Where does the weekend go?

Even when I don't have the busiest of weekends, it seems like time flies. I was out running errands Saturday morning, lazy Saturday afternoon, headed to the game about 3:30 and before you know it, my alarm is going off and it's Monday morning! Well, okay, my Sunday was a little more productive than that, but it just went by too quickly. I didn't get to take Jax to a park, which I wanted to do, but between waking up early, doing laundry, church and then the outlet mall (yes, I sinned.... hahah a reference to the mall, not church) and then eating a late lunch with Amanda, it was 3:30 before I knew it and I still had plenty of chores to do!


So, about the sinning.. nothing too bad. Banana Republic Factory store sent out coupons for an additional 30% off this weekend. Well, I know typically I can find some work clothes there at really good prices so I figured I could go and just see what they had. I've been on the hunt for a nice black pencil skirt as I've realized the majority of my skirts are prints and the solid black skirts I have are either a. A-line b. have some razzle-dazzle (like a mesh underlying hem that peeks out a bit, or really high work-inappropriate slits, not sure what I was thinking) or c. are just old and have lost their shape. So, I have needed a nice pencil skirt for some time now. Banana stepped up to the plate. I found a very nice weight black pencil skirt, a cobalt blue skirt that can be used for work or play and a blue abstract print shirt with 3/4 sleeves. The pencil skirt was 50% off, the blue skirt 60% off and the shirt 70% off. Then I had my 30% coupon, so for the three items, my total was $49. I was happy. :)
And I know that shopping at all defeats my mission, but I feel really good about the fact that 90% of the time, I'm sticking to my mission and what I'm noticing is that while I'll still go wander through the mall, I am really scrutinizing clothes now, not just buying things because they are a good deal. I also feel like I am making much more conscious decisions about what I need and don't need, and I'm seeing a difference in my finances, which is great! (Not like this is rocket-science, but I'm dealing with an addiction here people! :) ) I should've taken a picture of the clothes I bought yesterday. Maybe I'll do that tonight and post them tomorrow.
Here are some random pictures from the weekend....

My errands outfit:
Jeans: LC, for Kohls $28
Swaeter: French Connection, NOLA, $30
Flats: Nine West $18

 Jax waiting at the door Friday night while I took pics of the hay still on my car hood from Mom's visit...

Pics from the game:
My outfit: 
Jeans: ABS via Smart Bargains, $28
Top: Loft (BR  Boutique) $32
Boots: Calvin Klein via TJ Maxx $99

Finally, a night game in Tiger Stadium!

Friday! LSU vs Bama Weekend!

No, I'm not going to the game, but I'm still excited! Not buying into the extra hype of the media, but it is a big game. It basically determines if we or Bama will go to the National Championship, or at least be playing for it if either team wins out after this one. So, it's big. I think it will be a tight game that comes down to the little things. And maybe some Mad Hatter magic? :) 
It will be a good weekend here, with my special visitors :) I'll post pictures on Monday. 


For today, my school spirited outfit:
Jeans: Banana Republic
Tops: Both, Nike
Boots: Cole Haan; I have worn the poop out of these poor boots. I think flat black boots will have to be an end-of-season purchase for me this year, as these pups are probably on their near-to-last go-round. :( 
Jacket: Croft & Barrow, Kohls, End of Season clearance last year, $14 bucks :)

What does it take to be (and stay) #1?

This was our theme song for most of the weekend. Gare and Santino came down Friday and got in relatively early. We went to Gare's traditional Friday night dinner at La Caretta and after dinner we all were pooped, so it was back home for us. Saturday we headed to campus about 10:30 and tailgated and whatnot until game time.  We had a good time at the game and LSU played extremely well. I really liked my outfit for the game because I felt it resembled the uniforms the team wore. I got lots of compliments, so that is always nice! I accomplished nothing yesterday so I'm just going to post some of the random pictures from the weekend.

Fridays outfit:

Jeans: Levi's
Shoes: Steve Madden
Jacket: Express
Scarf: Charlotte Russe


Saturday's Outfit:


Jeans: Marc Jacobs
Top: Random brand, found at TJ Maxx over the summer
Boots: Steve Madden

 Jackson doing his best Blue Dog impression

Ready for a long post? :)

So, I'm going to encompass my weekend along with my Monday post for the sake of efficiency. This weekend was the Kentucky game, which was at 11:20. I can't remember the last time we played that early and I hope we don't again any time soon! I did not anticipate traffic flow correctly and Amanda and I ended up parking at 11:05. Oops! We dressed casual for the game and the weather started very fall-like in the morning but warmed up quickly (hence my mistake wearing suede boots!!!) Oh well, what can you do?

 Can you see my cute Tiger-stripe cuff?

 Kickoff!

I ran errands Saturday afternoon, which was a nice change from the usual entire Saturday being taken up by football! Sunday, I took Jackson to the park I've mentioned before. What a nice place!! I was very pleasantly surprised and Jackson had a great time! Lots of walking paths and a small dog park. I'm really happy we went and we'll try to go as often as we can now. 

 Jackson and "Sprinkles" (no kidding) his new Schnauzer friend... notice J is doing his patented "leg kick"

 And this is J when we got back while I was doing laundry.....

 And J when I was putting the laundry away....

The rest of Sunday was spent napping and doing chores around the house. I got the pictures on the shoe boxes I missed during the big project and got a bunch of laundry done and put away. I also finally did some "craft-work" on a jacket I bought in August at Love Culture in the mall. It had an ugly fake hoodie sewn into the collar and I decided it would look much better without the hood... Red is so big for the fall and I like the look of a clean jacket and for 30 bucks, I wasn't going to let a stupid hood stand in my way!
With the stupid hoodie.... 

 And without... so much better :)

I'm loving that it is finally getting a little cooler so I can start wearing more jackets at work. Didn't plan one for today but will have at least 2 outfits this week with jackets I haven't worn yet. I decided to go for comfort on this Monday-day. This dress is comfy and cute! It looks like a crazy busy pattern in the first pictures, but you can see it's not all that loud in the closer-up picture. I have these earrings that ended up being perfect for this dress. Have had them for a while now and this is the first time I've worn them.

Dress: Bobbie Bee (???) From JC Penny...9.99 on sale
Earrings: Can't remember
Watch: MK
Shoes: Nine West