Waaaaaahoooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, so it is a gross day here. Rainy and muggy. Nothing like Christmas. But even that hasn't gotten me down because I'm heading home early tomorrow morning! Yay! I have everything packed-ish.... Still have so many little things to try to remember. Packing as much as I can tonight will be interesting. I am bringing way too much stuff but I don't really know what I'm going to need and I hate not having options! 


My outfit today:
Jeans: Arden B
Top: Nike, LSU
Shoes: Nike


Fancy huh? Hahah!

 Extreme tilty head!

 Icky

 Wet wet stadium!!

One more day of work

After today, I'll work Thursday and then get as packed as possible and leave for S'port early Friday morning! Yay!
Today is quiet at work, just cleaning up loose ends before leaving for the break.


Tomorrow I'll probably wear warm-up pants. Today I'm wearing jeans with an old Navy fleece pullover. I had to make sure and wear some purple with it so as not to raise any suspicions that I'm an Alabama fan! :) Apparently when posing for pictures, this top also makes me look like I weigh 50 lbs more, so I'm only posting one picture of the outfit as none of the others were any good!!

Jeans: Buffalo, got them at a discount store many years ago
Fleece: Old Navy, $10; T-Shirt is also Old Navy
Shoes: Chinese Laundry, DSW, not sure what I paid (not much)

5 days!

Not much to report today... slept weird on my shoulder, so it's bothering me as I have to work on the computer today but it's all good. I'm just ready for the week to be over so I can get home for Christmas. Yes, I'll be home for Christmas. Haha I crack myself up. 


My outfit today:


Comfy again. And wearing a pair of shoes that I've not yet worn and I am really happy with. I found them randomly on sale for $50 on Net-a-porter.com and they are still on many sites for almost twice that. See here.


They are about a 3 inch heel so they are very comfy. 


Jeans: Kenneth Cole outlet, $20
Top: Old Navy, $12
Sweater: New York & Co, $8 (yep, 8!)
Shoes: Michael Kors, Net-a-Porter, $50 (w/ free shipping)

Hahah!!! Didn't make it to my spot in time! LOL...

 She's got.... tiiiiiired eyes :)

On the 6th day of Christmas....

Whaaaat? How is it 6 days until Christmas? I think not having the week leading up to Christmas off, as I did when I was teaching kind of ruins the Christmas aura for me. :( Something about not having the time to really enjoy the season building up to Christmas Day I guess. I sat down this morning to sort through emails and one of them said something about 6 shopping days left. I couldn't believe that is how close Christmas actually is! Oh well. At least I have Friday off and can be home before Christmas eve! The real world is SO not what it's cracked up to be! I suppose I just have to focus on the nice fact that I do get off the week after Christmas, which is more than most of us working Joe's, so I am thankful for that! 
This weekend I finished up my Santa shopping and got everything wrapped. It took 2 1/2 hours to wrap everything!!! Sheesh! I did not take pictures, because I didn't want anyone getting hints on their gifts! ;)
I also tried out the homemade bread recipe this weekend. After 2 days of chilling (literally) and rising, the bread was ready to bake about 3pm yesterday. It smelled great and looked so pretty! It is very yummy. It doesn't have an overwhelming flavor, just tastes like yummy bread. I'll make it again for sure because the hardest part, by far, is waiting on it!
Here are my bread pics:

These are the ingredients... plus a little warm water... that's it! :)

 Dry ingredients....

 Plus water... sticky dough!!!

 My little bred mold. Prior to me dumping it in this bowl, it had been wrapped very tightly in plastic wrap and put in the fridge for about 20 hours. Then, after putting it here, it sat in this bowl for 18 hours to rise at room temp.

 Once it had risen, I plopped it out onto a floured "workspace" and shaped it into a "free form" square, with rounded corners... kinda sounds like a circle to me :)

 Then, he was covered again and let sit for another 3 hours ...then it was oven time! 30 min in the dutch oven with the lid on, about 15 minutes with the lid off... and.....

 The finished project! It looked picture perfect, if I do say so myself!

 Bread!!!

My outfit today:


I plan for today to be my "dressiest" day of the week, which isn't saying much! We should see very little student traffic this week, so I'll be getting more and more comfy as the week progresses!


Jeans: Lauren Conrad, Kohls, $35
Sweater: Banana, $16
Cardigan: Banana, don't remember what I paid
Shoes: White/Black, around $30 

TGIF!

Friday! It's Fall Commencement day here at work, which I actually welcome because it gets me out of the office for a good 4 hours or so and it make the day go by much more quickly. I just have to deal with the hens in the office running around as though their heads were cuts off, and I'm fine. I've found medicating myself with cookies seems to help. That and just ignoring them :) 
I also just found out that Gma will likely be released from the hospital after being there all week dealing with a blood clot in her leg. So, all in all, it should be a good day.
This weekend, I mostly have a ton of chores to do and errands to run. Santa Allie has to wrap her presents and get a few last-minute things. I also am planning on attempting to bake bread from scratch this weekend, so we'll see how that goes! (There will be pictures!) 

My outfit today:
I'm really happy with this outfit because it was a steal. I found it over the summer at TJ Maxx. It's Willi Smith and it is a nice woven cotton blend. I like the little cropped swing jacket because it isn't so stuffy. I was able to find all of the outfit on the clearance racks, which meant having to search for the matching pieces, but I do so enjoy a challenge. :) The best part was that I found a jacket, skirt and pants! What a deal!! These flats are the ones I found in Atl. I love them even more now. I am sooooo glad I got them. They are perfect for a day like today when I have to be somewhat dressy but comfortable too!


Jacket: TJ Maxx, Willi Smith, $15
Skirt: same, $7    (matching pants $9) Holla!!!!
Shoes: Bandolino, DSW, $30
Top: Banana Clearance, $12

 Arg! of course, the best shot is blurry.

 See the red marks on my left leg? That's where an evil vine scratched me and I can't get it to heal!

Casper was modeling my shoes for me... sheesh!

How is this week not over yet?

I'm so done with this week. Unfortunately, it is not done with me! I don't have much to report today... just dealing with work stuff and wondering why my lot in life hasn't changed, when I was so sure it was about to. oh well. 


My outfit today:


Jeans: Kenneth Cole, $30
Sweater: Kohls, Apt 9, Clearance $8
Top: Banana Clearance $8
Shoes: Steve Madden Flats 


I kinda dressed like a maw-maw today. We have to dress up a little tom since it's graduation and it was misty and humid out this morning so a cute outfit was not in the cards. 

Also, I'm adding a picture of the guy in the building next to mine who sleeps for at least 3 hours every day. I want his job. 

Wow-za!

Yep. So last night I decided that I wanted to ramp up my workout some... so I did one of the High Intensity buggers twice through. Well, today, my calves and quads are calling me very ugly names. It's okay though because I felt really good after the workout and I'm happy I did it! 
I've got to take my car to get inspected at lunch. This will be my 3rd trip to the place in 24 hours.... yes, yesterday I went at lunch and got there and didn't have cash. Seriously, you have to pay in cash. Stupid. So I decided I would leave home a little early today and go before work since the sign out front that I noticed yesterday said 7-3. Well, I get there at 8 and the guy says "Oh, they aren't here yet." To which I replied, "are they just running late because your sign says you start at 7." And he says, "Oh no, we just got here." Clearly at this point, he is missing the point, so I just was nice (since I need a friggin sticker on my car) and said I'd be back at lunchtime. UGH! I've also got to get stamps and drop a package by UPS today so it will be a busy lunchtime. 


My outfit today:

I decided to play in one color family today so I'm doing dark trouser jeans with various blues in the top and purple shoes! Yay!


Jeans: Banana Republic
Top: Banana Republic, $16
Shoes: Guess, via DSW $24

Out of Order Posts

Okay, call me a creature of habit, or routine, but I totally forgot to take a quick picture of my outfit when I got home yesterday. I had little J ready for his walk and my impending workout on the brain and I was changed and out the door walking him before it dawned on me that I should've taken a picture. Since I didn't care all that much for my outfit yesterday anyway, it's no big loss. So today I'm posting some of the shots from over the weekend, along with my outfit picture from today. But first..... my stuff from ATL:

 I got a nice pencil skirt ($19), cropped ankle length grey pants ($15), a sparkly sweater($15) and a pea coat ($35) from H&M.   Yes, this means I broke the pact and shopped but these are all good buys and dang it I was on vacay so it shouldn't count! :)

 Then, I went to DSW.... yeah yeah I don't need shoes, I know. BUT... I have been on the lookout for some cute black flats since I try to alternate heels with flats to keep my back happy... I found these really cute Bandolino flats for $30 and the Enzo heels are just flat to die for. They are the most classic pointy-toe black high heel pump. Just Gorgeous. And on clearance as well, for $40. 

Ok, so on to the weekend. Mom and Gare came down for the REN FEST  and we decided that we'll give it a break for a few years since we felt like everything was exactly the same as last year. :) But still fun nonetheless!

 I'm ready!

 The entrance to Ye Ole field of freakish people

 A Whizard?

 The queen! Gare and I did nothing, which I'm sure infuriated her. Mom yelled "God Save the Queen" which I'm quite sure made her happy.

 This one is for Andrea... gotta love a map!

 Gare and the supermodel :)

Me and the creepy pirate/dude who probably does not work at the festival....

Fun times!
And on to my outfit today:
Channeling MadMen/ teacher vibes.... 

Dress: Can't remember where I picked it up. Belt came with it.
Sweater: Banana Clearance, $15
Shoes: Aldo, $35

 Ah! Look at that little calf muscle! Cute! It's practically cramping from my workout yesterday! Lol