5.8 - Purple

Shirt: F21
Skirt: Limited
Shoes: Target
Necklace: Lia Sophia

These shoes were very hard to walk in. I think being sore from the marathon and going without panythose impacted that.

I tried so hard to wake up to get to work at 7 but it just didn't happen. I left 15 minutes later. For some reason traffic was awful so then I got to work more than 15 minutes later. :(

I had an interesting conversation with my manager. He came to my cube and asked me about the Voluntary Separation agreement. He was shocked.

I tried to invite former coworkers to lunch. They didn't answer or said they didn't feel like it. I think they hate Dave and me.  Dave and I just went to Moe's with Jen so that was good.  Jen and I got the same thing. We got a kid's quesadilla.

I worked. I worked long.
Jen and I ran after work.  She has 2 weeks to get ready for her 5k. We only did 2 miles today but I had to take it easy since my hips hurt from the marathon.

After I got home, I ate 2 uncrustables and a ton of cheeseballs. Dave and I watched Grey's Anatomy. I wanted to watch more TV but Dave was sick of TV.  I guess stopping TV gave me time to shower and blog though.

2.20 - Purple

This outfit was one of the ones I tried on when figuring out what to wear with this skirt. I love that the tights I bought match so well. The only downfall of this skirt is the tapering near the knee. I can't take as big of steps that I would like to take.

We went to Panera at lunch. They didn't fill my soup to the line. They only grilled half of Dave's sandwich. I took pictures to complain online but then I never complained.

Chick fil a for dinner. TV watching. Exercise bike.  Not that eventful.

Outfits

I have 2 skirts that I don't really know what to wear with them.  My mom helped me match some stuff back on October 1 and that's all I know.  I have realized in the morning, I can't tell what is what shade and so I won't test out a new combination.  The lack of natural light is awful.

I tested out some stuff.  It started not being bright enough outside and the lack of flash resulted in some poor quality photos. So some of these outfits looked better in person.  Do you ever try on a bunch of stuff just to figure out what outfits will work or do you wait until you get dressed in the morning?

My mom told me that purple didn't go with this skirt but I like it.  The purple tights are new as of yesterday.

The first time I wore it.

The brown shirt with the ruffles is a shirt I've owned for 5 or 6 years and never wore it. I think it matches but I figure if I didn't wear the shirt in all this time maybe I shouldn't wear it.

I thought the light purple shirt went but not with tights. It'd be more in the summer. It made the pink it the skirt look more purple.

The one long sleeve brown sweater seemed to work. The other one was too loose and too long that it didn't look right.

I think the teal cowl neck looks good but my mom specifically said my teal (same shade) turtle neck didn't go with this.

The blazer doesn't work at all. The socks + tights also doesn't work at all.

I have one sweater to wear with this but can't seem to figure out how to wear it with the skirt in the winter. I've worn the shirt with a black shirt underneath but I'd need a different color to go with this skirt.

I put the outfits in the order I liked them.  It is hard to tell in the photos but in some I have on purple tights and in some I have on brown tights.

The first time I wore it.

Here is the 2nd skirt. This one I did have a few more things to go with it because my mom suggested more. I didn't have the purple shirt in the pictures at the time and never thought of wearing it. I love it.

The first time I wore this skirt I wore it with black and black shoes and thought it went. In the pictures, it doesn't seem to go as much.  I would have been wearing this with black all the time, but my mom said to wear it with brown.

The brown sweater doesn't work.

I still have the cardigan I wore with it the first time, but since I knew that went, I didn't waste my time trying things on.

I need to figure out what else to wear with this too.  I wore it on February 2 with something my mom picked out.

Both of these skirts are slightly big now but knowing how I fluctuate and need things in multiple sizes lying around I'm not too concerned.

I got these new brown pants from VS. I've worn them a few times with pink, but am never too sure what to wear with them.  Would these 4 shirts work?  The only one I'm not sure of is the purple sleeveless one. I think it is too bright to go but Dave said it wasn't.

2.2

I had trouble sleeping. I was so hot. I woke up once and actually got out of bed. My clothes were soaked from sweat.  I guess I had a fever and I guess it broke.

Before work I finally sewed my skirt.  It took 2 minutes. I picked out my clothes using the pictures I took when my mom showed me what matched my skirt back on October 1.

Work was so much less stressful than it has been.  If all days were like this, it would be a lot better.  I only had a meeting in the morning.  I was able to be productive at my desk.  I also left "early" to go run with Jen.

I ate a Chick-fil-a salad for dinner. We watched Big Bang Theory and American Idol.  Then we watched MSNBC.

I made a new blog banner. It is different than my old one but I want to make something else. I want to get rid of the clothes background.  I'll do that next.  I want it more streamlined with words and just 1 picture on the side. It took me 6 months to change my banner this time around so who knows when I'll actually get to the rest.

I realized my running excel file is missing so much data. I'm only 1 month into 2012 too.

I want to have more time to do things with my life but I don't want to cut out anything that I do now. It doesn't work that way though.  I just need to get more efficient with everything.  I thought I'd only crop one picture above and label the picture, but since I was rusty at it, it took longer than my normal routine.

10/26 - Food

Shirt and Skirt: The Limited
Cardigan: Target
Shoes: Famous Footwear
Belt: Target
Necklace: Lia Sophia
Earrings: Target (3 pairs for $4.99)

The hole

I got to work early. I woke up extra early but for some reason I took long.

I had an all day meeting. It overlapped some other meetings. Then at one point I had a 3rd meeting overlap.  It was rough going.

One of my meetings did provide me with a big pastry. I swear it was about as big as my head.  I couldn't finish it. Near the end of eating it I thought I would throw up. Man it was rough going.

I didn't eat my lunch until 3pm because of that.   Then I had more pastry!

I rushed home from work and ran and then went to Body Pump. 2.5 miles is better than 0!  I left work so early for me. I hate that I never have time for anything.  When changing to run I realized the side seam on my skirt had a 2 inch hole. This is only the 2nd time I wore this skirt.  I guess I have to sew now.

I thought I had 30 minutes to run but I only had 22. I couldn't subtract. I thought I'd have 5 minutes to jag around. I was wrong. I had to rush.  At least I still made it to Body Pump on-time but it was too close that I was stressing.

On my way home from Body Pump I realized that I gained 2.5% of my body weight recently and Dave lost 2.5% of his body weight.

I picked up pizza on the way home.  We watched The X Factor while eating and almost the rest of the evening. 2.5 hours is a very long time

9.29 - 2 birds, 1 stone

Shoes: Nine West from Famous Footwear (Size 10)
Skirt: The Limited
Cardigan: The Limited
Shirt: Express
Necklace: Lia Sophia

I was going to swap out the belt for a different one but figured the first time I wore it, I would wear the belt that came with it as a baseline.  Next time I'll wear the skirt with a different shirt and vice versa. I'll get more creative.

Dave and I went to a Hibachi Steakhouse for dinner then I went back to work.

I worked for a bit and then went to the gym.  I had more work to do but needed to workout.  I didn't want to miss a workout but also had work that had to get done.  Instead of running 8 miles, I did a few things.  I started by running for 15 minutes. Then I used the elliptical for 60 minutes while reading RCAs for work.  It is hard to read for that long and workout but I did it. I went slower than normal to be able to read the entire time.  Then I went and ran some more. I wanted to run 8 so I tried to do a total of 8 with running and elliptical.  I did a little more in 90 minutes.  I killed 2 birds with one stone getting a workout in and also getting the stuff read for work.  I didn't get to run as much as I wanted but it was a start.  I would have ran outside a little first before the elliptical but it was just a couple minutes before dark when I left work to head to change my clothes so I didn't want to runin the dark for it all.

I didn't get home until after 9.  It was quite a long and exhausting day.