A big thank you to all the readers! I've gotten a lot of great feedback telling me how awesome I am not limited to me being witty and super brave. It's nice to know that I have very intelligent followers out there.
Relishing in my blogging capabilities
Now that I'm done with all my praising, I guess I can start my post now....
What do you do when you're an otter who will be traveling on a bike for nearly three months? Answer, you go to Target! Now I usually enjoy wandering around the crowded aisles of the local Target (pronounced Tar-jay), but it's quite upsetting when you need to buy specific items and end up spending almost $200 at one time. I ain't made of cash--I live off of Lindsay's measly earnings. But it was something I had to do and there was no way around it.
First I needed to buy some food to keep me energized and nourished for at least a few weeks of the of the trip. I learned on my last ride that I don't really like Clif Bars. Too chewy in a bad way for me and I've assumed it's because of all of the soy in them. I passed on the icky Clif Bars, the Powerade Bars and the Protein Bars. I did, however, happily embrace the box of Nature Valley's Sweet & Salty Nut granola bars. I love me a good sweet and salty nut! mmmmm.......
Me and my humongous box of sweet and salty nuts
Next on my list was sunblock. Since I'll spending up to 8 hours under the hot blazing summer sun, I figured I needed something to keep my nice silky fur still silky and milk chocolatey brown. Lindsay may have gone a bit overboard but you can never have too much sunscreen. As you can see in the picture below, they came with handy dandy smaller sizes that I can easily use on my cute little button of a nose.
Introducing my new band: Babycakes and the Coppertones
Not really sure what the next purchase about. Lindsay insisted we get a whole box of these. I don't understand her sometimes.
Finally we had to buy the bin that Lindsay and I would be living out of for the next 2 and a half months. Bike & Build only allows 4500 cubic centimeters and 50 lbs for each rider to pack. So we bought an 18 gallon Rubbermaid Roughneck bin for the road. I have no clue how we're going to survive off of the 3 shirts, 2 pairs of shorts, 3 pairs of socks and 3 pairs of underwear but we have to. I'm just hoping it fits in the bin!
I am the master of the bin!
I was exhausted and starving by the time we got back to the apartment. It's a good thing Lindsay thought to buy food while we were at Target--the land of dreams. So after we took pictures with everything and put all the loot away, we cooked up some corn dogs and plopped down to watch some Glee.
There's nothing like batter-covered hot dogs on a stick
This is me after I cracked up when Sue Sylvester made a funny about Mr. Shu's hair
Sadly, we later realized that we forgot a ton of stuff and needed to go back to Target again. At least we only spent $125 the next time. That's it for now!
Love and Chamois Butter,
Babycakes
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