Day 43: San Diego, CA

Sometimes when I'm shopping things get a little out of control. Yesterday was one of those times. I went on a 7 hour shopping trip. I didn't end up buying very much. I got a new pair of running shoes, a pair of workout pants, a t-shirt, nail polish, a pair of earrings, and some exfoliating body scrub. Everything I bought was on sale, so I only spent $79 altogether. Needless to say, I was totally and completely exhausted after my marathon shopping trip. I headed over to Hillcrest, got myself some Pinkberry (Mmm...), and got a mani/pedi. Then I went home, had dinner, watched Glee with Laura, and went to bed.

Day 42: San Diego, CA

I slept in, as usual, and then got ready to go to Coronado Beach for the day. I decided I needed a sun hat so that my face didn't get too much sun, so naturally, I went to Target because you can get everything at Target. Or so I thought.

In my trek across the country I've noticed that the inventory at the big chain stores is uniform nationwide. When I got to the accessories department at Target, they only had winter hats. This doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. It's in the upper 80s right now in San Diego, and it doesn't get freezing cold. Are they really selling that many winter hats?

I gave up on trying to find a summer hat and just decided to put a t-shirt over my face while I was relaxing in the sun. A much more economical choice. And it worked just fine.

Coronado Beach is gorgeous. I basked in the sun for a while and listened to my iPod. Then all of a sudden, it got really cloudy! I was really bummed. This goes on the "cons" list for San Diego. Fortunately I had my bike on the back of my car, so I just packed up my beach blanket, put on some shoes, and went for a bike ride.

It was an excellent ride, except for the beginning. I was moving to the sidewalk because it was way too dangerous to ride on the road at that point. In retrospect, I probably would've been better off riding on the road. There was some sand before the entrance to the sidewalk. I thought it was just a little bit of sand, but apparently it was more than a little bit. It was a lot of sand that was filling up a big whole in the ground. As I was turning on to the sidewalk, my front tire slipped on the sand and I fell flat on my face and I now have a big ugly scrape on my chin. Oh well. I'll survive.

I went back to Laura's around 5:00, took a nap, and then Laura made a delicious dinner.