Thursday/Tuesday

I love short work weeks!! It feels undoubtedly like a Tuesday, but it's Thursday! Fabulous!! I found my camera cord, so I can upload yesterday's pictures and a few from the weekend as well.


My first day (yesterday) of eating only non-processed foods proved to me that I'm going to have to really plan out meals and do a lot of cooking or I won't make it! I didn't cook anything Tuesday night so yesterday I didn't have anything non-processed to eat for lunch other than a bag of steam-able broccoli and cauliflower. So, that was my lunch (with an orange) While it satiated me temporarily, I was starving by the time I got home. I decided last night to cook the butternut squash I'd gotten at the produce stand, black beans and sauteed white fish fillets. The outcome of my dinner was that I remembered I don't really like butternut squash, and if you accidentally get fish fillets wet prior to cooking they become stinky mush. So, basically, my dinner last night was black beans and a few swallows of butternut squash.  Ick. 


Today for lunch I'm having a big salad and I think tonight I'll cook some chicken and have more veggies with my left over black beans.




My outfit today:


Jacket: St. John's Bay, Penny's, $18
Top: Worthington, Penny's, Clearance, $9.99 (pulled tag off today)
Pants: AB Studio, Penny's, Clearance, $8
Shoes: Tahari, via DSW, $24


Turned out to be an outfit from JC Penny! :)
I realized after I took these pictures that I forgot to put mascara on today. Yikes!! I look tired anyway but the lack of definition around my eyes is scary!!

After a nice long weekend..... and the start of Lent

Had a great long weekend, thanks to the Mardi Gras break. Don't have hardly any pictures to post from the weekend but it was fun! 


Today is the beginning of Lent. Hoping some things fall my way in the next month or so. My Lenten "sacrifice" this year is that I'm going to not eat any processed foods. Basically meaning if it doesn't grow naturally, I'm not eating it. Also, if it grows naturally but has been altered, I'm not eating it. This means I'll be cooking a lot and eating a lot of vegetables and fruits. Trying to get back to what nature intended and cut out so many of the chemicals we eat every day in packaged foods. What I hope will be good about this diet is that I can make things like crackers, with real ingredients, so I can still eat some of those things that we think of as usually only coming out of a box, I just have to do it the old fashioned way and make it! Should be interesting. I'll update the progress on here. 


My outfit today: 

Pants: NY&Co, $16
Top: Banana Clearance, $10
Sweater: Forever 21, $7
Shoes: Bamboo, via Burlington, $12-15 can't remember exactly

Re-do please!!

There are some mornings when you just need a do-over... today probably qualifies as one of those. To begin, I got myself all psyched up for an 8 am dentist appt this morning. Because of the proximity of the dentist to my house, I really wasn't going to have to change my routine at all; I just simply planned to leave the house at 7:30 as usual and head that way. I'm sleeping quite soundly this morning when I get a phone call at 6:00 AM!!!! I recognize the number and realize it's the dentist's office, so I don't answer because I'm figuring that they are calling to cancel.
I could've drifted back off to sleep until my 6:25 alarm, but a certain furry grey one decided phone call=alarm=time to get up. He was in my face restless and wanting down at that point, so I had to scratch on him and pet him to keep him appeased so I could at least lie there for another 20 minutes or so. 
At 6:20, we both were awake, so I decided to just get up. Everything else at the house was fine. I had to stop and get gas on the way to work and in doing so, didn't realize that I was standing in what apparently was spilled gasoline the entire time I was filling up. So, of course, as soon as I got back in the car, I nearly asphyxiated with the smell of gas. I had to put the windows down somewhat on the way to work, while having the heat on in the car because it is still a tad chilly out. By the time I got to the office, most of the smell dissipated, but I could still get a whiff when I moved my feet. I had to rinse off the bottoms of the shoes and am currently attempting to let them dry off. Hoping that works. I am really glad I am super casual today and just wearing tennis shoes. I would've been upset if they were good shoes. 
Lesson learned: Check the ground before you step out and gas up!

Hoping the rest of my day is less eventful and better smelling than my morning!

I'm very much looking forward to my long weekend in the Port City!!

My outfit today: 

Jeans: Citizen of Humanity, have had forever
Top(s): Nike, LSU
Shoes: Nike, LSU
Watch: MK

"Y" is for "Yay!" 4 day break ahead!!

 Sock Feet

My stinky shoes... banished to the side of the room....

Bleck to this Weather!

Well, I say be done ye crappy rain! It is humid and wet and gross outside. Definitely a day to sleep in and read a book on the couch.... in my dreams. Speaking of dreams, I was in the middle of a very clear dream about rushing (why always late/panicked???) to a horse show and was mid-sentence asking Amanda (interesting) where my shoes were, when my alarm went off. Talk about having a hard time getting going! Usually, I'm stirring or the dog is stirring a little before the alarm goes off, but not today!! I feel like I'm in a fog. So bleck! 


My outfit today came from my desire to wear some of the multitude of shirts I have that still have tags on them. I got this shirt this past summer at Penny's (online) clearance. I actually found it and liked the "horses" print, and got this one, too, thinking it would probably be too old-lady-ish and I'd return it (since shipping is free). Well, when I got the shirts, I really didn't like the "horses" print, as it just looked like an odd pattern on the blouse and you couldn't really make out the horses at all. Plus, the shirt was a white-ish grey and looked dingy. However, much to my surprise, I really liked the paisley print, and so here we are. I took the horses shirt back and kept the one I didn't think I'd like! I'm also wearing the other pair of shoes I got at the recent Dillard's clearance sale. These are really nice and, while classic, are just different enough to have some character. The leather is really nice too. They still have them on Dillard's website.... notice the original price and the sale price, which is what I paid.


My outfit today:


Pants: Worthington, JC Penny, $13
Top: East 5th, JC Penny, $10
Shoes: Antonio Melani, Dillards, $38.50
Watch: Michael Kors
Earrings: NY&Co, $5

Yikes! I dislike all these pictures today!! I need to take a little more time to take my pictures, I think I'm rushing and it's evident in the pics I've posted lately! :(

Wednesday and storms are coming!

Of course, the one night I give some consideration to actually doing something social, the weather forecast is "dangerous storms, with high winds and tornadoes possible." So, there goes those plans! Plus, all the Wed night shows are new again tonight (I think), so I have decent reason to stay in!!
I'm doing cardio today. Yay! Starting to see some positive changes with all this working out garbage! 


I'm wearing my Fossil wedges I found a few weeks ago at the Dillards Clearance. Yes, I know, no shopping, but these were too cute to pass up and I confessed my sins to Peete almost as soon as I got them! Plus, they were $21, marked down from originally being $90. And, apparently are still online in several places for nearly the original price! See here.

My outfit today:
Top: (All one piece) Apt 9, Kohls, $14
Jeans: Banana Outlet, $30
Shoes: Fossil via Dillards, $21
Watch: Michael Kors

I don't like how things look "bunchy" in the first two pictures. When I look in the mirror, everything about this outfit is very stream lined. Stupid lack of decent photography!!

Singles Awareness Day (S.A.D)

I saw this on someone's Facebook and it made me laugh. No, I'm not dating anyone so therefore I'm single, but I'm also not sad.... The older I get, and maybe as a result of teaching and seeing the shenanigans middle school kids do for V-day, the more I think this is a childish holiday. Seriously. I'm all for celebrating love and such, but honestly, when I am in a relationship, it would mean MUCH more to me for someone to do something for me unexpectedly, on a random day, than as a result of a forced holiday.
On to the day... hoping for miracles (short day, no drama, goes by quickly) but not counting on it. 
I'm giving a nod to Red for Valentines day with my maroon color scheme....


Pants: Worthington, Pennys, $13
Top: Apt 9, Kohls, $12
Sweater: Victoria's Secret, had for years..... 
Shoes: SE Boutique (Sam Edleman) via DSW, $49 (got them when I had a giftcard)

 Blurry Sparkles!