Lululemon Run: Fast Short - Black

I just got home from a weekend cruise trip to Mexico that my mom kidnapped me to at the last minute.  I mean she told me I was going with her on Thursday night and we were supposed to leave on Friday.  I was protesting it at first, because I had a nice little weekend planned for myself here.  But then I decided that when someone offers you a free cruise trip, the correct response is to cancel existing plans and go.  I know I'm probably in the minority here, but going on a cruise is not an appealing idea to me at all.  First of all, I hate being on a schedule when I travel - when I go on a trip, I rarely book hotels or make transportation plans ahead of time.  I always just buy a plane ticket and get there, then see what happens.  That way I'm not constrained by my pre-arranged travel schedule, I can stay in a place I like as long as I want, or leave as soon as I want.  Secondly, I get sea sickness really easily, and being on a boat for 4 days just didn't sound nice.  Third, I can't help but wonder if my cruise will turn out like the Titanic.  And lastly, being stuck in a place where there's free buffet for every meal and full of food enablers around me is kind of a nightmare too!  How am I supposed to not eat pizza and cake at 2 am when they are just within arms length and everyone is telling me to eat and enjoy my vacation?!  Seriously it's much harder to have self-control when it's right in front of you.  On the other hand, there was a gym on the cruise, as well as tons of tanning opportunities. Apparently that last argument won over all the other "cons".

Anyway, of course since I couldn't help but order this amazing warm chocolate melting cake for dessert every night, I had to get my ass up at 6 am the next morning to run.  I'm so glad that I brought my Lululemon Run: Fast Short.  I love them so much that I bought the black ones right before I left on the trip and brought them with me.

They were perfect to pack because they are so tiny and light, I could stuff them in any little corner of my bag.  And they were perfect to work out in.  I like the solid black version since they go with any top, and they don't look as much like athletic wear as the ones with contrasting colors.  And they are just so darn cute!  I do have to say though that I really felt the lack of adequate sized built in pockets on these since I had to carry my credit card sized room key with me everywhere on the cruise.  That waistband pocket on my Groove pants really came in handy.  I think they could have easily made a back or side pocket on the Fast Short that would be big enough, so that is my only complaint with these.  Otherwise though I still love them to run in as well as to just hang out in.  Love the boxer shorts-like waistband - so comfy and don't ride up!

By the way, I really think I should stop shopping so much at Lululemon.  I looked at everything I packed for my trip and I pretty much only took Lululemon stuff!  How pathetic is that.  Other than my Fast Short and Groove pants, I took my (I'm embarrassed to type this out loud) Wunder Grooves, Do It All short, Explore Short, a few Cool Racerbacks, Flow Y bras, Dance Strap Tank, headbands, Flashback jacket, packed everything in my Jumpstart gym bag (which was kind of perfect for the cruise and I even packed my beach towel using the yoga mat straps on the bag) and my laptop and other knick knacks in my Move It Messenger.  The only things I brought that were not Lululemon were my bikinis, my cocktail dresses that I needed for dinner, one pair of shorts and the Green Dragon Oversized Tee I just got (which is also a yoga wear company might I add).  OMG I need to branch out.