6. I’m really enjoying my job. Like..really really.
7. I had an extremely successful 9 mile run on Saturday. I promptly refueled with chocolate chips, and became so distracted by them I locked myself out of my house.
8. Last night I went for an unscheduled run, just to get caught in the middle of a thunder storm. The moment I started running the thunder/lightening/rain stopped. BOOO!
9. My cats got a new toy.
10. I have been a slacker with my coin counter, and haven’t found much change lately. I am up to $7.65 though, which is $7.65 more than I had when I started. FREE MONEY!
Q: What’s your confession?
67 thoughts on “Early Morning Confessions”
Corrie Anne
I got caught in the rain yesterday too!!! It wasn’t storming so I just stuck with it, but I got cold!!!
thoughtsappear
I want a toy like that!
Alex @ therunwithin
um holy cow there is such a thing as pumpkin tortilla chips>???? totally intrigued. luckily no rain here but it looks like my walk home may be wet….
Amy @ A Desert Girl
I love your confession posts!!! At least the chocolate was locked out of the house too.
Also, I’m going to tell Kevin about the new medium roast and be all, “Yeah, I have an inside source at Starbucks. I’m that cool.”
Nicole @ FruitnFitness
Oh I want to try those pumpkin tortilla chips! I love all things pumpkin. I’m so excited we finally have a Costco opening up in lexington in October! I usually make huge stock pile trips when I go home to Minnesota. I’m glad your loving your job 🙂
Megan
Great run chica! Um confession… I am feeling super lazy lately. DAMNIT.
kathy @ vodka and soda
that is my WORST fear – biting into something and finding a BUG! when i was in italy, i ordered this amazing ravioli shitake mushroom dish and when i took a scoop, there was a giant silkworm in it and it had spun it’s web or silk or whatever and IT WAS SO FUCKING GROSS AND SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME that i screamed bloody murder and left. i could NOT eat anything for a while!
Brittany
This comment made me want to die. I found a big worm in my kale today..WTF WHY ME!?
pickyrunner
I LOVE PUMPKIN SEEDS. That is code for: I need to try these chips. I’ll have to write it down so I don’t forget. Secondly, yayyy for loving your job and running still going well! Also, I was just biting into my apple when I read this post so I better not find any creepy crawlers in mine!
Change of Pace
A nine mile run and chocolate sounds like a great day but the locking yourself out part not so much. I love running in the rain and am so disappointed when it stops right before I start!
My confession: I’m back to work after what feels like lots of time off and fun holidays this summer. Not a funday Monday!
spectacuLAUR
It’s all right in the world whenever chocolate is involved. Flat tire + chocolate, okay. Lost + chocolate, okay. In the middle of a tsunami + chocolate, okay. It just makes everything better! Yay for nine miles, speedy demon! My confession: I have reworn my workout apparel wayyyy too many times these past few days. Thank God I work out at home.
Amanda @ .running with spoons.
Oh man, I found a legit larva NEST in my lettuce once… That was the day that I stopped buying fresh lettuce and switched to the pre-packaged, fully washed baby lettuce. Although I did once bite into some kind of beetle when eating baby spinach from one of those packages… Extra protein?? 😯
Brittany
AHH EW!! I found a pretty big silkworm in my kale today..UGH WHY ME!
Ja @Ja on the RUN
#1: i love everything pumpkin too. Never seen that one in Costco yet. Thanks!!!
Katherine
It’s really sad, but in South Texas we don’t have Costco. It’s actually something that really sucks. My Grandma is ALWAYS sending me pictures of super cool things she finds there. I love pumpkin too. I’m searching for the perfect pumpkin recipe to kick off my fall!
Amy
That’s super freaky about your lightning storm run!! We were watching the football game last night (SF at Seattle), and I was surprised they had a lightning delay for that. You’re even more hardcore than the football players — they waited out the storm in the locker rooms, but you ran right through it!
What’s your favorite part about working at Starbucks? The employees at the one closest to my house rarely seem to be as happy and smiley as you!
Brittany
Football players are big wussies! HA! I think I am enjoying my job so much because I work with great people, and there are select regular customers that just brighten my day every time I see them! Plus making drinks is A LOT of fun! It’s all about choosing to be happy, and it sounds like the baristas by your house need a good happy slap!
Amy
You are SO perfect for Starbucks Brittany! I wish I could teleport you to my local store every time I walk in to order a drink. That’d be so fun, and you’d brighten my day every time! 🙂
Davida @The Healthy Maven
You are too cute!!! Confession…I love all thing pumpkin but I absolutely hate fall! I eat pumpkin all year long but I don’t mention it on the blog to avoid death stares lol…
Brittany
YOU HATE FALL?!?!!? AHHH! Hahaha. I actually eat pumpkin year round too..no shame.
Ashlee@HisnHers
Ugh I would flip if I bit into an apple and found something gross like that! Dont think I’d ever be able to eat an apple again.
chasingchels
Hahaha ok that pic of your cat is amazing! Yay for awesome runs, too…and getting locked out with chocolate chips is my way to do it 😉 Have a great rest of the day hun!
Alisha's Appetite
LOL #3! And I love that he wrote the best PB on your pb…that’s awesome!
Meghan @ fitnesscrEATures
I want some of that BEST PB EVER! I am a PB whore, I love it so much! 🙂 And super cute kitty-o pictures! And your face is not creepy.
Fantastic run my friend! I love hearing about SUCCESS! You rock. And let’s run together when I’m in Seattle. Great, thanks!
Brittany
DEAL! Can we stuff our faces with vegan donuts after we run!?
lifeaslisaknowsit
I think I NEED some pumpkin tortilla chips in my life! 🙂
allieksmith
Oh snap, new coffee at Sbux! VERY exciting! I am so glad you’re LOVIN’ your job!
cleaneatingveggiegirl
Pumpkin seed tortilla chips?? Seriously?? Wow, I am pretty certain that I NEED those!
katalysthealth
Gahhhhhh there was a bug IN the apple?! idsbfpirbvierpbrof I would’ve crapped myself and cried myself to sleep. NASTY!
On another note however, eating chocolate chips by the handful is always a good choice in my book 😉
Kayla Hoffman
shut up. Those tortilla chips need to be in my mouth.
Erin
I would never eat an apple again!!! Gross!! And gotta find those tortilla chips, yum!!
Heather @ HeatherRunsFast.com
First it’s a slug on lettuce, now it’s larva in an apple… you have the worst bug luck. We must have been soul sisters this week with our chocolate chips, great long runs and new toys for our children. I don’t live near a costco but will bribe a friend who does to bring me some of those chips. Yum-O! Can’t wait to try the new coffee, what a tease you are! I confess that I am treating myself too much with the amount of mileage I’m running. I need to reign it in BIG TIME!
Meghan@CleanEatsFastFeets
Oh my god, the apple thing. I’d cry too. Maybe you should wash it out with this Ethiopian coffee. I’m so glad to hear your job is making you happy and nine miles. Damn girl; that is ridiculously impressive. Come run with me and teach me your ways, including eating chocolate when we’re done, although we can skip the whole locking ourselves out bit.
P.S. I love the kitty pictures.
Britta
Way to rock that runnnnnn!!! And refuelling with chocolates is exactly what I like to see! Is it weird that whenever I walk into a Starbucks now I think of you? Kinda creepy but I cannot help it – also, super pumped about the new coffeeeeee. YUM. I’m a big True North fan so we will see how this one compares! I need to drive to costco..I love chips and pumpkin so this means I will like them. Especially if YOU LIKE THEM. I can I not?! Your random stranger encounter made me smile… I love those moments. Unless they are kinda creepy, then they are no fun but sometimes a random stranger can just MAKE YOUR DAY.
Brittany
Umm I LOVE that you think of me when you go into Starbucks!! If we had a MEC here I would think of you, all we have is REI and uhh..well..I don’t have happy thoughts tied to REI (I think you know why) SO INSTEAD when I see REI I WILL NOW TRY TO THINK OF MEC and then think of you..wHOOOOO!! HAHA. Oh man.
Thanks to the Google, I discovered that True North is the blonde roast. We don’t call it True North in the US, I wish we had a fancy name like you guys do!
My random stranger encounter was definitely enjoyable. What a kind young man he was. I hate the creepy encounters…NONONO!
Melissa @ Al Forno Mementos
HAHAHAHA NUMBER 3!! I can’t stop laughing!
Good job on your run! I’m thinking about getting a pedometer so I can track how much I walk … since it’s not enough but they’re all so expensive and the reviews all contradict each other.
I throw all my coins in a tin jar … I wonder how much is actually in there. I’m afraid to use Coinstar or that kind of machine because they take some of your money. 😦
jessiebearwhat
OMG I NEED THOSE CHIPS IN MY TUMMY RIGHT NOW. Also that pb.
GiGi Eats Celebrities
I confess that I currently have a little bit of a tummy ache right now, which is probably because I shoved a little TOO MUCH food in my face. I also must confess that I am waiting to watch Dancing With The Stars tonight, because the love of my life will be shaking his… MAN JUNK all over my TV – YES PLEASE! What’s pretty interesting is that they actually film the show down the street from where I live, and they film at 5pm, except the show ain’t on TV until 8pm. LIVE MY ASS . Okay, no it is, because it’s live for the East Coast. EFF the EAST COAST!!!! They don’t deserve shit.
I also must confess that it would be AMAZINGGGGGGGG if you came to LOS ANGELES before Thanksgiving – We could celebrate that DELICIOUS holiday together – and if yo u came before Halloween we could go trick or treating… And in West Hollywood, trick or treat means something A LITTLE different!
Brittany
Uhh I want to come to LA in October, but because it’s the ONE MONTH I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED AT DISNEYLAND that I am DYING TO EXPERIENCE!! Halloween DLAND!?!? YES YES YES! My favorite holiday aND my favorite place TOGETHER!
HHmmmmm..weekend at Gigi’s!?
GiGi Eats Celebrities
UM YES!!!! My place = YOUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME! Boom!
Meredith
I think I am going to join Costco just for those chips! YUM!
That has happened to me with an apple…I had to take a few days off from them and then smother them with peanut butter for a couple weeks, but it got better, promise! In the meantime, maybe make homemade applesauce? nice work on your 9-miler lady!
Elizabeth
Yay for your long run!!
Trivia; what’s worse than biting into an apple and finding a worm?
Answer; finding half a worm.
Brittany
NOOO. WHYYYY! HAHA.
IHeartVegetables
Hahaha I’m glad I’m not the only one who has had conversations about peanut butter with random strangers 😉
Hannah
Where did you get that cat thing?? My Antigone would love one So Much. She loves being higher than everyone else. She’s kind of a snoot.
Brittany
Walmart!! HA!
Christine @ Gotta Eat Green
Pumpkin seed chips! Seriously!!! I need to go buy these.
Lisa
So happy to hear you are loving your job! Sounds like it has been a great experience for you, but how could Starbucks not. I love that place.
Also, I’m kind of addicted to all the things pumpkin right now. I’ve been experimenting like a mad woman. It’s just so gosh darned good.
Your apple story reminded me of the time I found a giant spider in my kale!!! Um yah, that possibly ruined kale for quite a while!
laurenlehocky
Your bowl of chocolate chips looks identical to what I eat on an almost-daily basis haha sometimes the basics really hit the spot. Good idea with the money-counter…free money IS the best kind of money 🙂
fromicecreamtomarathon
Awesome job on your long run!! OMG, if I found that in my apple, I would NEVER eat another apple. Sad, but true.
PNWRunner
UMMMM Pumpksin seed tortilla chips?!?! Shut the front door. I must try these! My confession: I need to detox from this past weekend. I am still tired and I slept for like 16 hours or more. I am hoping for a laid back weekend. I did a long run on Sunday when I got back from ZBB. Sounded like a good idea until when I got back and wanted to die. Running plus a system full of beer= bad bad combo!! BTW, my cat is jealous of your cats new toy.
P
Your cat….haha :P!
Chocolate chips after a 9 miler is just perfect!!
Matt @ The Athlete's Plate
You can’t beat fresh ground PB!
Brittany
Agreed!!
Miss Polkadot
Time to cut down your cat’s online time or install a child, no, cat-proof lock?!
What am I supposed to do if there’s a) neither a Costco close by and b) not even one anywhere in the country ;)? I’m on a [no-so-secret] mission to eat all things pumpkin after all!
Confession: I managed [though I pretend it can’t have been me] the kitchen sink drain yesterday and tried every possible way of cleaning it without success. Until I finally used the don’t-want-to-know-about-all-the-chemicals cleaning agent. It still scares me to think what I put into that drain …
IHeartVegetables
Oh my gosh you could not trust me around that bag of pumpkin seed chips haha. They sound SO good!
alexvegginout
My confession is I’m way behind on your posts, and I feel really bad about it! 😦
I so want to try fresh ground pb! They have it at whole foods, but I don’t know why I’ve never tried it!! I’ve got to get on that. 😉
Your 9 mile run… WOOHOO!!! It’s sounds like your training is going swimmingly (or cunningly?! 😉 ). Which half are you doing?
Life After Swimming
Oh my goodness. That last cat picture WINS so much. Love that you refuel with chocolate also 🙂
PJ Sassifras
I agree with Life After Swimming, that last cast picture is the BEST! Happy kitty. Smoochy Mommie. I agree if you must get locked out of your house, at least you SHOULD have chocolate. You should patent that idea. An emergency supply of chocolate you hide under a fake rock like a hide a key.
Wait…..you can buy fresh ground PB?? The HELL you say?!?! I need to search for this in my city immediately, if not sooner!
PJ Sassifras
BTW – Your cat and one of my cats could be twins. http://wp.me/a3sHfW-8D They even have a little white spot on their chest. Mine also has a giant white spot on his tummy, but you can only see it when he rolls over.
http://courtneyem.com/
Love the PB label! And oh my, your cat is precious 🙂 🙂
Christina Does It All
Nine miles! Wahoooo!
I love your cat looking at dirty pictures photo 😛 Tsk,tsk,tsk.
celestedimilla
Those pumpkin tortilla chips sound amazing! Still, I don’t think they’d get the “yuck” out of biting into a wormy apple. I don’t know if I’d ever eat an apple again! Celeste 🙂
theanniehall
MMMMMMMMMM fresh ground PB is the bomb.com, especially the honey roasted peanuts!
it might even be better than chocolate/pb dreams from pb&co!
my confession: i must be the only person in the blog world that DOES NOT LIKE pumpkin or almond butter…i hope that doesn’t mean we can’t be friends anymore :p
Rach @ This Italian Family
#2… I can’t even speak of the horror that would have been if it had been me. Oh my gracious. I might throw up just thinking about it, ha!
In other news… I still wish you worked at the S*bucks by me. We’d be BFFs and it’d be swell! And I also love how chill you are about locking yourself out. I always worry that I’m going to lock myself outside without my phone and have to wait for Christopher to get off work. Though really he only works like 2 miles from our house so if I weren’t being a big pansy I could just walk there. But knowing me, it would be one of those times when I’m sun bathing in the backyard and not exactly dressed appropriately to walk 2 miles through the city, lol! Wow, I digressed a bit there. Anyway, glad you had your chocolate chips! 🙂 Oh, and the cat pic – hilarious!
sincerelylily
you and your cat are so cute! loversssss for life.
pumpkin chips? i had no idea these existed. amazing.
YOU HAD A CONVO ABOUT PB!?!?! ahhh I love that you talked to a stranger about this amazing nut spread. i went to starbucks this weekend and thought of youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
Brandi
Love the cat photo, lol! Ok, seriously. Brittany…can you be my neighbor?! You make me laugh and smile so much reading your posts. Your humor is infectious and brightens my day :). I truly mean that. Love that you love your job…but that sucks about the worm…YUCK!! The pumpkin chips sound DELISH.