Valentine's Day!!!

I feel like this day deserved it's own post. I mean it is a holiday!! ;) Not too get all sappy on everyone, but there are really so many people that I am blessed to have in my life and I have so much love for all of them!! I would list each and every one of you out, but I think you all know who you are!! I know everyone says this is a "Hallmark" holiday, but what's wrong with having a day set aside to tell all the people that you love how much they mean to you. I agree, this should happen all the days, but who can complain about a special day. Anyway, I love you all and your humor, friendship, love and support overwhelms me every day! To quote the Bible and 'Hope Floats' : My cup runneth over.

OK..so back to fashion!!!!  I, of course, wanted to wear Red or Pink today. I settled on Red...and spiced it up with some leopard (insert leopard growling sound here) :) Also...included my Valentine in the picure for today!!! Isn't he handsome!!!

Love him!!!

Red Cardigan - Express

Black Shirt - Gap

Jeans - Banana Republic

Black Flats - Target

Hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day!!!

Is it just me...

OR is everyone just SO busy! I feel like it's everyone, but either way, I definitely fall into that category. It's a good busy...don't get me wrong and I would much prefer to be busy rather than bored. But, when the day is done, lately, I have just wanted to go home...curl up on the couch and catch up on some DVR (not sure how I got so behind) and just get some sleep. Oh, and snuggle with my puppy. :)

So, it actually snowed this week. More than just a dusting. I mean it clearly wasn't the most snow I had ever seen, but it was melted by the next evening...if I had a favorite kind of snow, then this would be it. Not enough to cause me any traffic issues and then it's gone the next day. So, bundled up on Monday and headed to work. I just don't prefer to work from home and my drive to work wasn't bad at all.

I am the definition of bundled: Sweater & Puffer Vest & Ugg Boots! It honestly wasn't the coldest day ever, but when it snows, I just like to be all bundled up.

Purple Sweater - Banana Republic

Puffer Vest - Old Navy

Jeans - Old Nvy

Boots - Old Navy - Not REAL Uggs - I'm OK with that.



Buried in Laundry

FYI...started writing this last week and never finished:

So, I really want to be able to write fun/exciting things about my life everyday. But sometimes, a girl just has to do some laundry. And trust me..it was overflowing. This whole wearing jeans to work thing has definitely decreased my trips to the dry cleaner, but it increases my need to do laundry. Now, I don't mind doing the laundry but if someone would like to stop by and put away all the laundry for me while I'm at work (like, a laundry fairy) then you are more than welcome to stop on by. You wouldn't even have to let Fred out...but I might require that you at least pet him!

LOVE LOVE this shirt! It was a great find at Banana Republic Outlet when I was with my friends on a girl/lake/shopping trip weekend! I have never worn it to work before, and received some compliments. I am trying to put some more pattern in my life and this top definitely helps with that :) I even put on heels...I must have been feeling REALLY spicy on this particular day! Even thought laundry was the most exciting thing in my life last week.

Top - Banana Republic Outlet

Jacket - Gap

Jeans - Old Navy

Boots - Nine West

Public Service Announcement: The picture taking of the Accessories is on a serious downward spiral lately. I will do my best to right this wrong next week! :)

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

So, since this is already late, we'll just go ahead and put last Friday in the same post :) I had been looking at glamour.com (love that magazie) for inspiration and I came across a video where they dicussed wearing something as basic as a plain white tee and jeans and just spicing it up with some accessories and an awesome pair of shoes. Now, this is definitely my style. I would say if I could wear a plain tee every day and then just awesome shoes and accessories, I probably would. SO...that is exactly what I tried to do for Friday.

I have my sister to thank for these shoes. They are suede and a super fun color! How can you go wrong...and I got the match the scarf to the shoes! This is the perfect outfit! :) haha! Now, it was FREEZING on Friday and I clearly didn't watch the weather...because my feet were FREEZING!! But, I mean, the shoes are so cute I think it was worth the sacrifice! Although, I met Kristi, Pat, and Madison for dinner and was forced to change into Ugg Boots!

T-Shirt - Target

Shoes - Banana Republic - Present from my sister

Jeans - Gap

Scarf - I think this was a present from my sister...that makes 2 of these items presents from her..Go Meredith!!

Hope you enjoyed!!!!

My Week...from SuperBowl to Losing a Toaster

Sunday was my friend Kristi's birthday!!! Happy 33rd, friend!!! :) She had a SuperBowl party at her house and we had pizza (ham and pineapple, my favorite kind). So my weekend really consisted of just hanging out and catching up with friends. I came up with a game for the superbowl where I made a list of "bets" for the game. For example, What team will be the first to score?...whoever got the most questions right got a Sonic giftcard. Let me tell you, I think Nikki wanted to card the most! So, I was in the lead toward the end of the game. Everyone was leaving so Pat kept the answer sheets and sent out the final scores. Long story short, I was robbed. Somewhere in the last minutes (and minutes following the game...who knew it was going to be purple gatorade dumped on the coach and who knew the MVP wasn't going to thank ANYONE!!)...not this girl. Matt & Reese ended up winning. So, I was robbed. :)

So after that...here is what I wore Monday:

This was ALL about comfort. I got up and ran on Monday and I needed to be at my dentist appt at 8 (no cavities..woo hoo!!) :) So popped on the old asymatrical sweatshirt jacket and cute little scarf and called it good. Plus, the flats are purple too...and who doesn't love a pair of purple flats! Super cute!

Black Jacket - Gap

White Tee - Gap

Scarf - Old Navy

Jeans - Banana Republic

Shoes - Target

Jewelry & Shoes:

You can't really tell, but they are purple!!! Purple Patent Leather!

Necklace - Premier

Purple Bracelets - Premier

Watch - Premier

Game Day Bracelet - Present from Nikki that I have had since college and wear ALL gamedays!

Earrings - Limited

Tuesday:

So...today was SUPER SUPER busy at work!! The day flew by though, but other than that...just alot of work! Oh, and a nice chat with my Dad while I drove home from work. That is my favorite time to talk...while I'm driving home from work! Call me!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this blazer. It's a little navy blazer that is lined with light blue and white stripes and did I mention I love it!!?? I got it last year at Gap after Thanksgiving and it was already marked down and was an extra 50% off. I had seen it the day before and then came back the day of Thanksgiving and thought it was gone. I'm not sure how, but my mom found it stuck somewhere random...some other poor soul was trying to hide it..but my mom was onto their games! Yeah for the blazer!!! Yeah for my mom!!

Blazer - Gap (think this was discussed?)

Blue and While pin stripe button down - Gap

Jeans - Gap

Red Flats -Target



Sorry, no jewelry/accessories pic!

Wednesday:

So, this brings me to the loss of the toaster. So, I have discovered that when I have a sandwich for lunch I like to have my bread toasted. This started when I had a BLT and from then on  I was hooked on toasted bread. Well, really we aren't supposed to have toasters in the break room at work because I guess they think they are going to cause some sort of fire. I know they took ours away when I worked on the 4th floor. Well I come to the 7th floor and surprise!! They have managed to keep a toaster. Yeah!! Well, today, I wander into the breakroom. Where did the toaster go?? I open every cabinet...no toaster. The 7th floor has been found out and they have removed the toaster. Well lucky for me, I have already have a space heater...which I am not supposed to have (another hazard)...so I think I will be BYOT. Bring your own Toaster. Anyway have one they want to donate to my cause? :)

So my leg is doing a weird thing in this pic, but it's the only one I took :) Um, love this outfit.I wish you could see the detail on the shirt. It has a little tie on the front and a flower/decoration thing on the front of upper left side! It's super cute! Got this one for 14 bucks at Gap...score! Well, I think my mom got it...details :)

Shirt - Gap

Cardigan - Old Navy

Jeans - Gap

Boots - Steve Madden

Yep..desk pic! :)

Watch - Premier

Beaded Bracelet - Premier

Earrings - Macy's

Brown Bracelet - Target

Necklace - Premier

Whew! That's my week so far! I'll post more tomorrow!!!

Um...so it's been awhile

And...according to my boss, this whole not updating my blog thing is going to start effecting my review ;) So, better start penciling in some time for this! :) So, Let's start with last week and then I'll post again for this week...OK? OK! Again, I keep up with the pictures, it's the getting to work and posting thing where I start to drop the ball. Last week was good, I had a surprise b-day party for my friend Kristi. In the words of Staci "we hid and yelled surprise. She was surprised." :) I loved having all the girls over (minus Sara, Bridget, and KT). It was really nice to sit and chat with everyone, we laughed A LOT!!! Oh, and we facebook stalked...pretty average evening!

Let's get this started:
Wednesday:

Combo for today: Pink and Green. I'm loving it. I may or may not have done this one before, but I don't think so! I wore this jacket to church on Sunday and I got complimented on it...I bought it probably 10 years ago or something! I was super excited to get a compliment on it! I just love the color combo and that is what most of this is about right now, experimenting with color combinations. I saw this combo on TV and was like, HEY! I can totally do that. Paired it with some gray heels and called it good! Hope I inspire you today! :)

Green Jacket - Old Navy

Pink Camisole - Old Navy

Jeans - A shop in Manhattan (I heart Aggieville)

Gray Heels - Macy's

Jewelry: Actually took a picture of it today....not going to promise that for the rest of the days :)

Long Silver Multi-strand necklace - Premier

Watch - Premier

Pink and Green beaded bracelets - crafty friend

Silver chunky bracelet - Premier

THURSDAY!!!

Decided to spice it up today with a little color AND pattern. Let me know your thoughts on this one. So I wore a jacket, patterned cardigan, and then a bright top underneath. Do you like this combo? I was on the fence about it, but really didn't have alot of time to comtemplate it that day. I wasn't too excited about it that day, but seeing the pic now I like it a lot more. Try this out...I think it's an easy way to do color and pattern in a fun way!

Jacket - Gap

Pink Shirt - Banana Republic Outlet

Cardigan - Target

Jeans - Gap

Flats - Target

Jewelry:

So, didn't make the cut the morning :)

Friday!!!

So, it was wear red to work day for Heart Health for Women. So, I participated. :) This is a pretty simple outfit, but I totally love this scarf! It really inspired the whole outfit. As soon as I knew I was going to wear red I thought of this scarf. It was the perfect gift!! :)

Black Cardigan - Old Navy

Red Tshirt - Gap

Jeans - Old Navy

Boots - Old Navy

Scarf - Gift from my friend Anna!!

OK, one week down and this week to go! I will post more later...it's time to get back to work now...and make progress on other things that effect my review! :)