8.18 Outfit

Dave and I went out for an anniversary brunch.  I took the pictures at a bad time of day so even though I tried many different spots, I don't like any.

This is not a maternity dress. I enjoyed wearing high heels.

8.24 - Tired

I arrived so late on the 23rd that I was super exhausted when I woke up on the 24th.  I hit snooze for a long time.  I went with something simple. 

Skirt, shirt, cami: Express 

Shoes: Famous Footwear

Necklace and earrings: Lia Sophia

A great thing about flex time is the ability to hit snooze many times and still not be late for work.  The downside of that is if you get to work later, you have to stay later. 

Since I went so long without seeing Poly, I didn't want her to feel neglected so then I put her in my daily picture. 

I also took many pictures of her throughout the day.  Poly went right to sleeping on me after work. I was happy because last time I traveled, she snubbed me for a day like she was mad at me or like she forgot who I am. 

It felt so hot. I got used to the cool Colorado nights. I had trouble sleeping it was so hot.

So I got back from Colorado and the next morning weight myself to an incredibly low weight for me.  Dave always says there is the World of Warcraft diet which is that you are so busy playing then you don't snack.  Well maybe there is the Callie Diet or Colorado Diet where you are so busy doing 8 million things that you forget to eat extra to compensate. I lost over 5 lbs. I expected it to pop right back up but it wast at least that much lower.  The jeans I had packed were very loose on me by the end.  My mom noted that my thighs looked skinnier.  Maybe I should have visited Callie 5 months earlier when my red pants first stopped fitting.  My gut was gone too. It was nice and flat. I should have taken a picture. 

8.11

Shoes: Connie via Famous Footwear
Shirt, skirt, and cardigan: Express
Necklace: Lia Sophia
Necklace (short one): Gifted (this is the first time I've doubled up on necklaces. I want to layer necklaces more. It is really out of my comfort zone.
Bracelet: Target I think.

If I leave for work too late, it is too bright and the pictures are hard to get in my front yard.
I love this skirt, but also hate it. If I have to do a lot of walking it gets more annoying. I can't open my stride as much as I want in this skirt. Also if I walk while holding a bag, the skirt spins. Once it spun as much as 90 degrees.

Sorry it has been too long. I don't remember anything that went on besides work (happens all week days).

8.30.11

Skirt and shirt: Express
Cardigan: NY&Co
Shoes: Connie from Famous Footwear
Belt: Kohl's
Necklace: Lia Sophia

It has been freezing at work so I decided to just wear a long sleeve sweater even though it is hot outside. If I wear short sleeves, I just end up putting on my desk sweater all day so then it hides half my outfit and looks like I wear the same clothes everyday. The only problem with this was that it was hot when walking between the buildings.

I slept in a bit today. I did not set 6 alarms but only 2 today. It allowed me to actually fall back to sleep and enjoy the sleep a little more.  I woke up and Poly was sleeping on Dave's pants. She was hugging the hanger too. I actually woke up to run downstairs to carry a hamper upstairs and then I still went back to sleep.  I woke up sore from Body Pump yesterday. I took a month off lifting and I can tell.

I worked just like always. I finally had lunch with Jen. We seem to only get to have lunch together once a week if that anymore. So we made the most of it and had lunch together for an hour.

I wore long sleeves to work since it has been freezing.  In the afternoon I had to wrap my spare sweater around my legs. Good thing I didn't need to wear that and I could use it as a blanket. One of these days I'll remember to take one of my extra fleece blankets to work. It's not even winter yet. I can't even imagine what it will be like when the heat doesn't work well in my corner.

Around 5pm we started talked about the temperature and I heard the lady who shares a cube wall with me tell the cleaning guy that she threatens to break people's fingers if they try to adjust the temperature on the thermostat. The thermostat is closest to her cube but it is for 5 or so rows so I don't see how she thinks she owns it. Also when all of us but her are cold, why does she get a say. She commented to the cleaning guy that we can just put on more layers. I think in the summer we shouldn't have to wear 3 layers and still end up cold. Ugh.

When I got home from work, Poly didn't even get up to greet me. She just stayed chilling on my suitcase that I still have yet to finish unpacking and putting everything away.

I had leftover pulled pork from Texas Roadhouse for dinner. It was yummy.  Dave had leftover pizza. Then we watched a new TV show and I fell asleep for a half hour sitting on the couch. Dave fell asleep too.

I almost went to sleep at 8 but instead decided I really needed to get my pictures from my Colorado trip onto my desktop. Currently they were on 2 different laptops. Having them in different places made it hard to blog about them.

8.8

Dress: Old Navy (1999), Cardigan: Kohl's, Shoes: Famous Footwear-Connie, Necklace: Lia Sophia

When I went to take my daily picture, Poly was waiting on the steps for me.

I was so tired when I woke up.  I had to hit snooze too many times. My weekend of fun was too fun and too exhausting.  Dave and I walked at lunch. Our speed is increasing. Dave is getting better. After dinner I spent a lot of time blogging to get a stock pile for when I'm on vacation. I went to sleep early for me (around 11PM).

Monday was the start of my last week of work before vacation!  It sure was busy!

7.12

Necklace: Target
Shirt, Cardigan, Skirt: Express
Shoes: Famous Footwear - Connie

I can't even remember what I did on July 12. I guess that's what happens when I post so late and don't tweet enough to remind myself what I did. I did go to Body Combat after work.

7.1 - Mostly Old

Pants: JCP (2005)
Shoes: Famous Footwear (2011)
Shirt: Kohl's (2000 or 2001)
Button-down shirt: NY&Co. (2008)
Necklace: Lia Sophia
The dress was the last of my 7 items for Styling the Scavenged Seven.  I completed 2 for 2 with a day to spare. I decided since I'm so behind on posting it is hard to properly document and discuss this challenge so I will be done with it. I may still pull some stuff out on my own to make sure I wear in the week, but I won't be documenting or saying which article of clothing it was that I picked.  Really I should try to get caught up. I'm 14 days behind + a few odd posts that aren't my daily posts.

I liked the shirts today. It was the first time I wore them together. I didn't like the pants. I like more form fitting pants.  The neckline on the purple shirt is really high. I never see anyone wear them that high. How wold you style it?  It is a tank top type thing but with 1 little strap that is like a string that connects the fabric for the front and back. You can tell on the Styling the Scavenged Seven link.

Dave and I went to Jersey Mikes for lunch. I had leftovers and ended up leaving them in the wrong fridge. Then for dinner we went to Bravo.

I'm so behind on posting that I don't remember working out but it sure looks like I'm wearing workout clothes so I must have done something.

6.6 - NA-YGN, Ikea, Carinos

Dress: Old Navy
Cardigan: NY&Co.
Shoes: Connie from Famous Footwear
Necklace: Lia Sophia
Earrings: Target
Belt: Kohls

Similar to a recent outfit.I just swapped out the cardigan.  I was going to do different jewelry but figured why mess with something I liked and also I didn't have a lot of time to think.  I am a lot more comfortable belting over things with a dress than I am with skirts or pants.  But a year ago I wasn't even comfortable belting a dress.  It is a work in progress.

This dress is getting more use recently than it did the first 10 years I owned it.  I also like having something with a higher neckline. Nowadays it seems so hard for me to find something that fits and isn't too revealing.

Poly was sleeping with me in the morning.

At work we had one of our NA-YGN meetings. I finally got up the nerve to take a few pictures to show what some meetings are like. We usually don't have the round tables.  These pictures don't show how there was a row of chairs around the walls of the room that were all in use. We had about 80 people there.  Chad came up to present. I see him rarely. Well the last time I saw him I was wearing the similar outfit I noted above. Sigh. I should start paying attention to who I will see so they get to see a variety of my outfits.

We provided food at the meeting but the cafeteria was late in delivering. They were late by 45 minutes. Then I noticed about 3/4 of the way through the line that they were out of napkins.  I am proud of myself for getting up and walking all the way to the cafeteria to get more napkins. I could have just sat there. Then when I finally returned, nobody was in line anymore. I knew there were lots of people without napkins. I walked around and passed out stacks to the tables that were in line near the end. I felt like I was sort of disrupting the presentation, but that it was worth it for napkins. The pizza was extremely greasy.  I did my good deed for the day.  I learned while I went to get napkins they also ran out of plates or almost ran out.  The cafeteria didn't do anything right I guess.

After work we headed to Ikea to buy a corner bookshelf and the connection pieces. We also found a nice reading chair.

After Ikea, we went to Carino's.  It was half off family platters so we decided to get one. I settled with regular spaghetti even though I like angel hair better.  We had a lot leftover too.  I got Italian Chili but only ate one bowl.  I didn't feel full. I didn't have pants pushing on my gut though. Then when I tried to get up to leave boy did I feel full. Then on the way home, every bump made me want to throw up.  So I guess dresses have pros and cons. I can eat to my hearts content but then I eat far too much.   Then on our way home we stopped for frozen yogurt. I barely got any but I shouldn't have gotten any at all. Oh boy was I full.

Three hours later, we had the new shelf assembled and didn't even have them lined up properly. It was extremely hard to get everything at the right angle and in the right place. I wish they had dimensions for how far away the larger bookshelves should be from the corner. Then it would have been so much easier.  I didn't bring my work laptop home knowing I'd be a little busy but then I didn't realize I wouldn't even have time for TV and that we wouldn't even get the bookshelves totally up.

5.24

I'm so behind on posting that I already forgot that I wore my red skirt for a 2nd time. My toe nails are painted red matching my skirt and necklace.  Well I'm still at $30/wear on this skirt so I need to wear it some more.

Bottom left picture = no idea what I was up to or showing off.   I forgot to take off my armband until I was done taking pictures so I had to go and take more.  My legs are a bit pale aren't they.
Does anyone out there use sunless tanner? What is good?

I worked really late to make up for all my time at PT. I get home slightly after 7:15 and the power goes out. It was out until about midnight. No power = no fun. We missed so many season finales too. Sucks.  I ended up going to sleep around 10. I tried to do KenKen in bed by flashlight but that was really hard.  It was hot.

Funny thing is I got home from work and the garage door went up but before I got out of the car, the power was out. Boy am I glad I didn't get home seconds later. I would have had to figure out how to open the garage door without power. But then I wished I had stayed at work another 20 minutes so I could have been a little more productive in some way.

Note the power went out for everyone in the Cranberry area and all surrounding areas... it wasn't just us.

It was hard to figure out what to eat for dinner without having power. Luckily Dave bought bread the day before. That was an added surprise and I ended up making PB&J.

My latest addiction

5.20 - Breakfast, Drive, Rehearsal, 2 dinners

Outfit 1: To work for a breakfast

Skirt: F21

Shirt: NY&Co.

Blazer: Sears

Belt: Target

Necklace: Sears

Earrings: Target

The blue earrings are the same shade as the shirt. I'm not sure if you can tell in the picture.

I had probably a dozen better ideas of what to wear but then something was dirty or I thought it would be too tight since I gained a little weight.

Outfit 2: Driving to Philly but also ended up being wedding rehearsal outfit

Jeans: Indi

Shirt: NY&Co

Jacket: NY&Co

Shoes: Kohl's

Necklace: Sears

Earrings: Target

These jeans were a lot more comfortable than the jeans I bought ages ago. I think because I was already getting fatter when I got these.  The sandals have 4+ inch heels. They are the first sandals I bought and wore. They are still out of my comfort zone and are already almost a year old. (See them better here.)

Poly cuddled with me in the morning so I got started getting ready a little late.

I got up and Dave was still sleeping. Look how cute Poly was.

Then after my shower, Poly wanted in.  She loves the shower.

I went to work for the breakfast. It was the recognition for the WIN scholarship Winner. There were 16 total in attendance.  As soon as I got home, we grabbed last minute things and were on the road.

We were making a pit stop on the way so my mom could cat-sit Poly.  Poly doesn't mind  the car as much during the daylight.  Dave sat in the backseat with her.  BTW this is a dog cage. The cat ones were too little and she didn't like them.  We always leave the cage out in the living room. We caught her napping in it once or twice. Sometimes she also naps on top of it. She actually does that often. We leave it out so she doesn't see it and hate it when we do have to go somewhere. Inside the cage is an afghan and a towel so she has a nice soft surface to sleep on.

We got to my parents and Poly made herself right at home.  We stayed there talking a little bit and then realized we might be late if we didn't get a move on it.  Also I always forget to take into account that I like to stop at every rest stop to take a little nap.

I knew we were running behind so I only stopped at 2 stops.  We also didn't make a final stop close to Philly where Dave would drive. I hate driving near there.  We arrived at the rehearsal at 4:58.  It was supposed to start at 5. Also I originally thought we'd go to the hotel first before going to the rehearsal.  We hit a ton of traffic near Philly and that sucked.

The officiant arrived at 5:34 so I guess it was like we were early.

After the rehearsal, we all went to dinner at some random place near Tyler Arboretum.  While there I was talking to Dave about where our 2nd dinner would be.

We ended up getting Wawa for 2nd dinner.  I got an italian hoagie and Dave got 2 hoagies.  This was the start of me gaining 2 lbs while in Philly.   Man was I exhausted.  I don't like all that driving.

5.19 - LBD

Dress: Old Navy (1999 or 2000) ~$15
Cardigan: NY&Co (2010)
Shoes: Famous Footwear - Connie (2011)
Necklace: Lia Sophia (2010)
Belt: Kohl's (2010)
Earrings: Target

I lengthened the necklace with 2 safety pins. Usually I use those 2 pins to shorten it.  The necklace is adjustable by 4 inches but those 4 inches never seem to cut it.

This dress fits better than it has in the past. Last year it was a little big. It fit better this year. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or bad thing. I mean I have love handles now so it should probably be bad.   The belted cardigan makes the dress fit in the back.  I have this problem with so many dresses not fitting above my butt. My waist goes in so far going down my back and then my butt sticks out even further. I am not sure if this is normal because I don't analyze anyone else but maybe I will start looking at some point.

So all day I wore this and thought how awesome it would have been to wear with breakfast with the CEO the next day and I was disappointed I created the outfit a day too early.  

I have probably only worn this dress a half dozen times. It is the main reason I say I wouldn't get rid of clothes I didn't wear for 1 year. I always think of this dress and don't want to get rid of anything I haven't worn for a year because of it.  I probably went a good 6 or 7 years without wearing this one.  These pictures make the dress seem shorter than I thought it was. I think I pulled it down after or at least I hope so. This is a little too far above the knee for my liking.

So do my legs look tan? It is because I bought the wrong pantyhose.  These ones are called "slight color" or something. I had such difficulty finding my size that I ended up forgetting to double check the color. Why is it so hard to find Nude pantyhose in size C of Hanes?  Kohl's pantyhose section is a joke. They don't have the same size, color, style together. Or they only have 1 of each.  It was a mess, but I wanted to try something new after how disappointed I've been with Legg's recently.

In the morning Poly was cuddling with me. I got up but getting up on the other side of the bed. Poly was not happy.

When I was getting ready for work, Poly wasn't bothering me. I was curious what she was up to. Well she was sitting on the suitcase. She was already trying to be packed. I guess she didn't know that I got the suitcase out early to make it easier when packing after work.

After work, Dave and I went to dinner with Chad and Jen.   After that I had to mow. It was a little wet but I had to get it done before we went out of town.

I walked upstairs and see this on the floor. Dave blamed it on Poly. The laundry basket was sitting on the floor with some clean socks still in it. Apparently she was playing fetch and took a dive off the bed to get the ponytail holder and the basket was in her path.

After all that, it was time to pack.  Poly tried to pack herself in the garment bag. Poor Poly.

It took me a really long time to pack because I spent so much time trying to figure out what to wear to breakfast with the CEO (and other people). Also packing was rough with at least 3 loads of dirty laundry.  I also wasn't told what the wedding colors were so I didn't know which of my dresses to wear.  I over packed. I figured we were driving so I could pack extra.

Our original plan was to drive to Philly leaving at 7am but because of the breakfast, we would be leaving after the breakfast, but this still meant that I had to be totally packed and ready to go before going to sleep.

5.6

Dress and Cardigan: Kohl's 

Shoes: Famous Footwear (they weren't even on clearance)

Necklace: Charlotte Russe

Purse: Target

I had Dave take my picture at lunch because I went to PT before work so I got dressed at PT. I forgot my slip. Sad times.  And after work was hitting the gym so I needed to get an outfit photo.

I wore this necklace with this dress because Kimberly told me they went. Also she told me the necklace would go with hot pick. Well I did them both in one outfit.  I wasn't wearing the necklace with many things before because I didn't know what it matched and only went by what my color wheel told me. 

I have had these shoes for a few weeks but this was the first time I wore them. The toe box was a little tight but it probably has to be so your foot doesn't slide too far down the toe hole. I thought they were sufficient.  Late in the day, I realized my left big toe had some skin scraped away. I guess they weren't as good as I thought. 

They wind made my picture not as cool. Sometimes wind can enhance pictures but here it made them worse.

That cube wall in the very edge of the window shown is my cube wall.   

I got back to my desk and after a minute I hear over the cube wall "Colleen, did I see you getting your picture taken outside."  Oh no I was busted.  There was a short conversation where I was asked why I was getting my picture taken and I responded about my calendar site. Then I sent him the link. A different coworker came over to talk about work related things so we stopped talking. After I got back to my desk he made 2 observations. He said I wear a lot of red (which I often talk about on my blog and why I started my color rotation challenge) and he said I didn't wear yellow much (which I realized during the challenge). Then I walked over to his cube and we scrolled through 3 years worth of pictures. He told me I should themes and challenges (he didn't call them challenges but what he described were challenges).  It was fascinating... a little weird, but fascinating.  Has anyone caught you taking your picture and then asked you about it?

Before PT, I had some time to kill since I didn't wake up early enough to make it to work, so I went on my computer to write a blog post.  Well Poly jumped at the opportunity and got on my lap. I petted her for awhile once I was ready to get up, but then it was really time to go. I even tried to tilt Poly off of me so she would think it was her idea to get up. She did not go for it. She managed to get situated and still stay on me when I had her tilted at a 45 degree angle.  I actually had to lift her off and put her down. Sad times. I never move her or make her get off of me.

Once I got home from work I should have packed, but I just grabbed a few things and the suitcase. Poly sure didn't want me to pack by evidence of her sitting in my suitcase.

My regular camera was downstairs so I had to use my iphone to take her picture.  I quit early on packing and went downstairs to watch TV.  I came up after a few shows to pack with only a little bit of time before bed. I thought packing can't be that hard.

I closed the suitcase while I picked everything out and Poly sat on that. She really wanted to impact my packing ability.  I packed extra because I talked to Nicole and she was packing a lot. I did put some stuff back that I had out.  (Later I learned I shouldn't have put that back. I forgot that I was accounting for three outfits on certain days.)  I was packing jewelry and realized a year ago was the last time I packed and I really only wore 1 or 2 necklaces so packing was easy. Now I have a ton to pick from.

I was almost done packing but needed something out of my bookshelf. I opened the door and Poly went right in there. Then she thought she was trapped. I opened the left door for her and then she left.