2.5

I must have left the house because I got dressed.
Sweater and Jeans: Express, Shoes: Famous Footwear, Necklace: Charlotte Russe

I spent a lot of time watching TV and sleeping.  I did do laundry. I meant to do recycling but didn't.  I meant to go running but I only ran the .35 miles it is to get to the pizza place.

Dave yelled at me for not being productive.

12.18

Scarf: NY&Co, Sweater: Express, Jeans: JCP, Boots: DSW 

($82.97 for the outfit)

I basically sat at my computer all day. Poly kept me entertained. She likes the warmth of the cable box.  At one point she was under the foot stool under Dave's desk. I figured she needed an afghan and as soon as I put it on the floor for her she came right out and then went to sleep on it.  Dave sent me a picture of how nice he looked at work wearing his new shirt.

My chicken tender from Popeye's looked like a dinosaur. Dave and I watched TV and Poly hung out between us.

4.9

Pants that are too big are comfortable. They sit below my gut so then I can eat a ton. The only downside is they are longer than they used to be.

Necklace: Target (new)
Pants: NY&Co (feel new but are from 2010)
Sweater: Express (is one of my new sweaters but is over 2 years old)
Shoes: Famous Footwear

I woke up bright and early and carpooled with Dave. I was going to sleep in and not do it but he wouldn't have any of that.  I made the mistake of telling him at some point over the weekend that I thought I'd carpool with him.

We went to Boston Market for lunch with Jen.

We headed to the gym around 5pm.   I ran while Dave did the elliptical then we both did weights.
I cooked some dinner and fed Brie.  We hung out a bit. I watched TV.  I played solitaire on my iPad. I am very addicted.  Then I went to sleep early.

3.27

Necklace: Sears
Sweater: Express
Pants: VS
Shoes: Famous Footwear (Nine West)

I hit snooze yet again for another hour. I'm just too exhausted.
I was insanely busy again at work. I was having difficulty thinking again. I'm still drained. I need relax time. I think even more than just an evening.

I thought I'd leave early to relax but then I ended up staying late.  I was going to go to the gym after work but I felt like skipping so I did. I definitely should have lifted weights.  Oh well.

I got home and ate dinner and watched TV.  Then I watched more TV. I just needed more time to just sit there.  Then I used the exercise bike, did a core workout, then stretched for 10 minutes.   I cleaned up a bit in the bedroom and organized my closet a little while watching Biggest Loser.  I had moer to do but then got lazy and just sat on the bed to watch the rest of the show.

2.14 - Valentine's Day

I wore pink for Valentine's Day.

Dave had to work late. I was going to go run at the gym but he wanted to go to dinner and I thought a run + shower would take too long. Well we ended up working until after 7:30 PM.  Granted I was super productive after most people left for the day. Most people left super early too.   Dave had to work on a project with someone even though it was the other person's project and the reason he was there late is because she has to get it done and she is going on vacation so it had to be done earlier.

Dave and I went to Long Horn for dinner. Since we got an appetizer I just got soup as my meal. I still couldn't even finish the soup.

By the time we got home it was after 9pm and Poly was very upset at us for ditching her all day.

Late at night Dave copied Obama to give me a Valentine's Day tweet.

This monkey has been in Dave's cube for years.  It can fly and when it lands it makes loud monkey noises. Well I went to try it out and the arm broke. I guess it got too old. :(  How sad.

I only got one picture of Poly all day and it was before work. Poor neglected Poly.

I forgot to mention Dave woke me up by putting Poly on me saying Happy Valentine's Day. He said he got me a cat. I thought that was pretty creative.  He went through some effort to get her because she was hiding under the bed.  She usually sleeps with me then right before we get up, she'll go hide under the bed. When my alarms start going off, she hides.

1.31 - run, weights, yoga

I loved this outfit. I felt classy all day. The last time I wore this skirt was September 19 and I really liked that outfit too. Wow I waited a long time to wear a skirt I always liked.

After staying up so late watching 90210, I had trouble sleeping.  I kept thinking I would sleep in and miss talking to a director at work and miss my 8am presentation to directors and managers.
I woke up every 10 minutes or so all through the night checking the clock to make sure I wasn't sleeping too long.  I slept about 2 hours.  I got up and showered and still made it to work with plenty of time.

My presentation went well. Then I was busy all day.

In the dead of winter, this is what I wore to run OUTSIDE in.

I wanted to leave early to run at home. The weather was sooo nice. I only got home in enough time for a mile run.  I ran 1.02 miles in 8:19.

After my run, I lifted weights. I had to in order to meet my monthly workout goal for weight lifting.  Then we had dinner and watched some TV.

I also attempted yoga after dinner. Poly does not make it easy.

1.19

Pants: VS, Sweater: Express, Shoes: Aldo, Necklace: Sears

I've worn this combination before but different shoes this time. These shoes aren't as tall and it's noticeable that the pants are too long. I hate how it is dark when I leave for work and Dark when I get home. Indoor daily pictures are kind of sucky. (Granted outdoor ones are too because I don't have a working remote so then the shrubs across the street are in focus and not me.)

I made it out of bed to shower and get to work by 7:30 for a meeting.

I didn't feel well at work. I swear I had a fever or something.  It was rough going at work. I wasn't very productive.  I probably should have left a bit early but I didn't.

I ran to Target after work to buy stuff for our Holiday Party.  The snow had started coming down so everyone was trying to leave work and drive and it was all going far too slow. I wish I would have remembered to buy some Mr Clean to mop with. Sigh.

I got home and was very productive emptying the garbage, taking out the trash, moving the mower, moving the boxes, and moving the recycling.  It was exhausting.   I wanted to curl up in a ball but knew some of that had to get done before Dave's car was in the garage.  I also shoveled the entire side of the driveway to make it easier for Dave to get into the garage.    He didn't get home for 30+ minutes and the driveway was covered again but at least he was able to make it up it without having to stop in the street to get out and shovel.

We made little hot dogs wrapped in crescent rolls for dinner.  I ate a bunch of junk after that.

We were watching American Idol. We stopped that at 8pm to watch the debate.  I can't believe the first question was to Gingrich about how his ex-wife had interviews about him asking for an open marriage.   17 minutes into the debate, Romney only said 1 thing (let's get on to the real questions).  I thought they should try to be even.

I cleaned up a little bit. I finally washed 2 trays still dirty from my party on January 7.  On January 8, a friend asked me if I did all the dishes yet. I laughed. I still haven't done them all!  There are 2 cutting boards still sitting there waiting to be washed.      I was productive even though I didn't want to be. I wanted to curl up in a ball.

1.12

Skirt: Athleta
Sweater: Express
Scarf: NY&Co
Tights: Target
Shoes: Aldo
Earrings: Target

It was just barely daylight out and it looks dark. The purple in my skirt and the darker purple in the scarf are the same shade in person. They look totally different here.

Getting ready

 I set my alarm like I normally do even though I went to sleep at 8pm.  I ended up hitting snooze just like normal.  I did wake up at 3am and think it was about time to wake up. It wasn't, so I made myself go back to sleep.

Dave was Telecommuting

I ended up getting to work at 7:45 and was so busy. Time flew. I had too many meetings.  I attended Toastmasters for the first time.  I'm not quite sure what I thought of it. It's scary and good at the same time.  But I should do it so maybe it'll be less scary.

(2 names are wrong and they are printing a retraction)

I learned I was "famous" and was pictured in the Pittsburgh Business Times. After I sent the people emails who were in the picture too, I realized there was a caption and the caption was wrong.  Oh boy.

I wanted to go to body pump since I missed my normal Wednesday class and I got sucked into work and a meeting and didn't get to go. So I missed yet again.  It makes me so angry.

Note how different the color of my skirt looks on my iPhone camera

I didn't even end up going to the gym at all and I just worked until after when Body Pump should have been over.  Then I headed home.  I ate dinner and started to fall asleep sitting in the chair.

I did blog a little and read a little and managed to stay up past 9pm.

11.29

Sweater: Express
Pants: VS
Shoes: Nine West via Famous Footwear
Necklace: Sears
Earrings: Target

Dave and I saw a rainbow on our way to lunch.

Some people loved my red pants and I got to tell them about VS and the pants. It was great. I love when people want to know about things I have.  Someone also wanted to know about BodyMedia fit.  Sometimes I think I'm better than a sales rep for everything that I know about the product.

I ran with Jen but since I couldn't find my headlamp we went running at a track instead of North Park.  After running with Jen, I watched TV with Dave.  After that I watched Dancing with the Stars. Then it became too late to do anything on my to-do list. Oops.

12.10 - Party

Sweater: Express
Pants: VS
Necklace: Sears
Shoes: Famous Footwear

I woke up knowing I had a ton to do. I didn't want to do any of it. I forgot to set my alarm so we got started a little late. We went down and made the chili. It had to be in the crockpot for 9 hours on low (which is what we were going for but it could also have been on high for 5 hours). I played on my computer.
I ate lunch, I watched many episodes of West Wing.  At 1 we had paused it to make the glaze for the kielbasa.

Around 3:00 we stopped watching West Wing and decided to start cleaning and cooking.  We sure know how to do it right.

At one point I showered and decided to cut my hair, because obviously cutting my hair was important to be done before company.  At another point we hung up some pictures in our hallway.  At another point in time I decided to make another kind of cookies since I know my uncle likes chocolate so why not make a double chocolate cookie for him. He doesn't even eat many cookies so that wasn't a requirement to be done either.

At 4:30 guests arrived. (Well my parents showed up early but I said they could.)

We were ready to eat at 5.   We ran out of some food. I thought we were going to have SO MUCH extra. We did not. We just had a ton extra of some of the appetizer stuff. We have a ton left of the expensive cheese though.
Some family left at 8:30. The rest left at 11 or so.  Man was I tired.  I could barely stay awake.

I probably shouldn't have cooked while wearing those heels. My feet hurt by the end of the night.

10.28

I've been really slacking at my pink but I actually wore it here.
Scarf (pashmina): Sears
Sweater and Jeans: Express
Shoes: Brooks Adrenaline 11

I cleaned, worked a little (on my 9/80 day off), went to Giant Eagle, went to Target, went for a walk with dave, then went to volunteer with the RMHC.   I didn't think I had a lot planned but I went right from doing one thing to doing another. I even had some fun stuff I wanted to do but I didn't get to it.

While I was working for work, I was in bed and Poly was on my legs. She just sat there looking around for awhile but then she went to sleep.

In the middle of the night she found the Target bag that had my new headbands and she pulled all of them out. She brought some of them to us as we were waking up.

After I got home, we watched some TV. Then we watched baseball. I fell asleep during that.

For Ronald McDonald House Charity we cooked and served dinner for their Halloween Party.  The meal we prepared was spaghetti but we were creative with it.

10.23

Jeans: Express
Shoes: Nickels via Famous Footwear
Sweater: Kohl's I think - in 2006
Necklace: Sears
Earrings: Target

I woke up and ran. I wanted to sleep in a little bit but if I did I would have missed the running group.

I ran. Then I analyzed data. I ate a small lunch. Then I showered. Then I analyzed data some more.  Then I mowed 3/4 the lawn. I didn't have time to mow the entire lawn.  I got dressed again and we headed out the door to watch the Steeler Game at Paulo's house.

After the game, I watched TV, used the computer, and went to sleep fairly early.

10.21

Sweater: Express
Pants: VS
Shoes: Nine West via Famous Footwear
Necklace: Lia Sophia

I drove an hour for work for the last time. Boy was it exhausting.  We finished the audit.

Then I headed up to Cranberry for a happy hour with some people from the gym. I was going to go run at the gym after. But then I stayed at the happy hour for over 5 hours.

I always learn interesting things at happy hour. I really wish I would have gotten my workout in though.

Also on my way to Cranberry I missed the Cranberry exit and had to go 13 more miles to Beaver and turn around. That sucked.  I was a little early so I went to Target and Famous Footwear.  I was late for dinner with Dave so he went home.

10.15

Shoes: Nickels via Famous Footwear
Jeans: Express
Sweater: Express
Scarf: NY&Co.

I switched up how I tied the scarf. I left the house wearing it with the ends dangling down.  I was checking out new ways to tie a scarf. Check out this video for 25 ways to tie a scarf. It is impressive.

I spent the entire morning analyzing data and updating excel files. Oh it was fun. Then we went to lunch. Too bad lunch was at 3:00 PM. We went to Outback, then immediately went to Giant Eagle. I napped in the car for 10 minutes before going into Giant Eagle.

I watched TV and used the computer for almost the rest of the night.  Around 9PM, I had a snack. I had cream cheese on crackers and wrapped with salami. All of those ingredients were things I bought at Giant Eagle. Then I used the exercise bike and did an ab workout while watching the Biggest Loser

Around 10 I was going to watch TV and use my computer more but decided to do Ken Ken and fall asleep because I had an early morning ahead of me.

10.2

Sweater: NY&Co
Jeans: Express
Shoes: Famous Footwear
Necklace: Charlotte Russe

I didn't get dressed until I went out to dinner.

For Breast Cancer Awareness, I wore my pink necklace when I got dressed for real.  I wore my pink striped athletic capris when I ran.

I woke up and did some stuff on the computer. I wanted to run but it was too rainy and the weather said in a few hours it would stop raining.  The weather lied. I ate cake for breakfast. Then I went out for a run. I drove to North Park and left then went to the gym and ran on the treadmill. This was all during the Steeler game. I did an ab workout while I was there too.  Then I got home, typed a tiny bit of data, showered, and headed to dinner to meet Felix. He's down from Windsor, CT for work. Dave could go with us but he didn't want to. (Then he claims I ditch him for meals)

Then after I got home, I had more cake, and watched TV.

Actually running didn't take up too much time but getting dressed for an outside cold run then driving somewhere then driving somewhere else then driving home made it out like the run basically took all day. I need to mentally prepare myself for not doing morning runs and running in the warmest part of the day coming up.

Day 29 - March 9

Jeans: Indi

Shoes: VS

Sweater & Cardigan: Express

Necklace: Lia Sophia

Earrings Kohl's

I didn't get dressed until 4:55. I had to leave the house at 5.

I mixed black and brown but figured nobody would notice. I was only going to Smokey Bones. I was very much lacking outfits to wear with my jeans because my jeans required the VS shoes be worn. All other shoes in my 30 for 30 were too short to go with jeans (except maybe the red ones but those ones feel dressy to me). 

I'm not sure what worked or what didn't work. It's an OK outfit. Nothing that wrong. Nothing that awesome.

I was telecommuting. Poly was cute.  I had leftovers for lunch. I rinsed off a piece of tuna from it to share with Poly. She wanted more.

I went to an NA-YGN social event and headed home after.
I got home and knew Thursday would be a busy day so I wanted to post and then schedule a post. Well I kept hitting post before scheduling one so I had to keep going.  At least it helped me catch up on posts.

Day 22: February 25

Shoes: Famous Footwear, Skirt: Express, Sweater: Express, Button-down: NY&Co, Belt: Target, Necklace: Sears
I thought I liked this outfit but looking at the pictures it still looks too dreary. Perhaps it is the rain that helped it look dreary. It was daylight but you can't tell. It looks so dark in the pictures.  My red heels would have been better but these flats aren't pulling their weight in this 30 for 30.  I can't wait until this challenge is over. Not getting dressed too many days a week isn't helping with this challenge.

Dave and I went to Olive Garden for dinner.  Our table was small and we had too much food. Look how everything has to fit on the table.  Cheese fondue = awesome. Recreating that recipe at home cost me over 20 bucks (but also resulted in more cheese) so I opt for ordering it every time I go to Olive Garden.   I mean you can make it at home, but how much cheese can a person really eat. You can only buy all the kinds in certain sizes and it just cost too much and took too long to make for it to be worth it. Maybe if we have company some day, we'll make it. I mean it is good.

Friday should be a day that no matter what I can get a workout in but it never seems to happen. I don't think I push myself because on every training plan that I use, Friday is always rest day.

30 for 30 Winter Edition: Day 13 (February 13)

Pashmina: gift
Pants: VS
Shirt: Express
Boots: Famous Footwear

I got a compliment on my outfit at McGuinnis Sisters.

Poly was trying to sunbathe.

I had an extensive to do list. I didn't do much on it. We needed food. I needed to eat. I needed to shower. I needed to run. It wouldn't all workout right so I had to shower, eat, shop, run, shower.

We were going to go out to lunch and to Giant Eagle and McGuinnis sisters. Well, then Dave waits for me to be ready to go and then he decides we have to clean the kitchen and do the dishes and then clean out his car. I was lightheaded by this point and mad. Also I had to peer check some stuff for some people at work and I didn't want to keep them waiting. 

We went to Jersey Mike's for lunch. Then to Giant Eagle. Then to McGuinnis Sisters.  

All of that took about 4 hours. 

We got home and I didn't even finish putting stuff away. I hurried to my computer to find out what time dusk was and then Poly got on my lap. She was sound asleep. I hated to move her, but I had to. I did waste about 10 minutes though. Then I hurried and changed and headed to North Park to run.  I ran 5.28 miles.  I could have probably run 10 more minutes before it got too dark but I didn't want to end up stuck.

Then I came home and showered. When I got home Dave had made homemade sauce. He was about to make the raviolis but was waiting for me. He cooked dinner.  We ate that then watched a movie, The Social Network. I liked it.  Then it was time for bed.  During the movie, I did some of my peer checking.

Even though it was time for bed, I blogged a big. My blog was screwed up and my last post ended up being the only post that would show on the main page. It sure made me mad. I still can't figure out why.  Has anyone else had issues with blogger like this? Also the run post never showed up in my google reader.

Over the weekend I changed my header a few times and changed my layout. It sure is exciting.