3.19

Shoes: Zappos, Skirt: F21, Shirt: Express, Necklace: Target 

My alarms started going off at 8:30. At 10:30, I woke up. Not only did I have 4 alarms set and hit snooze on a few but I was afraid I actually turned them all off so I kept setting my timer on my phone for 10 minutes or 20 minutes and each time that went off, I reset it.

I ran an awful 6 mile run.  I sat in front of a fan. I showered.

I went to Google to take Dave his belt and eat lunch. I get there and realize I forgot his belt. He had to walk holding his pants up.  I had salad and french fries at Google. I wanted a hot dog but they didn't have any.  The salad was good but I put too much dressing. If we weren't outside, I would have gone back to the salad bar and gotten more lettuce to mix in.

After I got home, I took my daily picture and Poly sneaked out the door. Then she started following some fuzz that was blowing. She got 5 ft from the door even with my yelling at her. Sigh. Poly never walked outside when we lived in Valencia.

I did some crafting. Or perhaps you should say I made a huge mess of our office with craft supplies everywhere.

I had leftover Spaghetti and salad for dinner.  We watched some TV.

3.23 - Bad Luck

Shoes: Zappos
Skirt: F21
Shirt and Cardigan: Express
Necklace: Target

I hit snooze so many times that I slept in even for a telecommuting day. I had a dream I left my power cord at work. I never had a dream like that before.  I get home and sure enough I don't have my power cord. I start working anyway.  I unplug Dave's power cord and bring it over and realize it doesn't fit my laptop.

Well that meant I had to go into work.  I was enjoying the fresh air so I worked for about an hour.   I headed into work. I put on a comfortable skirt and no pantyhose. (I put pantyhose in my purse just in case I couldn't take bare legs.)   I got to work and my power cord was not in my cube. I asked a friend to check the conference room I was in at the end of the day on the previous day and it was in there.  That meant I had to walk over to building 1 just to get it.   On my way over about 20 minutes later, my manager walks down my row and comments that he thought I'd be at home.  So then I tell him about my power cord.  What luck. But that discussion did prompt telecommuting policy discussion and my manager is changing the rules because we have a different director and now we can telecommute more.  This is good. I probably won't actually get to work from home more because I always have meetings but at least if I have a week with fewer meetings, I could take advantage of it.

But at least I came into work because when I got there I saw my running shoes on my desk. I left them there the previous day.  I was just leaving things everywhere. I spent 5 min looking at home for my shoes before heading into work so I kind of figured they were there.

Everything I worked on all day, I did was noticing I was doing it wrong. I even filled out a form and put my maiden name for last name even though I've been married 4.5 years.  I really didn't want to work on more things because they'd just end up being done wrong.

I left at 3:30 to go run with Jen. We only ran 2.5 miles because Dave wanted to walk and I was meeting him after. I will have separate posts about the exercise.

We ended up getting Supremo's for dinner. While we were waiting for it to be delivered I realized we still had leftover Pizza Hut so I ate 3 slices of that.  We watched Game Change and went to sleep.  That movie reminded me of so many things from 4 years ago and it was also pretty funny.

Just look at that face! I wonder what I was thinking.

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.

2.16

I wore my pink shoes again. 2nd time in a week.

Traffic was awful on my way to work and I learned it was because a truck hit another truck.  I failed at getting good pictures. I guess what's what happens when you pay attention to the road.

After work I had a Stampin' Up party at Dawn's. It was a fun time. Some new people were there too and they ordered. It's all exciting.

10.13 - Pink and Blue again

The pink in the necklace and the pink shoes were much more similar color in person than in these pictures.

Necklace: Sears
Cami and shirt: Express
Skirt: F21
Shoes: Zappos

Poly tried to sabotage me and get me to not go to work. Even after I kicked her off of me she was so cute beside me. Then when I picked out my clothes, she went right on top of them. I moved her and took my skirt to put on and before I could grab the shirt she was back on it.

I took veggies and dip into work for Nick to congratulate him on something work related.  We had that instead of cake. It was good stuff.  Then I was off to a meeting.  After my meeting, I had more veggies. Then I went to another meet.  It was an all day thing and we only broke for lunch.

For lunch, Dave and I went to BRGR. I got sliders this time. I liked it much better than the regular burger I got last time.

After lunch, it was back to the meeting until about 4.
Then around 5 I went to the gym. I ran a little, then did the elliptical, then worked on some assisted pull-ups.  Once I got home, I watched TV almost all evening.