8.14 - Monochromatic

Skirt: Athleta (purchased the long version and wish I hadn't), Shirt: Loft, Necklace: F21, Sandals: Target

Before I went to sleep, I checked out EBEW and realized that it was the day to upload something. What were the chances.  So I saw the theme and went to sleep.  Then I woke up and knew I had to get dressed to fit the theme.  This is what I chose.  I would have never put them together if it weren't for EBEW.

I decided to try to take some pictures outside.  I tried my balcony but those failed. So I went outside. All the good shade spots were taken by the contractors so I walked to another spot. I saw a ton of people while I was out.  My remote only works 10% of the time.   It was just all around awfulness when trying to get the pictures.  I still got a few but I took 10x more than I normally take when I'm trying to take a ton and lately I've been taking 2 since I'm not showing off a fancy outfit.

Daily Details:

I woke up. I read some SQL. I read some facebook. I read some emails.  I wasn't that nervous.

I had my interview.

I had a frozen dinner for lunch and watched some TV.  Then I went to take the pictures above.

I went to Target then Safeway.  I had a weird encounter walking into Safeway. I'm walking to the entrance from my car and a guy in an SUV stops and yells "my GOD you are beautiful" and then apologizes for scaring me. Then talks more. He said "I know you aren't from around here. Where are you originally from?" (I want to know how he knew I wasn't from around here.) He asked where I worked. I said I was looking for a job. He asked what kind of work I do. He asked if I found a nice place to live. And I'm pretty sure he asked a lot of other questions to which I'd just shrug. His name is Tom.

As soon as I got in Safeway, I decided to email that story to Dave. Then after that I am walking and just pulling out my list and an employee goes way out of his way to ask if I need help finding anything.  Then he said if I ever need help to let him know.

I was carrying 4 big canvas bags food of groceries and decide to check the mail. We have tons of mail + 2 packages. That was fun to carry up. I wish someone could have gotten a picture of it.  I used my face to hold the top of the package.

I picked Dave up at work. We went to Carl Jr's for a pre-dinner. Then we went to Bay Trail so Dave could take some pictures of me running.  The sun was awful so we didn't get that many.  I'm having to change the curves in Photoshop to make it so my legs are insanely pale with the sun reflecting off of them.

I then spent 3 hours editing them and messing around in photoshop. I put a few online.

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.

8.4

Poly was peeping me take my daily picture from our second floor. It scares me when she stands like that, but it especially scared me when I was down below.

Outfit 1 (Above): For work
Outfit 2: For Pirate game. Cardigan removed.
Shirt and Cardigan: Kohl's
Skirt: Athleta
Sandals: Target
Necklace: Lia Sophia

Poly was still peeping when I got back inside.  

I was busy at work. I had to hurry because I had to leave early to go to the NA-YGN tailgate and Pirate game.  I left a little after 3:30 to go to Costco and buy ice. Man was it hot outside.  I almost made it to the tailgate at 4:35 but made a wrong turn and had to loop way around and find my way to where I had to go. I hate driving.   Since my table and stuff were being used for the tailgate, I didn't end up going into the game until the 5th inning or so. As I was walking in was the inning that the Pirates scored 6 runs. I missed them all though

I was still so hot when I got home that I slept in shorts. I never sleep in shorts. I opened my closet door for something and Poly found a bag and had to go hide on it. I caught her peeping though.

7.26

 

Shirt: Loft, Skirt: Athleta, Shoes: Famous Footwear-Connie
I wore the same outfit but different shoes and different jewelry. 

My new patio is becoming a good photo location. There is less chance that people will see me take my picture and it's also pretty. 

After work I got jen to run for the first time in 15 years.  She said it was less awful than she thought it would be. Look her face is redder than mine.  

We had the chicken from Monday for dinner with salad. It was good.

6.23 - Picnic

Shirt: Loft
Skirt: Atleta
Shoes: Target
Necklaces from smallest to longest, Sears, Sears, F21

So I put on 3 necklaces and asked Dave which one I should wear, but he thought I was asking if all three looked good and he thought they did so I wore all three.  It was the first time wearing the yellow/silver necklace. One of the hoops was broken. It comes undone. I still wore it the whole day but I guess I have to throw it away now. It mostly stayed together while wearing it, but every now and then I'd look down and see both strands just hanging there. If I was moving around, I would have just lost the necklace. At least I only paid $4.99 for it.

It is hard to tell from the picture but this skirt is more athletic than dressy so I cannot wear dressy shirts with it or it does not look right. The skirt has a little pocket inside like athletic pants do.

This is not what you should look like when leaving a picnic.

So work was extremely busy. Then I had to head to the picnic. I was originally supposed to be out of town, but since I wasn't, I ended up in charge of some stuff. (what else is new) Right before it was time to leave for the picnic, it started raining. It was raining so hard on my drive there that it was rough seeing to drive.

Once there, it only rained for about 5 more minutes which was good. There were picnic tables that weren't under the pavilion and the picnic chair thought of putting the table clothes on the seat so people didn't get soaked. That was good.

NA-YGN had their yearly summer picnic. I was one of 6 people to win a basket. I didn' really want any of them. I don't know how I picked the one I did. I actually wanted a "movie" themed one with candy but I had to save the non-alcoholic ones for the people under 21 who won.

These sunglasses were in the basket I won along with sunless tanner, glow sticks, red bull, and jeugermeister.  Someone had to tell me later that there is a drink with the alcohol and the red bull. Shows what I know. Anyone want to come over and drink it?

The picnic had a cornhole tournament.  We also did an ice breaker game. Lots of prizes were involved.  Because of the heavy rain, the turnout was less than expected, but still good.

Well now to the reason my outfit looked like it did at the end of the night.   I was cleaning up. There was a ton of leftover food due to the lower turnout. We had to-go containers. We were packing them up. I had one with the barbecue chicken in it. Once we were mostly cleaned up, I was walking all my stuff to the car. This may sound easy but I had the basket I won, a big golf umbrella (since it was raining when I arrived), my purse, a bag with different supplies in it, my folder for the ice breaker, and 2 to go containers.  Well when I got to the car, I looked down and the chicken container must have been angled the way I was carrying it and all the sauce was all down the front of me. I didn't feel it since I had a cami on under the shirt. I was originally planning on going back up to finish cleaning up but I didn't want everyone to see me so I hurried out of there. I felt bad about it.  Plus Jen was driving me home since Dave wanted to leave earlier and she didn't plan on staying late to clean up or even staying until the end of the picnic. I knew better than to try to carpool with Dave to get to the thing, but if I didn't, he wouldn't have gone at all. I can never win.

In case you are wondering, I pre-treated the shirt and skirt with Shout spray. Then I did that again. Then I washed it. My clothes are no longer stained.

July 12 is everybodyeverwear day but I'm so behind on posting. I'm about 8 days behind so I just had to go with an old one. I'm sorry I cheated.

6.7

Skirt: Athleta (2010)
Shirt: Loft Outlet (2009)
Shoes: Target
Necklace: Gifted

I'd like you to note how white my legs look. There was no flash. That's just my legs.

This is how I decided what to wear with the skirt. If only I had Rose Red for the  necklace.

Well I found a 2nd outfit to wear incorporating this skirt.  Some day it won't be so hard. The difficult part is the fabric material, not the color. It is just too casual. That's what I get for buying it from a place called "Athleta" I guess.

We spent some time again getting these bookshelves lined up. That corner one is very difficult. Then it is hard to get a screw driver to be able to link them at the top.

Pre-dinner was Frosted Flakes.  I needed something in a hurry since after work I did Body Combat (and about killed myself from working so hard) and then I got home, showered, and worked on those bookshelves. I needed some food in me fast.

For some reason Poly thought she smelled tuna so she had to jump up to see if I was eating it.

I was going to eat real food after Frosted Flakes but decided to eat chip and dip instead.

Poly cuddled up with my pants. I swore she thought there was cat nip in them.

We got a lot of the books on the bookshelves and the chair ready to go. It is a nice reading chair.

Monday, January 24

 

Skirt: Athleta - This is the first time I wore it. (10/19/10)
Shirt: Macy's (I wore this shirt last week)
Blazer: Express (old)
Boots: VS (new boots! - 1/20/11)
Necklace: F21

What didn't work: The skirt was too casual (athletic) for any and all tops I have.  The color goes in theory.

What worked: The boots are awesome. They are tall but still seemed very appropriate at work.

On our way home from work we went to Olive Garden.  I got salad and the cheese fonduta appetizer as my meal. I ate 2.5 bowls of salad and all the cheese fondue plus extra bread.

I did not work out and I just hung out with Poly while watching TV (plus some blogging later so I stayed up too late.)

Shopping 10/29/10

I ordered online from Athleta. I never even heard of it but Sally made a post about having a dress in numerous colors. Her post was about two. I preferred the one I didn't get but they didn't have any that were on-sale in my size.

The package arrived November 3 but I only saw it when I was answering the door and then I was busy with parties* for two nights.

Flirtatious Dress: Black (the only color in my size out of the ones on sale)
$29.99 (originally $79)

I also bought a skirt. I bought it in tall even though I was unsure of how it would hit my knee. I think it might be 1 inch lower than I'd like (so that means the regular one would be 1 inch higher than I would like)
It is available in 5 colors for $24.99 (originally $49).
I tried on the skirt but don't think I took my picture.

I'm really happy with the dress.  I hope the skirt works well too.  I hope they both wash well.  I never order clothes on-line besides Victoria's Secret and I started small with them.  This was scary for me. If I would have made purchases the first day I wanted to, I could have had another color.

Should this dress be part of my 30 for 30? (articles from last time and results of last time) Should the skirt?

*Stampin' Up and Pampered Chef not leave the house and drink parties