#lulumon

The start of the craziness of the holidays! Halloween goes by to quick for those of us that work retail jobs. Next year I am going to enjoy Halloween a lot more then I did last year. Already making plans to decorate more then I did this last year. I will not have to get much in the form of decorations since I already have some. The most I will have to get is a little black tree and a ceramic pumpkin. I wish my mom had not gotten rid of the two she had. Will need to do at least one cool costume as well. 

The only good thing about this time of year in retail is the extra money you get from working overtime. I already have enough money to get the gifts I need to get for the few people I need to buy them for. I may even get something this year for the museum that they can use even though I have already given them a few things throughout the year. I never realized the joy I would have volunteering there. I think I have found a happy balance in the time I do volunteer there. 

Work this time of year does make getting volunteer hours towards the end of the year hard. They understand why I can not because I am very upfront with them and tell them why I will be missing time. Which makes things a lot easier since I am upfront with them about it. Communication makes a lot of things easier. Wish more jobs believed in it. One of the big complaints about retail is lack of communication. 

Will be doing a lot more at home yoga not that I will not have as much time to go to a studio as I have in the past. Will probably join the one of the studios near me at the beginning of next year since they have the option for a three month membership. It will give me a chance to get back itno organized flows and rebuild my basic practice. Plus it will give me a chance to wear my leggings in a studio session again. I got a new pair from Lulumon to wear to my next class. 

If I do join the studio near me that has the three month membership I will be able to buy a mat from them and store it at the studio. Which will make it a lot easier for me to go to class without always have to drag my mat to the studio. It will also make it so that I can walk to the studio more as well since all I will need is a backpack. Since all I will need to bring back home with me is my wet clothes and possible wet towel. 

I do need to keep an eye online for a yoga towels on sale along with looking for a new mat for hot yoga. I do not always like using a mot towel but I also need a mat with grip for when I do sweat a lot. The Lulumon Align leggings are great for hot yoga classes because they breath and are lightweight when you sweat. I may have to get some more pairs down the road if I ever can get a bigger studio practice again. 

I did not thing I had wrote as much today as I have. I will get going now since I will be taking my youngest niece to the museum I volunteer at today so that she can hold one of the snakes there. She has been asking for a while and I have finally gotten time to set it up before i get to busy. After the beginning of the year I may get a membership to the Springs Preserve so i have a place to go at times. 

Walked to yoga yesterday and it felt good! If I do it again I will be wearing shorts and just a long sleeve shirt. The only part I did not expect was that my bag would be heavier on the way back then on the way there because of how much my clothes and mat towel where drenched. I did buy a dry bag to put some of my wet clothes in. The yoga backpack I got has is great for walking to the studio with. 

At the beginning of the year I am going to get a 3 month pass to the studio I have been going to. They do offer a mat storage service that I may take full advantage of. That way I can walk to class with out having to bring my mat with me every time. I do want to get a new mat so that I have another back up but have not gotten one yet. The studio carries Manduka mats which has a nice line of mats. 

I currently use a Lulumon mat which has been great but I do need a thicker mat. I know a few yogis who have 5 or 6 mats. I have a thinner Manduka mat which is my travel and at home mat. I have a Gaiam mat that is for when I do pilates since it is a bigger mat. I have been debating getting Mandukas hot yoga mat since I do like hot yoga. If I store the mat at the studio it will be cleaned for me and kept there so I do not have to remember to bring it each time. 

Liforme sells a yoga mat pad that I may be getting down the road as well. It would be perfect for me knees when I need extra padding. This is especially true when I do a yin class since we hold the poses longer then normal. I also need to look into another mat bag that I can use when traveling or when i just go to a park to practice. Now that it has cooled off I need to start doing that more. 

I forgot how amazing a hot yoga class feels! Even though I was not able to do everything it class it felt good to sweat everything out. Lulumons align leggings are amazing for hot yoga class! They are well built and breathable enough that you do not feel like you will overheat in them. I may have to get some more pairs of them other then the four I already have. I also need to look into getting a Manduka thick mat so I can protect my knees when doing some poses. 

Why is growing your hair out such a pain in the ass! Mine is at that stage that there is not much I can do with it but it likes to do all sorts of wild things. May have to get it cleaned up a little in October so that I can get it to grow out better and do something with it. I want it pony tail length so that I can be lazy in the morning when I do not want to do anything with it. Need to see if Lush Cosmetics has anything to help hair grow. 

I had a quiet birthday yesterday! Got a burger for food and had some chocolate cake. Used my Starbucks birthday treat and decided to be lazy. Did open an account at Discover Bank so that I have a place to put money for going to Comic Cons at. I will still keep a cash envelope but majority of my con money will go into that savings account. I will also have an account for food money at a con. 

Will be taking a yoga class this am and forgot how amazing Lulumon leggings feel! I know they are womens leggings but they are so comfortable. One day I will get some that are another color besides black. They make doing some yoga poses so much easier then just regular shorts. I do need some more compression shorts for hot yoga classes.