Brrrrr....

Yes, I am officially in hibernation mode. It took all I had to get out from under the covers this morning and bundle up to walk Jax. There was a pretty good layer of frost on the ground this morning and as far as I'm concerned, that should mean everyone gets to sleep for an extra hour or so! Jackson had to wear his coat this morning, and after he'd eaten his breakfast, he was still cold! This is him lying on my bed while I got ready.... and he's shivering. I took the picture with my phone and apparently the computer refuses to recognize that I rotated and saved the picture so that it would be upright... so excuse these 2 sideways pictures. Stupid computer. 

So, once I am ready, I move Jax to his bed, so he can jump down whenever he is ready... This is him after I set him on his bed and opened his window....again, forgive the sideways view....

And here's me.... I am wearing my fabulous grey boots... these were one of my last purchases before I started my blog... they are Calvin Klein. I found them at TJ Maxx on a random trip. I spent more on them than any one item I've ever purchased at a discount store, but they were so unique, I just had to have them! They are a distressed grey leather and really comfy. :)


Today:
Skirt: White House Black Market. Had for several years. Really is kinda big now, but that equals comfy LOL
Grey Shirt: Banana, $15
Sweater: Old Navy, $9
Boots: Calvin Klein, TJ Maxx, $99
Necklace: Big Lots, $5

Gosh dang... I don't like any of these pictures!! Ugh.... Oh well, you get the point of the outfit. Sheesh. I'm going to have to do something about the lighting/my camera...

When Will I get it done Wednesday??

I was so unproductive yesterday. I am pretty sure I was a grizzly bear in my previous life because about all I'm motivated to do when the days are short is curl up and sleep. I walked Jax in the cold drizzle when I got home yesterday, gave him his much needed bath, and that's about it. I haven't worked out in ages and I gained a pound over the weekend! Arg!! So, today, come hell or high water, I'm either going to workout or hang Christmas lights. I'm giving myself a choice but one or the other must get done. :) 


It's pretty chilly out and I wasn't ready to take my jacket off when I was taking my outfit pictures this morning. I'm not loving any of the pictures, everything looks a bit rumpled, but I also don't feel like taking more pictures, so this is it today!! 


Pants: JC Penny, Worthington, $14
Blue Top: Banana, Clearance, $10
Sweater: St. John's Bay, JC Penny
Shoes: Coach, via DSW several years ago

Here we are again....

Seems like I always find myself in the same spot on Mondays... trying hard to pretend like everything is going to be okay and then by about 9 am being desperate to get out!!!!!!! I just keep praying something is right around the corner. I'm thinking the first opportunity that presented itself probably isn't going to happen, so I'm just hoping there will be something else really soon. 


Anyway.... it's rainy here today and supposed to be this way tomorrow as well; I've got tons to do this week, from running errands at lunchtime practically every day to getting some good workouts in to unpacking and cleaning the house up before company comes this weekend. With so much to do, it should make the week pass by quickly!!


My outfit today:


Navy dress: Banana $35 This is a recent "cheat" purchase I got when Mom was in town for T-Giving
Sweater: Willi Smith, TJ Maxx, $10-15 I think
Necklace: Can't remember where I picked it up!
Shoes: Nine West, Clearance, $20


Technically, these shoes are grey and black, and I'm wearing a navy dress. But I think it goes! :)

Atlanta!

I spent last Thursday-Sunday in Atlanta for the SEC Championship game. Had a really good time not doing much of anything! The game was great. I am just going to post a few random pictures from the weekend.

My Flight outfit:
Green skinny pants: Rick and Skinny, via Smart Bargains, originally $198, paid $30
Black sweater: around $10 from one of the discount places
Cream Jacket: Can't remember brand, got it on Smart Bargains as well, originally $220 (as if) got it for $28
Shoes: Furry Boots! kept my feet warm!! $28 on Endless.com

 View of CNN Center from hotel room

 One of my "going out" outfits...

 One of my other going out outfits... wish I'd gotten a better picture b/c I really liked this one... Skinny jeans with a polka-dot top and black blazer and super high Mauve-colored heels.

 Picture above is Christmas tree in Atlantic Station shopping area.
Picture below is me trying to take a picture of my handi-work on my sweater...see the sewn-on tiger on the pocket? :)

 We won!!! SEC Champs!

I did a tiny bit of shopping in ATL- I'll take pictures of what I got one night this week and post it on here.

It's almost the weekend!

That's what I tell Jackson every Friday morning when I'm leaving the house. It's not like he doesn't realize that, since obviously he can read the calender on his Blackberry, but it makes me feel better telling him anyway. :) This morning when we went out for our walk there was frost on the grass! Crazy considering how warm it was earlier this week!


I don't have a very busy day today. A few phone calls to make, a little work to get done and a lot of watching the clock! This weekend, I'll get some errands run early Saturday and then it'll be off to the game with Amanda. I don't intend to get to campus too early as I am not really interested in tailgating for this one. By kickoff, it should be kinda chilly, so I am not sure what I'll end up wearing!

Today I'm wearing:


Jeans: Dickies (no kidding) jeggings, bought online last year, $20
Shirt: Karen Kane, Dillards Clearance, $24
Sweater: JC Penny Clearance, $10
Scarf: DKNY, Christmas gift last year
Boots: Ciao Bella
Watch: MK

 My biggest issue with the way I'm having to take these pics is you can never really tell the colors in this light. This slightly overexposed pic shows more color than the others...

 And then I took this pic to show I really am wearing some good colors today! :)

Monday Monday

Well, I should start off saying I had a fabulous weekend! I had special visitors and I very much enjoyed their visit, even though the presence of one said visitors meant very little down-time this weekend! :) Mom and Kramer came to Baton Rouge for a trafficking visit, which totally sounds like it might involve illegal activities but did not. It was simply an opportunity to take the horse somewhere new and see how he behaved. Much to our delight, he was quite a good boy. 
Since most of the time this weekend was spent at the barn, I have no cute outfit pictures to speak of. I do however have some shots from the barn times this weekend.

Kramer in the "Horse Hotel" at Brec

 First ride at Brec

 Awesome hay times

 Last ride on Sunday

And how about that Bama game? Wow! Great time to be a tiger! I'm just so happy that they won and even more excited about the Atlanta trip now! 
Today I had to bid farewell to Mom (always sad) and the horse, since I got to feed him before work this morning. You can probably still see some of the barn remnants on my shoes! My outfit today is just comfy casual. The time change is reeking havoc on my sleep and I'm thinking by mid-week that is going to catch up with me! 


Today's outfit:
Pants: Dillard Clearance, $8.50
Top: Worthington, JC Penny's Clearance, $8
Sweater: Frock Candy, $20
Bracelets: Forever 21, $5
Shoes: Liz Claiborne, DSW Clearance, $20

(un)Fashionable Friday!

Well, I'm in my typical Friday attire. Jeans and an LSU polo.... gotta love uber casual Fridays. So my outfit is nothing to get excited about. This weekend, I'll snap some pics of my outfits for going out/ the game. Thankfully (and thanks to Amy's suggestion) Jax is contributing to the outfit shots for today. 


My outfit:
Jeans: Banana Republic
Boots: Overstock
Top: College of Science (lol)
Jacket: LSU Football


Super creative today, huh?

 Jax's Outfit:
Sweater: Cream & Fall colors, PetCo

 His full-length "blog" pose...

One more day...

Well, one more day until the weekend. Tomorrow, Garrett, Allen and Santino will be coming in for the game Saturday. Which means tonight I need to pick up around the house and make sure I don't have piles of clothes on the beds they will be sleeping in! It is/was another cool morning... which made it really hard to get out of my warm bed this morning!


My outfit today evolved last night as I was pondering what I'd originally laid out to wear, which was a dress and some suede boots. Well, I froze my rear off yesterday in the office since we have no control over the temps and the air blows constantly no matter what we do and they will not turn on the heat. So, I didn't necessarily want to wear another dress today. I decided I wanted a sweater. I also wanted to wear these booties so I went with the brown skinny pants. These are the brown pair of skinny pants I got from Penny's when I also got the black ones, seen here . Anyway, it's so funny because these pants are just a smidge loose on my in the booty/upper thigh area in the back, but I'm not complaining!! :) Also, I'm wearing my new Michael Kors brown watch for the first time today. LOVE!!!

Today:
Denim Trench: Harve Benard, TJ Maxx, $15
Pants: Worthington, JC Penny, $14
Shirt: Izod Outlet, I'd guess less than $15
Sweater: Harolds, super sale $12
Watch: MK
Shoes: Dollhouse, TJ Maxx, $24
Sunglasses: NY & Co, $10

 It deserves a picture all its own!