July 16-31 Outfits

I barely ever take my daily picture. I take it with my iphone now instead of my good camera when I do. I'm a real slacker.

 There are many days I'm in my workout clothes all day. I really like a few of my workout clothes like those pants on 7/20 so maybe I should just take my daily picture in those workout clothes.

I wore this to a play date. I was so hot that I was always pulling up the skirt. That's happened the last 2 times I wore it. I guess I need to wait until it cools off a little.

7-23, 24 26, 27

 This collage shows 3 of my 3 new workout tanks I bought in the past few months. I want more new tops. The capris are also new.  The top is blue on the 26th but the picture is bad.

7-28

Ella and I sort of matched. Ella's purple was prettier. We both had on black spandex shorts.

May 1-15 Outfits

May 1 I for a black T-shirt that I wore on May 12. I forgot to get a daily picture. I wore it to the mall with skinny jeans.

5/2

May 2, I used the timer on my phone for my daily picture. I ended up standing pretty far back so I had to crop a bit so they aren't that clear. I'm still impressed I managed something. This shirt is old. I used to love it but now I wish it was 2 inches longer based on where jeans hit. I used to wear it with pencil skirts more and they hit higher. (Old example)

5/5

5/8

I'm wearing my new maxi dress. (I bought it on May 1 at the mall.) Ella is wearing one of here new dresses. I wore red shoes and red accessories to tie in with Ella.

5/9

I bought Ella and I clothes on March 7 so we could match. I got her the skirt and top and me the top. Look at us go. I wore pink shoes because Ella only has dress shoes that are pink.

5/10

Take 2 of coordinating. We only wore the 5/9 outfits for about an hour but we were these all day. The skirt kept falling down on Ella so I put a onesie on her so you couldn't tell!

5/11

 We matched for our run!

5/11

 I think i need to put the tilt pod on my new camera because it won't angle in a way to get a daily picture and propping didn't work so well.

5/12

 I figured why not match another day in a row. I took a black shirt out of my stash to be painted for Ella to wear.

5/12

 It got cold so I eventually changed. Ella probably got dirty for why she changed.

5/13

I dug out an old shirt I hadn't worn for awhile.

5/15

The tank top shot is whenI took some before pictures for Focus T25. I can't believe my sports bra hung out lop sided. It is so distracting in all my pictures.



Again I got dressed other days but didn't get pictures.

June 21-30 Outfits

6/21

I don't think I stayed in this outfit very long. I wanted pants after I got home. Then the top wasn't as nice as a cami for nursing so I changed that too.

6/24

 I love how the medium one fits. The small one is tight and then makes me look heavier. It is odd having such a long shirt with shorts though.

6/25

 It's hard to get Ella to look at a camera on a tripod especially when there are so many other distractions.

6/26

A button down shirt. Required but then wouldn't stay buttoned. It used to stay buttoned but now it's too tight so it just fights to come undone.

6/27

 These old shorts fit again. I hadn't tried in over a month though.

6/29

 I wore this top because I could get it on over my neck.

6/30

7.31

 Skirt: F21, Shirt: Google, Necklace: Charlotte Russe, Sandals: Kohl's

I woke up and almost went for a run right away. Things held me up but not my laziness so it's OK.

Then I went to Google for lunch.  I did shower first but my face was still pretty red.  I always forget to take a picture of my first plate. The picture is of my second plate. The pineapple chicken was so good I had to get more.  On the way home I went to Lucky to try another grocery store. I liked it the least.

Poly was a very needy cat. She constantly wanted to play catch. She used to play fetch but now that I tend to have 20 ponytail holders, she never brings any back ever.   I did go through 2 boxes in the office. At this rate, I'll be done in September!

I did some SQL learning and applied for jobs in there too.

We ate leftover Tuna Noodle Casserole for dinner.  I liked that Dave ate leftovers but was also disappointed because then there weren't enough leftovers for me for any additional meals.

We watched TV after dinner.  I need to just plan to not accomplish anything on my to-do list after Dave gets home from work.

I went to sleep at the same time as Dave. I read in bed instead of how I normally play Solitaire.

5.24

Dave and I woke up at 6:15 and cleaned until 7:40. Then we got ready for work.

At work  my computer wouldn't work, my 9-10 meeting ran until 10:45, and then my computer wouldn't work. It was not a fun morning.  I wanted to do some work on my Toastmasters Speech but Dave wasn't having any parts of that. We went to eat lunch first. I didn't want to. Well I left my speech notes on my desk. It was not good then Dave thinks I'm crazy for stressing.

At one point during the speech I looked down at my legs to see how bad they were shaking.

I had a CARB meeting very shortly after Toastmasters and it didn't go well. I mean it went better than normal but I didn't do all the trending I normally do.  I got criticized a lot. Their versions of definitions were not correct.  I just went with them and said that a CAD could do what they like.  The next one will sure have fun.

After the CARB, I had more computer troubles. So there was yet another wasted 30 minutes.

After work, 6 of us went to Aviva for a farewell dinner. It was really nice. Brie organized it. Then after Brie went with us to get yogurt and we talked for hours. Most of the talking was about politics and I was silent but still we were there.   Dinner and dessert lasted more than 4 hours.

Then we got home and Dave's wallet was not there. At lunch he realized he didn't have it. He hoped it was at home. It was not. Too bad we cleaned the entire house so it's so hard to find places to look. Everywhere is neat but we hid so much stuff everywhere. We also threw out a ton of stuff.  We got some garbage bags out of the trash to go through them but still didn't find anything.

I had no idea what I wore and I forgot to take my picture. Rereading what I typed for the rest of this post, I remembered wearing a skirt based on looking at my legs to see them shaking. Then I remembered the CARB meeting and how I wore my 3/4 Teal shirt from F21.  I then remembered wearing my pink skirt. I forget if I wore purple or black shoes though. But the outfit was super similar to May 3. I wore a different necklace though.

Look at my BodyMedia fit data. I labeled some things but I didn't know how to draw brackets so I drew arrows at the start and finish.

5.3

Skirt & Shirt: F21
Shoes: Macy's (Jessica Simpson)
Necklace: Target

The neighbors were getting a delivery but I still took my picture out there.  I tried some settings to get the blurry background. It kind of worked before I cropped the pictures. I need to read up on camera settings better.

At lunch, we're eating in the cafeteria and next thing we see is the Pirate Parrot. There's a baseball game coming up so they bring the the parrot to sell the tickets. I didn't know when that'd happen though so it was just shocking to look over and just see him.

I found a paper at work for how I used to document how many hours I Worked. I'd also document my exercise that way.  This was over 3 years ago. I wonder when I stopped doing it.  I totally forgot about it. I feel like I should start it up again.

I had leftover cold meatball panini. First of all, I don't eat anything cold but pizza but I guess now I do. Also I only like meatballs from Aviva. I haven't had meatballs since I was little besides Aviva recently and then Aviva many more.

I call my iPad my Solitaire Machine. Now even when I'm about to use it for other reasons I call it my Solitaire Machine.  I really do like to play Solitaire on it at night. Ever since I started to play it now I don't read Twitter in bed so I don't really read Twitter at all anymore.



(I'm about a billion years behind on posting so I went with this old one.)

3.15

Cardigan and Shirt: Express
Skirt: F21
Shoes: Aldo
Necklace: Charlotte Russe
Bracelet: Target

I slept in again. Changing the clocks is rough. When I say sleep in I mean that I hit snooze and slept later than I wanted to. I still got to work before everyone in my area.

I was busy at work. What else is new?

After work I met Jen. We met with a photographer.  Then after that we went and ran and took pictures than people take in a year (or maybe a lifetime).

Jen even got a couple kind of showing my leg muscle. By the time you crop them, the quality isn't that good.  Next time we have to use my better camera.

When I got home, I ate dinner and watched American Idol.  After that I went to photo editing and it took forever to upload everything and make some edits. Heck it took forever just to look through all 1499 photos.

I was only up a little past 12:30 though.

Friend Friday: Remixing

October 2010 - Present

Katy came up with these questions.

The one-time use phenomenon. I've been reading a number of posts lately about only wearing something once and how many bloggers are accused of this. Seems a good topic for us. 

October 2011, February 2012

1. Are you a one-time wearer? 
Not even close. I even post in the exact same outfit more than once.

2. Do you feel the need to purchase something new for an evening out or a special event?
No. I hate to do that. Sometimes I feel guilty about not doing it because it was the same dress before but it still all works out. I will buy new dresses because I feel like it and I don't do it when there is a special event coming up.

3. Re-mixing is something a lot of bloggers are proud of being able to accomplish - are you a re-mixing pro or do you shy away from posting items frequently? Why?
Sometimes I might post items from one outfit the very next day. I don't tend to wear things so close so the posts aren't so close but it's not like I'm holding back.  But I don't think I'm a pro. I still tend to catch myself wearing the same shirt with the same skirt even though clearly both would go with other things. If I have worn the same jeans and a tee shirt multiple times I don't take the time to make my pretty arrows with with I got things anymore though. I have previously posted about why I remix. I try not to wear the same thing within a few weeks if it is more obscure like a pink skirt or a plaid skirt. If it is black pants or a black skirt on the other hand, I'll wear those whenever.  I have a large closet and hate focusing on one thing so each day I try to branch out more. I even leave my clean clothes in the laundry room longer just to go a bit longer without seeing them and thus wearing them. I went through some old pictures with this post as motivation and you can see how I remixed a few things. The pictures are scattered through this post.  You will notice that even some identical outfits repeat.

March 2010 - Present

4. Do you have a clothing budget or are you an impulse buyer?
I do not have a clothing budget and I am not an impulse buyer.  I need an option about being encouraged by my husband to buy new clothes. I analyze in the store. I won't buy anything unless I love it. Some days I go to the mall with the intent to buy some new things and I'm not even specific in what I'm looking for and I leave empty handed.

February 2007 - Present (not all photos)

5. Do you find yourself bored when reading a blog in which clothing items are often remixed and appear frequently?
I wish everyone would show how they remix the same article of clothing close together so I wouldn't be bored with it.  Before buying a new trendy item, I'd like to see how versatile it'll be.  The more a blogger repeats, the more I appreciate them. I keep wanting to do posts on how I remixed a certain outfit, but that keeps staying on my to-do list and I never seem to get to it. I have done it a few times though.

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.

10.17 - Bright Colors

Shirt: Ann Taylor Outlet
Cardigan: NY&Co (should have pulled it back down for the picture. It always rides up.)
Skirt: F21
Scarf: NY&Co
Shoes: Macy's

I woke up (early) and drove an hour to get to work since I was working offsite. I was early since I thought it would take 75-90 minutes to get there.

On my way to the guard's building at work I had to walk on a cross walk and this car stopped when I was 10 ft from even reaching the cross walk. The guard commented that I was stopping traffic.

I was glad I had my scarf because it was cold and the scarf really helped for warmth.

I left around 5:15, stopped at KFC on the way home, ate, and watched TV all night long. I was tired and was ready for bed at 8 but kept watching TV.

10.3 - Pink

The purple shoes made another appearance.  You would think they were comfortable or something.
Skirt: F21 (M $9.50)
Shirt: F21 (M $13.80)
Shoes: Macy's (Size 9. huge. Normally I wear a 9.5 or 10)
Necklace: Lia Sophia

I felt awesome in this outfit. It is also like pajamas.  The skirt length was also good.  My legs barely look like I have pantyhose on but I do.  I have been wearing a lot of brights lately. I feel like nobody that I see at work wears them.

If you want to join in click on the button below to go to Melissa's blog and sign up to participate too. You don't have to do it everyday the entire month.  At first I said I'd do it for about a week. Then Melissa tried to talk me into longer. So I said I'd do it 95% of the time. I figured I'd have some day or something that I had to wear something else. 

My pink shoes finally arrived. My first zappos order! I ordered a size 10 because all the reviews said they run 1 size small. I didn't believe it was an entire size but I figured that I wear a 9.5 9 times out of 10 and I wear a 10 the other time so I ordered a 10.  They are a tiny bit big. The straps help though.  I figured if my feet swell during the day with all my walking then they'd still be good so I didn't send them back.  They have a new leather smell though. I should air them out outside.   I had another style I was looking at getting. I had 3 colors in mind. All the colors were out of my size so then I went with only these.  Maybe next time I'll get new purple shoes or teal shoes.

After work, I went to dinner with a few people that were in town for a training.  So it was the second night in a row I didn't have dinner with Dave.  He was invited both times though. 

I had more cake. Still good. Wishing I had even more left.  I only took 2 pictures of Poly. 

I skipped a workout and watched TV. It gets dark too early.