Impulse Buy

The Oxford Dictionary defines "impulse buy" as: the buying of goods without planning to do so in advance, as a result of a sudden whim or impulse. They use chocolates at the check-out as an example.

I had an impulse buy this weekend. It was the Glacier 3000 Run. I wanted to do a proper run, my first ever, to prepare for The Big One in September, so found this little gem online. When they advertised it as "the ideal training for the Jungfrau Marathon", I was sold.

The best part is - it's the day after my birthday. So I thought that instead of asking for that coffee machine I've had my eye on, I would hurl myself up 26k (over 16 miles), across a glacier and finish at the top of a mountain 2900 meters high.  Happy birthday to me!

The BESTEST part - it's in 11 days.

11 days.