With two shorts trips to Jacksonville Beach in under a week, I feel like I’m getting to know the area a little bit and must say I’m really loving it. Jacksonville Beach is the perfect mix of beach and city life and suits me quite well.
Ryan and I joke that I fall in love with any city that I visit now that we live in Ocala since there are all of 3.5 things to do in the entire town. (We have one very Ocala-appropriate activity planned for this weekend though and I’m awfully excited! Here’s a clue: Neeeigh! It’s a thinker, I know.)
Workout
Today’s workout was awesome. I thought my legs would be sore from yesterday’s leg workout, but apparently the weights I chose weren’t as challenging as I thought because I wasn’t sore at all.
This was actually a great thing because I awoke ready to run! I rarely wake up in the mood to run (I have to go to bed telling myself I’m going to run to mentally get in the zone), so I went with it and laced up my gym shoes for a 45-minute run around Jacksonville Beach.
My Garmin was having trouble locating the satellites at the beach, so I just used it to track my time so I knew when I wanted to turn around and head home. I wasn’t trucking along at a very fast pace and had a good time running by some seriously ridiculous houses along the beach. Private outdoor showers? Awesome.
When I was done with my run, I quickly showered in someone’s private outdoor shower (kidding!) and my mom and I headed out to grab a quick breakfast at Starbucks before our first appointment of the day. (I know I’m being annoyingly vague about our appointments, but I hope to share more information with you guys sometime in the future.)
I got the egg white, feta cheese and spinach wrap and a grande cappuccino with one pump of vanilla syrup. I ate breakfast while typing up my morning blog post as my mom got some stuff in order.
The rest of the morning was spent hopping from one appointment to the next. My mom had one thing planned that didn’t involve me, so I drove over to a local shopping center and browsed around Marshalls.
The Marshalls in Jacksonville Beach reminded me a lot of the one in Orlando and was stocked with much better apparel and accessories than the TJMaxx in Ocala. Those stores are so hit or miss, but the Marshalls I stopped in today was a mega hit!
I thought those wedges were adorable but passed on them because they were a half size too big and I wasn’t sure I’d wear them that often.
Plus, I found these wedges and, after some lovely Twitter encouragement from you guys, bought them for only $19.99.
They’re shockingly crazy comfortable. I will be taller than a skyscraper.
I also stumbled upon a pair of sneakers claiming to be LA Gear, but that was clearly a blatant lie.
We all know LA Gear only makes shoes that light up when you walk. C’mon.
Along with the wedges, I bought two new dresses.
Dress number one was a Jessica Simpson coral one-shoulder belted dress…
And dress number two I fell in love with the minute I saw it on the rack.
I love, love, love crochet clothing and drop-waist dresses so that little number was right up my alley.
After wasting a solid 45 minutes at Marshalls, I picked up my mom and we continued on our way before eventually stopping for lunch at Chipotle.
I got a burrito bowl topped with pinto beans, vegetables, pork and extra tomato salsa.
Their pork is so freakin’ good. I’ve strayed a time or two before and got the steak and chicken, but the pork reigns supreme.
Time to get back to spending time with my mama. Hope your Thursday is going well!
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I LOVE marshalls! 🙂 I get a lot of work clothes there on the cheap. And shoes, of course! I especially love the coral dress that you got, so cute!
Love the crochet dress, so flattering! Glad you got the wedges!!!
That crochet dress fit you like it was made for you!! So cute. Now you have to have a date night to wear it. Are you listening Ryan?
Love the Jessica Simpson Dress! Oh how I miss shopping in Florida! If only I could tele-port myself for 1 day to Ellenton Outlets!
i loooove ellenton!
I love Ellenton, too!! I always find so many good things there!
Yup coming from Canada there is no better feeling then shopping outside and having so many great stores to explore! Make sure you stop and eat at GIO’s Fabulous Pizza & Martini Bar 🙂 We always make sure we leave at least one night to eat here.
Samesies on the JS dress…well mine has the coral belt, beige-ish dress…from the cruise, remember?? twinnies!! Say hi to your mama for me 🙂 And I want to know what your secret errands are…
yes!! i thought of you when i bought it. let’s plan to wear them on the same day the next time we get together and be super cool. 🙂
The dresses look soo good on you!
Such cute dresses! Love the coral one! I love going to Marshall’s and TJMaxx in other areas because every store has different stuff – sometimes you go to a new one and have great success.
Ahhh my husband loves to shop at places like Marshall’s and Ross because he likes the “hunt” for a good deal. He always finds stuff and I never do!!! And now you’ve found adorable stuff too! Maybe I’m not patient enough or something.
Ooh the coral dress is so cute on you! Love the one shoulder look. I wish we had a Marshells in Canada, their stuff looks pretty cute! We do have a store called winners though – pretty similar stuff I believe 🙂
Yup! I came from Canada and now live in Wisconsin, they’re very similiar in concept. The two countries have more in common they anyone will admit!
Haha that’s very true, eh? 😉
I live in Canada and we have Marshall’s here!
Oh wow I just looked it up and you’re right, those lucky people in the east! Sorry bout that. I’ll rephrase my comment … I wish we had a Marshalls here on the west coast in Canada 😛
Both dresses are gorgeous, but I love the colour of the Jessica Simpson one!
Mmm…this is the second Chipotle post I’ve seen this week. I’m craving it now!
I absolutely love that 2nd dress…and I’m not a dress person! 🙂 I love Marshall’s for workout gear, other stuff is usually a miss for me but guess it depends on the timing and the store.
Hope the appt is related to something good! xo
LOVE that coral one! you look so good in everything, it’s not fair! I could never pull off a crochet dress with a high neckline and drop waist – especially considering I can’t pull off any ONE of those elements alone! haha keep rockin it
love that coral dress! and I heart Chipotle 🙂
The only way I know your Ocala activity involves horses is from watching The Bachelorette! And oh my gosh, I’m pretty sure I could live on Chipotle burrito bowls, so good!
I guess technically at the time I was watching The Bachelor…Oops!
I know you’re not a horse person, so Ocala seems a little boring to you, but do realize that some of us would love to live there!
I am currently stuck in the middle of nowhere. We have a grocery store and several gas stations. Finding something “to do” requires at least an hour drive or a heck of a lot of creativity. Please appreciate what you have! I would take Ocala any day!!
Love love love Marshall’s and cute dress finds!!
Those wedges are adorable!!
For some reason I can never find anything awesome at Marshall’s or similar stores.. I think I’m just too impatient!
Ooh I really like the Jessica Simpson dress!! We JUST got our first Marshalls here in Waterloo Ontario recently and I haven’t been in yet – mainly because I’m scared I’ll end up spending a ton of $$ – if they’re anywhere as good as yours in the US that is!
I LOVE both of those dresses- that orange color will good in the summer when you’re really tan!- Actually so will the white!
I have those wedges! They are the comfiest things ever. I’m 5’10” and I still rock the amazon height, so I say go with it :).
Love Love Love the orange Jessica Simpson dress
Marshall’s and me have a live hate relationship. Sometimes I find lots of stuff and sometimes nothing at all! That coral dress is so cute!
I know this is random but are you left handed
Knowing Ocala and how popping it is, my guess is your Ocala activity has something to do with horses haha.
So happy you bought the shoes 🙂
Never mind about the left hand comment I forgot about the mirror… I need a nap…Sorry ..
Those dresses are so super cute! I’m going dress shopping tonight — fingers crossed I find cute stuff too!
You totally convinced me to buy one of those spinach feta wraps from Starbucks and it is the best thing I’ve ever had! Glad you had such success at Marshall’s! I love those wedges you bought. I have a tough time shopping at stores like that because I never seem to find anything. I don’t think I’m patient enough!
Will you pleaseeeeeee go shopping with me?!?! I can NEVER find cute finds at TJ Maxx… and the nearest Marshall’s is like a 45 minute drive from me. 🙁 Great buys, though! Enjoy your time with your Mom 🙂
I love finding great finds at TJ Maxx & Marshalls! Nice job scoring some cute stuff! I loved the first pair of shoes more, those were sooo cute. But I understand the wrong size thing 😉
I love Marshall’s! I really need to head there soon!
I love Marshalls for cheap workout gear, but I don’t usually have the patience to shop around for cute clothes!
I looooooove Chipotle. I had it for lunch today too!
hope everything is okay with your mom julie! could be just me projecting but i thought she had “worried eyes” in the pic of the two of you.
Everything is okay! No need to worry!! 🙂 I appreciate you thinking of us.
do you still enjoy ocala or do you wish you were in orlando? are you still thinking of raising kids there?
I don’t think we ever talked about raising kids in Ocala, so that was never really the plan, but we think it’s okay… I don’t think either of us wanted to be in Orlando long term either (though we loved it when we were there), but I definitely miss it. Orlando is much more our style than Ocala. 🙂 We are happy in Ocala right now but it isn’t our “forever home.”
My friend is getting married in a few weeks and I’m going to have to find something cute to wear – I’ll have to check out Marshalls!
You know us too well, I’m dying to know what all of these secret appointments are about!! 🙂 My mom always told me I should be a secret agent or a spy, I always HAVE to know everything otherwise it drives me insane!
Oh i love that white dress!
I loooove Marshalls. I also love TJ Maxx and Ross. Those stores have such great stuff for so cheap! I love the wedges you ended up with!
love dress #2. so flattering and perfect cut!
i spend way too much time in marshall’s haha! but nothing compares to scoring a great dress for so little $.
also, love the egg white wrap at starbucks, fills me up but doesn’t weigh me down. perfect for a healthy breakfast on the go.
Yay! I won! I never win anything 🙂 an email coming your way soon!
I love the coral dress!!! I went to Marshalls and TJ Maxx yesterday and couldn’t find a thing! It’s definitely a hit or miss type of place!
The Crochet dress looks stunning on you! Not to be creepy! I love the coral dress too! Coral is my go to color for the summer. Hope your appointments went well 🙂
I moved from Vermont to Jacksonville Beach 4 years ago. It really is the place to be! Everything you can imagine is right here in Jax 🙂
Adorable dresses and shoes!!!
I agree with you on the Chipotle pork. I just recently tried it for the first time and will never look back to the other meats. It was SO good!
Bare feet in a public store … You are brave!!!
(I’m always afraid I’ll get planter’s warts lk I did at camp!)
Maybe it’s GOOD that there’s so little to do in Ocala … It’d $ave money in the end
Glad that appts are positive … Was worried that your mom was sick.
I have those wedges!!! The second pair with the gold buckle. I wear them more than my flat sandals because their sooo comfy, never hurt my feet, and look so good with any summer outfit. Also your hair looks different and so pretty btw!
the wedges and dresses are super cute! especially the white dress!! it looks really good on you. gotta love marshalls 🙂
Jessica Simpson makes some HOT dresses!! Good call 🙂
Wedges are so comfortable! I live in them.
And I agree with you– that crochet dress is beautiful
I hope everything is ok with either you or your mother-whoever the appointments are for. I agree with the person who commented that your mom had “worried eyes” in the pic of you and her.
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No need to worry!!! Thank you for thinking of us though!
Love the dresses!! Which Marshall’s is good in Orlando?? I never seem to find anything in the one I go to here.