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.

12.22

Shirt: Express
Pants: VS
Shoes: Nine West
Necklace: Lia Sophia

I worked.  I only had to work a half day based on how much vacation I had left for the year.  Almost nobody was at work.  The parking lot was so empty.

I went running.
I made fudge with Dave.
I made cookies and did laundry too late at night.

When the UPS guy came, Poly peeped out the window until he was out of sight.  She is too cute.

12.20

Sweater: Express
Cami: Express
Pants: VS (new)
Shoes: Nine West
Necklace: Lia Sophia

I was at work without Dave. He was already on vacation for the rest of the year.

I bought cheese and fruit for lunch. It said it came with crakcers and it did not. Also that wasn't pepper jack cheese. At least I can see instead of listening to what it said.  I kind of didn't like the strawberry taste on my cheese.  I did like that I had my own crackers at my desk and crackers didn't waste room in my little container.  It was a very good lunch.  It did take me about 3 hours to eat it though.

After work Dave and I went to Carino's then to Ikea to buy my mom her Christmas present.  There was a ton of traffic.

After we got home, I made and wrote some Christmas cards.  I stayed up past 2am working on them to get them done so they can be mailed.

12.13

Another day, another outfit I put together myself and was concerned it looked silly.
Pants: VS (new)
Cardigan: Limited
Shirt: Express (2003)
Necklace: Lia Sophia
Shoes: Nine West

These new pants are a bit long. I wore them with the tall shoes I have. I'd like them an inch shorter so they could go with more shoes. Too bad lengths only came in 2" increments.  These are the same style as my red pants. My red pants and gray pants are both from VS but the gray are a half inch shorter and I can wear them with more shoes. I couldn't find the gray ones again though. They are a year older so maybe they changed something or maybe the gray ones shrunk. We'll see if these shrink when I finally wash them.   If they don't shrink, should I hem them?  The current hem is like 2 inches or something so going up 1 inch may be trouble.

Ahh my hair is too long.

I wore this vest 1 other time. Both times I'm enjoying my outfit. Perhaps I should wear it more often since I like it. Maybe I can even come up with another way to style it. White button down?  Or something that isn't a button down?  How would you style this vest? 

Stuff happened. I have no idea what. It was almost a month ago. This is why you shouldn't get behind on posting. I would have skipped posting it, but I liked the outfit.

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.

11.16

Shirt: Old Navy

Cardigan and Skirt: Express

Shoes: Nine West via Famous Footwear

Necklace: Lia Sophia

I couldn't belt my cardigan because I couldn't find my black belt. I feel like the bottom of cardigans shouldn't be the tightest part because that is the part that goes around your hips. Then right above that is always bunched up.  You can see it in the 2nd picture below.  If I try to button the cardigans, they are alright but then they are a few inches above my waist line and I don't like it.  I probably have 10 cardigans that I don't like. I keep them because I paid good money for them and now I don't like them.  I don't buy new because my closet and drawers are always full. 

I didn't touch up a single curl. These curled were created 10 hours earlier and slept on and I think they look great.

I didn't get to telecommute because of the NA-YGN meeting.   I wonder if I will ever get to work from home.

After work I had to zip down to Monroeville. I went to dinner with my family then to my allergy/asthma doctor.

I didn't get home until around 9.  I was gone a very long time and sad about it because Poly was just so cute and with leaving her soon I swear she knew it because she was cuddling extra.

11.4

Yellow Day
Skirt and Cardigan: NY&Co
Shirt: Macy's
Shoes: Nine West via Famous Footwear
Belt: Kohl's
Necklace: Target

Oh this leaving for work in the dark is so annoying. I'm sick of indoor pictures.

I woke up to get to work kind of early but then spent forever getting ready.  Curly my hair added to it but I was just slow at everything.  I got to work at 7:45 and was super busy.

I had a meeting at 11:30 and apparently it got deleted off someone's calendar. Well it disappeared.  Then when he showed up to the meeting he made some comment that he thought I didn't have time to invite him because I spent too much time curling my hair.

Also through the day someone told me it was "too cold for a short skirt like that"  and someone else talked to me awhile about my dress shoes and how they are tall.  It just seems like a lot of crap I have to deal with.  I don't pay too much attention to it but I cant help but think about the weird comments now and then.

I was going to go to Body Pump after work.  Well my calf/leg still hurt.  The weather was beautiful so I thought I should run instead and take advantage of the warm daylight.  Well then I did neither. I came home and cooked tuna noodle casserole.  Then at the very end of the night I used the exercise bike for 16 minutes, stretched, and did 5 minutes of abs.  For me to count a workout as cardio I have to do at least 15 minutes... so I did 16.  For me to count a workout as core, it has to be at least 5 minutes and I did 5 minutes.  Nothing like cutting it close.

My new shoes arrived. I was excited even though they are the same thing as my old shoes. I just needed to replace my old shoes because they were getting too many miles on them.  How many miles do you put on your shoes before you replace them? Or how often do you get new athletic shoes? 

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.

10.12

Shirt: Express (babydoll tee)
Sweater: The Limited
Pants: VS
Shoes: Nine West from Famous Footwear
Belt: Target
Necklace: Lia Sophia (the necklace has pink beads so I still got my pink in today)

It was a busy work day. But before that I was busy getting ready in the morning.

I worked through lunch.

I ran a meeting that actually went well.

I left work and picked up food for dinner and stopped at Giant Eagle to grab a few things. I got home in enough time to change and head out the door to go to Body Pump. I didn't have time to eat dinner so I ate chips on the way home from work.

After Body Pump, I stood and talked to Steph until Zumba was over. I waste a lot of time there.

I got home and ate dinner. My dinner was leftover tuna noodle casserole. Poly could not control herself. She kept jumping up on my lap. I'd put her back on the ground and seconds later she'd be up on my lap.

We watched House then Fringe. I fell asleep during Fringe and wanted to go right to sleep, but I couldn't. I had to go to my computer to use our Groupon for ordering something. I had to get it ordered by midnight. I can't say what it was because part of it is a gift. I'm afraid the person won't like it though. I always fear people won't like my gifts.

10.10 - Work, Weights, TV

Shirt: The Limited
Skirt: Express
Shoes: Nine West from Famous Footwear
Necklace: Lia Sophia

I had another entire outfit picked out but then decided to get another time out of this short sleeve sweater before it gets too cold.

I'm really sick of my remote not working. I can't easily get me in focus. The shrubs and grass behind me are what continues to be in focus.

I started out the day thinking I'd wake up early and get to work early. I went to sleep early so I figured why not. Then when my alarm went off I thought how I'd get to work in the dark and wouldn't get my daily pictures. That was the main thought of going back to sleep.  I decided to hit snooze. Poly was extra cute so I hit snooze even longer.  I had a little photo shoot with her before I got ready for work.

I got to work and was super busy. Every Monday I feel super busy when I didn't work over the weekend.  I feel like I just start out behind when that happens.

Dave and I walked at lunch

We went to Long Horns for dinner. I got a chicken and didn't like it. That's a main reason why I don't like to try new things.  I still got full with salad, appetizer, bread, and potato but if I would have liked it, I would have had leftovers.  I went to Target after work

I got home and lifted weights. I didn't lift as long as I would have for Body Pump but at least I did something. Plus my ankle is still bothering me.

Then it was TV time.  Unforgettable, part of Singoff (because Dave went to sleep), Private Practice, Gossip Girl, and then Biggest Loser.

9.6 Red Pants

September 13 is Everybody Everywear day for colored pants.  And well my red pants work perfectly. But the thing is I get a week behing on posting (or more) so I wore these early. 1 week early.

Oh man how I love these pants.  For the past few months I was debating buying a new pair since these were too tight. I held out and now they fit. Yay. I'm so glad I didn't have to buy a new pair because VS is so hit or miss. Twice now they have had the most amazing pants ever and 3 times the pants sucked. The 2 good pairs fit nicely, are washable and dryable, and do not need to be ironed. The other 3 pairs are not like that. If you look at the VS website you can't tell the materials and they don't list washing instructions most of the time.  I wish they had reviews like other sites so I could read what people said about them.

My little baby Poly was hugging my arm.  I couldn't possibly get out of bed. 

Once I did bring myself to get out of bed, my little Poly tried to sabotage by sleeping on my new clothes.

I left work to go to Olive Garden for dinner with Dave.  I saw that they have the never ending pasta bowl so I knew I had to get that. This was the first time I wore my red pants in a long time and the last few times I wore them, they were far too tight, so I preemptive unbuttoned them. They were under my shirt and my cardigan. Nobody could tell while I was sitting anyway. Then I ate all of my food. Dave didn't even eat all of his. I also at at a faster rate than him.  I left the pants unbuttoned and with the shirts over it you couldn't tell at all.  This was the first time I unbuttoned pants before it was necessary. It was a good idea. I could have probably gotten a second bowl but I didn't.  Dave said the guys were eyeing me up when I was leaving Olive Garden. He thought my red pants drew their attention so they had to check me out.

Then it was off to work.  I worked until after 7:30 since I was gone for dinner a bit in there.  Leaving for dinner was great because it broke up the work day.

At 7:30 I went to the gym.

I didn't get home until about 9.  It didn't feel like such a long day because I left work for dinner.  That dinner just had so many benefits.  It also helped me run at the gym.

Day 18 - Red (4.4.11)

I went for the red pants today instead of a red shirt because of a post I saw recently. A few days ago Daphne wore a very similar outfit. She was my inspiration.  (She wore her red pants on stripes day. I wore my stripes on red day. Still the same thing.)

BTW I sure didn't know my cardigan was so see through until looking at these pictures.

So every morning I put my clothes on the bed before I get dressed. Every morning Poly sits on these clothes to stop me from getting dressed. Well today I put decoy clothes on the bed. She sat on those. I was able to get ready with a breeze. She was even sleeping on it when I left for work. Now only if my clean cardigan wasn't cat hair covered, I would have won.

I was able to leave the house 5 minutes sooner than I have been lately so I guess it worked.

Sorry the pictures look so blurry or odd; it is because the lens is completely dirty. I noticed it at the very end of today. I have been wondering why my pictures were coming out so bad.

I got a ton done at work today. Then I realized that was because I didn't have any meetings.  Then I looked at the rest of the week and I have a ton of meetings. :(

I made tuna noodle casserole. Poly cried up a storm. She wanted some so bad.
Dave made me watch Jeopardy. I don't like it because I'm too slow at thinking up answers.
We watched two episodes of Criminal Minds and now I'm blogging.  Dave has been asleep since 3 minutes into the second episode of Criminal Minds though. Poly was on my lap sleeping so I had to watch more TV.