Now you know I can't possibly drag myself to that outpouring of God's wrath at humanity, Wal-mart. Luckily, you can order online, and luckily, I could add enough Smucker's peanut butter to my cart to qualify for free shipping. And at the last minute, I threw some tank tops in the cart:
These tops were $3.93, and since most of our local races have started offering cute, every-day T-shirts instead of tech T's, I am running out of tops to wear. These claim to be wicking material (up for debate; I'd say they're moderately wicking), are sort of billowy, and have a racerback. They're oddly tight in the chest, not usually a problem for me (although I do have a broad chest/back, I'm not exactly Dolly Parton, so this is a rare problem in a running shirt). I give them 2/5 stars, except nothing at Wal-mart can ever qualify for 5 stars in my mental rating system. I withhold that final star because putting "five star" and "Wal-mart" in the same sentence violates my sensibilities. So it's more like 2/4, or 50%. Good enough for me. I'm not picky.
What are you running in lately? What are your go-to running socks?
I LOVE snarky, quick-witted, funny Grace! This made me chuckle because it's all 100% spot on about Wal-Mart. However, your miserly thriftiness with socks makes me feel bad for spending about $10/pair ... and they don't come from Wal-Mart. Have a great week!
ReplyDelete$10 a pair?! What are you, a millionaire?!
DeleteI can't run in cotton socks, but have stocked up on enough pairs from winning gift cards to local running stores that I'm good for awhile. I did learn that if those socks get holes in them, I can simply return them to the store and they trade them out though, which helps. Like you I like simple for running clothes, I just buy from the outlets or whatever is on sale. I could never spend $40-50 on a pair of shorts or tank top! All your shirts are really cute and hooray for $4 tank tops AND being able to order peanut butter in the same transaction.
ReplyDeleteMan, I wish I could run in normal cotton socks but every pair but every time I've tried I've gotten blisters and/or the sock slides down my foot and into my shoe. I also only like really thin socks, which means they automatically don't last as long. Fortunately I've found that I love the ankle-length summer-weight Balegas (though I wear them year round); unfortunately, they're like $6-7 a pair and only last maybe a year at best. :-/
ReplyDeleteI like the c9 socks that go just below the ankle. I found some awesome tanks at the beginning of the summer at Academy that is their in-house brand (bcg?) that i LOVE!
ReplyDeleteI buy my socks at Big Lots (Discount store) I can find Fila socks in cotton or in dri fit 6 pairs for $5.
ReplyDeleteNice. If the socks work for you, then that's awesome. I've found that I get horrible blisters unless I wear the special running socks. But I'm still wearing the same running socks that I had 8 years ago, so clearly they were a good investment!
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