One more day...then RACE DAY!

KT and I went to pick up our "race kits" on Thursday night... It was an interesting experience. KT is diabetic. KT is a great fundraiser. She's like Kenny Rogers in "The Gambler" - you gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run... She doesn't fundraise a lot - but when she does - her "network" knows that she's really asking for support. This time is no different - she's surpassed her fundraising goal - which is WELL beyond what they're expecting her to raise at the Canadian Diabetes Association. Another note - this is the first time KT has raised funds for them - she has Type 1 diabetes, and CDA only devotes 10% of their support/research/awareness on Type 1 and 90% on Type 2. Anyway... I told the CDA guy who was organizing the race - you need to woo her. If you woo her - you can set NEW fundraising goals... He wasn't really listening to me. Just nodding. And then... we started unraveling details... about mine and KT's history of raising funds for diabetes (hello? over $20,000) and about how this race, she's already raised over $2,500... Then he started to pay more attention... It was kind of funny. Anyway, in the end they asked us to focus on getting 50 more runners signed up... I laughed with KT on the way out - "Could you imagine if we did??"

Part 2 of Thursday night... we went to an outdoors-y store in the same plaza so I could try on my dream coat... My friend AG lives in Ottawa and got this coat to survive the winters - protecting her warm Singaporian blood - and I've always loved it - but living in "warmer" London, didn't really provide enough of a reason to get it... So, I've figured that NOW is my chance! (Ok, I moved to Winnipeg JUST so I could get this coat...)

We went into the store and met Heather, salesperson extraordinaire. (We learned that she was moving back to Kenora at the end of the week - otherwise, she would have been added to our friend list). She walked us through the new jackets and the ones that I should consider...since they don't even have the Triple C in the store right now... They order them in. :( So, we tried on some coats...

The new favourite... The Arctic Parka in Moonlight


The shorter version to the Triple C - The Metropolis


Even KT got into the swing of things...


Here we are with Heather -


So, after all of our time in the store... I am now a little less set on my coat - especially since we measured it... and the coat on me would hit my ankles. For real. So, in order to walk, I'd probably have to have it unzipped to my knees anyway... I've written away to AG for her review and I'll try it on in person at another store before any decisions are made...

Oh my gosh...we haven't even gotten to Part 3 of the evening yet! I'm long-winded today!
We got back to my building to workout together... I let KT get a head start, I was only going to workout for about 1/3 of the time she was going to... And when I joined up with her - she had made friends with someone in my building.

When I've been in the gym - I have only worked out along side ONE person - and he did not want to make conversation. And here KT is, her first time in the gym, making friends! So, we started to get to know HS better - she's a Orthodontics Masters student from Saudi Arabia. She's really nice and wants to get out to see more of Winnipeg. (She met the right people!) The best part was - she told us that there is a 10K run going on Monday at Assiniboine Park. :) We almost dropped our weights. It was too funny that she chose that specific event to bring up! So - we recruited her! She's now going to run the race with us tomorrow!

See...?? If we'd tried, KT and I probably could have found 50 more people... ;) He should have wooed us...