digging for gold

{This post is dedicated to the dude in the full gorilla suit-- I'm talking mask, gloves, gorilla feet, everything-- lifting at LA Fitness tonight. You made my sprint interval sesh so much more enjoyable, despite the fact that you probably had a heat stroke after I left.}

Bringin' back the gold crackle nailpolish. FYI, it's in now. 

One great thing about working in peds: I got to go allll out for Halloween today. I whipped out the Little Red Riding Hood cape and basket, and some crazy knee-high Halloween socks (which made walking out of the gym this morning after my spin class fairly embarrassing), though the cape didn't last more than a few hours-- much too bulky to treat kids in. Our lunch potluck was a highlight, as well-- I brought my (now pretty famous) homemade Butterfinger bars, which were a hit. And I even got out an hour early because of cancellations-- apparently the kiddos had other plans this afternoon/tonight...

As for Saturday night-- I vetoed the rugby player costume at about 11:35pm on Friday, meaning I had to get creative fast. So, I whipped together a gold digger costume-- you know, the kind of girl that's only interested in rich guys, HA-- in an hour. Lucky that I had some gold spray paint, a construction helmet, a shovel, and a blingy dolla sign necklace laying around. I debuted the costume first at Taylor's (she was a gypsy), then at Carl's/Tim's with Kristy (who was an '80s prom queen), then in Uptown, and only had to explain what I was to about 15% of the people I talked to. SUCCESS!

Here's the Gold Digger video-- warning: it's really pretty racy. My costume was totally not this scandalous. 

Other weekend highlights: Panera with John on Saturday, who works with my CI's hubby, an ortho PT in St. Paul. Stayed at Kristy and Abby's place in Chaska (so awesome!) Saturday night. On Sunday, Ben and I carved pumpkins. [Pop quiz: which of us made the Wild pumpkin, and which of us made the pumpkin with the Uncertainty Principle, a physics equation...? Predictable.] And last night, we had an awesome dinner with G&G Mess at Kozlak's (Groupon!). 

Side note: This was the best weekend for Minnesota sports, maybe ever. Wild beat the Wings. Gopher football beat Iowa to keep Floyd. Gopher hockey swept Alaska. The Vikes won to give Ponder his first win. MV football beat Stillwater in the last play of the game with no time left. And--last but certainly not least-- the Stars won the NASL Championship, which was pretty impressive, considering they were ranked 6th out of 8 teams at the end of the season and barely made the playoffs. Wowza, hard to top that weekend! {Good thing the NBA is on strike because no doubt the T-Wolves would've ruined that streak.}

Stars = champs! (photo courtesy of Kaitlin :)