May 1-14: Outfits

I got so behind on blogging but I have my daily pictures cropped from May 1-14 so I think I'll just post them  here. (A few dates were blogged about so I'll skip those).

May 1
Dress & Sandals: Kohls, Necklace: Charlotte Russe

May 2
Dress: Target, Sandals and Necklace: Kohl's

May 8
Shirt: Loft, Jeans: ? (Mudd from 2003), Necklace: Target

May 9
Necklace: Target, Top: Ann Taylor Outlet, Cardigan: Limited, Jeans: VS, Shoes: Famous Footwear

May 10
Earrings: Target, Necklace & Cardigan: Limited, Top: NY&Co., Jeans: VS, Shoes: Famous Footwear

May 11
Shirt: Loft, Jeans; Express, Necklace: Limited, Shoes: Brooks (gift)

May 12
Shirt: Loft, Shorts: AE, Shoes: Famous Footwear

May 13
Shirt: Google, Shorts: AE, Shoes: Famous Footwear

May 14
Shirt: F21, Jeans: VS, Shoes: Famous Footwear

I surprised got dressed out of my pajamas a good number of days. It might not seem like a lot here but that's because I already blogged about a few of the days.  I did wear dresses 2 days in a row.

3.14

Necklace and Shell: Limited, Cardigan: Express, Jeans: VS, Shoes: Famous Footwear, Purse: Target 

I woke up bright and early. I kept trying to go back to sleep but I couldn't.  So I woke up and go my blood work. It had to be done at 8 am so I was a big slacker about it. 8 AM is early.  I bought bagels on my way home since Dave bought strawberry cream cheese ages ago and never ate it and it expires in a week.

I got back and talked to Dave for awhile.

Then I started doing things on my to-do list. I hung up the pictures in the dining room. That was harder than I thought. It was hard to get the 2 pictures to be even and also hard to make it so the nail didn't move.

I started cleaning up all the papers stacked by my desk. I was hunting for something but whatever my motivation was works for me.  At 11 AM I had a lot cleaned up and organized and I thought how I'm m usually still in bed at that point.  I did go to sleep earlier than usual because Netflix broke.

I re-inventoried all my Stampin' Up paper. I couldn't find my old list. I usually keep my list and as I use paper I subtract it off. Then I  know how much  I have of every color. I appear to be missing all of my Riding Hood Red.  It took a few hours to do all that. I watched Netflix while doing it.  So at least it's better than just sitting there watching TV.

Around 3 I went to Safeway. I did think of going swimming but realized I needed to go grocery shopping more. I carried 62.6 lbs of groceries in. It's hard to balance all those bags. What made it worse was there was wet paint on the elevators. I had to go sideways and shimmy through because I was too wide.

Then I went for a run with Hilary. We stood at talked so long after that people showed up to bike, biked, and packed up to leave all while we were talking.

After my shower, we had dinner. I started with a salad. Then had a bagel. (I did an awful job cutting the bagel.) Then I ate about half a bag of Doritos. Too bad that bag was a family size bag of Doritos.

We watched American Idol. Then watched Rachel Maddow.  Then I went to my computer room to do more stuff at my computer and watch Netflix.

3.9

Jeans: VS, Sweater: Limited, Shoes: Famous Footwear, Purse: Target, Necklace: Charlotte Russe

Dave woke me up early. He wanted his hash browns and was upset I never went to Safeway to buy them on Friday so apparently he can't eat anything else for breakfast or go buy his own so I had to get up and go.  I walked over and saw nobody was at our apartment pool. I texted Hilary about it.

After a few texts back and forth we decided to meet at 11:15 to swim. I hadn't eaten anything and was still a tad weak from the day before.  But I swam anyway. I didn't do all that awful. I swam a bit less than both Hilary and Wes but I was weak so I figure it was OK. I think I swam a little under a half mile. I did keep track when I swam but then immediately forgot.   That swim got me motivated and I told Hilary to text me if she wanted to run later. We never did though.  I did put on running clothes after my shower. Too bad I never went.

I watched some TV and Dave played Sim City all day.

2.28 - Stampin' Up

Pants: VS, Shirt: Limited, Earrings: Target (new), Shoes: Famous Footwear
(These earrings are nice but if I turn my head while talking, I tend to hit myself in the teeth with them.)

I start off my day waking up early. I did hit snooze a bunch but anticipated that so set 4 alarms. Close to when I was going to get up, Poly decided it was time to nap on my chest.

I left and headed out the door to walk to my MRI. As I was leaving I was looking for my BodyMedia fit display. I couldn't find it. I start texting Dave about it and how I couldn't find it. I was already starting to hate my day thinking I lost it. I did think maybe it was on the pants I wore the last time I remember having it out at dinner, but then I was afraid I already washed those pants.

I was walking to get my MRI. I knew the address was 325 Mathlida. I get there and can't find it. After some investigation with Dave I realize it was 325 North Mathilda. So I continue on. Then I get to an overpass that has no sidewalk so I can't cross it. I have to walk blocks out of the way. I try to call the MRI place as I'm booking it but I'll be too late and they say I have to reschedule. I would have had to walk another mile or more. If I didn't double back 3 times trying to find the place initially and didn't walk 2 blocks extra before realizing I couldn't walk across the overpass, I might have only been 5 minutes late which wouldn't have been bad.   So now I have to go on Tuesday. At least this time I know where it is. I won't let Dave take the car to work. I thought it was so close. In advance I had typed in the incorrect address and saw it was only .6 miles away. Dave said I should have biked. I don't like biking on busy roads.

I walked to Target on my way home. I had a list so that trip wasn't so bad.  I was walking in a tank top and other people had on winter coats.

I got home and started looking up some stuff online and that was when I realized I forgot to pick up my inhaler prescription at Target so I guess that trip was also unsuccessful after all.

I played with Poly and made a huge mess while finishing to plan for my Stampin' Up party. I sat on the floor with Poly while I watched some TV too. Well Poly was in a bag of bags and I sat near her. She probably didn't care that I was there.  The floor got uncomfortable so I went into bed and watched the last 2 episodes of Freaks and Geeks. The second half of the season (also series since it was only 1 season long) was a lot better than the first half. They had me wanting more yet early on, I almost quit watching. The only reason I didn't was because there were only 18 episodes and so many sites said the show was awesome. Oh and because so many of the actors are in so many other things now that I enjoyed watching them when they were young.

At 4, I hopped to finishing to plan for my Stampin' Up Party.   I finished.  At 5, Dave got home and made me clean out the car with him. I left for Hilary's at 5:28 but I meant to leave earlier. Traffic was bad that it took 6 minutes to get to Hilary's.  Then it took 16 minutes (I think) to get to Sachi's even though the GPS said 4 minutes. There was just too much traffic.

There were supposed to be 5 people including me. After we ate dinner 2 more people showed up and I got asked if I had enough supplies. I managed to have enough but I couldn't finish the 2nd card. I couldn't believe I wasn't given a count for those 2 or that I managed to have enough supplies. I'm normally bad with names but with them I was really bad. Nobody had a name that I ever heard before so there was no way I'd remember any.  I even have them written down on door prize forms now and I still can't tell you what they are. (Poor hand writing and names that aren't common to me)

The party lasted 3 hours. I couldn't believe it.  I did sell some of my old retired stamp sets so that's good.  Two people wanted the same set. Sad times.   I hope a few people order. Three people are interested in classes for a fee so maybe I can schedule one of those and everyone could bring a friend so maybe I could make the time planning worth it.

After I got home, I couldn't stop looking through the Stampin' Up catalog.  Classes and parties always put me in the mood to stamp more.

Dave works with Sachi and started calling her"B" since her last name starts with B. I'm not sure how she likes it. He then told her she can call him PB. He told her this before but I guess she didn't do it.  She asked what PB stood for. She thought it was Protocol Buffer.
Dave: Most normal people think it's Peanut Butter
Sachi Well we aren't normal people
BTW PB stands for Polar Bear. I keep thinking about this conversation and just burst out laughing.  Who hears PB and doesn't think of Peanut Butter?

I spent a little time cropping pictures. I still have 14 draft posts that I have to populate with pictures.

3.2 Santa Cruz, Ikea

Cardigan and shirt: Express, Jeans: VS, Shorts: Kohl's, Necklace: Limited, Earrings: Target, Shoes: Famous Footwear, Sandals: Kohl's

I woke up at 9:30 because Hilary was picking me up at 10.  I was able to bum a ride with Wes and Hilary so I didn't have to drive myself.  We went to Santa Cruz to run a portion of the half marathon that we are signed up for in April. We met Hilary and Wes's friend, Justin there. He brought his dog Donut.  We ran about 7 miles.  Hilary and I changed out of our running clothes. They had bathrooms on the beach but we had to walk a bit through the sand to get to and from them. That killed my calves. Walking on the sand is hard work.

Then we drove closer to the pier and parked. They put the top down so it was the first time I was ever in a convertible. (Hilary also put her window down and then it broke so the window wouldn't go back up.) We walked another .75 miles to get to a restaurant for lunch. We had lunch but service was so slow so it took awhile.  We walked back to the car and headed home. It was so pretty there. I wish I had taken more pictures. I only quickly snapped a few on my phone and not even at the prettiest parts.

As soon as I got home, Dave made a comment about how I was sunburned. That was the first time I realized I was. We started disassembling our kitchen table to take it to storage. Then we went to storage. Then to Tia Juana for dinner. Then we went to Ikea.  We spent forever there trying to find a small table that we liked. Most weren't high enough off the ground for Dave's legs to fit under.  We finally decided to use the table top we had from Ikea from before for our TV stand but to buy legs for it. So instead of buying a $200 table, we bought legs for $15.

Man was I exhausted. My sun burn kept getting redder. All the time out in the sun really killed me.  I did get to use the aloe that Callie mailed to me in my care package when I moved here.  It was super nice to have.  I was texting with Ryan and we were going to get together but it kept getting later and I kept getting more tired.  I had offered him to stay on our couch but Dave flipped out about that. And since it got late and since Ryan's phone broke, he decided to just find a place in San Francisco. On the plus side, I cleaned up the entire apartment in 30 minutes and ended up with a clean apartment.

I finally fell asleep around midnight. I couldn't believe how tired I was.

3.1

Shirt: NY&Co, Jeans: VS, Shoes: Famous Footwear, Necklace: Target 

I woke up and watched some TV. (Poly slept at my feet while I was in bed. She sure loves afghans.) I did some things at my computer.  I ate toast for lunch. I had 7 slices. Two were with cinnamon and sugar butter, 1 was with butter, and the rest were with butter and grape jelly.

Then I walked to Big 5 Sporting Goods to exchange my goggles. I didn't get the same brand/style this time. I got more expensive ones.  Then I walked to Sprouts.  I bought a few things but decided to walk to Target to get my inhaler prescription. On my way to Target, a former coworker called so I ended up standing in the lobby of Target for 10 minutes to talk.  I got my inhaler prescription and it cost $45. Without insurance it would be $48.  In Pittsburgh with Westinghouse insurance it was $28.  If I saw my asthma doctor, I would get a free sample. Maybe next time I will call one of the other 3+ pharmacies within walking distance and see what the cost would be. $45 is far too expensive especially since I'll use less than half of it before it expires.

After I got home, I went for a swim at my apartment complex pool.  Man did that suck. I got out twice to email people to complain about it so it took a long time. After I got home, I did some research on if they have swimming programs like the couch to 5k. Well they had some that said they start at 0 and they were all too hard in week 1. I emailed myself some links and figured I'd look later. [I never did.]

I talked Dave into letting us have breakfast foods for dinner. I made pancakes, bacon, and toast. I didn't eat any of the bacon. I also burnt the bacon.

We watched some TV and hung out. When Dave went to sleep, I went in with Poly and she was sure hamming it up. Sometimes I think she knows something is up and she tries to be all cute to get us to stay with her. She was so cute wanting to hug both my and Dave's arm.

Then I watched some TV. I ended up staying up until 4 watching TV though. Oops.

I used to have my necklaces on a bulletin board. Then I ordered a ton of Lia Sophia stuff when I hosted a party so I put those boxes in the top drawer of my dresser.  I also had a jewelry box for earrings and some thinner necklaces.  Then for my birthday, I got one of those dresses to hold jewelry.  I thought I'd take some pictures.  One side of the dress holds earrings. Some earrings are still in my jewelry box.  The other side holds necklaces.  I still have a necklaces on my bulletin board too since that is out in my bedroom versus in the closet.  How do you store your jewelry?

2.19

Shirt and Jeans: VS, Shoes: Famous Footwear

I did weights at the gym. I  watched TV. I did laundry. I probably did some other stuff. I probably left the house since I did get dressed.

I found some nerf gun arrows in the wash. Dave apologized for bringing his work home with him.

2.18

Shirt: VS, Jeans: VS, Shoes: Famous Footwear

I only got dressed to get Boudin's for dinner.
I braided my hair like the girl in Hunger Games. I just did a bad job getting a picture of it.

2.23

My first alarm went off at 8:30. I had 3 other alarms go off. I also hit snooze. I still stayed in bed until 11.  I woke up and started coding in Ruby.  Finally I was done with that a little after 1 and I had lunch. Dave and I watched some TV.

We were done near 4 and then I fell asleep on the couch until 6:30.  Halfway through Poly joined me and cuddled up with me.

I woke up and started watching TV.   At 8 PM, I still hadn't had dinner.   I finally went and got Pizza Hut.

We watched some TV until 11:30 and then I watched TV on my iPad until 3am or so.  I watched Freaks and Geaks and some Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior.  I didn't sleep well after that.

11.30 - Jen Visits

Dave woke me up by listening to Howard Stern entirely too loud. Then he asks me 2 questions. Both were asking me where things were and I told him but I also told him in the past so I was a little mad. He doesn't remember when I tell him things.  Then he got mad wondering why I was mad.  I tried to go back to sleep but I just ended up resting in bed until my alarms went off. I hit snooze a few times trying to get some more sleep.

I sat on my leg thinking the chair wouldn't get as wet!

Hilary and I started texting each other about a half hour before our run. We were both complaining about the rain.  We were supposed to run 10 miles but with the rain we weren't even sure we'd go at all.  We ended up running 6 miles and complaining a lot.  The trail was closed 2.99 miles into the trail anyway so good thing we didn't want to do 10. We would have never doubled back again in that awful weather.  We got so soaked. I can't believe how wet I was.

I got home and tried to load the data. I looked up a few things online then I went to shower.  I sat on my desk chair and made it wet for hours. Oops.

I had a cheesy broccoli casserole (aka with rice) frozen thing plus more fresh broccoli. It was good but it sure took me a long time to eat it. I ate for over 30 minutes and only ate slightly over 300 calories.

I vacuumed or tried to vacuum the last room in the apartment and the vacuum broke. (Later I learned  I need a new belt.)

Poly knocked the bag of bags on the ground to lay on. I moved her bag to clean and she still slept on it. I opened the bed to put it together and she got in the way.

I watched TV.  I was going to pick Dave up and then go get Jen. Originally we were all going to eat dinner together. Then her flight was delayed an hour so Dave and I were going to eat.  Then I picked Dave up and her flight was only going to be 30 min late so we didn't eat.  We waited in the cell phone lot for a half hour for her then picked her up.  We all ended up going to dinner. It was close to 10 PM.   We went to some Bar and Grill that Dave went to for work before. It was nothing to write home about. I think it was called Tied House.

After we got home, we talked a bit then went to sleep. Nothing but nice accommodations for Jen. She had to lift up the air mattress if she wanted to close the door to the room.

11.21: Food, Crochet

Outfit 1 = Google

Shoes: Macy's, Jeans: VS, Necklace: Lia Sophia, Shirt and Cardigan: Limited

Outfit 2 = Dinner

Shirt: NY&Co, Cardigan: Target, Jeans: F21, Boots: VS, Necklace: Gifted (Probably JCP)

Poly cuddled with me in bed in the morning. My shoulder gets sore after having it bent out for her to sleep in it but I still keep it that way.

I went to Google for lunch for turkey. I was disappointed that they didn't have mashed potatoes. The sweet potato fries were good. I didn't like the broccoli soup.

We went to BJ's for dinner.  We always get their 5 meat pizza. It's the only place that I order more than just pepperoni. Ham and Pepperoni are my favorite. The sausages and meatballs aren't that spectacular and I don't even notice the salami.

Since I left the house twice, I didn't have a lot of time to work on the afghan. Look how I have to crochet with Poly on me. At least I figured out how to do it.  Before she was on me, she sat on the end table and batted at the yarn the entire time.

12.1 - Jen's Visit

Cardigan: Target, Shell: Limited, Jeans: F21, Boots: DSW, Necklace: Lia Sophia, Jacket: Sam's Club
Sweater: Express, Jeans: VS

We went to Eagle Cafe for breakfast. I got French Toast. Dave got the cable car combo. We both got the same thing that we got in April.

We went to Alcatraz. The weather was so dreary. We already had the tickets. It was also going to be rainy all weekend anyway.

It was foggy so I couldn't get a good picture of the city from Alcatraz.

The weather cleared up a little to get some nice pictures.

The boat to and from Alcatraz was so windy. I had to put my hair in a ponytail.

After Alcatraz we went to Boudin's for lunch. I forgot to take my pictures.  After a lot of debate we decided to take a bus tour. It was a hop on hop off tour. We ended up waiting over 20 minutes to head out.  We got off at the Golden Gate Bridge but it was already dark.  The last half the tour was in the dark. At least the tickets we got were good for 48 hours so we could go back again. We only paid for 24 hours (minimum) of tickets but we got 48 hours of credit. I think because of the awful rainy weather.

Since we felt so gross instead of having dinner in the city we came home, changed, and went to BJ's for dinner. It was close to 9 PM by the time we ate dinner.   I don't even know how Jen was still functioning with the time difference.