Still Raining

And the rain continues...

This'll be a quick post 'cause I'm wisely deciding to go to bed early tonight.

Here's a wrap-up on what I wore:

Thursday
Black pants and blue-and-white pinstriped button-down. 
Yeah, a menswear-inspired look.
Look's Rating:  Style - 6; Comfort - 7

Friday
Dark brown pants and dark purple V-neck
This look woulda worked better if these pants hadn't looked so worn. (sigh)
Look's Rating:  Style - 4; Comfort - 8

My weekend plans?  Catch up on some tasks, watch a few DVDs and do some reading. 

Wish you all an enjoyable weekend!

Bad Mood or Sleepy?

Finished reading David Browne's article in Rolling Stone on Whitney Houston, "The Diva and Her Dark Side."  I always seem to learn something from Rolling Stone.

Weather is still rainy here.  I don't know if it's the late hours that I've been keeping or what but I felt a bit indifferent to my look today.  Not that I wanted to look ragged.  It's just that it didn't bother me if my outfit was not especially dashing.  I s'pose this indifference is what has caused me to have me to have a rather lackluster wardrobe. 

Today, I wore my dark brown pants and a turquoise short-sleeved shirt.  Since it's cooler what most people saw me wearing were my dark brown pants and my black jacket.

(Tea kettle is currently whistling.) 

This morning, I worked on making a list of some habits that I'd like to track over the next 15 days.  It'll be interesting to see how I go with sticking to that.  It's now almost 2 weeks since I visited the gym.  With the recent bad weather, it may take me even longer to visit the gym.

My vibe presently is that I don't wish to have too many obligations.  Yeah, I clean my kitchen, go to work and pay my bills but if I don't have to fundamentally do something than I may not.

Gosh, I sound like I'm in a bad mood.  I think I'm just sleepy. 

Look's Rating:  Style - 6; Comfort - 8

How do you maintain your interest in style?

Insight of the Day

"Some people connect by sharing, some people connect by arguing."

SM



It's past my bedtime. 

Rained off-and-on today.  Was gonna watch the movie Saturday Morning with Joey Piscopo but the DVD was not co-operating. 

I forgot to bring my lunch leftovers home from work so they're still sitting on the small staff table.  Will throw them out tomorrow:  The lunch wasn't very good.

Had a chance to update my 2012 goals and will work a bit more on finessing my March goals.

Style-wise.  Outfit was passable.  Dark blue jeans and a gray V-neck.  No accusations of style creativity could be lobbed my way today.  I felt comfortable.

A couple of days ago, I was flipping through Glamour magazine and in a feature on 30 ways to wear some selected clothing items they included a statement coat and I thought "Wow, I want one of those."

Perhaps that is my insight of the day.

Look's Rating:  Style - 4 Comfort - 9

What insight did you have today?  Do you have a statement coat...a statement watch...or a "statement" item?

Hum-drummy

I'm gonna re-start my computer after I post this.  I am thankful that my computer works but it's acting amazingly slowwww right now.

Today was a pleasant enough today.  Am happy that the workweek has started 'cause it means another weekend is in store for me.  I've recently concluded my life coaching business so while I do have some odds-and-ends to wrap up, I am thankful for the time that I've freed up in my life.

Wore black pants and my gray-and-purple horizontally striped shirt.  I s'pose it was a decent enough look.  I felt so-so in it to be honest with you.  A few months ago, I felt that I rocked this look, but today I felt hum-drummy.

In the back of my mind, I was thinking of how I'd like to do more informational/resourceful posts on this blog.  In the future, I still wish to post about my style journey but I also want this blog to have informational material. Right now, my postings are more or less personal updates of what I wore sans the ubiquitous outfit pics.  I love outfit pics on blogs but I'm not planning on posting any pics of myself soon.  While I admire bloggers who do post outfit pics, for me, it would become an inconvenience to consistently do that.

Look's Ratings:  Style - 6; Comfort - 4*

How was your Monday?  Have you recently ended/downsized any stressful activities in your life?

*It's all highly likely that the same outfit worn by me will not always have the same rating.  My ratings are unscientific and depend on my mood and how I physically felt when wearing the outfit.  Do expect inconsistencies with identical ensembles.

Thursday - Sunday

This weekend has been a bit of a slow one.  Slept in and did some reading yesterday.  Finished reading The Trial of Jeanne d'Arc.  Was a riveting read.  Some parts were slow, e.g., when various correspondence was inserted in the transcripts but all-in-all, it was a page-turner for me.  Moreover, 2012 is the 600th anniversary of Joan of Arc's birth. 

Besides finishing the Joan of Arc book, I also watched Love Happens on DVD.  I figure the movie was passable but the romance part of it didn't quite work for me.  I like both of the actors (Aaron Eckhart and Jennifer Aniston) but I couldn't quite understand why they were a couple.  Maybe Cameron Diaz woulda been better in the female lead.  I dunno.  Just a thought.

I haven't gone to the gym since last Sunday but here's a catch-up on what I wore during the rest of the work week.  (My outfits do repeat so if something sounds familiar then it probably is.)

Thursday
Dark brown pants and black cowl-neck shirt with micro horizontal stripes.
The shirt is one of my favorites.  In these pants though I was still plagued with the too-tight at the waist discomfort.
Look's Rating:  Style - 8; Comfort - 3

Friday
Dark blue jeans and cream-colored scooped-neck T
I've got the scooped-neck T in its dark brown and lavender versions as well.  The jeans thankfully felt more comfortable than my other pants choices for the week.
Look's Rating:  Style - 7; Comfort- 8

Not sure what's on the horizon for this week.  To be honest with you I'm not quite liking this the loss of an hour for today but I'll have to cope with it.  Next week, we'll see if I'll resume daily postings of my outfits or if I'll just post according to how I feel.

Other than watching some DVDs and taking a much needed trip to the grocery store, I don't have anything else planned for the work week.  Perhaps I'll set an early bedtime for myself or make some guest appearances at the gym.  Qui sais?

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What I've Been Wearing

My weekend went well.  Sunday's massage was a good one.  I took a 4.5 hour nap once I got home.  Watched Our Idiot Brother.  Was an enjoyable enough movie.  Didn't update my 2012 goals but perhaps I'll do that by next week.

Here's a quick summary of what I've been wearing...
Monday
Camel colored corduroy pants and an oversized brown sweater.
Liked the look but the pants felt a li'l too tight.
Look's Rating:  Style - 8; Comfort - 2

Tuesday
Black pants and lavender colored scooped-neck T
Pants felt tooo tight at waist.
Look's Rating:  Style - 5; Comfort - 3

Today-o
Dark blue jeans and brown scooped neck- T
Again, pants felt tooo tight at waist.
Look's Rating:  Style - 7; Comfort - 3

Hencefar, it seems like I've been rather tight-waisted in my clothing choices.  Possibly, in a few weeks with the right proportion of gym visits and a decrease of quesadillas, I'll be able to stop commenting on my clothing discomforts. 


Is there a common clothing discomfort to the clothes that you wear?  Does this discomfort make you feel annoyed at the clothing or annoyed with your body?

[workout] Just One

So far, I've managed to fit in one workout this week.  That would be my Sunday workout.  On that day, I was happy that I woke up early to go to the gym and I remember I felt annoyed by some of the bummer news (murder, kidnappings, parolees on the loose) on TV.  It was messing with my endorphins.  ; )

Here's the rundown:
Lifted weights - Legs & arms
Treadmill - 10 min
StairMaster - 20 min
StairMill - 5 min

Here's hoping that I get another workout in by next week.

Shorty

I'm just getting settled in after having worked and gone to the store today.  I started my day early to pick up some flowers from myself from a nearby florist.  Once I got the flowers, I hurried to my place to put them in some water and then headed to work.  Unfortunately, I did cut the flowers too short so in one pitcher they are barely peeking from the top.

I remembered to pick up some almonds today which I am glad about since I usually eat almonds for breakfast and for my mid-day snack.

What's lined up for my weekend?  I got the movie Our Idiot Brother to watch.  Hope it's funny enough.  On Sunday, I got a massage booked which I am looking forward to.  Cleaning my studio, washing clothes, and updating my 2012 goals are also planned for the weekend.  Possibly, I'll go to the gym this weekend.  I haven't been in 3 days so it's time for a visit.

I wore dark blue jeans and a blue-and-white pinstriped button down.  The outfit was so-so.  Rather basic.  The jeans I'm fine with but the shirt has shrunk--another victim of overdrying--so it feels tight across the back at times.

Look's Rating:  Style - 4; Comfort - 4

What are your plans for the weekend?  Do you take better or worse care of yourself during the weekend?

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A-Hoy, It's March

February couldn't last forever.  Just wanted to give a quick heads-up for March since it's Women's History Month and International Women's Month (yayy!).  March 8 is International Women's Day and if you need an incentive to do some decluttering then National Cleaning Week 3/26 - 31 is there to motivate you.  : ) 
 
What do you enjoy about being a woman?  Who are the women that you admire in your life?   Do you have any decluttering projects in mind for this month?

Ah, another cool happening in March is Body Image Warrior Week in which a series of bloggers post their insights on body image.

It Sounds Dull...But

Thursday, alas!  I'm getting closer to the weekend.  I'll be back to having Saturdays and Sundays off this month so this time Friday does mean something to me.

Nothing too exceptional to report about my day.  Work was pleasant enough.  I forgot to get almonds from the store today but will pick up some tomorrow.  Online, I saw that Men in Black 3 is coming out this month and 21 Jump Street.  Don't know if I'll see either one...

Wore dark brown pants and my black-and-gray striped shirt.  The color combo brown-black-gray does sound dull but I really like this look.  The shirt is a scoop-necked one by Land's End and although black shirts usually don't flatter me, this one works.  My only plaint about this look is that the shirt is too low (shrunk while drying) and the pants were feeling too high therefore I was on the lookout for any flooding or wardrobe malfunctioning.

Look's Rating:  Style - 8 Comfort - 3  :(

Do you get rid of clothes that compliment you in every way but the fit or do you tolerate them?  Have you worn a color combo that may sound dull but it actually works for you?