September 16-30 Outfits

9/16

9/18

 I got dressed up to go to google. I didn't have to dress up but I wanted to. I only wore this for a few hours.

 9/19 wasn' ta daily picture but a picture of Ella riding on my back but it's the best I could do for a daily picture.  9/22 was a screen capture of me just starting out a dance video.

We went to a birthday party in our Steelers attire. I never had so many guys talk to me about football that I never met before.

On 9/28 we took a group shot at the mom group run. There were 8 of us.
9/29 I was mid burpee.
I got dressed up for my birthday dinner.

I like the days I wore dresses the best. I really want a dress or skirt with pockets. I can't handle not having a spot to put my phone. I need quick access to my camera at all times.

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.

5.20

 Pants and Shirt: F21, Shoes: Famous Footwear

I woke up before 8:30 but played Solitaire in bed until about 9:30. Then I did some Dev Bootcamp prep for a few hours. I ate lunch and watched TV. Then I did some stuff with pictures and more Dev Bootcamp prep.
Close to 2:30 I went and curled up in bed and played Solitaire and then took a little nap.

At 4, a mover was supposed to come to give us an estimate. This was our second appointment because the first time he cancelled. Well he never showed and this time he didn't even call. I guess Acme Movers don't want our business.  I was reading blogs in the living room while waiting for him to show so I did catch up on a lot of blogs but I'm still way behind.

I ate dinner before Dave got home. I was watching the news about Oklahoma too. I can't even believe all the destruction. It's just awful hearing about the schools.

Dave got home then went to the gym. I continued to watch the news and read blogs.  He got Habit Burger on the way home. Since I already ate I just had him get me a milkshake. The milkshake was more like milk though so it wasn't even good.

We watched Big Bang Theory (2 episodes), How I Met Your Mother, and Hell's Kitchen. Dave still wasn't ready for bed so I put back on the news.

2.1

Shirt: Limited, Jeans: JCP, Shoes: Famous Footwear, Earrings: Target, Purse: JCP

I slept in a little even though I had a ton to do.

I finally took the car for an oil change. While walking home I saw a lady on a bike with a dog in her basket. My camera was too slow that I only got a picture of her after she passed.

I spent a little bit of time cleaning and almost waited until the last possible second. I watched a lot of Burn Notice instead.

At 8:15, Brie and John arrived. We went to dinner then came home and hung out.

Poly likes to be the center of attention and doesn't play favorites so she decided to sit on the ottoman between all our feet.

December 2012 outfits

12/7/12

Necklace: Charlotte Russe, Shirt: Ann Taylor Outlet, Blazer: NY&Co, Belt: Target, Jeans: Express, SHoes: Famous Footwear (I think. Mudd)

I have a few days I actually got dressed but didn't blog about the rest of the day so I figured I'd share those outfits.  These are from December.

12/13/12

Jeans: F21, Shoes: Famous Footwear, Shell: Express, Blazer: NY&C, Necklace: Lia Sophia, Purse: JCP

12/27/12

Necklace: Lia Sophia, Earrings: Target, Jeans and Sweater: Express, Shoes: Gifted

These outfits are nothing to write home about but they could be worse.

White Skinny Jeans (11.20)

Pants: F21, Sweater: Express
Long Necklace: F21 (I think)
Shorter Necklace: Lia Sophia
Earrings: Target
Boots: Famous Footwear (Mudd)
Shoes: Famous Footwear (Natural Soul by Naturalizer)

Same outfit. Different shoes and necklace and gives the entire outfit a different look.

I was going to switch it up even more but it gets dark too early and it was already too dark after I got back from Safeway when I changed into the red shoes.  I like the boots better and the long necklace better. Which do you like?

11.5

I had to get dressed in a hurry so I threw on a dress.
Dress: Athleta
Necklace: Sears
Shoes: Famous Footwear

Poly wanted to go with Dave to work. She was trying to stowaway on his gym bag.
Later Poly tried to hang out in the boxes we use for recycling.

10.18 - Poly

Shoes: Famous Footwear
Sweater and Pants: Express
Necklace: Black House White Market

No pink today because I had to wear flats that I could walk around in for a few hours. My red shoes are the only ones comfortable enough for that.

Driving an hour to work and longer to get home really does take up a lot of my time. It is only the second day this week and it is awful.  Today I got home from work and immediately ran and still didn't have time. Then I ate dinner and watched TV (while blogging) and it became bed time. I had plans to do other things but was just too exhausted.

Poly was super cute playing with a chip clip. She had me distracted for a good couple minutes.

8.9 - blah outfit

Shirt, cardigan, and pants: Express.  Necklace: Lia Sophia, Earrings: Target, Shoes: Famous Footwear

I've been wearing skirts a lot lately so I went to wear pants. I tried to put on my gray pants but they are too tight. So then I took out these black pants that I have in 3 sizes. These of course are the biggest.

I randomly picked earrings this morning out of my jewelry box and then they coordinated with my necklace.

I went running before work. My face is still red from the run.  My hair is still wet too.  My hair is getting to the length where I think it is too long and I can't handle much.

Dave and I went to Jersey Mike's for lunch. We each got our own Giant Super Sub.  There was a little bit too much lettuce on them.  This is our extra! I got a Giant so that I would have extra to eat at lunch the next day.  We normally go out to lunch the last day of the week but for some reason we went out on a Tuesday. I enjoy going out earlier in the week so that I can have leftovers for later in the week.

I got my first laser hair removal treatment. I hope it is all people say it is. Underarms and bikini.  We shall see eventually.

6.19 - Father's Day

I took these pictures after I ate. Not the best idea. Also the skirt is a large so it is pretty loose.
Skirt: F21
Shirt: Express
Shoes: Famous Footwear

We cooked for my family. Look at my roasted potatoes. I took a picture because of the recipe I recently posted where I couldn't find a picture.  There was grilled pineapple and salad that aren't shown in the pictures.  The chair over there in the middle of the hallway was my smoke alarm chair.  A pizza broke recently in the oven and we did not clean it yet so the smoke alarm was constantly going off. I had to run over, jump on the chair, and push the alarm button so that the fire department didn't show up.  The bag is on the chair because my shoes might have left a mark on the chair material.

My parents hung out for a few hours. Poly was the center of attention. Well that or my parents new laptop. Dave was setting stuff up for them.
Then they left and I was bored. I am always at a loss right after company leaves.

5.28

Dave was working but I was home. I had a long to do list to get done while he was at work. Too bad I didn't do any of it.

I took a lot of pictures of Poly throughout the day.   I used the exercise bike near lunch time and then did an ab workout.  I went a lot quicker than the last time I used the bike at home.  I did it while watching the 2nd to last episode of The Biggest Loser.  Then I showered. I decided to eat lunch while wearing my robe since I hadn't eaten breakfast and I even had a workout.

After lunch I watched some TV.  I was also doing laundry. Around 2, Dave got home. Then we napped.... for about 2 hours.  I was still wearing my robe.  I think I was in my robe for 6 hours.

Finally I threw on a dress to go to Lowe's and pick up dinner. I think I was in the dress for 3 or 4 hours total.

Dress: Athleta
Shoes: Famous Footwear
Necklace: Sears

We bought mulch. We came home and ate dinner. We watched Crazy Heart. I watched TV after the movie was over.  Surprisingly I didn't stay up too late after taking a 2 hour nap.

Dave always comments that Poly doesn't even wear underpants. Well when I was putting away the laundry, Dave threw his boxers on Poly. It was cute. He told her she was wearing them wrong. Then she moved and they shimmied down and he told her how that was better.  We have full conversations with our cat. Sometimes she meows back at us when we ask her something but usually not but that doesn't stop us from talking to her. Often Dave responds as Poly. He can be very funny.

5.5

Necklace: Sears
Shirt: Express
Cardigan: F21
Pants: NY&Co
Shoes Famous Footwear

Boy do I hate these pants.

Poly was cuddling with me. I was basically forced to stay in bed a little longer. She even repositioned to push against me more.

I ended up getting out of bed on the wrong side of the bed to try to disrupt Poly less. She gave me a look when I ditched her. :(

Then it was time to get ready so Poly wanted to explore the shower.

I got my new orthotics at lunch. I need to phase them in and try to get used to them. I hope I don't have any problems.

After work I really wanted to run but the lawn had to be mowed. It would rain Friday and I leave Saturday so it was the only time to do it. I did not want to do it but being the responsible home owner than I am, I went out to do it. I can't start the mower so Dave had to do it.  The mower stalled on the upper part of the lawn since last time I couldn't get the mower up the hill since it was too wet. Dave had to come out and restart it and he gets mad at me. He gets out of the actual mowing so it made me very angry.  He claims mowing was on my time table. That's crap also.   I emailed my mom asking her to research mowers. We need a key start so I can start it and we need a mower with a longer/higher handle so Dave can use it to mow. I didn't care the price because I am sick of this crap... so sick of it.  It isn't fair that I do all the mowing and then I do all the other yard work. Last year he mowed half the time until the old mower broke but every time he mowed, I would weedwack and pull weeds the entire time. This year when I mow, I have to do all the other yard work after I'm done. Sucks!

So in addition to being so mad about the mowing, I did not get a run in.

DC Day 4 - May 10

Outfit 1: Business Attire.   Outfit 2: Casual.   1 shirt was the same
Shirt: Express (2009 - $10)
Skirt: Express
Blazer: Sears
Shoes: Famous Footwear
Necklace: Kohl's
Earrings: Target (Pearls)

Outfit 2:
Cardigan: Kohl's
Jeans: Express
Shoes: Online somewhere (Brooks)
Belt: Kohl's
Earrings: Kohl's

Our day started with a pre-job brief for Hill Day. Then venturing out to go meet with some aids. They had everyone in groups based on who their representatives were.  Groups mainly had a few different groups of people so then we got to go to see more people with larger groups.

I did not get pictures of all the offices we visited. Sometimes we were just too busy. I can understand why they say that lobbyists wear out their shoes. It was a lot of walking.  It didn't help that our middle of the day appointment was a far walk and then we had to head back. I eat slow so ended up having to throw part of my lunch away to get to our appointment on time.

My group met with all aids but some groups met with actual Congressman. A few groups even met with some Governors.

During all our walking, we made a pit stop to take some pictures in front of the Capitol. We were really in a hurry so it was all rather quick. I wish we had more time just to pose a little better.

We were done around 1:45 and then it was time to head back.

Once we got back, we changed and headed out for a walk to see some sights. I wish the water at the hotel didn't taste bad. I was thirsty and didn't drink it. I wanted to buy a bottled water but one wasn't convenient so I kept walking. It was 80 degrees and hot.  I was dying.

I took a picture of the lack of Reflecting Pool. It is not everyday that it is like this except the pool sure does make a lot prettier pictures. I did get pictures last year when I visited (1, 3, 4, 5, and postcards) so I wasn't taking a ton of pictures this time around.

 

The White House Garden

After we got back there were only a few minutes to get ready or to just get over to the Happy Hour for Westinghouse people.  I got there at 5:30.  It started at 5 and was ending at 7.   It was at a cigar bar. I cannot tell you how unhappy I was when I got there and it smelled of cigar smoke. I believe we were warned that we would be in a back room away from the smoke. We were wrong. Cigar smoke is worse than normal smoke. I left after 15 minutes. I had trouble breathing. My eyes were bothering me. I was mad about the clothes I was wearing and how they were going to stink.  (They did stink and stunk up my suitcase and now I can't use my purse until I wash it.) Nobody talked to me that was there anyway before I left. I only talked to the people that I walked in with.  I felt really bad leaving but I don't like all the smoke and I definitely don't want to be around it. I was complaining to the people I was sitting with. I sure hope they weren't offended. They did say they would have left too but didn't since they had dinner plans and thought they'd just stay there until it was time.

I left with Jenna and we decided to walk and go find a place to eat outside. We walked a few different places and looked at the menus and then chose to go to other places.  Our final destination was at a restaurant right next to the cigar bar.  I got lasagna and it was delicious.  

I told people to keep me informed on what they were doing in the evening and a few of them did but they told me the name of the place (slightly different versions of the name each time I was told) and I tried to look it up on google and couldn't figure out where it was.  I texted more people trying to find out the actual name or where and got nowhere. I was really tired anyway.  I decided to change in to my PJs and give up. I did want to go out though.  I was extremely tired so it was better that I did not since it was a long day of travels the next day and after only 3:39 of sleep the night before I needed my rest.  I ended up staying up until midnight though watching TV.   I kind of still want to know where it was that everyone went.

Throughout the entire day I took 26,416 steps and that was without an official workout.  No wonder my feet hurt. I had been taking a ton of steps all days too. (Some of those steps were when I was still awake after midnight the night before. Probably a miles worth.)  A normal day at work w/o exercise is normally around 3,000 steps. I love BodyMedia fit. I love all the stats.

When you travel for work, do you go out in the evening with other travelers?  How do you decide where to go? Are you the decider or are you the follower?