Last Weekend of Sanity

I say that because after this weekend of having nothing to do here are my next several weekends:

Nov 26 & 27: Horse show with Mom
Dec 1-4: Atl for SEC Championship
Dec 10 & 11: Mom, Gare and folks in for Renaissance Festival
Dec 17 & 18: Nothing yet
Dec 24 & 25: Duh!!!! The most wonderful time.... of the year...... :)


So, I enjoyed this weekend of doing not much more than errand running. I forgot to go get my shoes from the cobbler, (are they still called that?) so I'm going to have to go get them at lunch one day this week since I'm not sure what their holiday hours will be and since they are a bunch of expensive shoes that I probably shouldn't leave lying around their shop!


Here are some random pictures from the weekend:


The Turkey Taco Chili I made on Saturday... really good. Recipe here. 
I didn't put in the spices and I used diced tomatoes without chilis.. It was still very good and the taco seasoning gave it enough kick for me! I also didn't eat it over rice (saving calories!)

This is Jackson smirking because he knew he was about to get some CHICKEN!!

I have a tomato plant, err.... stick, in the pot out back. It's been a dead stick since probably July. But, as we all know, I tend to procrastinate, so I hadn't yet pulled the stick out of the pot to throw away. So I went to pull it up and this is what I found! Talk about resilient. Who would've thought a dead stick could still put out tomatoes? And this is after a few nights in the 30s! Crazy.

Here's a picture of my after my workout on Sunday, gross, I know.... reminds me of a quote I heard, "If you still look cute after a workout, you're not working hard enough." Haha! I must be working super hard then! :)

Frisday!

Yay for Fridays! Not much going on today on the work front. Since I was chastised yesterday about working too fast, I'm not doing much at all today. Yes, I was told I work too quickly. NOT that I work quickly and make mistakes, just that I work too quickly. "I know you are speedy gonzales and like to get stuff off your desk. But there isn't a deadline for this. It's an overwhelming task, so take your time." Um.... ok, but I like to get stuff taken care of. Regardless, I finished the "overwhelming" task I was given and asked to NOT complete too quickly, set it on the corner of my desk, and will turn it in next week, when presumably I would have had enough time to get it finished. :(  

Today I'm wearing:
Jeans: Citizen of Humanity
Top: Nike, LSU
Shoes: Nine West

Thursday

Feeling so uneasy yesterday and today. What's done is done, but it's so hard not to spend every second over-analyzing and second-guessing. Alas, I shall sit and wait and hope. I do not want to be too disappointed if things don't go my way, because in the fickle world of politics, there is no telling.

Today's Outfit:


Pants: Gap, Had forever
Sweater: Old Navy, Clearance, probably less than $10
Jacket: Charlotte Russe, with coupon last year, $22 (great steal)
Shoes: Nine West, many years ago

Really?

My morning:
6:15: wake up, J is cleaning his paws, it's got to be close to "that time", check clock, yep, 10 more minutes...
6:25: alarm goes off. groan, but still ready for the day
6:27: brushing teeth.... realize I feel like I may need to throw up. Are you kidding me???
6:28: put cold water on my neck and wrists and sit on bathroom floor and breathe. All the while telling myself this is not an option today. (This being the occasional day when for seemingly no reason at all, I wake up with horrible nausea and have to wait until I break a sweat to feel okay again. Random, I know)
6:30: Break into a sweat. Thank goodness. Tell myself I'm fine and walk J.
6:30-6:50: Surprisingly, I am fine on the walk. When we got back to the house, I ate a handful of dry oatmeal just to be on the safe side, but overall I felt fine.
6:50: Proceed with getting ready


I mean of all days! I was so nervous I was going to have a bad bout of nausea but I feel fine now. Oh well. Interesting start to the day! :) 


My outfit today:
Top: Banana Clearance, $14
Pants: Victoria's Secret, not sure what I paid. They are the bottoms to a suit. 
Shoes: Maripe, Shoe Station. These were actually on the chopping block and in the give-away box until last night when I realized I didn't have any plain brown pumps to go with these pants! While I don't particularly love these and probably will still give them away, they saved me today!
Cuff: Charlotte Russ, $4

 Don't worry... I put lipstick on right after I saw this picture!

About that wildlife....

It's so funny how things happen... yesterday Mom and I were talking about if I had deer in my backyard... (don't even ask how we got on that topic, there truly is no telling) so I said no, no deer not enough space, stuff for them to eat, etc... Well I still maintain there are no deer back there, but I can officially add a new animal to the list of things I've observed! The current list is this:

Snakes [black with green stripes (ok), brown (not good), brown pattern (even worse probably), black speckled (fine, hope he'd eat other snakes)]
Raccoons (huge)
Fox
Rabbit
Owl (s)
Hawks
Frogs
Lizards
Salamanders (or HUGE shiny black lizard things)
Baby brown tarantula (pretty sure)


And, this morning, in my driveway.... an armadillo! Yes, alive, and seemingly not rabid. He was just chilling and of course Jax and I bust out of the back door and he just kinda waddled along the driveway into the neighbors front yard. Even Jackson was looking at it like "What the heck is that?"


So, at this point, I'm not ruling out the possibility of any animal being in my backyard. I'm wondering if I can apply for federal funding for the Prest Wildlife Conservatory.....


It's rainy again this morning. I had a mini-wardrobe meltdown this morning. Had this dress laid out and put it on (first time I've worn it since trying it on several months ago) and I realized that the neckline falls way open. Almost too open. As in the next time I wear it, it will be with a black shirt of some sort under it, unless I always wear it with a jacket. So it took me a while to figure out what to throw over this. I tried 2 different cardigans with belts, didn't really like either. This is kind of a cop-out, but I was really pushing my time. So, here I am. :)


Today:
Dress: NY & Co, Clearance $10
Jacket:  Old Navy, had it forever
Shoes: Kenneth Cole

 Hard to tell here, but I have the dress pinned and just pulled the shoulders up as they want to fall even more open than this!

Monday!!!!

Normally, I'm not excited about Mondays, but I'm excited about this week in general. I feel like opportunities await and I'm really excited about them. :)
It's super foggy and moist out this morning. I had to put a baseball cap on to walk Jax b/c I was afraid of major frizz-head if I didn't. He enjoyed the walk and came back mostly wet and all the way happy. The temps are back up in the 80s for highs this week. I plan to do a solid week of workouts to really boost my calorie burn going into next week.
My outfit today:


Dress: Squense? No clue about the brand, got it at Marshalls on Clearance for $15 and its soooo comfortable
Shoes: Coach, via DSW
Watch: MK
Necklace: Hand-me-down from Gma :)


I love dresses. It's just the easiest way to get dressed! One and done. :)