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It’s a Sale!!! On A Sale!!!!

(This post contains an affiliate link)

That’s right!!

Right now, through March 12, you can get an extra 20% off of everything

All you have to do is use code SALE20 on any item on the Sales page! Using the code will make most items anywhere from 50-70% off! This is a great chance to grab some of the great items from the Fall and Winter collection before the Spring/Summer line is all up on the site!

And remember you also get Flat Rate Shipping for just $4.99. And if you spend $125 or more, shipping is free!

Just a reminder, that you can’t use any other discount codes with this sale. If you want to buy full-priced items you CAN use 1SSCAPT20 but you’d have to put in a separate order.

So….it might be time to do some shopping!!!

HAVE FUN!!!

Tags: #Allabouttheskirt, #RealWomenMove

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Categories Affiliate Link, Discount Code, Sale!, Skirt Sports

My First Skirt!

6 Apr

The first time I ran a marathon I wore, I kid you not, cotton “running” tights covered by a pair of sweatpants and a short sleeved *cotton* tshirt under an old college sweatshirt. And probably cotton socks. You see, when we headed out to the starting area, it was chilly and it was raining. In LA. In March. My plan was to find my parents on the course (they were flying in that morning) and give them my outer clothes.

I never saw them. And I LOVED my sweatshirt so that wasn’t going anywhere. I ended up with bigger blisters on my feet than I’d ever seen (wet shoes/socks + cotton = ICK!) and, as many runners know, I learned in the shower that I had some pretty serious chafing under each of my arms. So severe that for almost 2 months I had scabs and the scars lasted another couple of years!

Why am I telling you this? Well…

After this first disaster I wasn’t finished with this marathon thing. Obviously. And, while I wasn’t ready to jump into running in a running bra and shorts I needed something different. I experimented for a few years and then one day, probably at a race expo, I saw a table for Skirt Sports!

WHAT? Skirts for running? That’s just crazy talk.

It had just so happened that I had recently been diagnosed with diabetes and the subsequent life-style changes had caused about a 20 pound weight loss. So I was ready for my legs to be out in the open!

I did suffer from a condition we like to call “Chub Rub” cause I guess it sounds cute – so I bought the original Gym Girl TRIKS (skirt spelled backwards – clever huh?!) but I also picked up a Marathon Girl or two.

Since then I’ve pretty much always run in skirts. I remember times when me showing up in my pink leopard spotted Marathon Girl was VERY unusual – and I was stopped many times to be asked about my skirts!

These might be my only remaining originals…no shorties underneath just panties

One of my most favorite marathon pictures ever is me at the NYC Marathon in my bright blue skirt

This picture was taken before everyone ran with phones that took pictures. Or, just phones 🙂

That is, until Marine Corps Marathon last year when I was out on the course in my Tantrum Lioness!!

Not a great race, but I looked pretty good, huh?!

Over the years, Nicole DeBoom has come up with a few more styles, and added in tops and capris and now, even dresses! To be honest though, the dresses were an original and are coming back in new styles this spring!!

I don’t still have all of my originals on account of that 20 pound weight loss didn’t stick around! But I definitely keep adding to my collection – super helpful now that I’m an ambassador for the company that got me to show my legs out on a run!!

Skirts, tops, shorts and more skirts!! And one or two might be in the laundry…

And now you can show your legs – or not, if you’re a capri kind of gal – for 20% off at Skirt Sport with my discount code of ORF20 – just click below and start shopping!!

Tags: #affiliate, #ConverttoSkirt, #RealWomenMove, Ambassador

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Categories Affiliate Link, Discount Code, Running, Skirt Sports

A New Sale – and Some Other News

9 Mar

So, there’s a new development on this here blog of mine! As you VERY well know, last Spring I became a Skirt Sports Ambassador. Well, today I took a big (for me) leap and became an affiliate for Skirt Sports as well.

What this means is, now, when you see one of my super cute Skirt Sports outfits on my blog and you decide that YOU need some cute too, you just click on the affiliate link to Skirt Sports and order as usual — using your super 20% off discount code ORF20 – and I get “credit” for your purchase. It’s not a lot, but it is, frankly, a little extra Skirt change for me! And a skirtier me is a happier me!!

So let’s try it out now shall we?? 🙂

From now until March 16, all of the 261 Fearless Collection is on sale! Click below, and go have a look!!

I hope ya’ll will all join me on my new adventure!!

Tags: #affiliate, #ConverttoSkirt, #RealWomenMove, Ambassador

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Categories #fearless261, Affiliate Link, Skirt Sports

‘Tis the Season!!

7 Oct

No…not THAT season (but that one’s coming too!!) – it’s Fall Marathon season. This is the time of year that all runners look forward to and train for and worry about!

I guess my “season” started with the Disneyland Half Marathon back on Labor Day weekend — for the first time I did the entire 13.1 with a friend, and even though we didn’t chat much at all I could really feel a difference.

Then, I headed down to Florida to run the first Volition Half marathon in Orlando.

Of course I had to spend some time with my fabulous friends Angela and Nate. And Na’Cho. And since I wasn’t staying on Walt Diseny World property, our good phriend Phred came along –

The weekend after we got home from Florida I joined some of my running group in tackling the first ever East Coast Beat the Blerch “race” – the biggest draw for me was — Cake. On the course. At the aid stations. Real Cake.

Also cake at the finish line…LOTS of cake!!

Apart from the cake, and the friends, this wasn’t an awesome success for me – advertised as having “some ‘legit’ trails” it actually had *some* legit ROAD – 96% of the course was trail running. Technical, uphill, some downhill, roots, rocks and fallen trees technical. Needless to say, there was not a ton of running but I hung out with a couple of friends for the entire 13.1 (or, if you want to take my Map My Run’s word for it, 33.88) miles 🙂

But now, the season really starts to come alive!

And with that, the perpetual question — WHAT AM I GOING TO WEAR?!?!?

Later this week I will share all of my planned running outfits, and you can bet there’s gonna be a ton of Skirt Sports! You can have a chance to win some Skirt Gear of your own in the next couple of months – all of my fellow ambassadors are holding contests to give away their favorite item – my giveaway comes up in November. But checkout my Facebook page, or Twitter, for links to current opportunities to win.

Also – if you’re on Pinterest (and I know you are!) – We’re having another contest and chance to show your #REALwomenmove spirit! To get involved just ….

1. Follow Skirt on Pinterest
2. Create a “‪#‎REALwomenmove‬ Challenge” board and on the board pin:
-Fave Skirt gear
-Fave race
-Fave post workout treat
-Fave cross training activity
-Who (or what) is waiting for you at the finish line
-Motivations quotes (we all need them!)
–‪#‎skirtsports‬ and #REALwomenmove

And even if you don’t win, head on over to Skirt Sports and use SSORF20 for 20% off of any non-sale purchases you make!! I’m sure you’ll find your favorite piece in no time!!

Tags: #RealWomenMove, Ambassador, Fall Marathon Season, SkirtSports

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Categories #REALwomenmove, Discount Code, Running, Skirt Sports

Time for a Giveaway!!!

13 May

One of the perks I get being a SkirtSports Ambassador is the opportunity to share my love of the skirt with you! AND…one way to do that is giving away the chance to participate in the SkirtSports 13er.

What’s the 13er you ask? Well, let me tell you! It’s a half marathon…but it’s not half of anything!! There’s a real-live, in-person event in GORGEOUS Louisville, Colorado on June 14 – that’s next month!. If you’re not up for the full 13er (see what I did there?!) you can sign up for a 5K or a 10K too. And, if, like me, you can’t make it out to Colorado next month, there’s also a VIRTUAL option. Now, here’s the great part! If you sign up for the virtual event you still get all the perks. Well, except for the cake at the finish…but I bet you could find yourself some cake!!

What Perks? Well…this is not your average event so there are better than ever perks! All entrants – virtual and live – will get a SkirtSports branded finishers skirt! WHAT!??! Yes. You also get a gift certificate to spend on some more awesome SkirtGear – and psst…you can also use my blogger code with that gift certificate to really get a lot of bang…er, skirt…for your buck!! Look at the bottom of this post for your code.

So, enter the rafflecopter giveaway but clicking this link:

http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/fcc298620/?

You can enter once a day and the contest will end next Tuesday, May 20 at 12 am (eastern time) and I will notify the winner by Wed afternoon! By participating, you are agreeing to share your email with me as well as Skirt Sports. If for some crazy reason you don’t want to enter the giveaway, you can register here. And ya know what? That code I mentioned above? You can use that for 20% off of your entry!! Hurry up though, because prices will go up on Sunday!

Now, you know there’s gonna be some fine print, right?

Disclosure:

This is where I tell you that I am a Skirt Sports ambassador captain. That means that the company has given me some free gear to review and sometimes provides additional things like give-aways and free race entries. I, too, will get a 13er race entry. So I’ll be running with you on the 14th!!

GOOD LUCK!!!

Oh yeah…that discount code 🙂 Here it is — remember, it’s good for 20% off of any SkirtSports gear AND Virtual races!! SSORF20 And, if you’re local to CO, or planning to run the 13er in person, shoot me a comment and I’ll let you in on another little secret!

Tags: #RealWomenMove, 13er, Giveaway