How I wore it - The Shirts

It looks like most of the time I wore my white shirt that I wore my red shoes. I could have easily worn my purple shoes. But the red ones are just so much cuter. I feel like the pictures look good with my shirt tucked in but when I'm walking around at work, that it doesn't look so good. My favorite is Day 26. What is your favorite?

I love every time I wear this shirt from Express. I have a blue version of the same style. I should iron that shirt and wear it next week. Do you like Day 15 or Day 25 better?

Day 3 I didn't even wear to work, so my coworkers probably only think I wore this shirt once. I like Day 20 because I wore a necklace. Which do you like better?  I feel like I'm asking do you like all these shirts with my black skirt or my black and white skirt so overall tell me which you like better with all these different shirts.

 Oh boy I'm torn again which one I like better. Which outfit do you like better?

 I like 16 better than 29.  Which do you like better?

I like Day 19 the best. I could finally actually pick one. Which do you like better?

I'm shocked I only wore the red shirt once. How do you like it with the red shoes? What other ways do you think I should have mixed in this red shirt?

 I kind of hate both of these. I hate Day 11 less.  What do you think? I wore this shirt in my anniversary photos and I didn't hate it so bad then.

I really like both of these. I think if I really had to choose I would choose Day 7. What do you think?

I like both of the times I wore my turquoise shirt. I mainly like how I wore nice necklaces. Which outfit do you like better? Which necklace? I bought both necklaces on the same day.

I only wore my brown shirt once. Were there any other combinations I could have created based on my 30 items? 

A Day's Worth of Twitter

09:27:45 AM - I'm tired
04:16:00 PM - i just did 1 kenken then napped for 2 hours.
05:20:41 PM - @polahbea has 7 new shirts. I hope he likes them 1 polo 4 tees 2 undershirts
11:52:30 PM - I'm a failure at buying new shoes!

You can find me as @smilincolleen on Twitter.

I must confess + my normal stuff (September 3)

Friday, September 3 should have been my 9/80 Friday off. I had to work... of course. I did get permission to not work next Friday and to swap my days off. I hope all works out.

I put on this outfit and Dave said I was confused and asked if anyone told me my 30 for 30 was over. 

I attempted to wear the white belt. It kept falling down. Then I put the buckle in the front.  It stayed up a little better but still fell down so I took it off and didn't wear it.

I also took most pictures with my hair half down but I got annoyed with it so before work I put it all up like it was the day before.

So I went into work later than my normal so I was here when Cheryl arrived. Cheryl is the cleaning lady we got. She will be coming every other week.  That's the confession.  I just felt like I had no time. 

But get this, you have to clean up all your junk in order for her to clean.

 So your bedroom floor can't have piles like this or she doesn't clean it.

That means I spent 2 hours cleaning Thursday night and 1 hour Friday morning before she arrived so she could clean most things. There were still areas she couldn't get at because I was too messy.

Your night stand also can't look like this. (It was actually worse when she arrived, but when I got home from work and saw so many things clean, it made me want to finish cleaning up and make the rest look even better.

I get to work and find out that all the changes I made to my RCA the evening before were not there. They weren't in any files. I figured it was easier to redo it than to try to dig more and more and still come up empty. Word had crashed a few times and stuff so I just figured I wouldn't pout about it and just got back to work.

I went to Body Combat at lunch.  According to gowear fit, I had 44 minutes of vigorous activity during that class. Usually I only have about 18 minutes during the 45 minute class.  I really needed the class to take out my aggression. I didn't even sweat nearly as bad as normal.
Then it was back to working on my RCA. I was done at 2 and just had to enter cause coding and such into the system.  It felt great by 4pm to be done with that thing and have it submitted in the system.

After I got home from work, I threw my bags down to start getting ready for my "picnic" that wasn't a picnic. I turned on the TV.  A few minutes later, I notice Poly found a spot on the chair and was watching TV.

My picnic that wasn't a picnic was only going to consist of 5 people.  Not too many. We made hot dogs, hamburgers, roasted potatoes, and 2 vegetables. Then there was also cookies, carrot cake, or banana cream pie for dessert. Oh there was also potato salad.  Jen brought the cookies, potato salad, veggies with broccoli and coconut rum. That was nice of her. I was freaking out from my busy week.  It wasn't a lot but it was a huge help. She didn't have to make any of it but stopping at the store was nice.

I took a picture of the table because I never have evidence of the food.  I was worried I wouldn't have enough food like I always am. I had a lot leftover.
Dave didn't like the burgers.
Dave didn't like the roasted potatoes.
The roasted potatoes had cayenne pepper and the batch that I had were so spicy I was dying. Nobody else thought they were spicy.

Chad met JD for the first time.  JD was late.  Chad was talkative until JD got there.
After dinner, we went into the family room and talked.  Chad played with Poly a lot.

Jen and I had coconut rum with pineapple juice. Jen liked coconut rum.

Jen and Chad left around 9.  JD left around 11. 

Dave, JD, and I looked at pictures of people from work on facebook for awhile. The quality of the pictures wasn't that good with viewing them on the TV and all. 

I always hope that people will come over and stay a few hours. I loved that everyone stayed awhile and loved  even more that JD stayed longer. I hate when people eat and rush out. I hate hate hate when people stay over less than than it takes to cook the stupid meal. I want them to stay extra long because cooking and setting up and cleaning always take so long.

I think there was more to say but I can't remember it any more.

A Day's Worth of Twitter

07:12:26 AM - Kitty slept with me and kept licking my arms. she slept beside me a lot. before that she slept on me.
07:13:32 AM - @iamoddd ha what was it?
08:32:27 AM - so can i back out of the driveway with a car parked in the driveway on the other side. last time I tried to do this I was in hs & messed up
08:34:52 AM - i need another hole in my belt
04:16:48 PM - Rain always seems to ruin picnics.
04:51:17 PM - dinner in 1:45 but i'm hungry so time to snack.
11:31:31 PM - JD just left. Jen left at 9.

You can find me as @smilincolleen on Twitter.

"You don't have wings" - September 2

Shirt: NY&Co purchased before October 2007

Skirt: NY&Co purchased February 21, 2010

Shoes: Mudd - Famous Foowear I think about 3 years ago. 

Necklace: Charlotte Russe - 2009

Earrings: Kohl's 2005 or so... my first pair of dangly earrings) -- Sometimes I wish my database didn't die twice so I would know when I bought everything.  All this is from memory.

The picture on the right is similar to mine yesterday, but it shows how I do not have wings today.  I didn't even realize but I did realize I liked this shirt better than the other one.  Well this morning I'm at the sink getting ready and I hear coming from my husband, "You don't have wings today." Well I said what but after a second realized what he was referring to. He must have paid attention to me yesterday. 

Plus for the shirt = no wings

Negative for the shirt = my biceps barely fit in the sleeves.

Pro for the skirt = appears to fit well and appears to be a good length

Con for the skirt = as I walk it spins (like halfway around) and as I walk my speedy walk, it rides up to be 4-5-6 inches higher.

Pro for the shoes = lower heel so you think they'll be comfier

Con for the shoes = actually hurt with all the walking I do and I had to put a bandaid behind my left heel because the shoes rub.

I think these shoes make my legs look fatter for some reason.

I like this necklace a lot with a button down shirt. I love it really. I think this is my favorite shirt with this necklace. Now time to get more combinations.  What do you think of the necklace shirt combination?

I decided to wear my hair up because I always wear it down.

 Awesome plain earrings.  I hope my hair wasn't stupid like this by my ear all day though.

 I tried to take pictures in the mirror that got me in them and got the back of my hair.  I pretty much failed.

This one turned out the best.

I was so tired because I went to sleep at 1:30. I couldn't fall asleep. I kept having nightmares that I did not address all of my reviewers comments.  I had to hid snooze a few times. I slept in until 7:15 or so I think.
I had a super busy day at work. I didn't get to eat lunch. I had to talk to people while I was on my way to or from meetings because I didn't have enough time.  I left work around 6:30.
During lunch I ran the NA-YGN meeting. I learned about an hour before that I was running it. I didn't actually look at the slides before it. I was nervous. Nothing worked out right. I guess nobody realized I was a fill in presenter and nobody realized I shouldn' be doing it or didn't think about in advance what I was talking about so I guess it was ok.  During this meeting my shirt got arm pit stains though. Sad times.   I got to take the extra cookies from this meeting to a meeting an hour later with Directors and VPs.  I'm nice like that. Someone else wanted to take them but I said my meeting was more important.
I went to McGuinnis Sisters on my way home to buy food for my "picnic" that's tomorrow. It's a picnic that's not a picnic.  At first I was going to have it Wednesday, then Thursday, then Friday. Well it's going to rain Friday. Reason #1 it's not a picnic.  Second reason is I invited too few people for me to call it a picnic.  We'll see how it goes.
I got home and cleaned a teeny tiny little bit. I am just so exhausted that I'm in slow motion.
Also I think my brain is mush from working so much earlier this week.    PS I've been working as I type this blog. I type a few lines and then get back to working. I think I've been typing this blog for almost 2 hours now.

 Kitty hung out with me after I ate dinner while I watched the last 10 minutes of yesterday's big brother.

Dave thinks he can do anything to Kitty and she won't mind. Look he just threw his paper towel on her. And she didn't mind. but still poor kitty.

I'm tired. I want to go to sleep.  My feet are cold.  I'm mad about everything. I'm worried the 3 people coming tomorrow will hate my picnic because it'll just end up inside and because I'll work too late and won't be ready by the time they get here and my food will suck and i don't know what sides I'm making.  In case you are wondering 2 14-hour days in a row make me bitter.

Run - August 31 - 3.55 mi

iMapMyRun went bonkers at the end.
3.55 mi in 32:28
I didn't type my numbers and probably won't have time for awhile so I'll just use the iMapMyRun picture and say I think my pace was close to 9:20 until the thing went bonkers.  I did the math based on duration and it says my pace is 9:09 but I think it was closer to 9:30.  Why is my math different than the Nike+.

I'm so glad i ran some then recalibrated my nike+ for a mile because it was great. I would compare it to imapmyrun and it was plus or minus .01 at different times. Pretty darn good. better than 8-12% off.

I noticed while looking at my iphone that my pace always slows going down the hill I have to run down. I guess I don't try as hard.
My iMapMyRun won't talk to me anymore every 2 minutes. It is on. I need to figure out the problem. Does anyone know?

September 1 - 14 hour work day

Pants: New York and Company (2009. I saw these and didn't but them. Then pants were on sale buy one get one half price so I wanted to go back. I had to go to the original one to get them. 2 other ones did not have them. I bought a black pair the same day that are the same style and they are 2 inches shorter. It makes me so mad. Lesson Learned: Try on everything.)

Shirt: New York and Company (February 2010)

Shoes: Famous Footwear (2009) - on sale and then they rang up wrong so I got them for $5 instead of $15

Earrings - Target

I hit snooze a few times today.  I had to be at work for an 8am meeting but I wanted to get some work done first. I was just too exhausted after working until midnight on Tuesday. (I didn't work straight through but I worked a lot of hours.)

I need a sewing machine. I hate this shirt. It has wings. There are too many extra inches of fabric around the waist and hips.

See I can grab a lot in the back. I usually do to fake my daily pictures.  The old NY&Co shirts are on so bad. I guess they figure people are small on top and super hippy. I hate stores.

I had an incredibly busy day at work. I didn't get to take lunch.  I got there at 7:30 and left at 6:00.  I picked up dinner and ate it with Dave. Then it was back to work. I only took a small break to make my previous post and it was back to work.

My manager even interrupted me at one point to ask if I bought a gun yet. He knows how nuts work has been. I wasn't sure if he meant did I buy a gun yet to use on myself or to use on some troublesome coworkers. Either way it was a little funny. But I was so stressed that I didn't enjoy the comment at the time.

 Poly hangs out with me.

Poly wanted my Sour Patch Fruits. Well really she sniffed at them. I told her she doesn't eat them, then she sat down beside them and didn't care about them. I only tricked her into looking like she cares because she looks at wherever the camera is.

slightly altered in picasa. I like only some color

I worked for hours. When Dave went to sleep he closed my craft room door so Kitty wouldn't bother me. At 12:30 when I emailed out my RCA, I packed everything up and went to put my bag into the hallway. Poor Poly was sitting right outside the door waiting for me. She was so happy to see me. Then she came into my room and joined me at the computer. I was midtweet and she started typing. 

I did not self-check my work. It's probably awful.  I forgot I need to read a 52 page RCA that someone else wrote. I better get on that so that I can properly run a meeting tomorrow. 

At least now she is just in front of my keyboard so I can hold my arms up weird to type. It does make my shoulders sore but I won't disrupt her.

I'm never going to wake up to get to work on-time.

I think I worked 14 hours today and 12 yesterday.

A Day's Worth of Twitter

07:42:41 AM - I dream about having a seeing machine. I wake up and put on a stupid shirt that needs to be altered.
10:37:27 AM - I've gone crazy. I sent emails where I don't finish my sentence and I start a new one. I call a highlighted box by the wrong color.
10:38:29 AM - here's why my shirt needs the use of a sewing machine. I'm sick of these wings. http://bit.ly/difdsC
12:56:53 PM - i burnt my tongue on my lunch
02:17:07 PM - i get a phone call and answer. then "it sounds like i interrupted you" --i swear i just said "hello"
04:24:15 PM - my manager asked me how it's going and then asked "you didn't go out and buy a gun or anything did you?" - to use on me or a coworker?
09:01:40 PM - Now I can learn to make them RT @TENroaches: I only tip using these at the bar. http://wikihow.com/Make-a-Shirt-out-of-a-One-Dollar-Bill
09:45:56 PM - I told Dave I have to work Friday. He laughs at me and then compares me to his director at work.
11:14:43 PM - I like this one more than the noble gas joke from the other day. RT @mikecherepko: If a clock is hungry does it go back four seconds?

You can find me as @smilincolleen on Twitter.

How I wore it - The Dresses

I wore my NY&Co dress twice. I thought I would wear it once because I need a cardigan to wear it to work. But I wore it a day I telecommuted. I didn't wear shoes that day so I took the picture without them. I couldn't have my daily picture be a lie. Based on no shoes, I can't legitimately ask you to vote on a favorite one. I do like my legs with pantyhose (day 4) better than my legs without (day 22).

I like the pink cardigan better but the white shoes better. I don't know. The picture for day 18 is blurry so it doesn't do it justice. I can' believe I forgot a necklace on day 18.  Day 9 is the day I almost wore a white belt but someone scared me off from wearing it. No pantyhose in day 9.
Which do you like better?
Note: while wearing these very loose fitting dresses, stand with my legs straighter for the picture to appear thinner.

I'm thinking Day 1 is the only day I wore my hair differently out of the entire challenge. If I had a red necklace, day 1 would be my favorite, but since I don't day 13 is.  Day 24 was what I wore to a wedding. 

Which is your favorite. 

This was on July 23.  Day 5 of the challenge. The only time I wore this dress (for the challenge.) I wore the dress and the shoes on the weekends but I could not double up outfits so I didn't count those towards the 30.

Which dress do you think is the best to wear?  Can these dresses be worn year round or are they just for the summer? I think the black and white one can be worn year round and I'm not sure about the rest. I wish I knew. 

August 30... continued

Monday, August 30, I didn't write about my entire day and I know I left you itching for me.

I thought Monday was a busy day at work but the rest of the week makes it seem calm.

I finally got comments on something that I have been waiting for for 2 weeks. They were extensive (eek).
I went to Body Pump at 5:00.  It was a great workout.

I went home after Body Pump because I didn't want to drive down 19 to get to Jared's.  I ate more cut spaghetti.  Dave was watching the Sophranos and it was such a good episode I had trouble actually getting out the door.

I got to Jared's and got my ring inspected and then I went to the mall. I only had 1 hour to shop. I went into almost every store that I wanted to go to but did not have a successful trip.

At Sears I found bone shoes like I've been wanting and they didn't. I tried on some boots and they almost fit my calves but they were too big in my ankles.  I found a red necklace. I've been looking for a red necklace.  I then walked around the store and circled until I was back at the necklaces. I could not figure out where to pay. I got fed up and figured I wasted a half hour of my time in that store. It didn't help that I was short on time and that I wasted time talking to Timmy on the phone about nothing.  I really don't know where I was supposed to pay.  At least the red necklace wasn't exactly what I was looking for.  I tried and tried and cannot find the necklace on their website. It did only cost 9.99.

Then I went to a few other stores where I previously saw jewelry that I liked but held off buying. They didn't have it this time. The jewelry that I previously did buy, they did have though.

I only tried something on at Express. I almost bought a blazer using a coupon but still wondered if I would wear it and it was dry clean only.

I almost tried some things on at the end but knew I was short on time and I wouldn't get to the rest of the stores.  But then I didn't end up going to those stores properly either and ended up with nothing.

I went to the cheesecake factory after. I was going to get Haley cheesecake but then I forgot once I got there and had the stress of ordering. I came home and ate more cheesecake than normal (A little over half a slice) and then it was just about bedtime.  I brought work home but did not do it.

It was a very busy day. I didn't get new clothes. I was sad.

Sorry no pictures for this post.